Windows not detecting proper Processor speed

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Terry - 30 Sep 2003 05:23 GMT

I'm running Windows 98 and have a PIII 866 computer but
windows detects it as a PII with mmx.and it's running like
a PII system.is there any way to get windows to detect the
proper processor?

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Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] - 30 Sep 2003 11:51 GMT

The processor type display is only cosmetic - it is appearance only, has
nothing to do with the actual system performance. Remember there was no
Pentium III processor when Windows 98 was released so it only "knows" about
a Pentium II.

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> I'm running Windows 98 and have a PIII 866 computer but
> windows detects it as a PII with mmx.and it's running like
> a PII system.is there any way to get windows to detect the
> proper processor?

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Lil' Dave - 30 Sep 2003 15:41 GMT

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292606&Product=w98
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;190608&Product=w98
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;216204&Product=w98
Dave

> I'm running Windows 98 and have a PIII 866 computer but
> windows detects it as a PII with mmx.and it's running like
> a PII system.is there any way to get windows to detect the
> proper processor?

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