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XP Service Pack 3

Discussion in 'Windows - General discussion' started by jmcole, May 25, 2008.

  1. jmcole

    jmcole Regular member

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    DO NOT INSTALL THIS UPDATE!!!

    I got the microsoft update for Windows XP (service pack 3) on my desktop this morning. It kept restarting and restarting all day. Finally I stopped it and had to recover my hard drive.

    Something is wrong with this service pack.
     
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    geestar20 Active member

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    Maybe there is something wrong with you. I have SP3 on all 3 of my computers and I had NO issues.
     
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    me too.dont always blame microsuck for everything.this update has worked flawlessly for me.ie 8 on the other hand,well im going back to ie7.lol
     
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    Take it easy guys, jmcole is right. This is a known bug, but seems to affect only HP machines with AMD processors. There appears to be a fix by going into SafeMode and changing a registry setting. Just Google to find exact fix.
     
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    Thanks DFL.
    I wish I would have known about the problem with HP with AMD before I clicked that continue button.
     
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    I did not mean to sound harsh with my post. I assumed it was a user built computer instead of store bought.

    Good looking out -DFL- with the sig specs in -jmcole- sig. I dont look at peoples sigs so I missed that he/she had an HP.

    good luck BTW -jmcole- and post back if you fixed this issue so that if others have the same issue they know how to fix this.
     
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    Thanks again DFL. I chatted with HP on my laptop (since the desktop was inop). They gave me the fix for the problem, SP37394.exe. I had to uninstall the sp3, run the fix, then reinstall sp3. It works great.

    Why couldn't they have posted the fix earlier?
     

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