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The Windows Segment Heap is a memory manager that can be enabled for specific applications to improve performance and reduce fragmentation. This article explains how to enable it using registry settings or environment variables for targeted processes.

WireGuard for Windows has reached version 1.0, marking a stable release of the VPN client for the Windows operating system. This milestone follows years of development and testing of the secure networking tunnel implementation.

The article criticizes PowerShell's design choices, including its verbose syntax, object-oriented approach, and integration with Windows. It argues that PowerShell fails as a shell language while being inadequate as a scripting language.

VoiceCtrl is a real-time microphone volume coaching application for Mac and Windows that helps users maintain optimal speaking levels. The lightweight app, built with Tauri, is approximately 8MB in size and provides visual feedback for voice volume control.

The original creator of Windows Task Manager explains that CPU usage readings can be misleading due to how the system measures processor activity. A former Microsoft engineer demonstrates a unique solution to this seemingly simple but complex measurement problem.

The original Windows Task Manager was developed by a single engineer in under 80 kilobytes of code. It was designed to be extremely fast and responsive for system monitoring and process management.

Microsoft has introduced a sudo command for Windows, allowing users to run commands with elevated privileges directly from an unelevated console session. This feature provides a familiar sudo experience similar to Linux systems for Windows users.

The original Task Manager creator explains that CPU usage percentages can be misleading because they represent a simplified average rather than precise real-time measurements. A former Microsoft engineer demonstrates an alternative approach to better understand actual processor utilization.

The article compares two Windows DNS troubleshooting tools: Resolve-DnsName (a PowerShell cmdlet) and Nslookup (a command-line utility). It explains their different capabilities, output formats, and use cases for DNS query resolution.

Microsoft released security updates addressing 77 vulnerabilities across its software products. While no zero-day flaws were reported this month, some patches require prompt attention from Windows users. The updates are part of Microsoft's regular Patch Tuesday cycle.

WinQuake is a Windows port of the original Quake engine created to address performance issues with the DOS version. The article explains how it improved rendering speed through optimized Windows API usage and memory management techniques.

The article discusses the technical process of waiting for a thread to acknowledge changes when adding or removing handles from an active WaitForMultipleObjects operation. This is part two of a series on managing handles in Windows synchronization mechanisms.

The article explains that a long delay between a thread exiting and WaitForSingleObject returning may occur because the thread hasn't actually fully exited yet. The system may still be performing cleanup operations after the thread's execution has completed.

The article discusses window message 0x0091 being received with unexpected parameters, describing it as trespassing on system messages. It appears on The Old New Thing blog from Microsoft.