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What's Better: Boot / Advanced Options / # of Processors = 2 - OR


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RDougShelton

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My SONY Vaio VGNFW495J Laptop runnign Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit has an Intel Core Duo CPU P8700. I use my Laptop primarily for (many) multiple browsing sessions; and some times for Music and various MS office tools (but not really for graphic-intensive apps like games).


Considering this information, can anyone give me any guidelines as to what Boot configuration will give me better performance: telling the system I have/use 2 processors (thru the System Configuration / Boot / Advanced Options / Number of Processors ==> setting to "2" - OR - should I use "1"?


I don't have any idea at this point what it means for Windows to use one or the other settings. On the surface, it'd seem that one should tell it to use 2 if indeed there are two processors in the machine; but I haven't seen any "noticeable" difference so far when using one setting over the other (although I haven't been doing any kind of performance measuring, so I don't really "know").
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Welcome RDougShelton -

Is this causing any problem, or are you just trying / wanting to play with settings ? ?

Thank You -
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RDougShelton

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There is no particular problem (other than I am getting my CPU maxed out more and more often these days) - it is only that I want to maximize the performance of my system. But anyway, I got some good answers on this already - while I can't figure out how my system got configured to use "Processors = 1", nevertheless it seesm that for my config I Should in fact be using "Processors = 2" - OR - leave the Number of Processors box unchecked, which will allow Windows to use the maximum amount available.
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rshaffer61

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You actually probably only have one processors but it is a dual core and that is why it shows the two cpu's. I would utilize both but if your cpu is maxing out there may be hidden programs running you are not seeing.
If you would like to see what is going on please do the following.

Download Autoruns from the link in my signature below:

1: Extract the Autoruns Zip file contents to a folder.
2: Double-click the "Autoruns.exe".
3: Click on the "Everything" tab
4: Remove any entries that mention "File Not Found" by right-clicking the entry and select Delete.
5: Go to File then to Export As or Save in some versions.
6: Save AutoRuns.txt file to known location like your Desktop.
7: Attach to your next reply.

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rshaffer61

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Are you still having problems with your issue?
It has been 29 days since your last response and I was wondering if the issue has been resolved?
If so can you explain how it was resolved so others may be able to fix it if they have the same issue.
If not please let us know and we can continue with helping you to resolve the issue.
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