When Windows copies a file, does it ever copy bytes that are in the slack space? February 13, 2018 Feb 13, 2018 02/13/18 Raymond Chen Keeping tabs on the slackers.
Why does hypervisor remain enabled even when Hyper-V is disabled in Windows Features? January 30, 2018 Jan 30, 2018 01/30/18 Raymond Chen Because somebody else needs it.
Why are the module timestamps in Windows 10 so nonsensical? January 3, 2018 Jan 3, 2018 01/3/18 Raymond Chen They're really a uniqueness identifier.
How does Task Manager categorize processes as App, Background Process, or Windows Process? December 19, 2017 Dec 19, 2017 12/19/17 Raymond Chen It's a made-up term.
Why not slipstream ZDP fixes into the bits downloaded by the installer rather than being a separate download? December 12, 2017 Dec 12, 2017 12/12/17 Raymond Chen Well, yeah, but what if it was downloaded months ago?
Knowing just enough about debugging IRPs to chase the problem out of the I/O stack December 7, 2017 Dec 7, 2017 12/7/17 Raymond Chen Fumbling around and stumbling into a diagnosis.
The sad implementation history of COM component categories and why it means you have to click twice to see your newly-installed taskbar toolbar November 21, 2017 Nov 21, 2017 11/21/17 Raymond Chen First we have to find them.
Why are my notification icon customizations lost after six months of disuse? November 3, 2017 Nov 3, 2017 11/3/17 Raymond Chen Sorry, didn't realize you were still using it.
When I use Alt+PrtSc to take a screen shot of a maximized window, why does it capture a few pixels from an adjacent monitor? October 24, 2017 Oct 24, 2017 10/24/17 Raymond Chen Because it's hanging over the edge.
The NET HELPMSG command will decode Windows error codes, at least the simple ones September 19, 2017 Sep 19, 2017 09/19/17 Raymond Chen It's originally for decoding network error messages, but it doesn't actually care.