Monday, May 19, 2008

XP SP3 endless-reboot patches ready

Help is on its way for users affected by <A HREF="http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1403&tag=nl.e550">the Windows XP Service Pack 3 endless-reboot problem</A> that has plagued some users for the past week-plus. Both Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard are readying patches that should remedy the glitch, which seems to affect primarily users of AMD-based systems.

Microsoft blamed OEMs who improperly placed a Windows XP image created for Intel-based machine on non-Intel-based systems. HP is advising users running XP on AMD-based systems to delay deploying SP3 until the company releases a patch, which sounds like it is due out this week or next at the latest.

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