Oct 3, 2023 Post comments count1 Post likes count5 A complaint about Links the Cat, the Office assistant Raymond Chen Do all cats do that?
Sep 26, 2023 Post comments count8 Post likes count5 Why is kernel32.dll running in user mode and not kernel mode, like its name implies? Raymond Chen It's just a name, and it comes from the days before user-mode/kernel-mode separation.
Sep 19, 2023 Post comments count3 Post likes count2 Why did the 16-bit _lopen and _lcreat function return -1 on failure instead of 0? Raymond Chen Trying to look like somebody else.
Sep 4, 2023 Post comments count9 Post likes count2 Just for fun: What happens when you shift a register by more than the register size? Raymond Chen A comparative study of processor architectures.
Aug 29, 2023 Post comments count10 Post likes count2 The popularity of DOS/4GW made Windows 95 game compatibility a little easier, but with higher stakes Raymond Chen A popular path to protected mode.
Aug 28, 2023 Post comments count4 Post likes count2 Just for fun: Which processors prefer sign-extended loads, and which prefer zero-extended loads? Raymond Chen Another pointless chart.
Mar 14, 2023 Post comments count4 Post likes count2 Did Vienna ever exist or was it just misinformation? Raymond Chen It could be neither.
Feb 27, 2023 Post comments count4 Post likes count1 The unintentionally-expanding scope of the SEM_NOGPFAULTERRORBOX flag Raymond Chen Other suppressions caught in its net.
Feb 14, 2023 Post comments count4 Post likes count2 Why are the Windows chassis hardware button hotkeys so strange? Raymond Chen Operating within the constraints of the system.
Feb 7, 2023 Post comments count3 Post likes count1 The frustration of finding a suitable time to hold a meeting when the participants are evenly spaced around the globe Raymond Chen Somebody has to suffer, but we try to make sure it's not the same person each time.