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XP SP3 Crashes Some AMD Machines
Stony Stevenson alerts us to new information on the XP SP3-induced crashes that we discussed a few days back. Jesper Johansson, a former program manager for security policy at Microsoft, is maintaining an ongoing log and support site for users affected by any of several problems triggered by XP3. Machines using AMD hardware, particularly HP desktops, seem to have several modes of failure; others affect Intel machines.
Bah, you beat me to it. I was trying to get it, but I have SP3 installed on my computer and it crashed >.
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As I understand it, this only impacts Windows XP users who are running computers with AMD or Intel processors. There is no evidence of SP3 introducing problems on XP machines with alternative architectures.
My machine works fine with SP3, not a single problem. How's two anecdotes for ya, bitch?
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Wow, you're right. With the Linux HP tablet market being about the same size as the Windows desktop + laptop market I'm surprised it didn't get more press.
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The plural of anecdote is not data.
I'm waiting for Service Pack 3.11
You see, that's why Windows will never be ready for the desktop: Until you get rid of all that command line gibberish, I'll never be able to install it on my grandmother's computer.
No, no, and no again. SP3 is meant to prepare XP users to an unstable environment.
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Sorry I'm late. I was playing an mp3, drove the latency right up.