From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"Frank Haber"  wrote in message
news:4410c9ab$1{at}w3....
>I didn't think the truly evil stuff extended to retail motherboards.  I do
>know if you take a Gateway with Home, for instance, that uses an exact
>equivalent of some retail motherboard, and attempt to
"update" the BIOS to
>get some feature Gateway never bothered with - you daid.  The license just
>doesn't apply.  MS will refer you to Gateway, who will tell you to go fish.

MS is sort of making one fish with dual-core cpu s and XP. No patch unless
you call support and prove they shouldn't charge you for the support call.
Yeah I know you can find it leaked elsewhere but with something like this
I'd be more comfortable if it came directly from MS

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;896256#XSLTH31201211221
20121120120

Computers that are equipped with multiple processors that support processor
power management features, such as Advanced Configuration and Power
Interface (ACPI) processor performance states, require Microsoft Windows XP
Service Pack 2 (SP2). Additional updates are available to optimize
performance and behavior on computers that are running Windows XP SP2.
Without these updates, computers that are equipped with these power
management-capable, mobile, dual-core processors may experience decreased
performance or unexpected behavior.

Note This problem also applies to x64-based versions of Microsoft Windows
Server 2003.

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