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Wed, Oct 31 2012 19:58

UDP and DTLS not a performance improvement.

Saw this update in my Windows Update list recently: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2574819 As it stands right now, this is what it says (in part): OK, so I started off feeling good about this – what’s not to like about the idea that DTLS, a security...
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Sun, Jul 24 2011 16:29

Command Line MD5 hash

A colleague asked me the other day what the command-line tool was for calculating MD5 hashes in Windows. In a moment of sanity, I told him that the usual tool was FCIV, the Microsoft File Checksum Integrity Verifier , but that you had to download it....
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Sun, Apr 10 2011 14:55

The power of stupidity

I just spent a couple of days trying to figure out why logon-related code that worked in Windows XP failed in Windows Vista and Windows 7. hToken = NULL; if ( LogonUser( g_sUser, bIsUPN ? NULL : g_sDomain, g_sPass, LOGON32_LOGON_INTERACTIVE, LOGON32_PROVIDER_DEFAULT...
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Mon, Feb 21 2011 20:45

Starting to build your own Credential Provider

If you’re starting to work on a Credential Provider (CredProv or CP, for short) for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7, there are a few steps I would strongly recommend you take, because it will make life easier for...
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