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  • Chris Jackson is an Architect and the Technical Lead for the Windows Application Experience SWAT Team.

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July 2009 - Posts

How to Work Around Program Compatibility Assistant (PCA) JobObjects Interfering with Your JobObjects
I had a question come up in response to another post : I also have another side effect from this change.  I have a process that tracks processes via JobObjects.  With Vista I had to add a Manifest file to all my processes so PCA would not track Read More...
Unraveling the Mysteries of MSI Compatibility Modes in Windows 7
If you right click on an executable in Windows Vista, you’ll find a Compatibility Tab, where you can set compatibility modes (layers) for that executable file. These compatibility layers are collections of shims and loader flags (depending on whether Read More...
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