windows shows 2 processors

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i have a hp pavillion with pentium 4 processor with hyper thread technology.
in windows it shows there are 2 processors, why?
 
|i have a hp pavillion with pentium 4 processor with hyper thread
technology.
| in windows it shows there are 2 processors, why?

Because Hyperthreading simulates two processors.

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dumb plumber said:
i have a hp pavillion with pentium 4 processor with hyper thread technology.
in windows it shows there are 2 processors, why?
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Because that's what hyperthreading does. It makes a single processor
look like two.
 
dumb said:
i have a hp pavillion with pentium 4 processor with hyper thread technology.
in windows it shows there are 2 processors, why?
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Because you have a Pentium 4 CPU with Hyper-Threading. ;-}

Windows XP and Hyper-Threading
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810231


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