NSA Backdoor in Windows? This and more from the guy who created Windows Task Manager!

So many stories and so much advice from Dave Plummer - the original creator of task manager and other interesting software like unzip on Microsoft Windows. Did the NSA have a backdoor in Microsoft Windows? Should you learn Rust or GoLang? Learn from someone who has years of development experience! // Dave’s Social // Youtube: @DavesGarage Twitter: LinkedIn: // Great videos on Dave’s channel // Windows Task Manager: Windows Clock: Windows Start Menu: Windows Zip Folders; Windows Activation: 10x your code with ChatGPT: // Great Playlist on Dave’s channel // // David’s SOCIAL // Discord: Twitter: Instagram: LinkedIn: Facebook: TikTok: @davidbombal // MY STUFF // // SPONSORS // Interested in sponsoring my videos? Reach out to my team here: sponsors@ // Menu // 00:00 - Coming up 01:01 - Dave Plummer’s history 02:26 - Dave’s Garage 03:33 - How Dave started at MicroSoft 06:15 - Task Manager 10:36 - Other Operating Systems 11:06 - What OS is Dave coding on? 11:30 - How Dave got into coding 13:14 - Advice to younger people 14:18 - Sell your work, not yourself 15:38 - Still coding long after Microsoft 16:22 - Visual Zip 18:40 - Show your work 19:31 - Was it easier in the old days? 21:07 - Would you use Rust today? 21:43 - Should I learn C? 22:10 - What language is Windows written in? 23:14 - ZIG and other programming languages 25:05 - Start with Python 26:32 - Write your code right 27:00 - Windows 95 vs NT 30:00 - 20-year-old code still in Windows 30:47 - Task manager is still the same 31:11 - Politics between Win 95 and NT team 31:48 - Product Activation 33:42 - Loved for task manager; hated for Windows activation 35:05- Open Source 36:00 - Who is looking at your code? 37:15 - NSA and backdoor access to Windows 38:07 - Sneaking code into Windows 38:53 - Windows Easter eggs 39:54 - Doom on Excel 40:17 - Secret messages in MS DOS 40:46 - Pinball 43:49 - The Start menu 45:08 - Calculator and Clock 47:58 - Blue screen of death 48:59 - Chat GPT 51:01 - Chat GPT and bad code 51:30 - Plans with your channel 52:27 - Meeting Dave in person 52:45 - Outro microsoft windows microsoft windows windows nt windows 98 windows 95 python rust #microsoft #windows #cybersecurity
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