原文链接：https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20060413-09/?p=31543

We’ve seen how the names for some Microsoft products had to be changed due to a name conflict. I’m told that the people who had to come up with the name for the database product avoided this pitfall in a clever way: Instead of trying to avoid a name that was already taken, they intentionally used a name that was already taken: By Microsoft itself.

我们已经见识过有一些微软产品的名字因为命名冲突而不得不改名的情况。据说要给一款数据库产品的员工巧妙地避开了这一大坑：没有选择不使用已经被占用的名字，而是恰恰相反选择了一款已经被占用的，（而占用它的不是别人，）正是微软自己。

They discovered that Microsoft had a long-forgotten terminal emulator product called Microsoft Access. “Access” sounded like an appropriate name for a database product, so they blew the dust off it and gave the name a new life.

这些人发现微软有一款被尘封许久的终端模拟器产品叫 Microsoft Access。「Access」一听就是个适合数据库产品的好名字，于是他们就为它掸去尘土，并为这个名字赋予了新生。

原文链接：https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20060412-09/?p=31563

(This is the first in a series of short posts on where Microsoft products got their names.)

（本文是一系列有关微软产品如何起名的小故事的第一篇。）

The original name for the malware protection service was “mpsvc” the “Microsoft Protection Service”, but it was discovered later that that filename was already used by malware! As a result, the name of the service had to be changed by sticking an “ms” in front, making it “msmpsvc.exe”. Therefore, technically, its name is the “Microsoft Microsoft Protection Service”. (This is, of course, not to be confused with “mpssvc.exe”, which is, I guess, the “Microsoft Protection Service Service”.)

恶意软件防护服务原来的服务名叫 mpsvc，是 Microsoft Protection Service 的缩写，结果后来我们发现，那个文件名居然已经被一款恶意软件给占掉了！于是乎，服务名称就得作出修改，而修改的方式就是在前面加上一个「ms」，使其变成了「msmpsvc.exe」。故而，技术上而言，msmpsvc 代表的是「微软微软防护服务」。（当然还是不要与 mpssvc.exe 混淆了，后者我估计是「微软防护服务服务」的缩写。）

Fortunately, the Marketing folks can attempt to recover by deciding that “msmpsvc” stands for “Microsoft Malware Protection Service”. But you and I will know what it really stands for.

幸运的是，营销人员们通过让「msmpsvc」代表「微软恶意软件防护服务」尝试挽回了损失，不过你我现在都知道它的本来含义了。

原文链接：https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20060410-17/?p=32703

Last time, we saw one example of a “decoy” used in the service of application compatibility with respect to the Printers Control Panel. Today we’ll look at another decoy, this time for the Display Control Panel.

在上次的文章中，我们介绍了与打印机控制面板的有关的、一个为应用程序兼容性而设的“诱饵”控制面板的案例。今天我们来讲另一个案例，这次是为了显示（属性）控制面板的。

When support for multiple monitors was being developed, a major obstacle was that a large number of display drivers hacked the Display Control Panel directly instead of using the documented extension mechanism. For example, instead of adding a separate page to the Display Control Panel’s property sheet for, say, virtual desktops, they would just hack into the “Settings” page and add their button there. Some drivers were so adventuresome as to do what seemed like a total rewrite of the “Settings” page. They would take all the controls, move them around, resize them, hide some, show others, add new buttons of their own, and generally speaking treat the page as a lump of clay waiting to be molded into their own image. (Here’s a handy rule of thumb: If your technique works only if the user speaks English, you probably should consider the possibility that what you’re doing is relying on an implementation detail rather than something that will be officially supported going forward.)

早先开发多显示器支持的时候，我们遇到的一大问题是有为数众多的显示驱动程序是直接“黑”进显示控制面板（做修改）的，而没有使用文档中给出的扩展机制。

例如，某款驱动可能没有选择在显示控制面板的属性页里多加一页的方式，来增加对诸如虚拟桌面之类功能的支持，而是选择直接“黑”进显示控制面板的“设置”页面，然后在里面加上一个按钮。有些选手则更是重量级，选择干脆把整个“设置”页面重写一遍，把所有的控件挪来挪去、放大缩小、藏起这个、显示那个，再把自家的按钮大大方方地摆上台面。

基本上，这些驱动拿着“设置”页面当成了一块粘土，爱怎么揉全看它们自己的喜好。（这里有一条经验法则：如果你的做法只在用户的语言是英语的前提下才会起效，那你多半应该考虑你的所作所为是依赖实现细节、而不是会得到官方支持的做法。）

In order to support multiple monitors, the Settings page on the Display Control Panel underwent a major overhaul. But when you tried to open the Display Control Panel on a system that had one of these aggressive drivers installed, it would crash because the driver ran around rearranging things like it always did, even though the things it was manipulating weren’t what the developers of the driver intended!

