HP Warns AMD Desktop owners not to install XP SP3

In an attempt to reduce customer frustration and volume of calls to HP’s call centers for support, HP announces to sit tight on XP SP3 to wait for a fix.  As AMD-XP users that have become frustrated after installing SP3, Microsoft tries to work with OEM’s to get the issue(s) resolved.  The problem originated from sysprep’d XP Service Pack 1 utilizing Intel hardware from OEM’s.  This practice has led us here today where yet again, customers are the ones that suffer.  Why didn’t this issue surface from the beta or release candidates prior to release?  Quite possibly because most beta testers are enthusiasts and build their own machine’s, therefore, never had a sysprep’d image from an OEM in the first place.