The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Jan 27, 2016
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Why does CryptDestroyHash crash, but only sometimes?
Improper destruction leads to undefined behavior, and undefined behavior includes "crashing only sometimes".
Jan 26, 2016
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Some senior executives are afraid to provide feedback, because they know that their feedback will be given too much weight
Excess baggage.
Jan 25, 2016
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How can I tell whether my console program was launched from Explorer or from a command prompt?
That's not actually what you want to know.
Jan 22, 2016
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If I’m going to store a SID in a file, should I store the string form or the binary form?
Pros and cons.
Jan 21, 2016
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What does the /V (verify) flag to XCOPY mean, and how did it get that way?
It doesn't mean much any more.
Jan 20, 2016
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So how bad is it that I’m calling RegOpenKey instead of RegOpenKeyEx?
Mostly not bad, except for the gotcha.
Jan 19, 2016
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What makes XCOPY so X?
It's extra awesome. But I don't know what the X stands for.
Jan 18, 2016
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Some notes about the blog migration
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Jan 18, 2016
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A puzzle involving dynamic programming, or maybe it doesn’t, episode 2
Once again, the hint is wrong.