AMD & Service Pack 3 Issue/Fix

Boot up in Safe Mode. Sign in as Administrator.

Enter the Registry & find the following route:
HKey Local Machine\system\currentcontrolset\services\intelppm

Locate "Start" and identify the value. If AMD computer, change the value to 4

Value for AMD: 4
Value for Intel: 1

On an Intel-based system it will say 0x1. Do NOT set it to 0x4 on an Intel based system!!!



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If you have an AMD based system and the Start value is set to anything other than 0x4, run this command:

reg add hklm\system\currentcontrolset\services\intelppm /t REG_DWORD /v Start /d 0x4 /f

CAUTION: don't set the Start value to 0x4 on an Intel-based computer! It may not boot properly if you do.