Re: AMDAGP.SYS & Windows XP startup
From: Chris Catt (cuke(nospam)_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/14/04
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Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 20:04:13 -0000
Hi, I await the replies to this bold statement, "If you have an original AMD
Athlon on an Asus or AliMagik Motherboard, then
> avoid SP2 because it will slow your PC to a crawl or a stop". Gave me
> quite a chuckle really....
ChrisC
"Mark Jacobs" <http://www.jacobsm.com/mjmsg?Microsoft%20Newsgroup> wrote in
message news:e97zURc4EHA.2156@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Mr. Wobbler, I think you will warm to these words of wisdom :-
>
> If you have an original AMD Athlon on an Asus or AliMagik Motherboard,
> then
> avoid SP2 because it will slow your PC to a crawl or a stop. Instead,
> reinstall XP SP1 (you can keep your progs, data and settings), and turn
> *OFF*
> automatic updates.
> Then, apply the RPC patch KB823980 from
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2354406c-c5b6-44ac-9532-3de40f69c074&displaylang=en .
> Then install the latest ZoneAlarm from
> http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp?lid=zaskulist_download .
> And finally, install my registry watcher program at
> http://www.jacobsm.com/index.htm#sft
>
> That lot will make you *MORE* secure than SP2, especially if you add
> ProcessGuard to the formula. But you have to pay for that. The
> aforementioned
> others are all free. HTH,
> --
> Mark Jacobs
> DK Computing
> http://www.dkcomputing.co.uk
>
>
> "ComputerWobbler" <ComputerWobbler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> news:FFBAD616-5B0E-4107-849E-71A6E6472F60@microsoft.com...
> | Perhaps if I knew the benefits of SP2 over SP1 (I understand that
> Service
> | Packs are progressive, in that they improve on previous software
> releases,
> | ie. Windows is better improved on faulty bits, etc. Or, at least that's
> how
> I
> | understand it.) But, is SP2 really needed? Can I just revert to SP1
> and
> | wait until BIOS and Card drivers, etc. are updated and confirmed to be
> | compatible with SP2 before reinstalling SP2?
>
>
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