franzon Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959233/ Nearly all new PCs are equipped with two or more processor cores (dual-core processor, multi-core processor). Windows Vista by default uses only one processor for start-up. You can accelerate the system start-up by activating the second processor core. start -> msconfig -> Advanced Options Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vishal Gupta Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 (edited) And when I posted it here and on AskVG.com long time back, a few ppl told that its a hoax and doesnt work. ;) Edited November 7, 2008 by Vishal Gupta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959233/start -> msconfig -> Advanced Options Nice, cheers (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_rose Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 I have a quad core, set it to 4 processors and rebooted. Didnt notice any increased performance, but I let it stay like that anyway..thanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+virtorio MVC Posted November 7, 2008 MVC Share Posted November 7, 2008 That decreased my start up time by about 7 seconds. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capr Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 I have a quad core, set it to 4 processors and rebooted. Didnt notice any increased performance, but I let it stay like that anyway..thanx i think after a certain point, it comes down to how fast your harddrive is... and how fast it can find the data you need and upload them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leesmithg Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Seemed to slow down rather than speed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 I will wait for more comments before I try. Seems like it doesn't work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian M. Veteran Posted November 7, 2008 Veteran Share Posted November 7, 2008 Remember that during boot, the major bottleneck is the hard drive, as it needs to load a heck of a lot of data from that. Getting a faster hard drive will give you a much bigger boost than using more than one core. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amano Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Nothing changed! The same 55 seconds from power up to user login. (RAID-0 array just for windows) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 By the looks of these comments, think I'll skip (N) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t0mbi Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 meh, no difference. Thanks anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolution. Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 That decreased my start up time by about 7 seconds. Thank you. lmao. yeah it doesnt work, ive done it awhile back. doesnt work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denholm Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Made the change to 4 processors. I guess it's 400ms faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 I think the news from all this is how awesomely basic microsoft has made their articles these days. When did they add those cute darn mouse and keyboard icons and picture walkthroughs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevember Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 lmao.yeah it doesnt work, ive done it awhile back. doesnt work. Well, I guess MS don't know there code then, better inform them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gary7 Subscriber² Posted November 7, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted November 7, 2008 No noticeable difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperKid Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Works for some and not for others, ill might give this a try sometime, at moment my boot is fast enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted November 7, 2008 Global Moderator Share Posted November 7, 2008 i did this several months ago. zero difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclaren05 Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Is there a chance that that is for 2 processors with 1 core each rather than 1 processor with 2 cores? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neoauld Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 i think microsoft stated they put that there for troubleshooting purposes and that vista uses all your cores by default Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mrbester MVC Posted November 7, 2008 MVC Share Posted November 7, 2008 Is there a chance that that is for 2 processors with 1 core each rather than 1 processor with 2 cores? Note: This tip is feasible only with current PC models that possess powerful dual-core processors or multi-core processors. So that would be both options. Nothing mentioned about multicore multiple processors however ;). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xiphi Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 I'm amazed MS let someone post this as a KB article, when everyone knows this "tip" doesn't do anything but provide a placebo effect. Those boot options are used for debugging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raskren Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 No, no, no. How often do these useless hacks need to be posted...? Edit: Oh my. Just noticed that this is posted on a Microsoft server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_was_here Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 APPLIES TO? Windows Vista Home Premium ? Windows Vista Ultimate ? Windows Vista Home Basic What about Vista Business? or Server 2008? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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