Re: AMDAGP.SYS & Windows XP startup

From: George Mooth (gmooth_at_comcast.net)
Date: 12/15/04


Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 14:14:48 -0500

I have a Ausus motherboard with a Ali chipset
and it works great with SP2, Very snappy.

On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:05:00 -0000, "Mark Jacobs"
<http://www.jacobsm.com/mjmsg?Microsoft%20Newsgroup> wrote:

>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,



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