Microsoft KB Archive/885937

= FIX: You may experience a performance degradation issue when you try to compile and to run a C++ program in Windows Services for UNIX 3.5 =

Article ID: 885937

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX 3.5

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SYMPTOMS
You may experience a performance degradation issue when you try to compile and to run a C++ program in Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX 3.5.



CAUSE
This issue occurs when the C++ program uses one of the following during reading or during writing the floating point numbers:
 * ifstream with the >> operator
 * ofstream with the << operator

Note This issue does not occur in Windows Services for UNIX 3.0.



RESOLUTION
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that this article describes. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Restart requirement
You must restart your computer to make sure that all the Portable Operating System Interface for UNIX (POSIX) processes use the updated Psxdll.dll file.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.   Date        Time  Version     Size    File name 26-Oct-2004 02:43 8.0.1969.19 333,312 Psxdll.dll



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Additional query words: slow SFU

Keywords: kbperformance kbqfe kbhotfixserver KB885937

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