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Sep 28, 2025 23 min

You Asked: Can Windows be Made Crash-Proof?

from Dave’s Garage: Shop Talk Hosted by Dave Plummer and Glen Hodges

Can Windows be made crash-proof by moving third party components out of the kernel's Ring 0? Dave and Glen answer your questions!00:00 - Intro00:28 - Why are we only using two rings?03:26 - Desqview and Desqview/X04:22 - The actual value of MAX_PATH is 260, not 250.05:14 - Are there file systems that can nest many files into a larger cluster?06:11 - Is it possible to talk a little about OLE32 and how it worked?07:57 - Reserve 50 DCHP addresses? Why not a round number like 32 or 64?08:36 - Do you run a management software to monitor your network?13:12 - LEDs: Can you share your project?13:51 - if you could rewrite anything internal within windows with modern knowledge what would it be?15:02 - Is it still possible to make a windows app in raw C code only?15:54 - Was Dave at the Win 95 launch?16:48 - Still no timestamps?17:26 - Is your system AMD or Intel?18:38 - You have a mac? on purpose?20:40 - Whats that clicking noise? Does anyone else hear it?21:15 - When do we get an update on the second vax?21:47 - Are you some programming God, Dave?22:00 - Just ONE million sub channel wasn’t enough?22:48 - What? Dave has 2 channels?!23:30 - The Friendly Giant outro

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