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Just for fun: Sample user names in Windows 7
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Why are custom properties created on Windows 2000 lost when I view the file from newer versions of Windows?
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How do IsThemeActive, IsAppThemed, and IsCompositionActive differ?
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WinMain is just the conventional name for the Win32 process entry point
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Microspeak: PowerPoint Karaoke and the eye chart
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If it's possible to do something, then it's possible to do something WRONG
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One engineer's interpretation of the Segway as a hybrid vehicle
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BeginBufferedPaint: It's not just for buffered painting any more
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