Welcome to MSDN Blogs Sign in | Join | Help

February 2007 - Posts

Wednesday, February 28, 2007 7:00 AM

More Vista wallpapers from Hamad Darwish

The rejects are still awesome.
Posted by oldnewthing | 5 Comments
Filed under:
Wednesday, February 28, 2007 7:00 AM

Another retired computer: The Alpha Rawhide

Into the museum.
Posted by oldnewthing | 22 Comments
Filed under: ,
Tuesday, February 27, 2007 7:00 AM

How hard could it be? Must provide own garage.

I mean, who hasn't written one of these in their spare time?
Posted by oldnewthing | 22 Comments
Filed under:
Tuesday, February 27, 2007 7:00 AM

What does an NMI error mean? (The infamous "Hardware Malfunction")

Your memory is probably bad.
Posted by oldnewthing | 28 Comments
Filed under:
Monday, February 26, 2007 7:00 AM

The politician's fallacy and the politician's apology

Be on the lookout for it elsewhere.
Posted by oldnewthing | 35 Comments
Filed under:
Monday, February 26, 2007 7:00 AM

Please feel free to stop using DDE

It's a legacy interface.
Posted by oldnewthing | 61 Comments
Filed under:
Friday, February 23, 2007 7:00 AM

I wouldn't be surprised if O. J. Simpson wrote a new book

He's tried worse.
Posted by oldnewthing | 9 Comments
Filed under:
Friday, February 23, 2007 7:00 AM

The 2007/2008 Seattle Symphony subscription season at a glance

The pocket reference guide for 2007/2008.
Posted by oldnewthing | 9 Comments
Filed under:
Friday, February 23, 2007 7:00 AM

Final remarks on LockWindowUpdate

It's not all that useful any more.
Posted by oldnewthing | 38 Comments
Filed under:
Thursday, February 22, 2007 7:00 AM

How to get your laptop to resume from standby in under two seconds

Find the bad drivers.
Posted by oldnewthing | 49 Comments
Filed under:
Thursday, February 22, 2007 7:00 AM

With what operations is LockWindowUpdate not meant to be used?

Um, not dragging.
Posted by oldnewthing | 28 Comments
Filed under:
Wednesday, February 21, 2007 7:00 AM

Mandarin Chinese gaining popularity in public schools

But students take it for different reasons.
Posted by oldnewthing | 31 Comments
Filed under:
Wednesday, February 21, 2007 7:00 AM

With what operations is LockWindowUpdate meant to be used?

Dragging.
Posted by oldnewthing | 19 Comments
Filed under:
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 7:00 AM

Crush Finder experiment gets off the ground at Princeton

A different kind of social networking.
Posted by oldnewthing | 25 Comments
Filed under:
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 7:00 AM

How is LockWindowUpdate meant to be used?

For temporarily drawing into somebody else's window.
Posted by oldnewthing | 16 Comments
Filed under:
Monday, February 19, 2007 7:00 AM

What does LockWindowUpdate do?

The background behind a poorly-understood function.
Posted by oldnewthing | 27 Comments
Filed under:
Friday, February 16, 2007 7:00 AM

News flash: Professional athletes do it for the money

And yet this is scandalous.
Posted by oldnewthing | 33 Comments
Filed under: ,
Friday, February 16, 2007 7:00 AM

Why don't I use any class libraries in my sample code?

Because not everybody uses the same class library.
Posted by oldnewthing | 28 Comments
Filed under:
Thursday, February 15, 2007 7:00 AM

There's not much luggage space, unless you dump the snow

Take the Zamboni 500 out for a test drive.
Posted by oldnewthing | 7 Comments
Filed under:
Thursday, February 15, 2007 7:00 AM

Why can't you set the command prompt's current directory to a UNC?

Compatibility.
Posted by oldnewthing | 53 Comments
Filed under:
Wednesday, February 14, 2007 7:00 AM

Technology hypochondriacs

Oh, that's what I've got.
Posted by oldnewthing | 21 Comments
Filed under:
Tuesday, February 13, 2007 7:00 AM

Email tip: Barry Leiba expounds on subject lines

In particular, the subject lines for meeting requests.
Posted by oldnewthing | 4 Comments
Filed under: ,
Tuesday, February 13, 2007 7:00 AM

Email tip: Don't add people to a thread without saying why

If you add me to an ongoing discussion, you have to say why.
Posted by oldnewthing | 27 Comments
Filed under: ,
Monday, February 12, 2007 7:00 AM

Performance evaluation euphemisms invading everyday speech (ironically)

With a knowing wink.
Posted by oldnewthing | 16 Comments
Filed under:
Monday, February 12, 2007 7:00 AM

Why doesn't the window manager unregister window classes when the owning DLL unloads?

It used to.
Posted by oldnewthing | 15 Comments
Filed under:
Friday, February 09, 2007 7:00 AM

Long Zheng interviews Hamad Darwish about those Windows Vista wallpapers

Following up.
Posted by oldnewthing | 2 Comments
Filed under:
Friday, February 09, 2007 7:00 AM

Do I need rush processing? Beats me!

Giving the user enough information to make an informed decision.
Posted by oldnewthing | 23 Comments
Filed under:
Thursday, February 08, 2007 7:00 AM

Who is most likely to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship?

Arbocultural consultant Peter Yau.
Posted by oldnewthing | 1 Comments
Filed under:
Thursday, February 08, 2007 7:00 AM

Why does my property sheet blink and the immediately disappear?

Make sure your template can be created.
Posted by oldnewthing | 15 Comments
Filed under:
Wednesday, February 07, 2007 7:00 AM

Maintaining standards of Japanese food abroad

Attempting to define what counts as Japanese food.
Posted by oldnewthing | 47 Comments
Filed under:
Wednesday, February 07, 2007 7:00 AM

Why can't I create my dialog box? Rookie mistake #2

Make sure you registered the classes.
Posted by oldnewthing | 7 Comments
Filed under:
Tuesday, February 06, 2007 7:00 AM

Why can't I create my dialog box? Rookie mistake #1

Make sure you have the right name.
Posted by oldnewthing | 21 Comments
Filed under:
Tuesday, February 06, 2007 7:00 AM

Bonus material for The Old New Thing (the book) is now available for download

Sorry it's late.
Posted by oldnewthing | 28 Comments
Filed under:
Monday, February 05, 2007 7:00 AM

Public service announcement for United States taxpayers: In tax year 2006, you can claim a $30 refund if you owned a telephone

Long distance excise tax recovery.
Posted by oldnewthing | 75 Comments
Filed under:
Monday, February 05, 2007 7:00 AM

Why did Explorer say "The target you specified is on the desktop"?

Because it couldn't show you the desktop.
Posted by oldnewthing | 34 Comments
Filed under:
Friday, February 02, 2007 7:00 AM

The publicity machine doesn't stop: TechNet podcast interview

Talking with the TechNet magazine team.
Posted by oldnewthing | 14 Comments
Filed under:
Friday, February 02, 2007 7:00 AM

Super Bowl Sunday: The day the entire country stops doing anything

Even sick people.
Posted by oldnewthing | 23 Comments
Filed under:
Friday, February 02, 2007 7:00 AM

The ironic thing about fixing a bug

Is that people complain I didn't fix some other bug.
Posted by oldnewthing | 42 Comments
Filed under:
Thursday, February 01, 2007 7:00 AM

The network interoperability compatibility problem, second follow-up

Too many incompatible devices.
Posted by oldnewthing | 60 Comments
Filed under:
 
Page view tracker