windows shows 2 processors

[Guest]

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

 

[Doug]

|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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[Detlev Dreyer]

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

"Windows XP and Hyper-Threading"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810231/en-us

 

[Tim Slattery]

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

Because that's what hyperthreading does. It makes a single processor
look like two.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

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

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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