The Old New Thing

Did Vienna ever exist or was it just misinformation?

March 14, 2023 Mar 14, 2023 03/14/23

Raymond Chen

It could be neither.

The unintentionally-expanding scope of the SEM_NOGPFAULTERRORBOX flag

February 27, 2023 Feb 27, 2023 02/27/23

Raymond Chen

Other suppressions caught in its net.

Why are the Windows chassis hardware button hotkeys so strange?

February 14, 2023 Feb 14, 2023 02/14/23

Raymond Chen

Operating within the constraints of the system.

The frustration of finding a suitable time to hold a meeting when the participants are evenly spaced around the globe

February 7, 2023 Feb 7, 2023 02/7/23

Raymond Chen

Somebody has to suffer, but we try to make sure it's not the same person each time.

The worst-selling Microsoft software product of all time: OS/2 for the Mach 20

December 26, 2022 Dec 26, 2022 12/26/22

Raymond Chen

Count 'em on one hand.

Why is there a system sound called Asterisk? What sound does an Asterisk make anyway?

November 8, 2022 Nov 8, 2022 11/8/22

Raymond Chen

It's to accompany the asterisk, back when we had an asterisk.

Why are many Windows user interface elements positioned at multiples of 4 or 8 pixels?

October 25, 2022 Oct 25, 2022 10/25/22

Raymond Chen

It depends on whose pixels you're talking about.

Janet Jackson had the power to crash laptop computers, follow-up

September 20, 2022 Sep 20, 2022 09/20/22

Raymond Chen

Deeper speculation by others.

The x86-64 processor (aka amd64, x64): Whirlwind tour

August 31, 2022 Aug 31, 2022 08/31/22

Raymond Chen

Pretty much a 64-bit-ification of the i386.

The AArch64 processor (aka arm64), part 25: The ARM64EC ABI

August 30, 2022 Aug 30, 2022 08/30/22

Raymond Chen

Aligning with the x86-64 calling convention.