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Why does the elevation prompt have only the wallpaper as its background?

Caught unprepared.

January 1, 2019By Raymond Chen - MSFT17
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On the attempts to resurrect Space Cadet Pinball

Not many options remain.

December 21, 2018By Raymond Chen - MSFT43
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In 16-bit Windows, some per-process data structures were really per-data segment

You just have to set up a private data segment.

December 20, 2018By Raymond Chen - MSFT2
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Why can’t I close windows directly from the Alt+Tab interface in Windows Vista?

Elevation and interruption.

December 4, 2018By Raymond Chen - MSFT25
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For a brief period, the kernel tried to deal with gamma rays corrupting the processor cache

Not sure what good it does.

November 20, 2018By Raymond Chen - MSFT30
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For a brief period, the kernel tried to deal with gamma rays corrupting the processor cache

Not sure what good it does.

November 20, 2018By Raymond Chen - MSFT
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Dulce et decorum est pro patria party

Anyone up for a toga party?

October 31, 2018By Raymond Chen - MSFT7
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What happened to the Arial Unicode MS font?

It couldn’t do what it was originally created to do.

October 30, 2018By Raymond Chen - MSFT17
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What does the “Ae” stand for in AeDebug?

I’m not sure, but I think it’s Application Error.

October 17, 2018By Raymond Chen - MSFT6
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The numerology of the sample directory listing in the Windows 95 font selector property sheet page

Leave a thumbprint.

October 9, 2018By Raymond Chen - MSFT31
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