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    - XP - SP3 From PC Pitstop:- On Wednesday, May 7th 2008, Microsoft released the long awaited Windows XP SP3. Almost immediately hundreds of users registered complaints ranging from complete crashes to looping reboots. Similar problems have accompanied previous service packs and are usually the result of conflicting software. Now, a few days later, it's known that many of the reports are specific to HP Computers with AMD processors. Copies of Windows intended for Intel-based machines were used by OEMs on AMD-based computers. According to Microsoft the blame sits squarely on HP and possibly other OEMs Jesper Johansson, a well respected MVP in Windows Security, has been helpful in identifying this problem and was quoted in a May 12th Article from Gregg Keizer of ComputerWorld. "The problem is that HP, and possibly other OEMs, deploy the same image to Intel-based desktops that they do to AMD-based desktops". Many of us already know the problems associated with installing the wrong drivers on a system and this is exactly the same situation. Thankfully this problem is restricted to HP desktop models and does not affect their laptops. Full article here:- http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2008/05/14/windows-xp-sp3-has-problems/ Tag: My IBM R50P laptop powers off with no warning, no consistency. Tag: 323366
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    - Unable to Enable Automated Updates in Services After updaing my PC's with the SP3 I am consistently getting the red shield telling me to turn on my automated updates. This is true as well with Onecare making the same statement. The SP3 also has deleted my restore history making it now impossible to restore to a certain point any longer. I now have to setup a new restore point which really pisses me off. Even after the many and frustrating attempts to follow Microsoft Self-Help Options and Solutions I find that there is nothing short o a fix apparently. I have gone into the SERVICES and manually made the selections accordingly and all I get is: (1058 Automated Update Disabled and/or has no enabled devices) or (url://c:\windows\system32\mmcndmgr.dll/views.htm). Regards to the first: No duh, you cannot enable it, How much more redundant can MS get? Regards to the second: Well, so redundant that they can't even allow a simplified means to correct something they allowed their programmers to totally screw up. Has anyone had this problem and if so, have you been forunate enough to gain access to a fix? This issue has occured on both of my WINDOWS XP PC's and my one and only VISTA Professional PC. Thank you in advance for all you can provide to these issues. -- Bill Tag: My IBM R50P laptop powers off with no warning, no consistency. Tag: 323353
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    - Trouble Shutting Down On my windows xp laptop, I`m experiencing trouble sutting down, I tried to shutdown and it started installing an update, which I think is normal, BUT it said on the screen installing update 1 of 1, then went to saving your settings, then went back to installing update 1 of 1 again and continued that several times + I even had trouble with it hanging on shutdown yesterday.Can anyone tell me something that would help, and it would be appreciated. Thank You James Tag: My IBM R50P laptop powers off with no warning, no consistency. Tag: 323351
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    - Dell Dimension E521+Windows XP MCE 2005+SP3 Experience *** This message has been REPOSTED not CROSS-POSTED in Both MS Newsgroups and the Dell related Newsgroup *** Sorry about that, but I use two (2) different News Servers. To anyone interested, Before you do a SP3 upgrade, I can't stress enough, that you should purchase a backup or imaging program like Acronis TrueImage, (version 10 or higher should be your choice.) Make a backup/image of your current OS, so if you have problems, you can easily return to a working copy of your OS. Saves allot of grey hair, and headaches. If you have the following Dell PC (or other similar models) with an AMD Processor, and using the image that was installed by the factory, you may have run into the reboot problem that occurred after installing XP SP3 update: (My Configuration) Dell Dimension E521 AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2 Ghz 3 GB of RAM 80 GB Primary HDD 500 GB Secondary HDD Windows XP MCE 2005 Using the restore image from the factory/hidden partition. MS LifeCam VX-6000 Windows Live Messenger (current version) There is a fixed mentioned on the net to change a registry setting in XP, before trying to install XP SP3. This did not work for me. After making a backup of the keys listed below, I deleted/removed the following registry Keys: 1. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\intelppm 2. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Services\intelppm Or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet00X\Services\intelppm (Random ControlSet #) These keys will have a reference of: "DisplayName: Intel Processor driver" Dword: Start Value: 4 (Hex) (This value did not work for me.) I did not have to remove the following keys, because it referred to an event log. The upgrade worked, and I left the keys there in the registry. 3. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\System\intelppm 4. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\Eventlog\System\intelppm After the upgrade, things may still be a little sluggish still, I found that I had to remove, then reinstall, or upgrade several IM programs, digital/web cameras and their drivers/programs, some Dell Hardware drivers, etc... I also upgraded from MS Media Player 10 to 11. Do these changes after the SP3 update not before. Also do another Microsoft/Windows Update check. -- Add MS to your News Reader: news://msnews.microsoft.com Rich/rerat (RRR News) <message rule> <<Previous Text Snipped to Save Bandwidth When Appropriate>> Tag: My IBM R50P laptop powers off with no warning, no consistency. Tag: 323325
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My IBM R50P has started to "power off" when I am using it and also when not
in use. The only constant I can pin point is that it happens within 30
minutes from bootup. It is not linked to specific programs unless there is
something happening in the background. I have tried to use system restore
thinking an program update may have caused this, but after the boot from
system restore, I get an "Incomplete" error due to no changes were made? This
does not make sense because I go to points in time when Windows update was
installed or a program was installed or removed.
Any suggestions? I really don't want to start from scratch. I am dependent
on my computer daily.
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Thank you,
NtrBtr

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Re: My IBM R50P laptop powers off with no warning, no consistency. by Malke

Malke
Tue May 20 05:04:38 PDT 2008

NtrBtr wrote:

> My IBM R50P has started to "power off" when I am using it and also when
> not in use. The only constant I can pin point is that it happens within 30
> minutes from bootup. It is not linked to specific programs unless there is
> something happening in the background. I have tried to use system restore
> thinking an program update may have caused this, but after the boot from
> system restore, I get an "Incomplete" error due to no changes were made?
> This does not make sense because I go to points in time when Windows
> update was installed or a program was installed or removed.
> Any suggestions? I really don't want to start from scratch. I am dependent
> on my computer daily.

Since you are dependent on your computer daily, I hope you're backing up
your data.

Sudden shut downs like you describe are most often caused by overheating
and/or hardware failure. You can look at the hardware troubleshooting
suggestions at the link below, but aside from some extremely careful
cleaning and testing the hard drive and RAM, there isn't too much you can
do yourself on a laptop. Contacting IBM/Lenovo tech support is probably
what you should do next.

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Hardware_Tshoot

Malke
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