the hardware: DEC Alpha
| 1 ). | FIX: Remote Debugging on Alpha Does Not Work |
| On the Alpha platform when trying to launch a remote debugging session, the following error message appears: Cannot initialize the debugging system Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the... | |
| 2 ). | FIX: /DELAYLOAD Linker Option Generates Bad Image On Alpha |
| On the Alpha platform, the /delayload linker option may generate invalid fixups that result in a bad executable image. Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. Visual... | |
| 3 ). | Microsoft Visual C++ Alpha Edition 4.2B Linker 4.20.619 |
| The tools in this package provide fixes for some problems that you may encounter when you use the Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0 and 4.0a RISC Edition update for the Digital Alpha. The problems that this update addresses include: Debugger unexpectedly... | |
| 4 ). | Visual C++ Alpha Edition 4.2B C2.EXE 10.20.7032 |
| The /Oa (Assume No Aliasing) and /Ow (Assume Aliasing Across Function Calls) options do not work correctly in the compiler shipped with Visual C++ version 4.2b for Alpha. The same options can be selected via the #pragma optimize statement. | |
| 5 ). | FIX: Alpha MFC Regular DLL Fails After Porting from Intel |
| When moving a Visual C++ 4.x MFC regular DLL (_USRDLL) project from the Intel platform to the Alpha RISC platform you may run into one or more of a set of related problems. Some symptoms are: CWinApp::InitInstance() is not called. Resources stored in... | |
| 6 ). | OFF97: Office for Alpha Chip Error Vba332.DLL Could Not Be Found |
| If you attempt to compile a macro in Microsoft Office 97 on the alpha platform that references a Visual Basic for Applications runtime function, you may receive the following error: | |
| 7 ). | BUG: Debugger Cannot Step Out of Recursive Function |
| An attempt to step out of a recursive function that has called itself may result in no action by the Visual C++ debugger. | |
| 8 ). | FrontPage Express and Chat Not Available in Full Setup |
| When you run Setup, Microsoft FrontPage Express and Microsoft Chat are not listed as available components to install. | |
| 9 ). | STOP 0x0000007B Error on Alpha-Based Compaq Computer |
| When you restart your computer after installing Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 on a Compaq Alpha-based computer with a Mylex RAID controller, you may receive the following error message: STOP 0x0000007B - Inaccessible Boot Device This issue can... | |
| 10 ). | BUG: Cannot Step Over Function That Contains Data Breakpoint |
| If you attempt to step over a function that contains a data breakpoint anywhere in its execution path and the data expression does not evaluate to true, the Developer Studio debugger may step into the function or appear to hang. The RISC... | |
| 11 ). | Cannot Dual Boot After Service Pack 5 Is Installed on Alpha Computer |
| After you install Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5 on an Alpha-based computer, you cannot use the dual-boot feature to install a secondary copy of Windows NT on another drive partition. This behavior occurs if you click No when you are... | |
| 12 ). | Compaq HALs (Including Revision G) for Alpha with Windows NT 4.0 |
| Updated hardware abstraction layers (HAL) have been released by Compaq to enhance compatibility for Windows NT 4.0 on Compaq/DIGITAL Alpha-based hardware platforms. The following changes have been made to Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6 to support... | |
| 13 ). | BUG: Unhandled AV w/ User Connections Configured > 255 |
| Running SQL Server 4.21a with Service Pack 2 or Service Pack 4 for Alpha platforms versions of the OPENDSNT.DLL will encounter an unhandled access violation (AV) when the number of user connections is configured for 256 or greater. Any number of users... | |
| 14 ). | FIX: Failure to Load Odbccr32.dll on Alpha Machine |
| When you open and close a database connection many times, the following error message may appear: In one case, the error occurred on the 54th time the connection was opened. This happens when you use the version 2.50.3321 ODBC components that came with... | |
| 15 ). | WD97: Word for Alpha Unable to Insert DRW, CGM, DXF Graphics |
| If you insert a DRW, CGM, or DXF graphic into a Microsoft Word 97 document running on the Alpha platform, the graphic may be inserted as a blank bounding box (an empty frame), or it may not be inserted at all. | |
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