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Messenger is contrived

1.0.0xxx: Standard maximum packet size set to 2048 bytes
8.0.0290: Maximum ADL packet size set to 8000 bytes
8.0.0328: Raised ADL packet size to 8192 bytes
9.0.1407: Raised maximum standard packet size to 6144 bytes
14.0.5027: Raised maximum standard packet size to 7189 bytes
If the message is an ADL, the maximum byte limit is 8192, otherwise it is 2048. If the message is ADL, the packet character limit is 8192 bytes, otherwise it is 6144 bytes.
November 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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sometimes I really just feel like i'm experiencing the .net effect

just the unending crust of .net 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0's legacy
"The .NET effect, experience it." from the PDC 2001 banner image
October 18, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Unlike Longhorn Build 4074, Longhorn Build 4053's Play Games With Friends seems to work surprisingly well, even detecting missing games instead of instantly failing.

Weird thing about this build is that there's a timebomb for the USB audio driver where it just stops working after it expires.
Two copies of the Play Games With Friends interface on Windows Longhorn build 4053. The windows both show a light-blue accent color. Windows Longhorn would be scrapped originally and then developed into Windows Vista.
August 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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they would add that specifically only in the version of windows messenger (msmsgs branch) in longhorn to open something that uses a xaml window [1]

oh did i mention that this uses a scrapped messenger feature to invite more than one user to join a activity? [2]
The Buddy Matchmaker - Lobby window from Windows codename "Longhorn" (Later released as Windows Vista), build 4074 The UI has a green accent and a chatbox. It is not depicted functioning due to network-related issues. A difference between a (off-screen) build of Windows Messenger's MessengerPrivate interface, compared to the build that is shipped with multiple builds of Windows codename "Longhorn" (later released as Windows Vista). The changes show that a new type was added to the invite flags list called "N-way application invite compatible".
August 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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yeah so sometimes you just find out the most random things possible got MSN Messenger DLC, including Sonic The Hedgehog (2006).
A conversation with yellows111 tsuu with the status "this is real, by the way" A Sonic The Hedgehog (2006) theme is applied, changing the display picture to an flash-animated one, emoticons sent, and the background changed.
June 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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posting pics
An image of a Intel 8259, a Programmable Interrupt Controller from 1976, most known for it's inclusion in the IBM Personal Computer, model 5150. Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Intel_8259A_IRQ_chip.JPG (CC-BY-SA-3.0, uploaded by Nixdorf.)
May 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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truly disgusting interface alignment numbers
The image depicts the following functions: HRESULT QueryInterface`adjustor{27892}' (IUnknown this, IID * riid, void * * ppvObject) ULONG AddRef`adjustor{27892}' (IUnknown * this) ULONG Release`adjustor{27892}' (IUnknown * this) The adjustor part of this contains curly brackets, which is the amount of bytes required to map a structure's interface to the start of the structure.
May 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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literally MSNP15

[explanation in alt text]
The XmlNamespaceManager here defines a few things from the XML payload, but notably the definition of the "ab" namespace. The XmlNode below it can either be a null value or a valid object reference. We then check to see if the XmlNode we set is an valid object reference, and if it is, set a "token" variable to the contents of the XML element's inner text split by ampersands (& symbols), and only use the first nth of that substring, then substring the first two characters, which would be "t=" out. The token provided is the authentication token for the contacts.msn.com domain. If this domain doesn't get an authentication token, the value is set to "REQUESTDISCOVERY". The reference for this leads to the MSNPiki page for MSNP15's TicketTokens article.
December 1, 2024 at 9:16 AM
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seriously if you have an entry for one of these you're going to have to know what `rundll32.exe keymgr.dll,KRShowKeyMgr` means to remove this. (Trust me, I had 20 of these that were being genuinely annoying to deal with)

Trying to do anything that isn't removing it shows a dialog from that era.
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November 15, 2024 at 9:56 PM
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I almost forgot, when going through Microsoft's documentation a while back, I found the best tip block I've seen in my life.

This is really on there, by the way.
Tip: Use Copy and Paste as much as possible when working with code to avoid typing errors.
November 13, 2024 at 8:59 PM
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why does the Microsoft® Account Dynamic Link Library (formerly Microsoft® Windows Live ID Dynamic Link Library (formely IDCRL Dynamic Link Library)) "msidcrl40.dll" (Version 10.0.19041.3636) have a PE compile time of the exact date the Nintendo Family Computer ("Famicom") released?
This is a window showing the Microsoft® Account Dynamic Link Library, version 10.0.19041.3636, for AMD64, with a timestamp of 17:00:13 PM on the 15th of July, 1983, which is the subject of the post. Other information exists in the screenshot, but is irrelevant.
November 8, 2024 at 8:57 PM
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Original Revolution for DS style hits hard
A brushed metal background with 2 massive characters being "R4" with a subtitle of Revolution for DS. The top bar says "R4" with a subtitle of "Revolution for DS", with 3 icons, a pair of creatures, one pink, one yellow, both with black eyes, a pair of two quavers (Eighth notes), one blue, one magenta, and the MacOS Finder Icon, showing two sides, a blue and a silver side. A jagged line divides the two that extends past the square. When this icon is read whole, it has a smiling face an a nose. When only reading the icon from the silver part, it is instead a face to the side with a nose and a smile.
November 4, 2024 at 12:32 PM
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this worked better in my head
A heavily edited version of the "Games for Windows LIVE" logo, with the "LIVE" replaced with a "F" by modifiying the E, "Games for Windows" replaced with "Really don't like my" and a "raig face" meme from the early 2000s superposed on the Windows Logo.
November 1, 2024 at 12:07 AM
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ok i did
October 30, 2024 at 10:50 PM
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blunt force head trauma
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October 20, 2024 at 3:45 PM
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guess I'm user 8,166,761

probably should of joined when registration was public but I missed out on having a way lower number until I thought it'd be pretty funny to have one
"Celebrating 10 million users, you are the 8,166,761th user" addressed to me, yellows111 (at yellows111.darkok.xyz)
September 19, 2024 at 2:40 PM
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sometimes you just feel like making high quality renders of ps2 save icons which leads you to creating software which solves mysteries long since forgotten about these models

yeah that's the kind of person I am

source available (sorry): git.kevinthe.horse/yellows111/i...
The save icon from "We Love Katamari", for the PlayStation 2. The save icon from "Katamari Damacy", for the PlayStation 2.
September 2, 2024 at 6:50 PM
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@ipg.gay why did you lie to me about this
September 2, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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Correction: the dialogue looks like this. Sorry for the crop. Thought that'd work a bit different.
September 2, 2024 at 5:52 PM
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so True (this time I learned that wasn't a preview editor and actually manipulates the image)
A screenshot of "ImHex", a free pattern-based visualization format for data, showing a pattern which defines a bitfield for permissions, a date/time structure, and partially, the header of the file. The hex editor to the left of the image is showing some of the data that is matched by the pattern.
September 2, 2024 at 5:51 PM
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Public Service Announcement:
Please content warning your images accordingly.

You can do this by clicking the shield icon in the top right next to the "Post" button after attaching an image.

After that, select a category that applies to the image.

Thank you.
A marker to where the "Add content warning" button is, which is next to "Post". A screenshot of the "Add a content warning" dialogue.
September 2, 2024 at 5:36 PM
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jumpscare
Dopefish, but desaturated from it's original green to tan brown.
September 2, 2024 at 5:24 PM