Leonard,
Backing up is not news to me, but these MS newsgroups are filled with
postings from individuals who have problems, after they installed "this
thing" or upgraded "that thing". And all I did was repeat that warning. For
some, backing up means, just backing up important DATA files, not a complete
image Back Up of their PC. I suggested that if they have not already done
it, purchase a Back up program, that can create an image of their HDD, add
that to their collection of utility programs.

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"Leonard Grey" <Leonard@Grey.invalid> wrote in message
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It may be news to you, but backing up is standard procedure prior to
upgrading an operating system, and Microsoft has been advising this for
years.

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Rich/rerat wrote:
> *** 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\i ntelppm
> 2. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Services\i ntelppm
> Or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet00X\Services\i ntelppm (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\Servic es\Eventlog\System\intelppm
> 4.
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\E ventlog\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.
>