为了开发多显示器支持，“设置”页面经历了大量的重构。但（在这之后，）如果你尝试在安装了上文所述的那种激进派驱动的系统上尝试打开显示控制面板的时候，页面会崩溃，因为那些驱动还在照例跑进控制面板里去大闹天宫，却发现他们要改造的那个世界已经不是那样了！

The solution was to create a “decoy” Settings page that looked exactly like the classic Windows 95 Settings page. The decoy page’s purpose in life was to act as bait for these aggressive display drivers and allow itself to be abused mercilessly, letting the driver have its way. Meanwhile, the real Settings page (which is the one that was shown to the user), by virtue of having been overlooked, remained safe and unharmed.

（对此的）解决方案是造一个跟 Windows 95 传统的（显示控制面板）设置页面一样的“诱饵”页面，它的存在意义则是当成香饽饽，让那些激进派驱动们进去按自己的想法大闹一番，同时又确保躲过一劫的、真正向用户展示的设置页面安然无恙。

There was no attempt to make this decoy Settings page do anything interesting at all. Its sole job was to soak up mistreatment without complaining. As a result, those drivers lost whatever nifty features their shenanigans were trying to accomplish, but at least the Display Control Panel stayed alive and allowed the user to do what they were trying to do in the first place: Adjust their display settings.

作诱饵的那个设置页面，除了默默承受驱动的胡搅蛮缠之外什么用处也没有。最后的结果是，驱动们想要通过诡计实现的那些花哨功能一个也没有展现出来，但至少（真正的）显示控制面板好好地活了下来，使用户得以实现它们本来的愿望：修改显示设置。

这篇文章之前我居然没翻译？

原文地址：https://www.brianorr.com/blog/2010/01/14/windows-95-easter-egg-song-clouds-mid/

In early 1995, I was working at Microsoft as an intern software engineer on the Windows 95 team, and was approached to write the music for the hidden Windows 95 Easter Egg.

This ‘Easter Egg’ was tricky to find (see the instructions below), but once found it opened up a window with all the names of who worked on Windows 95, with my music as the theme.

1995 年的早些时候，我在微软公司的 Windows 95 团队中担任实习软件工程师，有人邀请我为隐藏的 Windows 95 彩蛋撰写音乐。

这个“彩蛋”不怎么好找（后附打开方式），不过只要找到了，系统就会打开一个窗口，展示所有为 Windows 95 开发做出贡献的人员名单，而它将会用我的作品作为背景音乐。

The only instructions I was given was that the music should invoke images of ‘clouds’ and feel ‘floating’ and ‘peaceful’ – this is how Windows 95 was going to be marketed. Well, and that it had to play well on all sound cards at the time. For 99.9% of computers, this meant through the Adlib synthesizer emulation of the Creative Labs Sound Blaster card (or equivalent clone). In other words – no sampled instruments, no effects – just simple FM synthesis. General MIDI at its finest.

So with that said, I really couldn’t do too much in terms of interesting instrumentation or sounds; and yes…it’s pretty funny to listen to the tune now. I’ve rendered it out using a GM sound module (which is better) but still doesn’t come close to the realism you’d expect from most computer music today.

我接到的仅有的指示是：这则音乐应囊括“云朵”的印象，并给人以“飘逸”、“平和”的感觉——而这正是 Windows 95 的市场定位。此外，它还需要能在当时所有的声卡上播放出来。对（当时）99.9%的环境来说，这意味着创新公司声霸卡（或者同类克隆）里的 Adlib 合成器模拟水平，换句话说，不许有采样乐器，不许有特殊效果，只能是简简单单的 FM 合成器音效，只能是最纯粹的 General MIDI。

由此，我在富有趣味性的乐器或音效方面大大受限，不过如今再度聆听这首旋律仍是一件乐事。我用 GM（Generan MIDI）的音效模块重新渲染了一下（略有提升），不过与当今多数的计算机音乐的真实度仍然难以相提并论。

Feel free to post comments or send me any questions. Here’s the tune:

请随意发表评论或向我提问（注：原文如此），曲子在这（注：以下内容托管在 Soundcloud 上，可能需要搬梯子）：

These are the original instructions to actually see the Easter Egg in Windows 95. Note this doesn’t work in Windows 98 or above, nor under some versions of the Active Desktop under Windows 95.

以下是在 Windows 95 下调出彩蛋的原始方案。注意 Windows 98 及以上版本无效，在 Windows 95 下部分版本的 Active Desktop 下也可能不起效（译注：下面的文件夹命名一个字或一个标点也不能错，包括中间的空格也不能省略）：

Create a new folder on the Desktop and name it EXACTLY like this

（在桌面上创建一个新文件夹，严格按照下列内容命名）:

and now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for

Then rename it to:（然后将其改名为：）

we proudly present for your viewing pleasure

Rename this folder again to:（最后一次将其改名为：）

The Microsoft Windows 95 Product Team!

Double-click the new folder and enjoy the show!（现在双击这个文件夹，就能看到表演了！）