Author: Roman

Yet another ATL bug

Another weird bug from Visual C++ .NET/ATL internals (Visual Studio .NET 2003 Service Pack 1). IDispatch implementation (IModuleCommunicationTcp on the screenshot) supplied by Visual C++  compiler that converts “by DISPID” IDispatch::Invoke call into virtual method call (IModuleCommunicationTcp::get_HttpHost) does not initialize local BSTR variable i1 on stack. In case of method failure (in which case there…

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Cryptext

I have been using a great utility Cryptext from Nick Payne since long ago. The utility is a shell extension that encrypts/decrypts selected files with a password using well known cryptographic algorithms and even has sample source code to derypt included. A fool proof check for correct password and an option to keep the password…

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Fresh goodies from Microsoft

Windows XP Service Pack 3 Overview Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (ISO, x86fre and amd64fre) Windows Server 2008 Standard (ISO, x86fre and amd64fre) Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Visual Studio Express Editions Download the Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition All-in-One DVD MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008 MSDN Library for Visual…

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Zero-Defect Software Development

When it comes to software bugs it is useful to know the gradient how to avoid and how to fix. What I recently found is an article about the accumulated experience on the topic: Zero-Defect Software Development (ZDSD) by Steve Pavlina [devnewz.com, securitypronews.com] ZDSD in Russian NASA Software Safety Standard NASA-STD-8719.13B

Was Sticky: Blog Navigation

If you are searching for software or an utility: Software: check NTFS Links, DHCP Server pages WordPress Plugins: check Google Talk Sidebar Widget pages Utilities: check Utilities category and check subcategories on the sidebar If you are interested in C++ development, ATL and WTL: If you are interested in C++ DirectShow/Media Foundation development, check DirectShow…

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Google search specifics

I am curious if Google has a bias against Microsoft websites in search results. It was rather unexpected to see this site first in search for _CONVERSION_DONT_USE_THREAD_LOCALE with following results from connect.microsoft.com and blogs.msdn.com (at least as relevant as I think).