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Windows XP SP3 creates havoc.-> 2

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ozmanjusri
ozmanjusri writes "tech sites say "Beware of XP SP3".

According to Information Week, Microsoft's Service Pack 3 for Windows XP has drawn hundreds of complaints from users who claim the update is wreaking havoc on their computers.

I downloaded and installed [the SP3] package for IT Professionals and Developers on one of my computers. Now I can't get the computer to boot. I don't think Microsoft should have made this a critical update,"
said one user a Microsoft newsgroup.

Other sites, including IT Wire are also reporting problems, which include include random reboots or the inability to boot at all."
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  • I'm using it right now and I haven't had any problems.
  • Before you install SP 3 on an AMD machine, go to %your system drive%\WINDOWS\system 32\drivers remove the intelppm file. For some reason the intelppm file causes kernel panics and thus BSODs the computer. Intelppm is a power management file that Intel based Windows machines use while the AMD based computers use another driver file that does the power management on an AMD machine (that file should start with amd).

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