The Old New Thing : November 2006

Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:00 AM

It took two of us to keep up with one Bob

A reminiscence about a great programmer.

Posted by oldnewthing | 32 Comments

Filed under: Other

Wednesday, November 29, 2006 7:00 AM

A fork is an easy-to-find nonstandard USB device

Physical access once again triumphs.

Posted by oldnewthing | 43 Comments

Filed under: Other

Tuesday, November 28, 2006 7:00 AM

What went wrong in Windows 95 if you use a system color brush as your background brush?

Oops, lost a system color brush.

Posted by oldnewthing | 24 Comments

Filed under: Code, History

Monday, November 27, 2006 7:00 AM

It's not surprising at all that people search for Yahoo

Search box vs. address box - who cares?

Posted by oldnewthing | 99 Comments

Filed under: Other

Friday, November 24, 2006 7:00 AM

Sometimes you need to recalibrate your progress reports

It almost links now.

Posted by oldnewthing | 11 Comments

Filed under: History

Thursday, November 23, 2006 7:00 AM

Placebo setting: QoS bandwidth reservation

Nonsensical advice.

Posted by oldnewthing | 27 Comments

Filed under: Tips/Support

Wednesday, November 22, 2006 7:00 AM

The quiet dream of placebo settings

The fantasy.

Posted by oldnewthing | 35 Comments

Filed under: History

Tuesday, November 21, 2006 7:00 AM

What is the process by which the cursor gets set?

It's just WM_SETCURSOR, but that in itself is rather complicated.

Posted by oldnewthing | 10 Comments

Filed under: Code

Monday, November 20, 2006 7:00 AM

Paradoxically, you should remove the smart card when logging on with a smart card

It may speed up the logon process.

Posted by oldnewthing | 23 Comments

Filed under: Tips/Support

Monday, November 20, 2006 7:00 AM

It takes only one program to foul an upgrade

Worst software ever.

Posted by oldnewthing | 32 Comments

Filed under: Code

Friday, November 17, 2006 7:00 AM

The window manager moves the mouse; applications choose the cursor

The division of labor.

Posted by oldnewthing | 34 Comments

Filed under: Tips/Support

Thursday, November 16, 2006 7:00 AM

Using DIB sections to perform bulk color mapping

Make GDI do the work for you

Posted by oldnewthing | 6 Comments

Filed under: Code

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 7:00 AM

Manipulating the DIB color table for fun and profit

Large scale color changes by changing four bytes for each color.

Posted by oldnewthing | 17 Comments

Filed under: Code

Tuesday, November 14, 2006 7:00 AM

Keeping classic hardware alive through emulation

Still emulating away.

Posted by oldnewthing | 25 Comments

Filed under: History

Tuesday, November 14, 2006 7:00 AM

Blitting between color and monochrome DCs

The text foreground and background colors play a role.

Posted by oldnewthing | 7 Comments

Filed under: Code

Monday, November 13, 2006 7:00 AM

New dessert lounge: Coco la ti da

The long-awaited dessert lounge opens.

Posted by oldnewthing | 8 Comments

Filed under: Non-Computer

Monday, November 13, 2006 7:00 AM

What do bitwise operations mean for colors?

You're really manipulating pixel entries.

Posted by oldnewthing | 9 Comments

Filed under: Code

Friday, November 10, 2006 4:00 AM

Converting an HRESULT to a Win32 error code: Diagram and answer to exercise

Here's that mapping diagram.

Posted by oldnewthing | 60 Comments

Filed under: Code

Thursday, November 09, 2006 7:00 AM

A modest proposal: Solving the problem of steroids in baseball

Transparency.

Posted by oldnewthing | 25 Comments

Filed under: Non-Computer, A modest proposal

Thursday, November 09, 2006 7:00 AM

Why can't you use the Tab key to select items from the auto-complete drop-down?

Because that key is already used for something else.

Posted by oldnewthing | 17 Comments

Filed under: Other

Wednesday, November 08, 2006 7:00 AM

How do I test that return value of ShellExecute against 32?

It doesn't matter, as long as you do it.

Posted by oldnewthing | 39 Comments

Filed under: Code

Tuesday, November 07, 2006 7:00 AM

Aspiring to the wrong office on election day

A curious interview with candidates.

Posted by oldnewthing | 28 Comments

Filed under: Non-Computer

Tuesday, November 07, 2006 7:00 AM

There's going to be an awful lot more overclocking out there

Gateway joins the fray.

Posted by oldnewthing | 39 Comments

Filed under: Other

Monday, November 06, 2006 7:00 AM

Tonya and Nancy: The Opera

Alas, for only a limited run.

Posted by oldnewthing | 4 Comments

Filed under: Non-Computer

Monday, November 06, 2006 7:00 AM

On the importance of backwards compatibility for large corporations

Without backwards compatibility, these companies are sunk.

Posted by oldnewthing | 62 Comments

Filed under: Other

Friday, November 03, 2006 7:00 AM

How do I convert an HRESULT to a Win32 error code?

Some algebra and maybe a mapping diagram.

Posted by oldnewthing | 32 Comments

Filed under: Code

Thursday, November 02, 2006 7:00 AM

Make sure you disable the correct window for modal UI

Disable the owner window, but make sure it's really the owner.

Posted by oldnewthing | 10 Comments

Filed under: Code

Wednesday, November 01, 2006 7:00 AM

I bet somebody got a really nice bonus for that feature

Bad ideas that nevertheless came to fruition.

Posted by oldnewthing | 132 Comments

Filed under: Other

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November 2006 - Posts

It took two of us to keep up with one Bob

A fork is an easy-to-find nonstandard USB device

What went wrong in Windows 95 if you use a system color brush as your background brush?

It's not surprising at all that people search for Yahoo

Sometimes you need to recalibrate your progress reports

Placebo setting: QoS bandwidth reservation

The quiet dream of placebo settings

What is the process by which the cursor gets set?

Paradoxically, you should remove the smart card when logging on with a smart card

It takes only one program to foul an upgrade

The window manager moves the mouse; applications choose the cursor

Using DIB sections to perform bulk color mapping

Manipulating the DIB color table for fun and profit

Keeping classic hardware alive through emulation

Blitting between color and monochrome DCs

New dessert lounge: Coco la ti da

What do bitwise operations mean for colors?

Converting an HRESULT to a Win32 error code: Diagram and answer to exercise

A modest proposal: Solving the problem of steroids in baseball

Why can't you use the Tab key to select items from the auto-complete drop-down?

How do I test that return value of ShellExecute against 32?

Aspiring to the wrong office on election day

There's going to be an awful lot more overclocking out there

Tonya and Nancy: The Opera

On the importance of backwards compatibility for large corporations

How do I convert an HRESULT to a Win32 error code?

Make sure you disable the correct window for modal UI

I bet somebody got a really nice bonus for that feature