Oct 7, 2025
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Remembering the end of support for VRML in Internet Explorer
No one left standing.
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Sep 26, 2025
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Why didn’t Windows 95 setup install a miniature Windows 95 so that it could be written as a 32-bit program?
Getting to the GUI quickly, and rebooting only once.
Sep 23, 2025
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Another lesson learned from the Windows 98 on-stage USB blue screen
Test before using.
Sep 22, 2025
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Why was Windows 3.0’s WinHelp called an online help system when it ran offline?
It was online in a different sense.
Sep 8, 2025
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Why didn’t Windows 95 simply special-case the laptops that locked up when it executed the HLT instruction?
The catastrophic risk of bricking a computer.
Aug 5, 2025
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Why are Windows semiannual updates named H1 and H2?
To address an unconscious bias.
Jul 15, 2025
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Perhaps not a recommended usage for an emergency power outlet
Maybe that's not a critical system.
Jul 8, 2025
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A walkthrough of the original Microsoft Building 3
Don't get lost on your walk down memory lane.
Jun 24, 2025
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Abusing copyright strings to trick software into thinking it’s running on your competitor’s PC
I did technically cross my fingers.
Jun 23, 2025
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The MIDL compiler still has trouble with double greater-than signs, sadly
Many have tried.