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re: Does mapping the same shared memory two times in a process lead to double...
Why do so many people assume that everybody can just instantly switch to 64-bit? There are plenty of people with only 32-bit hardware, running 32-bit OSes on 64-bit hardware, using 32-bit only...
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re: Why doesn't the Windows 7 Start menu have a pushpin for pinning items?
I guess this is where you'd write code to make the UI "smart". Treat the icon, name, pushpin, and arrows as a set of columns. If there are no arrows in a menu, remove the arrow column making the...
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re: Does mapping the same shared memory two times in a process lead to double...
I have a program that forks off a second process. Â The first process creates a pagefile-backed section with CreateFileMapping, then DuplicateHandles it into the child process. Â Both processes then map...
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re: Does mapping the same shared memory two times in a process lead to double...
@Myria From the CreateFileMapping documentation found at msdn.microsoft.com/.../aa366537(v=vs.85).aspx "With one important exception, file views derived from any file mapping object that is backed by...
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re: The 2012/2013 Seattle Symphony subscription season at a glance
I propose "Stravinsky: The Firebird" as Polarizing. "Mussorgsky: Night On Bald Mountain" is, I assume, the Rimsky-Korsakov orchestration? Â I looked in the original program and it doesn't seem to specify.
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re: A single-handed effort to keep the memory of $2 bills alive
Fred's sportsman's bar in New Glarus, WI gives them out as change to this day. Go in and get a New Glarus beer, and then try out the largest urinal down the street! The bills are handy elsewhere,...
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re: Why doesn't the Windows 7 Start menu have a pushpin for pinning items?
Another case of programs which tries to be be smart, fails, and ends up as a stupid laughter. KISS.
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re: How do I disable the fault-tolerant heap?
Couldn't visual studio do this automatically for exes it compiles? [I guess I don't understand what you're saying. Are you saying that every VS-complied EXE should disable the fault-tolerant heap?...
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Seems comments on blogs.msdn.com/.../247918.aspx cant be posted, so I post here a little offtopic: I saw another strange way to detect Win'NT - trying to GetFileAttributes("???.???") and checking...
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re: Does mapping the same shared memory two times in a process lead to double...
Gabe, people who want to map over 2 GB of data (or people who want to run an application that requires it) can these days be expected to pay the $200 for a PC upgrade to a 64-bit system. Yeah. $100 for...
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re: Why does it take Task Manager longer to appear when you start it from the...
@xpclient Thanks for that, that probably explains my multiple hang-at-black-screen issues I get with the wife switching to her profile. Now off to google "disable fast user switching" JB
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Hmm, but using the Radeon drivers, the mode change on CTRL+ALT+DEL is really smooth and fast. Well, I guess in amongst all the other bugs, they have to get something right.
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I'm running Windows XP (like the one who originally asked the question) and 1) the Ctrl+Alt+Del window doesn't appear when I press Ctrl+Alt+Del but Task Manager is launched directly and 2) there seems...
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Thanks for the answer, Raymond. I hadn't considered how much extra work was needed and definitely had no idea the video driver was involved in it. Interesting.
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@Anonymous Coward Yes, Windows XP launches Task Manager directly when you press Ctrl+Alt+Del if you have Welcome screen and Fast User Switching (as if you pressed Ctrl+Shift+Esc). The things have...
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> Hmm, but using the Radeon drivers, the mode change on CTRL+ALT+DEL is really smooth and fast. I don't think Ctrl+Alt+Del involves a mode switch - it's fast on all my computers. Try locking your...
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On some versions of Windows, you can change the display settings for your session even if you log in as a limited user, but the secure desktop will retain the previous administrator's settings. The...
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I seem to remember letting users change display settings is an accessibility requirement: visually impaired users may need a lower resolution, bigger fonts, etc. We used to have that blocked in...
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@Raymond replying to Xpclient: your reply makes no sense at all. Xpclient lists a lot of actual problems and doesn't make the argument that it's worse because it's different per se. I thought the same....
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@jas88:I seem to remember letting users change display settings is an accessibility requirement: visually impaired users may need a lower resolution, bigger fonts, etc Yes, but as Neil said: I would...
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