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Why does Windows keep your BIOS clock on local time? (2004) (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
3 points by ryukoposting 1 day ago | past | 1 comment
Why did I lose the data even though I called Safe­Array­Add­Ref? (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
1 point by ibobev 5 days ago | past | discuss
How can I retain access to the data in a SAFEARRAY after my method returns? (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
1 point by ibobev 5 days ago | past | discuss
C++ has scope_exit for running code at scope exit (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
2 points by firesteelrain 11 days ago | past | discuss
Faster restart of Windows 95 when you hold the shift key (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
15 points by todsacerdoti 15 days ago | past
Clipping the focus item when looking for its on-screen location (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
1 point by ibobev 16 days ago | past
Using Active Accessibility to find out where the focus item is (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
1 point by ibobev 16 days ago | past
When programs assume the system will never change, episode 4: Stealing strings (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
4 points by zdw 19 days ago | past
Swapping two blocks of memory that reside inside a larger block, in constant mem (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
2 points by ibobev 28 days ago | past | 1 comment
Swapping two blocks of memory that reside inside a larger block, in constant (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
2 points by ibobev 30 days ago | past
Understanding and mitigating a stack overflow in our task sequencer (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
1 point by mooreds 30 days ago | past
Swapping two blocks of memory inside a larger block, in constant memory (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
48 points by paulmooreparks 33 days ago | past | 26 comments
Swapping two blocks of memory inside a larger block, in constant memory (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
3 points by ingve 34 days ago | past
How can I detect that the system is running low on memory? (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
5 points by ibobev 35 days ago | past
Can I throw a C++ exception from a structured exception? (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
64 points by birdculture 37 days ago | past | 15 comments
C++ says “We have try... finally at home” (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
149 points by ibobev 38 days ago | past | 143 comments
Why are we worried about memory access semantics? Full barriers are enough? (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
3 points by signa11 38 days ago | past
Janet Jackson had the power to crash laptop computers (2022) (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
310 points by montalbano 39 days ago | past | 124 comments
Why are we worried about memory access semantics? (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
2 points by HeliumHydride 39 days ago | past
Why is the last letter of my string not making it to the clipboard? (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
3 points by HeliumHydride 40 days ago | past
C++: "We have try...finally at home" (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
4 points by HeliumHydride 42 days ago | past | 1 comment
Microspeak: North Star – The Old New Thing (2015) (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
26 points by rbanffy 42 days ago | past | 10 comments
When irate product support customers demand to speak to Bill Gates (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
79 points by magnat 43 days ago | past | 35 comments
All the other cool languages have try finally. C++: We have try at home (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
2 points by macote 43 days ago | past | 1 comment
Concluding thoughts on our deep dive into Windows clipboard text conversion (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
3 points by ibobev 44 days ago | past
The Windows clipboard automatic text conversion algorithm is path-dependent (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
1 point by ibobev 44 days ago | past
Why does Windows take the scenic route converting from CF_TEXT to CF_OEM­TEXT? (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
5 points by zdw 48 days ago | past
Resolving an ambiguity in the Windows clipboard automated text conversion table (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
2 points by ibobev 52 days ago | past
Various locale mismatch scenarios in Windows clipboard text format synthesis (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
29 points by ibobev 54 days ago | past | 7 comments
How does Windows synthesize CF_Unicode­TEXT from CF_TEXT and vice versa? (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
10 points by ibobev 56 days ago | past

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