The Old New Thing
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Raymond Chen
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Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Who wrote the text for the Ctrl+Alt+Del dialog in Windows 3.1? (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Why are there both TMP and TEMP environment variables, and which one is right? (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Why is there a screen that says “It is now safe to turn off your computer”? (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Why did Windows 95 setup use three operating systems? (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Why did Windows 7, for a few months, log on slower if you have a solid color background? (devblogs.microsoft.com)
The Microsoft SoftCard for the Apple II: Getting two processors to share the same memory (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Behind the scenes on how Windows 95 application compatibility patched broken programs (devblogs.microsoft.com)
When irate product support customers demand to speak to Bill Gates (devblogs.microsoft.com)
What was the secret sauce that allows for a faster restart of Windows 95 if you hold the shift key? (devblogs.microsoft.com)
A snappy answer when asked about dressing casually at IBM (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Were there any Windows 3.1 programs that were so incompatible with Windows 95 that there was no point trying to patch them? (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Why was there a red telephone at every receptionist desk? (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Mapping the page tables into memory via the page tables (devblogs.microsoft.com)
A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch between Microsoft and IBM organizational structures (devblogs.microsoft.com)
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