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2015 1

  1. Switch between registry hives in Windows 10

2014 3

  1. Windows 10 and File Explorer
  2. Your app will crash if you try to invoke the setdesktopwallpaper verb
  3. Adventures in reinterpret_cast

2013 1

  1. Hilarious network configuration

2012 5

  1. Why does explorer tell me the file was opened by the wrong program?
  2. Why do .zip files from Mac OS show up as green/encrypted?
  3. Remote Assistance and UAC prompts
  4. System Tray Notification area icons
  5. How do I file a bug for Windows 7?

2011 4

  1. Where did my jump lists go!?!?
  2. So, what has your team been up to for the last six months?
  3. How to recover Google Chrome passwords and cookies
  4. Windows+X is not really Windows+X

2010 1

  1. The process com.htc.bgp has stopped unexpectedly

2009 7

  1. Getting the Printer Friendly name from the Device Center shell folder
  2. New Windows 7 Advertisement unveiled at today's Company Meeting
  3. The case of the very annoying hpqtra08.exe
  4. Servicing Dependencies, Part 2
  5. Servicing Dependencies, Part 1
  6. Windows 7 beta is available!!
  7. Hello w0rld