HT and Dual Core users read!

[matty13]

Yep i did get issues slowing down.. Now finally my pc can run fine with my HT!!

**WARNING!!!***

Anyone that has installed this beta patch, DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT upgrade or touch your video BIOS at ALL!

What you mean BIOS? Drivers?

[Windam]

**WARNING!!!***

Anyone that has installed this beta patch, DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT upgrade or touch your video BIOS at ALL!

video BIOS?

does anyone even mess with that?

And would I have to reinstall this patch if I did a clean install of XP?

[DaViD_BRaNDoN]

**WARNING!!!***

Anyone that has installed this beta patch, DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT upgrade or touch your video BIOS at ALL!

Eh? Don't quite get your warning... :blink:

[AimLXJ]

Yep i did get issues slowing down.. Now finally my pc can run fine with my HT!!

What you mean BIOS? Drivers?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_BIOS

video BIOS?

does anyone even mess with that?

And would I have to reinstall this patch if I did a clean install of XP?

I mess with it and yes, you have to reinstall it.

[DaViD_BRaNDoN]

So how now? Is this patch a good thing to have for Core Duo owner? I still have it running on my systems

[matty13]

Someone get latest version then?

Or someone give me email of microsoft and i try get latest one then.

[exograpix]

getting bit better speed.

[+Tantawi Subscriber²]

**WARNING!!!***

Anyone that has installed this beta patch, DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT upgrade or touch your video BIOS at ALL!

That doesn't make any sense at all! What a windows patch has to do with a video card bios which is when upgraded the upgrade is done outside windows anyway?

Please ignore this post, the patch is great, and update your video bios exactly after please :) I fixed an annoying TV-OUT problem on my 6600GT by a bios upgrade.

[AimLXJ]

But do you know what EXACTLY does the patch do?

[6785077276]

Anyone got the latest version? Do I need to apply the registry edit or not and will this work on a Intel Pentium D Dual Core CPU?

Edited November 22, 2006 by digitalnemesis

[matty13]

Anyone got the latest version? Do I need to apply the registry edit or not and will this work on a Intel Pentium D Dual Core CPU?

Yer i wanna know the registry too, last time i installed this caused my pc to lock up completley and just break down completley with the registry edit.

[6785077276]

I installed it and it seems to have worked. Programs seem to open slightly faster and the load is now spread evenly across both cores. :) The lag I had when browsing folders, files in my computer is literally gone. My computer just seems more responsive.

Is the registry edit still required?

Also, I can't find the hotfix in add/remove programs, how do I uninstall it in future?

[6785077276]

I read the kb article again and it says you only need to edit the registry if you want to disable the new behaviour that the hotfix does. Just leave it :)

[freeza]

Um.....my ntoskrnl is 5.1.2600.2845 (xpsp.060210-1526)

The one in this patch is 5.1.2600.2765 (xpsp.050928-1517)

using this patch does nothing and does not replace it.

Is the later version on my ntoskrnl supplied with this patch already?

[6785077276]

Um.....my ntoskrnl is 5.1.2600.2845 (xpsp.060210-1526)

The one in this patch is 5.1.2600.2765 (xpsp.050928-1517)

using this patch does nothing and does not replace it.

Is the later version on my ntoskrnl supplied with this patch already?

how did u check

[freeza]

i went into the temp folder the installer created.

[6785077276]

i went into the temp folder the installer created.

does kb896256 appear in your add/remove programs? I have show updates checked, it doesn't appear in mine, I can't uninstall it.

[halcyoncmdr]

kb896256 appears in my list.

[Fairlytayleree]

Well are we seeing builds with a better compiler now?

I installed this on a single core opteron 144 and things are certainly more responsive, seems like the code runs better (like itunes and other modern exes...). Which is great cause speedy is nicer to use

I don't know if that'll translate into a measurable fps increase or anything like that, but hey, it boots differently :)

[6785077276]

kb896256 appears in my list.

Strange, I can't find it in mine :( Can you post a screenshot of how it looks in add/remove programs please?

[AndyMutz]

Um.....my ntoskrnl is 5.1.2600.2845 (xpsp.060210-1526)

which hotfix updates the ntoskrnl to this version? mine is still at 2765.

-andy-

[AndyMutz]

which hotfix updates the ntoskrnl to this version? mine is still at 2765.

-andy-

nevermind, just found kb889816 which updates ntoskrnl to 2885.

-andy-

[freeza]

2885? wow. i'll be installing this asap.

[6785077276]

Where can I find kb889816 and what exactly does it do?

[Amnesia]

lol I installed it and I dont think I see any difference.