Adding state to the update notification pattern, part 1 April 17, 2024 Apr 17, 2024 04/17/24 Raymond Chen Where each notification depends on some state information.
In search of the Ballmer Peak, and other results from SIGBOVIK 2024 April 16, 2024 Apr 16, 2024 04/16/24 Raymond Chen Continuing studies in silliness.
Dubious security vulnerability: Program allows its output to be exfiltrated April 16, 2024 Apr 16, 2024 04/16/24 Raymond Chen Once the output is generated, the program can't control where it goes.
What were the tax consequences of letting Windows 95 team members keep a piece of software as long as they tested it? April 15, 2024 Apr 15, 2024 04/15/24 Raymond Chen It basically falls under the de minimis rule.
The case of the string being copied from a mysterious pointer to invalid memory April 12, 2024 Apr 12, 2024 04/12/24 Raymond Chen Using AppVerifier to deduce the heap allocation history.
Why do STANDARD_RIGHTS_READ, STANDARD_RIGHTS_WRITE, and STANDARD_RIGHTS_EXECUTE have the same values? April 11, 2024 Apr 11, 2024 04/11/24 Raymond Chen Don't they mean different things?
How can I find out which process has locked me out of the clipboard? April 10, 2024 Apr 10, 2024 04/10/24 Raymond Chen You can ask for the clipboard opener.
If I enumerate all the processes and add up all the GetGuiResources, why doesn’t it match the GR_GLOBAL value? April 9, 2024 Apr 9, 2024 04/9/24 Raymond Chen There are some things that aren't charged to processes.
How does the classic Win32 ListView handle incremental searching? April 8, 2024 Apr 8, 2024 04/8/24 Raymond Chen Combining prefix search with repeated search, to accommodate multiple styles.
The case of the exception that a catch (…) didn’t catch April 5, 2024 Apr 5, 2024 04/5/24 Raymond Chen Reconstructing a false history.