05-28-2008
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Re: SP3 and HP/AMD Computers
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TaurArian wrote:
> And where have you been the last 2 days????????
>
>> We shall alert the media.
>>
>> sasha gottfried wrote:
>>> As I mentioned........I have chosen not to install SP3
>>>
>>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:OC9I%23WGwIHA.576@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> Continual reboots or can only boot into Safe Mode after installing
>>>> WinXP
>>>> SP3?
>>>>
>>>> See
>>>> http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesp...ng-xp-sp3.aspx
>>>> [NB: The above has been updated many times and now includes "a small
>>>> tool
>>>> that will detect the IntelPPM problem and mitigate it before installing
>>>> (WinXP SP3)."]
>>>>
>>>> Some other possible workarounds:
>>>>
>>>> • Boot into Safe Mode and rename INTELPMM.SYS to INTELPMM.OLD.
>>>>
>>>> • After booting into Safe Mode:
>>>>
>>>> Start | Run | (copy/paste) sc config intelppm start= disabled | OK |
>>>> Reboot into normal (Windows) mode.
>>>>
>>>> Other references:
>>>>
>>>> • http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?p=187790#p187790
>>>>
>>>> •
>>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05...boots_crashes/
>>>>
>>>> •
>>>> http://www.computerworld.com/action/...leId=9084 418
>>>>
>>>> • You receive a “Stop 0x0000007E” error message after you upgrade to
>>>> Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Service Pack 3 on a
>>>> non-Intel-processor-based
>>>> computer (Revised 06 May-08)
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888372
>>>>
>>>> • Unsupported Sysprep scenarios:
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828287
>>>>
>>>> • HP and Compaq Desktop PCs: Computer Restarts after Displaying Stop
>>>> Error
>>>> 0x0000007E [after installing WinXP SP3]
>>>> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/g...&lc=en&cc= us
>>>>
>>>> • Microsoft Windows XP SP3 Upgrade Utility for systems with AMD
>>>> processors
>>>> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/g...reg_R1002_USEN
>>>> --
>>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>>>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>>>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>>>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>>>>
>>>> sasha gottfried wrote:
>>>>> I've recently learned, via this newsgroup, that SP3 will cause
>>>>> incessant
>>>>> boot problems when installed in an HP computer with an AMD processor.
>>>>> I
>>>>> see
>>>>> that there is a patch for this via the HP website. Of course, one
>>>>> wonders
>>>>> how to install a patch on a computer that just keeps rebooting? Why
>>>>> didn't
>>>>> Microsoft figure this problem out before releasing the update? There
>>>>> must
>>>>> be
>>>>> thousands of HP computers with AMD processors! Why didn't HP send out
>>>>> a
>>>>> special alert to customers with AMD processors?
>>>>>
>>>>> These are the kinds of issues that infuriate customers, and lead to
>>>>> all
>>>>> kinds of lawsuits. Thankfully, I read through this newsgroup and
>>>>> avoided
>>>>> messing with this SP3 debacle for now. I am grateful to the
>>>>> contributors
>>>>> to
>>>>> this discussion who have saved me the headache of indulging in another
>>>>> irresponsible, reckless, corporate abuse of its customers. Please
>>>>> correct
>>>>> any misapprehensions I have expressed here about this. But it would
>>>>> appear
>>>>> that, once again, the home computer industry is inducing unneeded
>>>>> stress,
>>>>> and sacrificing the time of its end-users, for the public relations
>>>>> illusion
>>>>> of 'upgrading' our experience and enhancing our 'security.'
>>>>>
>>>>> MT
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