Dual Core CPU Performance Tweak
If you have a dual-core processor and you discover that certain applications
max out your CPU then Window XP Professional’s Processor Affinity will do
the trick. This will ensure that applications use only one of the cores, in
the process, not freezing up your application.
1. Access Task Manager.
2. Choose the Processes tab.
3. Right-click the process associated with the problem application.
4. Select the Set Affinity command. (If you don’t have a dual-core
system, you won’t see the Set Affinity command.)
5. From the Processor Affinity dialog box, clear one of the CPU check
boxes.
If you don’t want to do this manually, check out Task Assignment Manager
(available for download< http://www.tomshardware.com/2004/05/28/getting_more_bang_out_of_your_dual_processing_buck/index.html>from
Tom’s Hardware).
This applies to Windows XP Professional Only
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