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Article #2950Re: DELL SP5-166-2 & Dual Processor in DOS, but not in NT4
From: 'Dungeon' Dave
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 00:00
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 00:00
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.. and it came to pass that Charles Longley <Charles@thakeham. demon.co.uk> uttered forth: >Ahh, now that's interesting. It *was* indeed a single processor install >to begin with of course. So what are the options? I did note that if I >began a NEW installation, the blue screen which tells you how much >RAM >is in the system only reported one processor .. as its reporting the system configuration that it knows of. If you installed it in a single-processor machine, the platform will only remember that one processor. > - so if there *is* a stage >which identifies the second, when is it? A fresh install is out because >of loss of apps and user details it entails. There's a utility called uptomp.exe, used for "upping" the number of processors under the NT platform. The only other option looks like the backup/reinstall/restore route. You'll have a fresher system, but it'll take a bit to get all the apps just right. > >Many thanks. -- "Dungeon" Dave, in anti-harvest mode... From: abuse@yahoo.com From: abuse@btinternet.com From: *@localhost
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