Ron Schenone

Windows XP SP3 Reboot Problem For Both AMD & Intel

Posted by on May 19, 2008 | 3 Comments

It now seems that it is not only AMD users who are facing a reboot problem when installing SP3 for Windows XP, but also some Intel users as well. Over at the Microsoft Update Product Team Blog it appears that a filter is going to be in place to prevent SP3 from being installed on AMD systems with the image problem associated with HP computers. But there is also a link to a Tech Net forum that indicates this problem is also affecting Intel users as well.

Some of the comments in the Tech Net forum indicate that Intel users are also having problems. I have mention this also. Some state:

This is not a problem with AMD-based systems or AMD CPUs. The issue is caused by the method in which the original, pre-installed version of Windows XP was customized during manufacturing by some PC Manufacturers (OEMs). These OEMs loaded a Windows XP image originally created on an Intel-based machine onto computers with AMD processors, and then modified the image incorrectly for AMD CPUs.

This is an imaging process that has never been supported by Microsoft because of the compatibility problems it can create.

As well as this post:

Shashank, what about all of us on Intel platforms with the same issue? Why has MS totally abandoned that problem? Why have you abandoned this thread where you asked for more info and never returned? I’ve been emailing you for over a week now on this matter and about the updates in the thread, but you never replied. The thread is now 18 pages long and growing by the minute! http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3321844&SiteID=17

So it appears that the SP3 reboot problem is not limited to AMD chips as previously thought, but also crosses over to Intel machines as well. Hopefully there will be a fix coming soon. In the mean time, you may wish to wait before installing SP3 until all of the problems are ironed out.

Comments welcome.

Microsoft Update Product Team blog is here.

Tech Net article is here.

HP has posted a fix for AMD systems here.

[tags]windows, xp, sp3, tech net, forums, amd, intel, problems, fix, [/tags]

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