Two processors at the same time?

[Helpless and Confused]

Recently my computer crashed and now it seems it got a lot slower, missing
files here and there. When i checked my hardware devices i found two
processors highlighted. Should there be two processors highlighted or just
one?

 

[Holz]

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Helpless and Confused wrote:
> Recently my computer crashed and now it seems it got a lot slower, missing
> files here and there. When i checked my hardware devices i found two
> processors highlighted. Should there be two processors highlighted or just
> one?
Well, how many processors do you have?
What type of crash did yo have? did you try system restore? Do you have
a backup? Details please!

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[Helpless and Confused]

Wow, its a lot more complicated that I thought it was. Well i tried to
maximize my video by going to my settings. After i changed all my video
settings my computer just froze then crashed. I had to reboot and after I
rebooted i lost everything on my desktop, my icons my wallpaper some of my
programs. I tried searching it and then found them in desktop files. i tried
ssytem restore but it says it failed, i tried a month even 3 month before and
same message. I only have a one 2.8 Ghz processor with 1 gig of ram. I didn't
have a backup disc either~ A example is a game I have called Warcraft3. i
tried to run it through C-Drive but says I need to install the disc before i
can play but if i open the program through my computer and program files it
does open. I have no idea what is going on.

 

[Holz]

On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:08:02 -0700, Helpless and Confused wrote:

> I have no idea what is going on.

Typical windows system...
Try in-place repair. Boot from Windows installation CD, ignore the
first offer to repair, do it the second time, when Windows tells you it
found an operating system, then choose repair. You settings will be
preserved, you will only have to re-run windows updates.

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[me]

I also have 2 CPU listed in my hardware devices {have only 1 of course and
no problems} so it seems thats OK !!!

"Helpless and Confused" <Helpless and Confused@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:656A64A3-2E3D-49AC-AC2D-59D8F0CD3320@microsoft.com...
> Recently my computer crashed and now it seems it got a lot slower, missing
> files here and there. When i checked my hardware devices i found two
> processors highlighted. Should there be two processors highlighted or just
> one?

 

[Brian A.]

"Helpless and Confused" <Helpless and Confused@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:656A64A3-2E3D-49AC-AC2D-59D8F0CD3320@microsoft.com...
> Recently my computer crashed and now it seems it got a lot slower, missing
> files here and there. When i checked my hardware devices i found two
> processors highlighted. Should there be two processors highlighted or just
> one?

That has to do with the CPU you have installed, it's actually one processor, most
likely a Dual Core or Core2 Duo which will be reported as two. The CPU installed
works as if it were two processors even though physically it's only one.


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[Patti MacLeod]

Hi Helpless and Confused,

Chances are, your CPU is an Intel Pentium with Hyperthreading (virtual
multiprocessing technology), as that would show up as 2 CPUs.



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"Helpless and Confused" wrote:

> Recently my computer crashed and now it seems it got a lot slower, missing
> files here and there. When i checked my hardware devices i found two
> processors highlighted. Should there be two processors highlighted or just
> one?

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

On Tue, 3 Jul 2007 14:29:30 +1000, "me" <know1@nowhere.net> wrote:

> I also have 2 CPU listed in my hardware devices {have only 1 of course


Why do you say "of course"? Some people do have two processors.

As a matter of fact, almost certainly *you* have two processors, but
yours are packaged together in what's called a dual core processor.



> and
> no problems} so it seems thats OK !!!
>
> "Helpless and Confused" <Helpless and Confused@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote in message news:656A64A3-2E3D-49AC-AC2D-59D8F0CD3320@microsoft.com...
> > Recently my computer crashed and now it seems it got a lot slower, missing
> > files here and there. When i checked my hardware devices i found two
> > processors highlighted. Should there be two processors highlighted or just
> > one?
>

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[RalfG]

FYI, System Restore can fail like that if you create a restore point while a
software installation is still incomplete. Best to reboot before you set a
restore point if you just installed something, even if the installer doesn't
prompt you to.

A hyperthreading CPU will show up as 2 processors in both Device manager and
Task Manager.



"Helpless and Confused" <Helpless and Confused@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:656A64A3-2E3D-49AC-AC2D-59D8F0CD3320@microsoft.com...
> Recently my computer crashed and now it seems it got a lot slower, missing
> files here and there. When i checked my hardware devices i found two
> processors highlighted. Should there be two processors highlighted or just
> one?