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    XP:MCE uses both cores on 1210 laptops?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by gohanssjn, Nov 9, 2006.

  1. gohanssjn

    gohanssjn Notebook Evangelist

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    I keep reading about having to enable dual core support on this OS. Is this something that I need to worry about or does my fresh install use this by default? Here is a link to the Microsoft take on it:
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896256

    Thanks all!
     
    gohanssjn, Nov 9, 2006
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    count_schemula Notebook Deity

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    It's based on WinXP Pro, so, there should be no issues.

    My laptop runs at 1GHz most of the time, then I when I need it, it jumps to 2GHz.

    This is to control temps and power usage.

    My laptop also runs much much cooler than than I thought it would. It barely gets warm.
     
    count_schemula, Nov 9, 2006
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  3. gohanssjn

    gohanssjn Notebook Evangelist

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    APPLIES TO
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition
    • Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, when used with:
    Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
    Microsoft Windows XP Professional

    • Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005


    Pro is listed in the article, so I thought that may be a reason I sometimes get stutters. Maybe not! I'll check tonight, I just did a clean install 2 days ago and have not loaded back the games, so we'll see!
     
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    Iceman0124 More news from nowhere

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    open your task manager , click the performance tab, and that should show you both cores and their usage
     
    Iceman0124, Nov 9, 2006
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    gohanssjn Notebook Evangelist

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    Well I tried the Hotfix and the other steps in a thread here, and it does seem a bit faster booting and such. I'll keep it installed I suppose :)
     
    gohanssjn, Nov 9, 2006
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