Nov 4, 2025 Post comments count1 Post likes count1 The Microsoft SoftCard for the Apple II: Getting two processors to share the same memory Raymond Chen Reportedly Microsoft's first hardware product.
Nov 3, 2025 Post comments count2 Post likes count2 Why does SHFormatDateTime take an unaligned FILETIME? Raymond Chen Designed for its original use case.
Oct 28, 2025 Post comments count15 Post likes count9 How did the Windows 95 user interface code get brought to the Windows NT code base? Raymond Chen Ported bit by bit.
Oct 24, 2025 Post comments count0 Post likes count2 The early history of the Windows Runtime PropertyValue and why there is a PropertyType.Inspectable that is never used Raymond Chen It used to be there because PropertyValue started out as the fundamental variant type before shifting focus to being the fundamental boxed type.
Oct 20, 2025 Post comments count15 Post likes count6 What about the icons in pifmgr.dll? Raymond Chen Just for fun.
Oct 7, 2025 Post comments count6 Post likes count2 Remembering the end of support for VRML in Internet Explorer Raymond Chen No one left standing.
Sep 26, 2025 Post comments count9 Post likes count6 Why didn’t Windows 95 setup install a miniature Windows 95 so that it could be written as a 32-bit program? Raymond Chen Getting to the GUI quickly, and rebooting only once.
Sep 23, 2025 Post comments count2 Post likes count1 Another lesson learned from the Windows 98 on-stage USB blue screen Raymond Chen Test before using.
Sep 22, 2025 Post comments count11 Post likes count4 Why was Windows 3.0’s WinHelp called an online help system when it ran offline? Raymond Chen It was online in a different sense.
Sep 8, 2025 Post comments count15 Post likes count1 Why didn’t Windows 95 simply special-case the laptops that locked up when it executed the HLT instruction? Raymond Chen The catastrophic risk of bricking a computer.