Windows 7 Home Premium tips on it

[Hellfighter]

found a new item to adjust in msconfig

1.) in [boot] tap up-top click-on it
2.) [advance options....]
3.) check number of processors
4.) if it listed as 1 and you have a dual core you can change it to higher number!

my was listed as 1 i have a dual processor so i change it to 2.

some people have quad processors you can max it out. it will never show higher then the number of processors your system has in it.

don't for get you have to be log-in as administrator to change the setting
then click-on ok and exit out! then restart your system

*before one make any change best set a restore point, play it safe is all

btw; my system seem to startup a bet better and faster now

[Guest001]

Also Go to Task Manager Processes right click a process and you can set Core priority and usage per application (For each Program)

[Guest001]

PS
I'm pretty sure that if you leave the msconfig setting unticked all cores present will be used (like an Auto setting)
I think the settings you see are to select individual cores and tun them on and off for testing and it should not really be used in case of incorrect setting or new CPU is installed with a different number of cores or other architecture changes

You'll have better luck setting priority and affinity in the Process manager.