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to: Rich Gauszka
from: Rich
date: 2004-10-02 13:42:40
subject: Re: Installed XP SP2, now PC won`t boot

From: "Rich" 

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   This is something of a red herring.  It's a buggy device driver that =
just happened to have a flaw that manifests when hadware no-execute =
support is available.  There are plenty of buggy device drivers out in =
the world and this one isn't particularly special.

Rich

  "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message =
news:415f0769$1{at}w3.nls.net...

  Athlon 64 users have had problems with SP2 ( reboot loop )

  =
http://news.com.com/Microsoft+tackles+AMD+conflict+in+SP2/2100-1016_3-532=
6707.html

  Microsoft said in its advisory that PCs with 64-bit AMD processors may =

  restart repeatedly after installing Service Pack 2, if those machines =
are=20
  also configured to enforce so-called data execution prevention (DEP) =
and=20
  contain hardware that requires a driver software known as =
Mpegport.sys.=20
  Sigma Designs' Realmagic Hollywood Plus DVD decoder application is one =
such=20
  application that uses the driver, the software maker said.=20


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   This is
something of a red =

herring.  It's a buggy device driver that just happened to have a
= flaw that=20
manifests when hadware no-execute support is available.  There are
= plenty=20
of buggy device drivers out in the world and this one isn't particularly =

special.
 
Rich
 

  "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka{at}hotmail.com>">mailto:gauszka{at}hotmail.com">gauszka{at}hotmail.com>
wrote =
in message=20
  news:415f0769$1{at}w3.nls.net...Athlon=20
  64 users have had problems with SP2 ( reboot loop )http://news.com.com/Microsoft+tackles+AMD+conflict+in+SP2/2100-10=
16_3-5326707.html">http://news.com.com/Microsoft+tackles+AMD+conflict+in+=
SP2/2100-1016_3-5326707.htmlMicrosoft=20
  said in its advisory that PCs with 64-bit AMD processors may =
restart=20
  repeatedly after installing Service Pack 2, if those machines are =
also=20
  configured to enforce so-called data execution prevention (DEP) and=20
  contain hardware that requires a driver software known as =
Mpegport.sys.=20
  Sigma Designs' Realmagic Hollywood Plus DVD decoder application is =
one=20
  such application that uses the driver, the software maker said.=20


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