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Learn more about this very useful library.
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Writing Windows services never was an easy thing, but this article makes it far simpler for you to do.
Framework for Writing Services and Multithreaded Applications, Part 1
Learn about a framework for rapid development of NT services. Also includes tools for stack tracing, performance testing, generic logging/debugging, memory leak testing, and thread pooling.
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