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  1. How Windows 11 24H2 Uncovered a 20-Year-Old GTA Bug Rooted in Uninitialized Memory

    Last October, amid the usual relentless hum of Windows updates and the low-key anxiety that comes with “will my device still work tomorrow?”, Microsoft dropped Windows 11 24H2 into the world. You know the drill: Copilot gets smarter, the file manager speaks fluent TAR and 7z, there’s a new...
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    • Forum: Windows News

  2. What sort algorithm is this?

    Hi. Does anyone recognize this sort algorithm? BOOL swap; tagFileNode* TempNode; int i, j, diff = 0; for (j = _NodeCount / 2; j > 0; j /= 2) { swap = true; while (swap) { swap = false; for (i = 0; i + j < _NodeCount; ++i) { if (compare(_NodeList[i...
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    • Forum: Windows Software

  3. New user query

    Hi. I'm a retired computer/electronics engineer with 45 years of experience supporting Windows, Unix, Oracle, and networks of hand-held computers. I write straight C/C++, mostly using the WinAPI, but also MFC. I dabble with Visual Studio writing Windows programs, and I would like to share them...
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    • Forum: Windows Software
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    Windows 7 Programs instantly closing. Please help

    I have heard of this behavior from various people using various applications. It seems to happen more with 32-bit apps running on new Windows versions. The program opens and immediately closes. It is only runs for a second or less. I have tried turning off data execution prevention which does...
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    • 32-bit application behavior c programming c++ programming closing data execution prevention development help network programs security server server 2008 server 2012 software update windows windows 7 windows xp
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support