Windows 8 wrong selection of number of processor in advanced boot option. system became dead slow.

MikeHawthorne

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• Aug 12, 2014

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Hi

By changing the setting to 2 you actually limit the number of cores to 2 instead of increasing it.
If you don't check the box it will boot using as many cores as are available by default.

That's why your computer slowed down when you changed the setting.

Just go back to the boot tab in msconfig go to advanced options and un-click the Number of Processors box.

Mike

 

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ussnorway

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• Aug 13, 2014

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p.s. msconfig is NOT for making your system boot faster and once you set it back, stay out of it.

In windows 8.1 you press [windows key] + [x] to open the control menu then press [t] for the task manager… select "start up" from the top tabs to see the programs you have at start up and a time count of the last boot.

 

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nishaf

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• Aug 13, 2014

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Thanks for your suggestion. the system was dead slow to boot. It takes nearly 5 hours to reach there "advanced boot option" menu after pressing power on button. Unpicked the "processor numbers" and " memory". Problem solved..

Thanks for your Reply

 

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