Latest System Articles

Learn how to extend the life of legacy user-mode applications without the need to dismantle and rewrite--in just a few easy steps.

Learn how to convert an app into a service without much of an effort using this simple, two-step, yet powerful Windows Service class called CSvcHandler.

Did a former Microsoft employee post projected ship dates for upcoming key products like Windows 8?

Discover how to develop a simple file system filter driver. The demo driver will print the names of opening files to debug output. The article requires basic windows driver and C/C++ knowledge. However it may be interesting to the people without windows driver experience.

The new Windows 7 user interface features can offer Web developers significant productivity gains in terms of organizing, finding, and navigating to commonly used resources. This article introduces you to the improvements which can cut significant time from otherwise mundane daily workflow tasks.

Understand from this guide how and when - as well as when not - to use multithreading.