Dec 30, 2016
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2016 year-end link clearance
Another year.
Showing results for December 2016 - The Old New Thing
Dec 30, 2016
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The invisible work of preparing PC BIOSes for the year 2000
Nursing the BIOS into the new century.
Dec 29, 2016
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The evolution of the text size limits related to the standard static control
Smaller, then bigger.
Dec 28, 2016
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The case of the four unlabeled toggle buttons
Make up whatever you like.
Dec 27, 2016
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Why don’t I get properly translated program output after installing the corresponding language pack?
There's localization and there's localization.
Dec 26, 2016
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Wireless AC is, unfortunately, not what it sounds like
The strange naming conventions of IEEE 802.11 standards.
Dec 23, 2016
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The mother lode of well-known SIDs
Jackpot.
Dec 22, 2016
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Another pattern for using the InitOnce functions
The synchronous two-phase initialization.
Dec 21, 2016
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What is the maximum numeric value for a socket, and what is the maximum number of sockets a Windows program can create?
You can create as many as you want, subject to the usual resource constraints.
Dec 20, 2016
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If you ask robocopy to destroy the destination, then it will destroy the destination
Be careful what you ask for. You might get it.