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jmcole
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_ 		25. May 2008 @ 21:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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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HP Pavilion, AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (2 CPUs), 4GB RAM, Windows 7 Professional.
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geestar20
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_ 		25. May 2008 @ 23:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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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aldan
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_ 		25. May 2008 @ 23:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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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DFL
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_ 		26. May 2008 @ 08:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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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jmcole
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_ 		26. May 2008 @ 13:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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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geestar20
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_ 		26. May 2008 @ 14:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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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jmcole
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_ 		26. May 2008 @ 18:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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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HP Pavilion, AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (2 CPUs), 4GB RAM, Windows 7 Professional.
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