Sep 9, 2026 Post comments count7 Post likes count7 What algorithm did Windows XP use to choose your initial user picture? Raymond Chen It's random, really.
Sep 8, 2026 Post comments count2 Post likes count3 A sample use of the winstart.bat file in Windows 95 Raymond Chen For a driver that needs high resolution mode only in Windows.
Aug 25, 2026 Post comments count10 Post likes count4 Why didn’t the Windows Entertainment Pack just run the MS-DOS version inside an emulator? Raymond Chen It wouldn't be a Windows Entertainment Pack then, would it?
Aug 24, 2026 Post comments count5 Post likes count6 Comparing the two holograms on the Windows 95 box Raymond Chen Filling in with your imagination.
Aug 18, 2026 Post comments count5 Post likes count1 Why did the Microsoft Entertainment Pack for Windows have a special sticker announcing that it also had Tetris? Raymond Chen A contingency plan.
Aug 11, 2026 Post comments count6 Post likes count5 The little-known winstart.bat batch file Raymond Chen It had been there long before Windows 95, but nobody remembered.
Jul 7, 2026 Post comments count15 Post likes count4 How did Windows 95 decide that a setup program ran? Raymond Chen It used some heuristics.
Jun 30, 2026 Post comments count5 Post likes count3 A compatibility note on the abuse of Windows window class extra bytes Raymond Chen Finding an illicit place to hide data.
Jun 22, 2026 Post comments count26 Post likes count21 In memory of the man who put red and green squiggles under words Raymond Chen Starting in Word and expanding to nearly every other word processor, and even things that aren't word processors.
Jun 17, 2026 Post comments count6 Post likes count3 Windows stack limit checking retrospective, follow-up Raymond Chen Choosing the register to use to pass the desired stack allocation size.