This special parameter is used by VSI and is subject to change. Do not change this parameter unless VSI recommends that you do so. LOAD_SYS_IMAGES controls the loading of system images described in the system image data file, VMS$SYSTEM_IMAGES. This parameter is a bit mask. The following bits are defined: Bit Description 0 (SGN$V_LOAD_SYS_IMAGES) Enables loading alternate execlets specified in VMS$SYSTEM_IMAGES.DATA. 1 (SGN$V_EXEC_SLICING) Enables executive slicing. Note that executive slicing is always enabled on x86 systems. 2 (SGN$V_RELEASE_PFNS) Enables releasing unused portions of granularity hint regions on Alpha servers. These bits are on by default. Using conversational bootstrap exec slicing can be disabled. LOAD_SYS_IMAGES is an AUTOGEN parameter.