yes, i googled it for you kati.

also, make sure you dont have msie 8 installed with xp sp3.  they dont play well together

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The core problem though isn't that XP SP3 has a problem with AMD processors. It's that some vendors, and HP is the one that usually gets mentioned, used the same XP image on both their Intel and AMD systems. Usually that's not a problem. It's sloppy workmanship at the factory, but not a show-stopper. Well, until now anyway.

What happens on an AMD system is that when an Intel-only power driver-intelppm.sys--is loaded the newly patched PC throws a fit and locks you into reboot hell.

Well, actually it only seems like reboot hell. You can stop the madness by hitting the F8 key when you first see the black Windows XP screen. Then, on the character-based menu, select "Disable automatic restart on system failure." Chances are I didn't have to tell you that if you've been seeing the reboot cycle for a while. Then select Safe Mode. Once you're there, click on the System button, pick run and follow these instructions from Jesper Johansson, an ex-Microsoftie and now a Windows blogger,

1. Run regedit

2. Click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

3. From the File menu, select "Load hive"

4. Navigate to %systemdriver%\Windows\System32\Config on the dead system and select the file name System

5. Name it something you can remember, such as "horked"

6. Navigate to horked\ControlSet001\Services\IntelPPM

7. Double click the Start value and set it to 4

8. Repeat steps 6-7 for the other control sets.

9. Reboot