Forum Overview :: American McGee's Honda Civic :: UPDATE: MS hotfix

[quote name="Entropy Stew"]The /usepmtimer thing above was a workaround, and wouldn't fully work for all games (I'd have to set processor affinity to single core for those every time I started up). Luckily, an MS hotfix has been released for this. Do the following to make all things right in the world: <li>Remove the /usepmtimer from your boot.ini if you had added it before. This may or may not be necessary - I did it, and things work <li>Read the <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?id=896256">MS knowledge base article</a> <li>Install the <a href="http://exphose.com/upfiles/1/WindowsXP-KB896256-v3-x86-ENU.exe">hotfix</a> the article refers to <li>Install the <a href="http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871_9706,00.html">latest AMD X2 drivers</a> -/ES/-[/quote]