The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Jul 6, 2015
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Trying out all the different ways of recognizing different types of timestamps from quite a long way away
Running through the list.
Jul 3, 2015
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Why does the BackupWrite function take a pointer to a modifiable buffer when it shouldn’t be modifying the buffer?
An artifact of an earlier time.
Jul 2, 2015
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Is a SID with zero subauthorities a valid SID? It depends whom you ask
Maybe.
Jul 1, 2015
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How secure are GUIDs? Can I use it to generate passwords?
Not a good idea.
Jun 30, 2015
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2015 mid-year link clearance
Midpoint check.
Jun 30, 2015
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Microspeak: Stretch goal
Extra credit.
Jun 29, 2015
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Parsing a string as a 64-bit integer, somehow
Signed or unsigned, I don't care.
Jun 26, 2015
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Windows 95 and Windows NT manage the TEB on x86 differently
Reuse.
Jun 25, 2015
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Where is the full version of the music that plays when you start Windows 98 for the first time?
There isn't one.