Dec 23, 2015
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Confusing gotcha: PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR is not a pointer to a SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR
It's just an untyped pointer.
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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 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 14, 2015
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Calculating integer factorials in constant time, taking advantage of overflow behavior
Too high! Too high!
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.
Dec 8, 2015
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How do I register a command on the desktop background context menu? (And how do I remove one I don’t like?)
Places to go, and places to look.
Dec 7, 2015
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Enumerating all the programs that can launch a particular protocol
SHAssocEnumHandlersForProtocolByApplication
Dec 3, 2015
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A question about how to detect whether Windows Update needs the system to be restarted turns out to be the wrong question
For critical availability, don't install it until you are ready to reboot.
Dec 2, 2015
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Hidden gotcha in the thread pool sample program on MSDN
That's a pretty small pool.