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Month: February 2018

An amusing story about a practical use of the null garbage collector

The computer itself ceases to exist.

February 28, 201815
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It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway: Replacing an unsigned writable MSI package

Another case of the insecurely-configured system.

February 27, 201821
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I just met you, and this is crazy, but here’s my callstack. Debug me maybe.

You gave me nothing at all, but still, you’re in my way.

February 26, 201824
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The 2018/2019 Seattle Symphony subscription season at a glance

The pocket reference guide for 2018/2019.

February 23, 20183
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How do I make sure that my shell extension is at the top of the context menu?

The battle for absolute supremacy continues.

February 23, 201816
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Why does IsPathRelative return FALSE for paths that are drive-relative?

It’s complicated.

February 22, 201823
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How can I call freopen but open the file with shared access instead of exclusive access?

Coming through the back way.

February 21, 201810
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We couldn’t create a new partition or locate an existing one, possible workarounds

Well, it worked for me.

February 20, 201826
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This is a race the display driver wouldn’t normally expect to lose

But flukes can happen.

February 19, 201811
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So what is a Windows “critical process” anyway?

Is­Process­Critical tells you whether a process is critical, but what does that mean?

February 16, 201810
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