Recently someone asked me what on earth the new QueryIdleProcessorCycleTime function in Windows Vista does. I can understand the confusion considering the documentation is just plain wrong, at least in terms of how the function is used. If you can look beyond the documentation then you will discover...

Recently someone asked me what on earth the new QueryIdleProcessorCycleTime function in Windows Vista does. I can understand the confusion considering the documentation is just plain wrong, at least in terms of how the function is used. If you can look beyond the documentation then you will discover...

When using the Environment.SpecialFolder enumeration I often spend a few extra moments checking what path a particular SpecialFolder constant refers to on my computer. Since it can be different from machine to machine and user to user it can help to quickly identify where the special folders point to...

Every so often I need to view an application’s manifest, for example to debug application dependencies or to confirm the requested execution level . This usually involves opening up the binary application file in Visual Studio and exporting the RT_MANIFEST resource to a text file that I then open in...

As I did last year , I thought I'd provide a quick summary of some of the highlights from 2007. Articles I wrote a few more articles for MSDN Magazine in 2007. I also launched a brand new column for the magazine called Windows with C++. Windows with C++: Windows Template Library 8.0 Windows with C++...

I often get asked about unit testing native code and quite frankly I’ve never really had a good answer. Until now that is. Maria Blees was kind enough to share a unit testing framework she developed for C++ called WinUnit and I must say I’m really impressed. Go read about it now in her article published...