The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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May 6, 2016
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Is it okay to acquire an SRWLOCK recursively? (And why not?)
The documentation says it's not allowed, so it's not allowed.
May 5, 2016
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How can I write an unkillable program, redux
License to not be killed.
May 4, 2016
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How can I detect whether the user’s keyboard has a Break key?
Looking at the problem the wrong way.
May 3, 2016
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Getting MS-DOS games to run on Windows 95: Not enough XMS handles
Of course I got it, right?
May 2, 2016
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Does Mulan speak Chinese?
Not really.
May 2, 2016
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Startup apps start up when I tell them
It's not really a useful performance metric.
Apr 29, 2016
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What does QueryThreadCycleTime actually count?
Whatever the CPU wants.
Apr 28, 2016
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Is there an API for redrawing a specific window from another application?
Once again, turns out to be the wrong question.
Apr 27, 2016
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How does Explorer calculate “Size on disk”?
Very simplistic.