C++: LoadImage() Function crashing WinXP HELP!!! [HALF RESOVLED]

My game has been working on all machines until late.
I decided to impliment a neat title screen, looks really good. Works on my WinMe comp just fine.

It crashing instantly upon calling my self-written LoadBMP function on a WinXp Sp2 machine. I debugged the hell out of it and I know it crash's once it hits a function which calls my LoadBmp function a few times...

Could someone look over this and tell me why Xp would not enjoy it:

PHP Code:

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//-----------------
//Create Dx7 Surface from DC
//-----------------
LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE7 DDSurface7::CreateSurface(LPDIRECTDRAW7 &DD, char* FileName, BOOL UseSystemMemory, int TransCol)
{
    HBITMAP                 hbm;
    BITMAP                 bm;
    DDSURFACEDESC2         ddsd;
    LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE7 Surface;
    long                 Width, Height;

    HDC                     hdcPicture,    hdcSurface;
    DDCOLORKEY             ddckColourKey;
    DDPIXELFORMAT         ddpf;
    
    RECT            rTemp;
    //Load up the file
    hbm = (HBITMAP)LoadImage(NULL, FileName, IMAGE_BITMAP, 0, 0, LR_LOADFROMFILE|LR_CREATEDIBSECTION );
    
    //Size up the object
    GetObject(hbm, sizeof(bm), &bm);
    Width = bm.bmWidth;
    Height = bm.bmHeight;
    
    ZeroMemory(&ddsd,sizeof(ddsd));
    ddsd.dwSize = sizeof(ddsd);
    ddsd.dwFlags = DDSD_CAPS;
    ddsd.dwFlags = ddsd.dwFlags | DDSD_WIDTH | DDSD_HEIGHT;
    if (UseSystemMemory)
        ddsd.ddsCaps.dwCaps = DDSCAPS_OFFSCREENPLAIN | DDSCAPS_SYSTEMMEMORY;
    else
        ddsd.ddsCaps.dwCaps = DDSCAPS_OFFSCREENPLAIN;    

    ddsd.dwWidth = Width;
    ddsd.dwHeight = Height;

    //set up our blt rect
    rTemp.right = Width;
    rTemp.bottom = Height;
    
    //Create a blank surface
    DD->CreateSurface(&ddsd, &Surface, NULL);

    //get a new DC
    hdcPicture = CreateCompatibleDC(NULL);

    //point the picture to the new DC
    SelectObject(hdcPicture, hbm);


    Surface->GetDC(&hdcSurface);
    StretchBlt(hdcSurface, 0, 0, ddsd.dwWidth, ddsd.dwHeight, hdcPicture, 0, 0,
               Width, Height, SRCCOPY);

    Surface->ReleaseDC(hdcSurface);

    //Sets our transparency--Black(1), Magenta(2)
    if (TransCol==1)
    {
        ddckColourKey.dwColorSpaceLowValue = 0;
        ddckColourKey.dwColorSpaceHighValue = 0;
        Surface->SetColorKey(DDCKEY_SRCBLT, &ddckColourKey);
    }
    else if (TransCol==2)
    {
        Surface->GetPixelFormat(&ddpf);
        ddckColourKey.dwColorSpaceLowValue = ddpf.dwBBitMask + ddpf.dwRBitMask;
        ddckColourKey.dwColorSpaceHighValue = ddckColourKey.dwColorSpaceLowValue;
        Surface->SetColorKey(DDCKEY_SRCBLT, &ddckColourKey);
    }

    //Clean up the DC's and STDPicture objects
    DeleteDC(hdcPicture);
    DeleteObject(hbm);

    return Surface;
} 


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I set up a reporting method which tells me how it is doing while going through the CreateSurface function I posted.

I set up steps at entering, before and after loadimage(), after the surface is created, after the DC is stretched on the surface, and when the function exits.

Usually it loads 1 or 2..maybe even three bitmaps before it crashs. Problem is it always crashs on Xp, whether it be after 1 or 2 attempts at loading a bitmap.

I have gotten it to load 3 in a row once. Majority of the time it hits LoadImage() the first time and crash's.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;150147
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;195831

The top article and the bottom article seem they could be the problem.
It also seems as this API has some problems in the NT engine of windows. As shown in those msnd articles.


Any advice?

I need something to get away from LoadImage()

I really need help on this guys.

3 Windows Xp Machines all totally unrelated owned by different people are experiencing the exact same crashs on the LoadImage() function.

Alright, I fixed it...I think/hope forever.

This now needs further explanation I hope someone reply's.

I installed VC6, Dx7 SDK, my EzC Win32 Api library on a Windows Xp machine.
Got VC6 to compile my game on the Xp machine.
It loaded 100% fine.

So, a Win 98/ME compile fails on Xp.
An Xp compile works on Xp.
I should try an Xp compile on Win 98/ME.

Any reason why this could have happened?
I notice VC6 on XP reporting alot different like thread ids and how many my app took increased.