Sep 7, 2016
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If I zero out my memory pages, does that make them page in faster?
Not really.
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Sep 2, 2016
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A customer question about shortcuts that don’t have a target path
Digging into the question to find the solution.
Aug 29, 2016
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Detecting what language or script a run of text is written in, redux
One step closer to actually doing it.
Aug 26, 2016
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Spurious wakes, race conditions, and bogus FIFO claims: A peek behind the curtain of WaitOnAddress
Watch the gears turn.
Aug 25, 2016
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Implementing a critical section in terms of WaitOnAddress
Building things out of other things.
Aug 24, 2016
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Implementing a synchronization barrier in terms of WaitOnAddress
Kicking the tires by building another kind of tire.
Aug 23, 2016
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WaitOnAddress lets you create a synchronization object out of any data variable, even a byte
Pick a byte, any byte.
Aug 19, 2016
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Is it okay to call TryAcquireSRWLock from a thread that has already acquired the lock?
No.
Aug 18, 2016
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If I have a modeless dialog box with custom accelerators, which should I call first: IsDialogMessage or TranslateAccelerator
Only one way works.
Aug 17, 2016
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On installing a custom unhandled exception filter and intentionally raising an exception to get its attention
Mind those stack frames.