Showing results for February 2024 - The Old New Thing

It doesn't matter what you pass, but if you have to ask, then just pass zero.

Hey, at least it's possible.

Balancing convenience against security, and how you can tune the knobs toward more security.

Maybe not the most efficient, but it's easy to write.

The dispatcher queue thread isn't useful after it has shut down, so don't try anything.

Keep that dispatcher queue controller around, or you'll never be able to clean up.

Don't try to resurrect it.

Making work items no longer appear on a query.

It has to come from the physical keyboard, because that's the code that detects the magic key sequence.

How to be inert.