Swisstone
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Probably writing code or troubleshooting #Windows
COM Surrogate is dllhost.exe used by the Explorer: devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/...
What does the COM Surrogate do and why does it always stop working? - The Old New Thing
The dllhost.exe process goes by the name COM Surrogate and the only time you’re likely even to notice its existence is when it crashes and you get the message COM Surrogate has stopped working. What i...
devblogs.microsoft.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
COM Surrogate is dllhost.exe used by the Explorer: devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/...
I was hoping this would address the HTTP.sys (localhost) issue (without having to deploy a KIR)
October 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I was hoping this would address the HTTP.sys (localhost) issue (without having to deploy a KIR)
Thank you! It's great to see DTrace highlighted in this document.
July 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Thank you! It's great to see DTrace highlighted in this document.
April 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
How can it be so efficient even with very low bandwidth? How was the protocol optimized?
February 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
How can it be so efficient even with very low bandwidth? How was the protocol optimized?
Catastrophic. Fiddling with the host file, especially from unelevated processes, means you can't even trust who you are talking to. Name resolution must be robust and trustworthy. Also, I don't know if Kerberos can be fooled by the host file, but if that's the case, then it's even worse.
February 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Catastrophic. Fiddling with the host file, especially from unelevated processes, means you can't even trust who you are talking to. Name resolution must be robust and trustworthy. Also, I don't know if Kerberos can be fooled by the host file, but if that's the case, then it's even worse.
"M365 optimized browser"
The IE days are back?
The IE days are back?
December 6, 2024 at 4:28 PM
"M365 optimized browser"
The IE days are back?
The IE days are back?
noooo this is not just a spiky camera, this is an Aperture Science spiky camera, you probably have to shoot a portal on a white surface nearby.
November 24, 2024 at 9:50 PM
noooo this is not just a spiky camera, this is an Aperture Science spiky camera, you probably have to shoot a portal on a white surface nearby.