I know you can do this on Windows Vista but can it be done on Windows XP Pro? If your not completely what my question is have a look at the link and that might help you understand my question, thanks.
Heres how its done in Vista if anyone is wondering:
http://www.maximumpcguides.com/increase-the-number-of-processors-used-to-boot-windows-vista/
Can you change the amount of processors used during boot on Windows XP?
Start
Run
msconfig
enter
BOOT.INI
Advanced...
Check /NUMPROC
Select the highest number of CPUs available
OK
OK
Restart
Can you change the amount of processors used during boot on Windows XP?
It is same in XP also
but screen shots are different
it will spped up u'r time
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