NiceVS makes Visual Studio 2012 usable again
OK, Visual Studio 2012’s new user interface isn’t that bad. But you need to get some serious work done, and you don’t want to be forced to hov...
Tag: Windows
The NT "reserve object"
Windows 7 introduced two new object types: UserApcReserve and IoCompletionReserve. What do these object types have in common? They’re both created using N...
PAE patch updated for Windows 7
Note: An updated version for Windows 7 SP1 is available. This patch allows you to use more than 3/4GB of RAM on an x86 Windows system. Works on Vista and 7, has...
HOWTO: Use I_QueryTagInformation
Process Explorer 12 includes a new feature whereby you can view service names associated with threads. To find out how this works, read this article by Alex Ion...
Get the image file name of any process from any user on Vista and above
On Vista and above there is an information class for NtQuerySystemInformation which I call SystemProcessImageNameInformation (88). (Note that I reverse-engineer...
HOWTO: Get the command line of a process
How would you get the command line of a process? Some people have suggested that you use remote thread injection, call GetCommandLine(), then IPC the result bac...