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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / Hardware / May 2008Dual Xeon processor system and Windows Vista Home Premium
I have a dual Xeon processor system and Windows Vista Home Premium. It seems to only recognize one of the processors. How do I enable the other? I dont believe HOME is capable of working with 2 socketed processors. Dual core, perhaps. but not 2 physicals. >I have a dual Xeon processor system and Windows Vista Home Premium. It >seems > to only recognize one of the processors. How do I enable the other? Home versions of XP and Vista are limited to one physical CPU with any number of cores.  SignatureKerry Brown Microsoft MVP - Shell/User http://www.vistahelp.ca >I have a dual Xeon processor system and Windows Vista Home Premium. It >seems > to only recognize one of the processors. How do I enable the other? Please tell me where this is even advertised to the users buying the product, I've seen nothing on it on any packaging, so how was I to know this until I installed it and activated my software? > Home versions of XP and Vista are limited to one physical CPU with any > number of cores. > > >I have a dual Xeon processor system and Windows Vista Home Premium. It > >seems > > to only recognize one of the processors. How do I enable the other? I don't know where is is "written," but if you were after the power of the dual processor, you shouldn't have skimped on the OS. Upgrade to Ultimate. > Please tell me where this is even advertised to the users buying the > product, [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> >seems >> > to only recognize one of the processors. How do I enable the other? >I have a dual Xeon processor system and Windows Vista Home Premium. It seems >to only recognize one of the processors. How do I enable the other? Neither of the Vista Home offerings support multiple processes. Multiple cores are supported though. SignatureInsert something clever here. I am surprised all of you have to copy each other with exactly the same response which is correct. I epect that some of you are looking for browne ponts at next weekw MVP confrerence in Remmonde for posting the most repsonsed regardless of if they are duplicates are not of other responses. I am surprised that not one of you poste the cause of the confusion to those that upgarded to Vista Home Premium from MCE2005 was that the MCE 2005 was based on XP pro which of courese does support multiple CPU chips wheraas as XP home never has. >>I have a dual Xeon processor system and Windows Vista Home Premium. It >>seems >>to only recognize one of the processors. How do I enable the other? > > Neither of the Vista Home offerings support multiple processes. Multiple > cores are supported though. >I am surprised all of you have to copy each other with exactly the same >response which is correct. I epect that some of you are looking for browne [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> Neither of the Vista Home offerings support multiple processes. Multiple >> cores are supported though. I haven't read the licenses for the other versions of Vista Home but the X64 version of Vista Home Premium states: "Licensed Device. You may install one copy of the software on the licensed device. You may use the software on up to two processors on that device at one time. You may not use the software on any other device." That's in section 2a of the license agreement...... Crimliar >I am surprised all of you have to copy each other with exactly the same >response which is correct. I epect that some of you are looking for browne >ponts at next weekw MVP confrerence in Remmonde for posting the most >repsonsed regardless of if they are duplicates are not of other responses. Not at all -- I typed my response before there were any posts, but the message sat around in my Outbox for a while. Feel free to killfile me if I'm that much of a problem to you. SignatureInsert something clever here. It appears JW is not familiar with how Usenet propagates. SignatureKerry Brown Microsoft MVP - Shell/User http://www.vistahelp.ca >>I am surprised all of you have to copy each other with exactly the same >>response which is correct. I epect that some of you are looking for [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Feel free to killfile me if I'm that much of a problem to you. You are correct I am not since I only use the MS sponsored newsgroups and if wasn't for DevilsPGD posting getting stuck in his out box I would not have commented the way I did. > It appears JW is not familiar with how Usenet propagates. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> >> Feel free to killfile me if I'm that much of a problem to you. >You are correct I am not since I only use the MS sponsored newsgroups and if >wasn't for DevilsPGD posting getting stuck in his out box I would not have >commented the way I did. I'm making a habit of firing off my Outbox a little more frequently, but if I get distracted, it sometimes doesn't happen for a few hours. Or days, should I write messages while I'm traveling, in a couple cases. (I've been around since before the days when it mattered, when propagation time was a significant factor, sometimes measured in days. Heck, prior to that, I operating from a fidonet node and running the BBS the fidonet node ran on, there was little use in posting anything before the daily dialout) Old habits die hard... SignatureInsert something clever here. I used to have the same problem but ever since I get broadband I have all outgoing messages set to post immediatly and check for incoming every 5 minutes. >>You are correct I am not since I only use the MS sponsored newsgroups and >>if [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Old habits die hard... >I used to have the same problem but ever since I get broadband I have all >outgoing messages set to post immediatly and check for incoming every 5 >minutes. All too often I go back and change my posts a couple minutes after I hit the "Send" button, so I prefer to queue for the moment. Another old habit... SignatureInsert something clever here. I got the Vista Premium thinking that it would be like XP Pro assuming Home Basic was like XP Home. No where did it say if it would support Dual Processors. My XP Pro did. Some wrote about "skimpping on OS ", well all can't afford the price for a OS that has problems any way. I will be going to Linux Ubuntu 8.04 or to Sabayon. It's Free and it WORK great on dual processors. Good bye Microsoft!!!! > I have a dual Xeon processor system and Windows Vista Home Premium. It seems > to only recognize one of the processors. How do I enable the other? The Vista Product Guide tells you how may processors each edition supports. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bbc16ebf-4823-4a12-afe1 -5b40b2ad3725&DisplayLang=en See page 18. The consumers editions of Windows have never supported dual physical processor systems. They will run but they will not access the second physical processor. It has always required a business edition to do so. Of course all editions will utilize multicore processors just fine. >I got the Vista Premium thinking that it would be like XP Pro assuming Home > Basic was like XP Home. No where did it say if it would support Dual [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> seems >> to only recognize one of the processors. How do I enable the other? Windows support was dropped a while back for the Alpha chip. This will help Unix and Linux more than it will hurt Windows, so I read at the time. So how is the Alpha chip support going with you Linux/Unix guys? Has the dropping of Windows support been helpful to you? I haven't heard much about the Alpha chip lately. > I got the Vista Premium thinking that it would be like XP Pro assuming > Home [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> seems >> to only recognize one of the processors. How do I enable the other? |
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