XP

Most of the time when you encounter this error, it is too little, too late and you are using the recovery console to get rid of the bogus Intelppm.sys entry in the registry and/or filesystem on an AMD system, but this update here is the official fix for the problem.

This update is intended to be installed on XP SP2 systems before applying SP3, if they are running a Sysprep image that was originally created on an Intel machine that ends up getting deployed on an AMD machine. The worst offender seems to be HP OEM machines.

The old Vista and XP TechCenters have been retired and combined into a brand new site, which goes along with the other revamps that MSDN and TechNet have received in the past few days.

Highlights of the new site:

New “zones” for top tasks related to application compatibility, User Account Control (UAC), imaging, hardware compatibility and performance, desktop security and encryption, and networking.

Improved organization of resources by lifecycle phase and technical level (overview or advanced)

Advice from subject matter experts at Microsoft and in the community

New information on ways to advance and simplify desktop management

To check it out, go here.