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Can you set this to the number of processors in your pc say a dual core or a

quad core processor? Someone had a video on youtube saying this would

increase boot time and I read another article saying it was bogus.

 

 

/NUMPROC is located in the boot tab under Advanced options in both XP and

Vista.

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Guest Bob I
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Re: Question about the /NUMPROC switch in MSCONFIG.

 

And the results of your experimenting revealed?

 

Mike wrote:

> Can you set this to the number of processors in your pc say a dual core or a

> quad core processor? Someone had a video on youtube saying this would

> increase boot time and I read another article saying it was bogus.

>

>

> /NUMPROC is located in the boot tab under Advanced options in both XP and

> Vista.

>

>

>

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Re: Question about the /NUMPROC switch in MSCONFIG.

 

It seems to boot up alot faster on the Vista machine I have. I've read that

it should only be used for testing bad processors but was just wondering what

any Microsoft mvp's had to say.

 

"Bob I" wrote:

> And the results of your experimenting revealed?

>

> Mike wrote:

>

> > Can you set this to the number of processors in your pc say a dual core or a

> > quad core processor? Someone had a video on youtube saying this would

> > increase boot time and I read another article saying it was bogus.

> >

> >

> > /NUMPROC is located in the boot tab under Advanced options in both XP and

> > Vista.

> >

> >

> >

>

>

Guest Bob I
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Re: Question about the /NUMPROC switch in MSCONFIG.

 

In that case, leave well enough alone, you prevent the system from

actually using the processors you kill, thereby reducing the overall

speed of the system during real use.

 

Mike wrote:

> It seems to boot up alot faster on the Vista machine I have. I've read that

> it should only be used for testing bad processors but was just wondering what

> any Microsoft mvp's had to say.

>

> "Bob I" wrote:

>

>

>>And the results of your experimenting revealed?

>>

>>Mike wrote:

>>

>>

>>>Can you set this to the number of processors in your pc say a dual core or a

>>>quad core processor? Someone had a video on youtube saying this would

>>>increase boot time and I read another article saying it was bogus.

>>>

>>>

>>>/NUMPROC is located in the boot tab under Advanced options in both XP and

>>>Vista.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>

>>


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