XP - SP3

~BD~

From PC Pitstop:-

On Wednesday, May 7th 2008, Microsoft released the long awaited Windows XP
SP3. Almost immediately hundreds of users registered complaints ranging from
complete crashes to looping reboots. Similar problems have accompanied
previous service packs and are usually the result of conflicting software.

Now, a few days later, it's known that many of the reports are specific to
HP Computers with AMD processors. Copies of Windows intended for Intel-based
machines were used by OEMs on AMD-based computers. According to Microsoft
the blame sits squarely on HP and possibly other OEMs

Jesper Johansson, a well respected MVP in Windows Security, has been helpful
in identifying this problem and was quoted in a May 12th Article from Gregg
Keizer of ComputerWorld. "The problem is that HP, and possibly other OEMs,
deploy the same image to Intel-based desktops that they do to AMD-based
desktops". Many of us already know the problems associated with installing
the wrong drivers on a system and this is exactly the same situation.
Thankfully this problem is restricted to HP desktop models and does not
affect their laptops. Full article here:-

Bill Sharpe

~BD~ wrote:
> From PC Pitstop:-
>
> On Wednesday, May 7th 2008, Microsoft released the long awaited Windows XP
> SP3. Almost immediately hundreds of users registered complaints ranging from
> complete crashes to looping reboots. Similar problems have accompanied
> previous service packs and are usually the result of conflicting software.
>
> Now, a few days later, it's known that many of the reports are specific to
> HP Computers with AMD processors. Copies of Windows intended for Intel-based
> machines were used by OEMs on AMD-based computers. According to Microsoft
> the blame sits squarely on HP and possibly other OEMs
>
> Jesper Johansson, a well respected MVP in Windows Security, has been helpful
> in identifying this problem and was quoted in a May 12th Article from Gregg
> Keizer of ComputerWorld. "The problem is that HP, and possibly other OEMs,
> deploy the same image to Intel-based desktops that they do to AMD-based
> desktops". Many of us already know the problems associated with installing
> the wrong drivers on a system and this is exactly the same situation.
> Thankfully this problem is restricted to HP desktop models and does not
> affect their laptops. Full article here:-
>
>
>
>
>
>
That's interesting to know. Thankfully, I long ago replaced the XP Home
Edition that came with my HP Pavilion with XP Pro directly from
Microsoft and had no problems downloading and installing SP3.

I also installed SP3 on my six-year-old Dell laptop without incident,
although it took three times as long to install.

Bill