Re: Current tools for finding memory overwrites

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Page Heap is part of Application Verifier. However, you get more and
better diagnostic information by enabling it via Application Verifier than
if you enable it via GFlags. However, the issues detected are exactly the
same.

Regards,


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Alan Ludwig
Development Lead
Verifier Technologies
Microsoft Corp.

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