Jul 6, 2015 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 Trying out all the different ways of recognizing different types of timestamps from quite a long way away Raymond Chen Running through the list.
Jul 1, 2015 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 How secure are GUIDs? Can I use it to generate passwords? Raymond Chen Not a good idea.
Jun 29, 2015 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 Parsing a string as a 64-bit integer, somehow Raymond Chen Signed or unsigned, I don't care.
Jun 22, 2015 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 Reinterpreting the bits of a 64-bit integer as if they were a double-precision floating point number (and vice versa) Raymond Chen Punning.
Jun 18, 2015 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 How come the technique for launching an unelevated process from an elevated process doesn’t work? Raymond Chen You've disabled the feature that makes unelevated processes possible.
Jun 17, 2015 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 When you think you found a problem with a function, make sure you’re actually calling the function Raymond Chen Don't mock me.
Jun 15, 2015 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 How can I reposition my window so it isn’t covered by the touch keyboard? Raymond Chen Taking it a step further.
Jun 12, 2015 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 How can I force a CreateFile call to hang, in order to test something? Raymond Chen Opportunistic locks again.
Jun 11, 2015 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 Keep your eye on the code page: Is this string CP_ACP or UTF-8? Raymond Chen You don't know. Somebody has to tell you.
Jun 8, 2015 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 How can I reposition my controls so they aren’t covered by the touch keyboard? Raymond Chen Register with the framework input pane.