Jun 26, 2026
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The case of the DLL that was not present in memory despite not being formally unloaded, part 2
Tying two bugs together.
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Jun 25, 2026
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Raymond’s hot take on Hainanese chicken
Subtlety.
Jun 25, 2026
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The case of the DLL that was not present in memory despite not being formally unloaded, part 1
Figuring out how it went missing.
Jun 24, 2026
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Cancellation of Windows Runtime activities is asynchronous
You're asking for it to cancel, but it doesn't wait for confirmation.
Jun 23, 2026
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Microspeak elaborated: Isn’t escrow just a release candidate by another name?
Yes, but the name is a psychological trick.
Jun 22, 2026
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In memory of the man who put red and green squiggles under words
Starting in Word and expanding to nearly every other word processor, and even things that aren't word processors.
Jun 19, 2026
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What does it mean when the bottom bit of my HMODULE is set?
A special kind of HMODULE.
Jun 18, 2026
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Why doesn’t GetLastInputInfo() return info for the user I’m impersonating?
It doesn't care about impersonation, says so on the tin.
Jun 17, 2026
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Windows stack limit checking retrospective, follow-up
Choosing the register to use to pass the desired stack allocation size.
Jun 16, 2026
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Retrofitting the WM_COPYDATA message onto Windows 3.1
It was carefully designed to be trivial.