4 Cores for Booting?

[Forevermore1337]

I was reading up on how to make windows vista a bit faster, and there is a process that allows you to boot windows utilizing all 4 of my processor cores instead of just one. Are there any adverse affects to this or is it just as fast to use one. I don't want my processor running at full blast all the time, but any better boot time would be better.

Thanks.

 

[PC eye]

That's a quick setting in the boot tab found in the msconfig utility where you change the default to the actual number of cores you have. One main thing that determines how fast Windows boots however regardless of version is the speed of the hard drive itself.

Many opt to use a WD raptor for the OS drive due to the 10,000rpm over typical 7,200rpm on most ide and sata drives alike. If you have an older system seeing a 4,200 or 5,400rpm drive then you would replace that with a 7,200rpm model for a boost there.

 

[Shane]

That's a quick setting in the boot tab found in the msconfig utility where you change the default to the actual number of cores you have. One main thing that determines how fast Windows boots however regardless of version is the speed of the hard drive itself.

Many opt to use a WD raptor for the OS drive due to the 10,000rpm over typical 7,200rpm on most ide and sata drives alike. If you have an older system seeing a 4,200 or 5,400rpm drive then you would replace that with a 7,200rpm model for a boost there.

pceye thanks for telling us that,i never knew about that setting lol

ive set it to 4 processors.

 

[PC eye]

I ran across that one some time back when the dual cores had been out for some time. When trying it set from 1 to 2 with a dual cpu here I haven't noticed any real faster boot up however. But that was the tweak simply increasing the number of processors in the boot>advanced there.