Dec 23, 2016 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 The mother lode of well-known SIDs Raymond Chen Jackpot.
Dec 22, 2016 Post comments count0 Post likes count2 Another pattern for using the InitOnce functions Raymond Chen The synchronous two-phase initialization.
Dec 21, 2016 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 What is the maximum numeric value for a socket, and what is the maximum number of sockets a Windows program can create? Raymond Chen You can create as many as you want, subject to the usual resource constraints.
Dec 19, 2016 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 Why can’t VarDateFromStr parse back a Hungarian date that was generated by VarBstrFromDate? Raymond Chen Parsing is hard. Date parsing doubly so.
Dec 15, 2016 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 How bad is it to delay closing a thread handle for a long time after the thread has exited? Raymond Chen Not too bad, as long as you don't make a habit of it.
Dec 14, 2016 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 Dubious security vulnerability: Discovering the salt Raymond Chen The salt is not a secret.
Dec 12, 2016 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 Why does tapping the Alt key cause my owner-draw static control to repaint? Raymond Chen Time to draw the underlines.
Dec 9, 2016 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 Answers to a customer’s questions about memory and DLLs Raymond Chen Simple questions and hopefully simple answers.
Dec 8, 2016 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 What is this race condition that the OpenMutex documentation is trying to warn me about? Raymond Chen Open it, but it won't come.
Dec 7, 2016 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 Why don’t I get a broken pipe when the child process terminates? Raymond Chen The pipe isn't broken yet.