Feb 4, 2025 Post comments count4 Post likes count4 The original name for Flexible Single Master Operations in Active Directory Raymond Chen Not that kind of F-word.
Dec 24, 2024 Post comments count0 Post likes count2 A design flaw in the Windows 3D Pipes screen saver pointed out by a customer Raymond Chen Time-wasting.
Nov 19, 2024 Post comments count4 Post likes count6 A wrinkle in how Windows 95 setup bootstrapped its initial GUI step Raymond Chen Getting access to the common controls that don't exist until Windows 95.
Nov 12, 2024 Post comments count6 Post likes count11 Why did Windows 95 setup use three operating systems? Raymond Chen Simplifying the problem to an earlier problem.
Nov 5, 2024 Post comments count6 Post likes count3 What’s the difference between Display size and Screen size in the Windows 95 display control panel? Raymond Chen No meaningful difference, though others have created a difference.
Oct 29, 2024 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 Reverse-engineering what a “short” section is Raymond Chen The long and short of it all.
Oct 22, 2024 Post comments count3 Post likes count4 Did Windows 95 shrink the default font size of windowed MS-DOS apps? Raymond Chen The effect was that it shrunk, but only sometimes.
Sep 10, 2024 Post comments count1 Post likes count1 Does the Resource Compiler have a separate preprocessor or doesn’t it? Raymond Chen It did, but now it doesn't.
Sep 3, 2024 Post comments count0 Post likes count5 Why did Windows 95 use blue screen error messages instead of hard error messages? Raymond Chen You may not able to get there from here.
Aug 27, 2024 Post comments count3 Post likes count2 The Microsoft/IBM joint development was built on mutual respect, wait, is respect the right word? Raymond Chen Maybe it's some other word.