Mar 31, 2016
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Why are there four functions for parsing strings into GUIDs, and why are they in three different DLLs?
Different historical contexts..
Showing results for March 2016 - The Old New Thing
Mar 30, 2016
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The numerology of the build, redux
But why 16?
Mar 29, 2016
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Why doesn’t a program show up on the Start menu’s Recently Used Programs list if I just used it to open a document?
You have to actually use the program directly, at least once.
Mar 28, 2016
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Getting MS-DOS games to run on Windows 95: Virtual memory
Memory access is uniform and free, right?
Mar 25, 2016
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Fixing a floating point exception when operating on NaN
Generate it at compile time.
Mar 24, 2016
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Why does PathIsUNC say that paths that begin with \\?\ are not UNCs?
Because they aren't.
Mar 23, 2016
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Don’t be helpless: You can find information too, if you try (episode 3)
Look around you.
Mar 22, 2016
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How can I find out how much disk space the WinSxS folder is really occupying?
Untangling the links.
Mar 21, 2016
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Were there specific criteria for making a game work at all costs vs. leaving it be if it had problems too weird to debug?
It was basically up to me.
Mar 18, 2016
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What are the consequences of reserving a huge amount of memory, most of which is never committed?
It's mostly harmless now.