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Feb 9, 2007
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Do I need rush processing? Beats me!

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

During the preparations for the 2005 PDC, I was filling out an application for a corporate credit card. (The rant behind why I was filling out this application in the first place will have to wait for another day.) One of the options was to check a box to request rush processing at an additional charge of $10. There was one key piece of informatio...

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Feb 2, 2007
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The ironic thing about fixing a bug

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

The ironic thing about fixing a bug, or at least once I mention on this web site that I fixed a particular bug, is that people immediately complain that I didn't fix some other bug. One school of complaint believes that cosmetic bugs should be fixed first: "You suck. I mean, look at these egregious cosmetic bugs. If you can't get even those righ...

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Feb 1, 2007
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The network interoperability compatibility problem, second follow-up

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

I post this entry with great reluctance, because I can feel the heat from the pilot lights of the flame throwers all the way from here. The struggle with the network interoperability problem continued for several months after I brought up the topic. In that time, a significant number of network attached storage devices were found that did not imp...

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Jan 31, 2007
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Crackpots in computer security: A complete solution to computer security

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Now that computer security grabs headlines, the crackpots are drawn to it. This means that the security folks are innundated with dubious vulnerability reports and revolutionary computer designs. Today's story is one of the "revolutionary computer designs" category. I have developed a complete solution to computer security. Construct one case ...

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Jan 26, 2007
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The /MAXMEM switch doesn't set the maximum amount of memory Windows will use

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

The Windows file has a switch whose name would lead you to believe that it sets the maximum amount of memory that Windows will use. But that's not what it does; the name is misleading. What the flag really does is set the maximum physical address that Windows will scan in search of RAM. If your physical memory map contains discontiguous chunks ...

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Jan 17, 2007
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Should all windows appear in the taskbar?

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

No new content today, just some follow-up discussion on the topic of windows that don't appear in the taskbar. The rules for which windows appear in the taskbar have been documented in MSDN for years, so changing the rules now would mean doing so after the game has ended. Consequently, this is not the sort of change that can be made lightly. Fi...

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Jan 15, 2007
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Does Microsoft internally use MFC for writing Windows apps?

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Craig Ward figures that if he asks enough questions I might answer one of them. "Does Microsoft internally use MFC for writing Windows apps? How about VB?" People use whatever they decide best meets the requirements for the task at hand. That could be a batch file, a C++ program, a perl script, a web page with a bunch of JScript, use your imaginat...

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Jan 1, 2007
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The family technical support department: Everything is Outlook

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

We're all in the same position. Since we work with computers all day, everybody in the extended family considers us the technical support department. One thing you all need to take away from your role as family technical support department is that normal people view computers completely differently from the way you and I do. One of my relatives ca...

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