The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Dec 22, 2015
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Unhandled Exception: Cannot print exception string because Exception.ToString() failed.
So that happened.
Dec 21, 2015
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Allocating page file space without allocating RAM
Fixing an old tool.
Dec 18, 2015
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Are views of memory-mapped files coherent within a single process? (And how this was the wrong question.)
Yes.
Dec 17, 2015
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Dubious security vulnerability: Messing with the Recycle Bin
You're only screwing yourself.
Dec 16, 2015
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You’d think that with the name TEMP, people wouldn’t expect it to be around for a long time
Temp stands for Temporary.
Dec 15, 2015
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Great moments in forgetfulness: Does anybody have a copy of this file?
It's in a safe place.
Dec 14, 2015
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Calculating integer factorials in constant time, taking advantage of overflow behavior
Too high! Too high!
Dec 11, 2015
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Hasn’t the problem of updates being partially installed until the next reboot already been solved by changes in Windows?
Mostly, yes.
Dec 10, 2015
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Why does OpenProcess return access denied, even if I enable debug privilege?
Asking for more than you need.