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Installing Windows XP Service Pack 3 sends some PCs into an endless series of reboots, according to posts to a Microsoft support forum.
Jesper Johansson, a former program manager for security policy at Microsoft and a prominent Windows blogger, has worked with users to tentatively identify the problem as involving only machines using processors from Advanced Micro Devices.
Messages from frustrated users began accumulating on the XP SP3 support newsgroup Wednesday, just a day after Microsoft released the update to the general public.
,"I just installed Windows XP SP3 and after completing the processes and when the system reboots, the system cannot proceed to load the Windows," said a user labeled as "Olin" in a message that kicked off a long thread. "It just displays the flash screen of Windows then after it reboots again.
Most users who left messages on the forum said that they were unable to boot into Windows Safe mode.
Source: Neowin.net
Edited by kenn3th 12 May `08, 4:08PM
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Previously when upgrading from XP SP1 to SP2 i faced problems on ATA driver issue on older IDE chipset and system keep on auto reboot. Some drivers provided by microsoft is a crap that's is the main reason why the system cannot boot up.
Guess let them solve the issue and wait for the stable release.
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Originally posted by kenn3th:
i m wondering if microsoft did this deliberately just to make users go to vista...
No.
Problem was caused primarily by idiots at HP.
Those not using HP, well, that's another issue.
https://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2008/05/08/does-your-amd-based-computer-boot-after-installing-xp-sp3.aspx
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I will still say no. Crashing PCs, especially HP and Compaq ones, are caused by idiots over at HP.
Other issues are not caused MS directly, but well... you could say so. Possibly due to the lack of testing because the release of betas and RCs are pretty limited. Even when it went public, not many tested it, severely limiting the test results.
It happened in Vista SP1 pre-requisite update as well, when a patch that will allow SP1 to be installed crashed Vista. The low number of Vista users, coupled with manufacturing idiots who refused to provide updated drivers stop many from testing. This again, limits the results in a bad way and as a result of that, crashed it.
One could still say it's MS fault for releasing things that's half-baked, but you can't blame them either when PC manufacturers don't cooperate.
Changing to Vista won't solve your problems anyway. Those PC manufacturers need to be taught a lesson one fine day.
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your xp is ______ one
i have to agree
Are they trying to confuse things up.
