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Vista - Boot Advanced Options - Number of Processors

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Old 05-13-2008  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Boot Advanced Options - Number of Processors

How to Change the Number of Processors Used at Boot Up in Vista
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Old 05-14-2008  
swarfega


Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
 
 

Re: Boot Advanced Options - Number of Processors

yes they work.

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Old 05-14-2008  
sidney1st


Ultimate SP1 x64 & x86
 
 

Re: Boot Advanced Options - Number of Processors

Humm, can you try to run msconfig under safe mode?
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Old 05-14-2008  
swarfega


Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
 
 

Re: Boot Advanced Options - Number of Processors

hmm ill try that tomorrow morning and report back. Getting late here
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Old 05-15-2008  
swarfega


Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
 
 

Re: Boot Advanced Options - Number of Processors

I went into safe mode and I still couldnt change any settings in msconfig!
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Old 05-15-2008  
umx


Vista 64
 
 

Re: Boot Advanced Options - Number of Processors

IM using a quad core q6600 oc'ed my time before was 51 seconds and when i changed it to 4 cores it went to 54 seconds :P but then again i prob only have 7-9 processes in services.msc set to auto rest are disabled..sometimes when i come to the loading bar screen it will load thru 2-3 bars some times 5-6.
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Old 05-16-2008  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Boot Advanced Options - Number of Processors

Hi UMX,

Since you have such few processes or startup programs running, having multiple cores running at startup may not help much. Multiple cores do not actually increase the speed, but only increase the number of processor cores working on the job which in turn has the job finish quicker.

Shawn
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Old 06-16-2008  
EdF


Vista Home Premiun 32bit
 
 

Re: Boot Advanced Options - Number of Processors

Hi

I have a new HP2110ca tablet PC.

I have been working my way thru the tutorials to essentially speed up operation and boot time.

When I first looked at this tutorial I had the option of 2 processors ( as I have a dual core chip). At that time I did not change the number, which was set to 1.

Yesterday I returned to the option and now only one processor is shown in the "# of processors" box.

At no time have I made the boot option changes permanent.

Any idea what has happened? Can I restore the option thru a registry fix?

Ed
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Old 06-16-2008  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Boot Advanced Options - Number of Processors

Hi Ed,

Strange. Do you not have a drop down arrow to click on in the box to select a different number of processors?

Shawn
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Old 06-16-2008  
EdF


Vista Home Premiun 32bit
 
 

Re: Boot Advanced Options - Number of Processors

Not now. I did have but it has disappeared. Not even greyed-out.





Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by Brink View Post
Hi Ed,

Strange. Do you not have a drop down arrow to click on in the box to select a different number of processors?

Shawn
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Old 06-16-2008  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Boot Advanced Options - Number of Processors

Ed,

See if restarting your computer will fix the problem.

When you right click on Computer, in the Start Menu, and click Properties, what does it show your processor as under the System section?

Shawn
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