The Willamette Processor Name Has Changed (260104)

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The third-party products that are discussed in this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.

This article provides information about the Visual C++ 6.0 programming "extensions instructions" updates, and identifies the name change for the Willamette processor programming references that Intel makes for the WNI function.

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The Willamette processor was updated to "streaming SIMD extensions 2 (SSE2) instructions," and references to the Willamette processor are changed to "Intel processors that support SSE2."

NOTE: The information in this article is not intended to explain how to program the Willamette processor, but how to identify the changes required in code using Visual C++ 6.0 to support the new function and the required references. For specifics, view the Procpack.chm help file in the latest service pack for Visual Studio 6.0.

To resolve this problem, install the latest service pack for Visual Studio 6.0.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in the latest service pack for Visual Studio 6.0.

For additional information about Visual Studio service packs, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 HOWTO: Tell That a Visual Studio Service Pack Is Installed

To download the latest Visual Studio service pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/updates/

The Procpack.chm file in the latest service pack for Visual Studio 6.0 contains the updated information on the Willamette processor.

To reproduce this behavior, view earlier versions or references to the Willamette processor.