WinXP Home support dual-core CPU?

[Man-wai Chang]

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[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Yes.

 

[Man-wai Chang]

Yes.

But Task Manager of WinXP Home only showed one CPU. Is WinXP Home really
taking advantage of dual-core?

 

[John]

But Task Manager of WinXP Home only showed one CPU. Is WinXP Home really
taking advantage of dual-core?

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Task Manager can be set to show one graph for all CPUs.
Check
View->CPU History and verify that it is set to
One Graph per CPU.

 

[Man-wai Chang]

Task Manager can be set to show one graph for all CPUs.

Check
View->CPU History and verify that it is set to
One Graph per CPU.

So WinXP Home's default is different from WinXP Pro in the case of task
manager?

 

[frodo]

So WinXP Home's default is different from WinXP Pro in the case of task
manager?

No, it's just the graph's default setting, and in both cases it defaults
to one graph for all. So, if the menu offers you the choice of "One graph
per CPU" then XP is using both cores just fine. If that setting is not
offered then XP is running in single-core mode, and the fix is more
complicated [it could mean a bios update, and it will mean a Repair
Install of XP].