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Additional notes on controlling which handles are inherited by Create­Process
devblogs.microsoft.com·1d
Developing more confidence when tracking renames via Read­Directory­ChangesW
devblogs.microsoft.com·4d
When you upgrade your resource strings to Unicode, don’t forget to specify the L prefix
devblogs.microsoft.com·5d
Why not have changes in API behavior depend on the SDK you link against?
devblogs.microsoft.com·6d
A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch between Microsoft and IBM organizational structures
devblogs.microsoft.com·1w·Lobsters, Hacker News
How do I inform Windows that I’m writing a binary file?
devblogs.microsoft.com·1w·Hacker News
Developing a cross-process reader/writer lock with limited readers, part 4: Abandonment
devblogs.microsoft.com·1w
Developing a cross-process reader/writer lock with limited readers, part 3: Fairness
devblogs.microsoft.com·1w
Developing a cross-process reader/writer lock with limited readers, part 2: Taking turns when being grabby
devblogs.microsoft.com·1w
Developing a cross-process reader/writer lock with limited readers, part 1: A semaphore
devblogs.microsoft.com·2w
Looking at consequences of passing too few register parameters to a C function on various architectures
devblogs.microsoft.com·2w·Lobsters, Hacker News
Defending against exceptions in a scope_exit RAII type
devblogs.microsoft.com·2w·r/cpp
Another crash caused by uninstaller code injection into Explorer
devblogs.microsoft.com·2w·Hacker News
Mapping the page tables into memory via the page tables
devblogs.microsoft.com·2w
Sure, xor’ing a register with itself is the idiom for zeroing it out, but why not sub?
devblogs.microsoft.com·3w·Hacker News, Hacker News, r/cpp
How did code handle 24-bit-per-pixel formats when using video cards with bank-switched memory?
devblogs.microsoft.com·3w·Hacker News
Forgotten message from the past: LB_INIT­STORAGE
devblogs.microsoft.com·3w
What’s up with window message 0x0091? We’re getting it with unexpected parameters
devblogs.microsoft.com·3w
Why is there a long delay between a thread exiting and the Wait­For­Single­Object returning?
devblogs.microsoft.com·3w·Hacker News
Why was there a red telephone at every receptionist desk?
devblogs.microsoft.com·4w

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