🪟 My favorite pieces from the Windows XP source code

I've been examining the code for past several days just for the sake of it, and here's what I found — the best picks.
Taken from my own neat thread on Twitter.

Judging by the comments within the source, Windows XP development wasn't the smoothest experience for some developers — many dirty hacks, workarounds, plenty of resent all across the code. There were a bunch of nice and wholesome comments too, but, unfortunately, the struggle and pain seems more prevalent.

The Reset might have been necessary, after all.

The list in order:
1. \windows\core\ntgdi\test\teff\poo.txt
2. \com\published\idlole\oleext\oleext.idl
3. \base\ntsetup\opktools\oformat\msfor.asm
4. \base\mvdm\wow16\ctl3dv2\ctl3d.dif
5. \inetcore\mshtml\src\site\base\treeserv.cxx
6. \inetcore\mshtml\src\site\base\treeserv.cxx (❗️double)
7. \ds\ds\src\util\dcdiag\repl\initial.c
8. \XPSP1\NT\shell\cpls\inetcpl\privacy.cpp
9. \admin\activec\core\zlib.h
10. \base\mvdm\wow16\kernel31\ldaux.asm

🪟 My favorite pieces from the Windows XP source code — Part 2

Part 2 of the collection. The first 10 pieces can be found here. 😊

The list in order:
11. \base\fs\rdr2\rdbss\ifskit.mrx\smbmrx\sys\ea.c
12. \XPSP1\NT\shell\applets\taskmgr\main.cpp
13. \XPSP1\NT\shell\ext\keyremap\mapcf.c
14. \XPSP1\NT\shell\iecontrols\framewrk\stdenum.cpp
15. \XPSP1\NT\shell\lib\util.cpp
16. \multimedia\dshow\filters.ks\tests\tstshell\tsseltst.c 😂
17. \base\mvdm\wow16\kernel31\tdb.inc
18. \inetsrv\iis\svcs\ftp\server\userdb.cxx
19. \base\mvdm\wow16\mmsystem\mmtask\mmtask.asm
20. \base\mvdm\dos\v86\doskrnl\dos\misc.asm