Re: Beware of XP SP3 3 -- PCTECH

Subject: Re: Beware of XP SP3 3
From: Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 06:46:30 -0500
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Lukas Beeler wrote:

Looks like the issue was caused by OEMs without a clue. One of the
disadvantages of having competition in the hardware area.

"I wouldn't be surprised to see an updated hotfix that replaces Intelppm.sys from SP3 with a version that does not crash on AMD based systems. A few CPU calls is all that it takes to 'bail out' on an AMD system instead of toggling bits on the CPU that make it crash."

Remember, intelppm.sys used to work on AMD. Now it crashes. A programmer at Microsoft made that change. You want to blame the OEM for software that used to work but now doesn't, go ahead, but it's just more proof (to me, anyway) that Microsoft is losing control of its development process.

Joe

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