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Explicitly initialize DWORD to 1, but debugger shows wildly out of range value

Your code is more than likely optimized. This means that the compiler has moved and eliminated code in a way that your source code does not match what the compiler has produced. Either debug unoptimized code, or debug optimized code with the full knowledge that the source may not match the actual instructions being performed. … Read more

How large is a DWORD with 32- and 64-bit code?

Actually, on 32-bit computers a word is 32-bit, but the DWORD type is a leftover from the good old days of 16-bit. In order to make it easier to port programs to the newer system, Microsoft has decided all the old types will not change size. You can find the official list here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa383751(VS.85).aspx All … Read more