Oct 31, 2018 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 Dulce et decorum est pro patria party Raymond Chen Anyone up for a toga party?
Oct 30, 2018 Post comments count0 Post likes count0 What happened to the Arial Unicode MS font? Raymond Chen It couldn't do what it was originally created to do.
Oct 29, 2018 Post comments count0 Post likes count0 The case of the oplock deadlock poppycock Raymond Chen Call Sherlock.
Oct 26, 2018 Post comments count0 Post likes count0 How do I prevent users from using the mouse to drag the trackbar thumb to positions that aren’t multiples of five? Part 2: Nudging the thumb position Raymond Chen A little nudging here, a little nudging there.
Oct 25, 2018 Post comments count0 Post likes count0 How do I prevent users from using the mouse to drag the trackbar thumb to positions that aren’t multiples of five? Part 1: Reframe the problem Raymond Chen Make everything a multiple of five.
Oct 24, 2018 Post comments count0 Post likes count0 Adding a Ctrl+arrow accelerator for moving the trackbar by just one unit, part 2: Second try Raymond Chen Intercepting the thumb motion.
Oct 23, 2018 Post comments count0 Post likes count0 Adding a Ctrl+arrow accelerator for moving the trackbar by just one unit, part 1: Initial plunge Raymond Chen The obvious thing starts to get out of hand.
Oct 22, 2018 Post comments count0 Post likes count0 Why does the Entry Point Not Found error dialog sometimes not include the name of the missing entry point? Raymond Chen Because the name is too long.
Oct 19, 2018 Post comments count0 Post likes count0 File-extending writes are not always synchronous, which is entirely within the contract Raymond Chen It is an option but not a requirement.
Oct 18, 2018 Post comments count0 Post likes count0 After reporting a non-responsive program to Windows Error Reporting, why does the process spawn a suspended child process? Raymond Chen That's just a ghost, a shadow of the original.