User Impersonation

Example: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/system/UserImpersonation.aspx

How to pass security token between processes: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-SG/windowssecurity/thread/9bd4bce0-033a-431b-abb8-2c10438e6283

variadic macro __VA_ARGS__

http://msdn.microsoft.com/ja-jp/library/ms177415(VS.80).aspx

Reading const

From: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/487048/difference-between-const-declarations-in-c

I always keep in mind this easy rule: const always applies on the thing at the immediate left of it, if this thing doesn't exists, it applies to the thing on the immediate right.

Slim Reader/Writer (SRW) Locks

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa904937(VS.85).aspx

1. Not recursive

2. Not upgradable/degradable

3. Intra-process only

4. From Vista

Performance : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163405(printer).aspx

HTML5

http://www.html5rocks.com/

http://www.apple.com/html5/

Sysinternals Suite

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx

Power User Tools

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ScottHanselmans2005UltimateDeveloperAndPowerUsersToolList.aspx

visual studio 2008

Enable parallel compilation in one project (there are many restrictions though):

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb385193.aspx

3rd party alternative

http://www.todobits.es/mpcl.html?gclid=CMvLxJGFzKECFRAbewodXkMkfA

How to use #import directive (which cause conflict with /MP option)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8etzzkb6.aspx

Direct2D

Direct2D can be used on Session 0 !!
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/directx/archive/2009/09/11/using-direct2d-for-server-side-rendering.aspx

but only with software rendering :(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct2D

Direct2D can minimize CPU usage and utilise hardware rendering on a graphics card that supports Direct3D 10.1 and/or Direct3D 10 Feature Level 9 with WDDM 1.1 drivers, falling back to software rendering using WARP10 in situations when hardware is not available, such as session 0, and for remote server-side rendering. Direct2D performance and memory usage scale linearly with primitive counts in both software and hardware.

Direct2D vs. GDI

http://blogs.msdn.com/directx/archive/2009/09/29/comparing-direct2d-and-gdi.aspx

Surface sharing among various technologies

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee913554(VS.85).aspx

Example on how to draw bitmap using Direct2D

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd799443(v=VS.85).aspx

Writing DPI aware application

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=129588

Windows License and Activation

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/12/24/windows-vista-activation-grace-period-and-5-license-states-explained/