Help! - Need top DISABLE Hyper-threading!

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please tell me how to disbale hyperthreading! i cant find it anywhere! ive
looked all over! cant find it in BIOS (when i restart computer i press F2) to
enter BIOS but theres no hyperthreading there. i am using Windows XP. please
Help asap!
kindest Regards
Dean Fletcher

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DeanFletcher said:
please tell me how to disbale hyperthreading! i cant find it
anywhere! ive looked all over! cant find it in BIOS (when i restart
computer i press F2) to enter BIOS but theres no hyperthreading
there. i am using Windows XP. please Help asap!
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It's a BIOS setting and some vendors choose not to give the end customer
access to said setting.
Since you told us nothing about your hardware - that's about all the advice
you can get.

Sometime a BIOS update will expose the settings - other times it is some
"keystroke" that you have to know about to see it. Most - though - make it
obvious.

Why do you *need* to disable it?
If it is for some program - find a better program. heh
 
i need to disable it for the music production hardware to work properly. its
called Mbox by digidesign - like a portable recording studio! =) so....need
to disable it. cost me £300! i am using a fujitsu siemans laptop, windows XP
home edition, 1GB RAM, Pentium 4 duel processors! ...thanks for your attempt
to help me. i think if i type in 'msconfig' under the 'run' part in the start
menu i think if u click under the boot.ini tab you can turn it off there??!?

help! Deano
 
DeanFletcher said:
i need to disable it for the music production hardware to work properly. its
called Mbox by digidesign - like a portable recording studio! =) so....need
to disable it. cost me £300! i am using a fujitsu siemans laptop, windows XP
home edition, 1GB RAM, Pentium 4 duel processors! ...thanks for your attempt
to help me. i think if i type in 'msconfig' under the 'run' part in the start
menu i think if u click under the boot.ini tab you can turn it off there??!?

help! Deano
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Try running the software in Windows 98 Compatibility Mode. There are
some reports that this has fixed software problems attributable to
Hyperthreading.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
 
cheers ron, how do i change to windows 98 mode? im quite good on computers
but not sure how to do that. please help! Cheers. Dean
 
chee4rs nfor that, but the poblem is that i ahve to disbale hyperthreading
BEFORE i can install the program (pro tools - music production software) its
required before i insert the cds to install it...so im still kinder
stuck......HELP! i really appreciate all you guys trying to help me!

kindest Regards
Deano
 
DeanFletcher said:
chee4rs nfor that, but the poblem is that i ahve to disbale
hyperthreading BEFORE i can install the program (pro tools - music
production software) its required before i insert the cds to install
it...so im still kinder stuck......HELP! i really appreciate all you
guys trying to help me!

kindest Regards
Deano
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http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/appcompat.mspx

You can *install* the program using Compatibility Mode and that means
you don't need to disable HyperThreading first. The whole point of
using Compatibility Mode from Ron Martell's suggestion is that you
wouldn't have to disable HT first. Go to the link and read the
instructions or look in XP's Help & Support for Compatibility Mode.
Here's an excerpt from the page that is applicable but it would be good
for you to read the whole thing:

"Note: If a compatibility problem prevents you from installing a program
on Windows XP, run the Program Compatibility Wizard on the Setup file
for the program. The file may be called Setup.exe or something similar,
and is probably located on the Installation disc for the program."

Otherwise I would contact the music program's tech support for help with
their product. You paid a lot of money for it and I'm sure such an
expensive program has tech support.

Malke
 
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