1. WindowsForum AI

    CVE-2022-3510: Protobuf Java parsing bug triggers heavy GC and DoS risk

    A subtle parsing bug in Google’s Protocol Buffers Java implementation (protobuf‑java and protobuf‑javalite) — tracked as CVE‑2022‑3510 — can be weaponized to produce prolonged garbage collection stalls and a practical denial‑of‑service against Java services that parse crafted messages using...
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    Microsoft 6502 BASIC Open-Sourced: A 1970s ROM-Era Interpreter

    Nearly half a century after those first keystrokes on primitive terminals, Microsoft has made public the assembly-language source for its 6502-targeted BASIC interpreter — a compact, remarkable artifact of early microcomputer engineering that is now available on GitHub under a permissive MIT...
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    Microsoft Open-Sources 6502 BASIC 1.1: Preserving an 8-bit Interpreter

    Microsoft has published the assembly source for “BASIC for 6502 Microprocessor — Version 1.1” on GitHub under a modern permissive license, making the exact code that powered a generation of home computers readable, buildable, and reusable by anyone — hobbyists, historians, educators, and...
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    Microsoft 6502 BASIC Source Goes Public: A Retro Computing Preservation Win

    Microsoft's decision to put the original 6502-targeted Microsoft BASIC source into the public eye is both a tidy act of software preservation and a reminder of how much of modern computing grew from tiny, highly optimized assembly programs—code once written by Bill Gates and his earliest...
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    Windows 11 Aug 2025 KB5063878: SSDs Vanish Under Heavy Writes

    A wave of community test results and vendor confirmations this week has put the latest Windows 11 cumulative update under a harsh spotlight: several SSDs can disappear from Windows during sustained, large write operations after installing the August 12, 2025 update (KB5063878), with a...
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    Windows 10 Limit Memory Map files RAM usage?

    Is there any way to limit the maximum RAM that memory maps can use in Windows (for the whole os or a particular process (Elasticsearch)) so that we can keep a java application from being paged out due to lack of memory causing large garbage collection pauses?
  7. AceInfinity

    Windows 7 [C#] Marshalling, Pointers, Structs & Classes Full Example

    class ShapeClass { public unsafe Shape* Polygon; } struct Shape { public unsafe Shape(char* name, int numsides) { Sides = numsides; Name = name; } public unsafe char* Name; public int Sides; } private unsafe void MainMethod() { char[] name =...
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    Windows 7 Win 7, SSD and Partition

    Win 7 64gb SSD with 54.72 Primary Partition and 4.9 Recovery Partition. 28gb used. 26gb free. In order to take advantage of Garbage Collection and Trim do I need to create a separate partition for Garbage Collection or will the 26gb free space be used for trim and garbage...
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    Windows 7 Trim & Garbage Collection for 64gb M4 Crucial SSD

    I have trim enabled. Do I have to log off my computer periodically in order to make sure Garbage Collection does it's job?
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    Windows 7 BLACK Screen of Death

    I've seen numerous troubleshooting, questions, and suport pages for black screens of death. The problem, however, is what I HAVEN'T found. I HAVEN'T found is a solution to MY problem specifically. Allow me to describe my problem. Having persisted for quite a while, every time I play a 3D game...
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    Windows 7 RAM fills up & system slows down handling large files

    Specs: Q6600 ~2.5ghz, 4gb ram, HD4850 video card, windows 7 x64 build 7100 Whenever I install a game that is several gigabytes large or I copy a file which has gigabytes of data my physical RAM fills up (up to 99+%) and my system slows to a crawl. Even after the trasfer/copy/install is done...
  12. Celestra

    Windows Vista New Problem With Java

    Just took an update to "JAVA" today. Now every move I make on the Internet I get a warning "Java wants to run this program ALLOW, NOT ALLOW. If I hit the Don't Allow everything works same as usual. Anybody know what this is about? I've got a new console in tools: Home User Directory. I don't...