Fast booting on multi-core machines

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  1. pegas

    pegas Registered Member

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    I have read an article describing how to speed up booting on multi-core machines via System Configuration (Windows + R, typing msconfig, section Computer Booting, Advanced Options, enable option Number of Processors and choose number of cores from drop-down menu). I have a two cores system so I enabled two cores but honestly I didn't notice any improvement in booting speed. Your experience or thoughts? Is it worth or not?
     
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    Agree with the statement it's a myth or urban legend.

    Saw multiple articles that stated even Win 7 uses all available CPU cores at boot time.

    So what actually is the purpose of the setting is msconfig boot settings?
    https://www.techjunkie.com/enable-all-cores-windows/

    To verify the above Win 10 statements, I set the msconfig boot setting to use all of my CPU 6 cores. See below screen shot:

    CPU_6_Cores.png

    I then reset back to the original 1 core "off" setting. See below screen shot:

    CPU_1_Core.png

    Bottom line - enabling the setting does nothing in Win 10. All cores are enable by the OS by default.
     
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  4. pegas

    pegas Registered Member

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    Thanks folks for clarification. I thought it’s a nonsence.
     
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    This setting appears to be for the system to use less than all of the cores, not more than one.
     
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