* throw bad_alloc if exceptions are enabled, after patch by Kenneth Riddile

* disable vectorization on MSVC 2005, as it doesn't have all the required intrinsics. require 2008.

test/main.h

@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ namespace Eigen
 #define EI_PP_CAT2(a,b) a ## b
 #define EI_PP_CAT(a,b) EI_PP_CAT2(a,b)
 
+#define EIGEN_NO_EXCEPTIONS // disabling throwing assertions on bad alloc -- somehow makes the tests crawl
+
 #ifndef EIGEN_NO_ASSERTION_CHECKING
 
   namespace Eigen