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| 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 )
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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
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of buggy device drivers out in the world and this one isn't particularly =
special.
Rich
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