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Offline Bobby9093

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Processors
« on: November 11, 2009, 09:50:22 AM »
Somewhere along the internet road, I heard that having a lot of running processors can slow down your PC.  I have an HP with XP and SP3.  A few years ago I was informed of a way to shut off several at once.  If I open the task window (Ctrl  Alt  and Delete) click on processors, then click something else it would clear a TON of unnecessary running processors, just be careful NOT to shut of this ot that!  I have a lot of SYSTEM and ADMINISTRATOR  but can't remember what ABSOLUTELY needs to be on!   Can anyone help?
Thank you so much
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Offline DJanda

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Re: Processors
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2009, 10:18:08 AM »
I've been around a long while, and I have never heard of such a thing. I believe that you are thinking about "processes" (i.e. services, applications, etc.). The way the present bunch of supercomputer get their high rate of data flow is by having multiple (many multiples) of "processors."
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Offline couttsj

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Re: Processors
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2009, 11:17:17 AM »
Using dual processors boosts performance because the operating system can run on one processor and the executable programs can run on the other processor at the same time. Having more than 2 processors is questionable, unless you run programs that are capable of running multiple threads on more than 1 processor. To the best of my knowledge, there aren't very many desktop programs that can do that.

On the other hand, there are many processes running on a desktop, and some of these (kernel processes) you won't have access to. To get an idea of the number of visible processes running on your computer, go to the command prompt and enter "tasklist". Each process has a Process ID, and there can be multiple processes managed by the operating system under each Process ID. What you also don't see are the many library files (DLL) linked to each of these processes.

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Offline Spawn

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Re: Processors
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2009, 12:26:38 PM »
In the past, I?d say that more than two cores would not matter much, but with Windows 7, things have changed.

Windows 7 offers support for up to 256 cores, whereas Vista only supported I think like..64 cores.  Also, Windows 7 makes better use with what we generally have now---4 cores, or even just 2, by helping to balance out workload and the cache.  When software makers get onboard and make better applications that take advantage of Windows 7 improvements, it will really be great.

I read an article about this a few weeks ago.  If I can track it down, I?ll post it up.

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« Last Edit: November 11, 2009, 12:28:25 PM by Spawn »
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Offline Black Viper

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Re: Processors
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2009, 02:30:29 AM »
Reading between the lines, I think the OP actually means "processes". Check here:
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm
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