I don't have any XP machines handy to confirm the exact settings, and these changed substantially/were deprecated in later Windows versions. It is possible to limit Windows to 1 or n processors through various configuration settings and flags.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 9:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] Coreinfo? Greg, What do I focus on in msconfig and the boot.ini? Duncan On 09/18/2012 23:47, Greg Sevart wrote: > Also worth checking msconfig and/or boot.ini > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jamie Furtner > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Coreinfo? > > Agreed - Windows only sees one processor. > > DSInc, you said the BIOS sees two processors (cores)? > > What HAL is Windows using (Device Manager | Computer)? If it's something > like /ACPI Uniprocessor/ then you won't ever take advantage of multiple > CPUs, and coreinfo doesn't report accurate results, as it depends on the > HAL giving it the right information. > > Jamie > > > >
