--- win32-os.c	16 Jan 2006 16:39:58 +0100	1.7
+++ win32-os.c	08 May 2006 16:29:28 +0200	
@@ -164,8 +164,12 @@
     }
 
     if (!VirtualAlloc(addr, len, (mem_info.State == MEM_RESERVE)? MEM_COMMIT: MEM_RESERVE, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE)) {
-        perror("VirtualAlloc");
-        return 0;
+        perror("VirtualAlloc(1)");
+        if (fixedp)
+            return 0;
+        addr = VirtualAlloc(0, len, MEM_RESERVE, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE);
+        if (!addr)
+            perror("VirtualAlloc(2)");
     }
 
     return addr;