jimbojambo

why did i bother posting a fix when people link to other websites maybe next time i wont bother

i had this same problem with xp sp2 when it 1st rolled out on a mesh system and the fix was a reg file with the text THIS FIX IS FOR AMD BASED COMPUTERS NOT TESTED ON INTEL AND NOT INTENDED FOR INTEL USE AT YOUR OWN RISK ON INTEL Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\intelppm] "Start"=dword:00000004 open notepad and copy the text above that is in bold text and save the file as sp3 fix.reg(bold text is not needed in the file i only made it bold so you can see the text to use)here is the file for the lazy ones sp2fix.reg after installing the service pack DO NOT RESTART the pc make sure to check the box to not restart and then run the reg file you created after running the reg file you can restart the pc and all should be well. hope this helps for some of you guys who have not already installed sp3 as im told a lot of people cannot get into safe mode to roll back i seem to remember a utility available to run from PE or dos that lets you edit the registry if anyone knows that utility that could be the file that will help peeps implement the fix i posted above if they cannot boot into windows but they would need to edit the registry manually instead that way. one tool i know of that lets you edit the registry file outside of windows is Winternals ERD Commander 2005 but this is no longer available as far as i know. ps i know this was a sp2 fix but the principle is the same its the same driver causing the boot loop