The Old New Thing

Further discussion of the synchronization barrier

July 29, 2016 Jul 29, 2016 07/29/16

Raymond Chen

It's really just a switch.

How can I check whether a parameter is a pointer to a stack variable?

July 28, 2016 Jul 28, 2016 07/28/16

Raymond Chen

Check it against the thread limits.

Why does setting the horizontal scroll bar range for the first time also set the vertical range, and vice versa?

July 27, 2016 Jul 27, 2016 07/27/16

Raymond Chen

An attempt at delay-initialization.

Why does sharing a folder in Explorer grant full permission on the share to everyone?

July 26, 2016 Jul 26, 2016 07/26/16

Raymond Chen

The ACLs will do the work.

Is there a Windows API for IntelliSense?

July 25, 2016 Jul 25, 2016 07/25/16

Raymond Chen

That's not really an operating system thing.

What is the significance of changing the registration for CLSIDs to point to a private copy of MSXML3?

July 22, 2016 Jul 22, 2016 07/22/16

Raymond Chen

You hijacked the CLSID, which is not going to end well.

If you don’t want the changes to be permanent, the don’t pass the flag that says that you want the changes to be permanent

July 21, 2016 Jul 21, 2016 07/21/16

Raymond Chen

Stands to reason.

Microspeak: Tick-tock

July 20, 2016 Jul 20, 2016 07/20/16

Raymond Chen

Who's doing what when?

Having trouble with Windows Hello face recognition? Try a Jedi mind trick!

July 19, 2016 Jul 19, 2016 07/19/16

Raymond Chen

This is the user you are looking for.

When I tell Windows to compress a file, the compression is far worse than I get if I ask WinZip to compress the file; why is that?

July 18, 2016 Jul 18, 2016 07/18/16

Raymond Chen

The different compressors have different goals.