MSCONFIG/Number of Processors Options

[Bigga Lexx]

I think there is a setting to select the no. of processors under MSCONFIG under Boot/Advanced Options which I want to know. The default setting set for Vista is 1 processor & I want to set it to 2 for my Intel processor. Now, I need to know about the purpose of this setting which I cannot find anywhere so if anyone knows any information about the same would be helpful to me. Thanks

[newtech]

MSCONFIG is just an editor so you should just leave the setting alone.

In this case it is editing the optional switches that are used in your boot configuration file. The processor switch does this:

/numproc=number
This switch sets the number of processors that Windows will run at startup. With this switch, you can force a multiprocessor system to use only the quantity of processors (number) that you specify. This switch can help you troubleshoot performance problems and defective CPUs.

There are no performance or any other gains by changing the default setting. There could be issues, however. Vista will use fully all available processors once it enters kernel mode at the end of startup, no matter what you set for the number of processors in MSCONFIG.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;833721

[Bigga Lexx]

Thanks for the information.