Thanks for that post BadDog , I am having this problem that may have to do
with this mpegport.sys , can you Please WITHOUT insulting me help me work
around this?
if you have any links or help topics handy please post.

PS: I tried the "Turn off DEP for all programs and services except those I
select" option (as suggested by Carey) but after a few reboots Explorer has
to be added then Outlook express then Steam then HL Launcher and on and on it
goes.

I have tried:
Reinstall of XP Pro with SP2 (on disk) installed right after all the newest
drivers in the order recomended by MS and ASUS , installing 1 program at a
time to find the problem....I've done this 3 times.

Also I have tried , installing XP Pro SP1 , getting it all up and running
(Which I mght add has NO PROBLEMS) and then updating to SP2 from win
update......still a no go.

PLEASE if you have any HELPFULL comments please advise.

Thank you ,

Rob

Sheesh!! I have never seen a more bitter angry insulting bunch of people in
one place in my life.........No wait.......maybe the Kerry Campaign after
Bush won.

ARGGG!!! ALL I WANT IS HELP!! LOL!!!

"NoNoBadDog!" wrote:

For the benefit of those reading this thread...

There is no issue with SP2 and AMD64 processors.

I'll say that again to be sure everyone understands it..

There is no issue with sp2 and AMD64 processors.

I have it running here just fine on all my AMD64 and DEP runs perfectly.

The issue is with certain drivers that require mpegport.sys. It is related
to a completely different issue that AMD64 chips.

Somehow, this myth keeps getting resurrected, mostly by those who have no
clue what they are talking about.

Those of you reading this thread who own AMD64 procs should not hesitate
putting SP2 on your machine. There is no problem with SP2 and AMD64. None
at all.

Bobby


"Rob" wrote in message
...
Does ANYONE have any info or links for SP2 for Win XP made specifically
for
AMD 64 CPUs?

Not a 64bit version!! but rather SP2 made for AMD 64's running on a 32bit
version of XP.

There is a major problem with AMD64's and the DEP feature in SP2 , and it
was said somewhere (I can't remember where)that MS was/would be working on
a
special verson of SP2.

I have serched the MS site myself and come up empty , MS FAQ's/Help and
Support pointed me here.

Thanks