In Visual C++ 7.1 and earlier, "catch(...)" would catch all exceptions, both C++ and SEH. The behavior has changed with Visual C++ 8.0. This has caused some confusion. The details get a bit tricky, but the generally accepted wisdom among the C++ gurus...

The consumer versions of 32-bit Windows XP and Vista have a stated limit of 4 GB RAM, but a practical limit of about 3.1 GB. A lot of partial explanations have been floating around, so I thought I would try my hand at clearing up the issue. (Wish me luck...

In my previous post , I described two issues encountered after updating our build system to Nmake 8.0 (the version from Visual Studio 2005) from earlier versions. Both issues turned out to have essentially the same root cause. Nmake's job is to execute...

I've run into this issue twice now (in different forms) after upgrading build systems from old versions of Nmake to Nmake 8.0 (the version from Visual Studio 2005), so I think that means it's time to blog about it. Scenario 1: Your stuff builds...

Around Microsoft, people talk about making things performant. They mean "fast" or "performs well". It is a real word, but according to OED , it means a person who performs something. In any case, I think it really isn't all that important (that...

I work in the Windows Embedded CE group on the "PB IDE tools" team. That might take a bit of explaining. (Sometimes, I'm not entirely clear myself.) CE is the "miniature" version of Windows. (The big version, referred to as "NT" on this blog, is familiar...

I'm a little late to the blog scene, but I hear it is all the rage, and that all the cool people are doing it. I guess it's time to get with the program. (Sorry I'm late!) They (1) say that the first blog entry is supposed to set the tone for the blog...