Apr 29, 2016
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What does QueryThreadCycleTime actually count?
Whatever the CPU wants.
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Apr 28, 2016
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Is there an API for redrawing a specific window from another application?
Once again, turns out to be the wrong question.
Apr 22, 2016
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Should I be concerned that WaitForSingleObject is taking a large percentage of my performance test’s execution time
What you've got there, my friend, is a WaitForSingleObject stress test.
Apr 15, 2016
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What happens if I call EnumPropsEx while another thread is mutating the properties?
You get a best-effort.
Apr 8, 2016
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Why does FindExecutable behave erratically for files with extensions longer than three characters? (And what can you do about it?)
Short file names strike again.
Apr 7, 2016
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Why can’t the debugger call GetFinalPathNameByHandle via .call?
Because it doesn't know how.
Apr 6, 2016
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How does GetFinalPathNameByHandle choose the name if there are multiple names due to hard links?
It picks the one you you used to open the file.
Mar 31, 2016
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Why are there four functions for parsing strings into GUIDs, and why are they in three different DLLs?
Different historical contexts..
Mar 25, 2016
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Fixing a floating point exception when operating on NaN
Generate it at compile time.
Mar 24, 2016
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Why does PathIsUNC say that paths that begin with \\?\ are not UNCs?
Because they aren't.