On Tue, 8 Aug 2000 01:51:47 -0500, GrimDude wrote:
>The fix is to run MSCONFIG.exe. (Start, Run, in the "Open" window enter
>"msconfig" and hit OK. Under the "General" tab select "Advanced" and then
>make sure "Enable Pentium F0 (Lock CmpXchg) workaround" is marked. Hit "OK"
>and "OK" again, then reboot.

That seems odd.  The F00F bug shouldn't manifest itself arbitrarily; it should
only happen as a deliberate effort on the part of one of the users of the 
machine, or as a result of some malicious code.

-- 
Ron Parker   http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
My opinions.  Mine.  Not anyone else's.

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