Feb 25, 2016
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How do I preload a chunk of memory into a memory-mapped file?
PrefetchVirtualMemory will do this.
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Feb 24, 2016
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A static_cast is not always just a pointer adjustment
That null pointer thingie.
Feb 22, 2016
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Finding the shortest binary string in a given interval
Narrowing in.
Feb 19, 2016
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When I try to calculate a performance counter manually, the answer is off by a factor of 100
Because it's a percentage.
Feb 18, 2016
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Nasty gotcha: VarCmp vs VariantCompare
Similar names, different return values.
Feb 17, 2016
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Don’t just grab the foreground window and host UI on it, redux
Oops, it's not there any more.
Feb 15, 2016
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How can I get the name for the user’s profile directory that is shown in Explorer?
You ask the shell namespace.
Feb 12, 2016
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We batched up our COM requests and return a single stream of results, but the performance is still slow
Your stream marshaled by reference.
Feb 11, 2016
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Debugging walkthrough: Diagnosing an NX exception
Leap of faith.
Feb 10, 2016
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If somebody creates or deletes a file in a directory while I am enumerating its contents, what happens?
It's not really predictable.