Re: Windows XP SP3 Sows Havoc, Users Complain

In article 
<11ef3905-e112-439f-bb50-04b5156dcc73@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 Edwin <thorne25@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> On May 10, 7:21 am, Chance Furlong <t-b...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > From Information Week:
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/4e9qjx
> >
> > Vista SP3 is causing havoc. I wonder why, Wintrolls. Cuss and discuss,
> > folks.
> 
> [snip]
> 
> My computer would only boot into safe mode after I installed SP3.   It
> only took a few minutes with Google to find and apply the solution:
> 
>
http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2008/05/08/does-your-amd-based-
> computer-boot-after-installing-xp-sp3.aspx
> 
> "At this point, I want to clarify that the endless rebooting is not at
> all related to SP3 per se. The problem is that with some
> configurations, SP3 causes the computer to crash during boot, and
> Windows XP, by default, is set up to automatically reboot when it
> crashes. That is why you end up in the endless rebooting scenario."
> 
> "The problem is that HP, and possibly other OEMs, deploy the same
> image to Intel-based desktops that they do to AMD-based desktops. It
> also appears that this is unique to their desktop image, and any HP
> AMD-based laptops are unaffected by the problem. Because the image for
> both Intel and AMD is the same all have the intelppm.sys driver
> installed and running. That driver provides power management on Intel-
> based computers. On an AMD-based computer, amdk8.sys provides the same
> functionality. Microsoft points out in a Knowledge Base article that
> installing both drivers on the same computer is an unsup****ted
> configuration, putting the blame on the OEM that deploys the image.
> The article in question was written when the same problem occurred
> after installing Service Pack 2 for Windows XP. "
> 
> "If you booted into safe mode you can run "sc config intelppm start=
> disabled""
> 
> The above line is all it took to fix the problem for me.
> 
>
http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2008/05/08/does-your-amd-based-
> computer-boot-after-installing-xp-sp3.aspx
> 
> Read more there.

Fortunately, HP is such a small OEM so very few people will ever 
experience this, of course.

I saved this post for later reference, Edwin. :)


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