Why won't Windows use the other CPU cores?
- by revloc02
In Windows Task Manager the Performance tab shows the first CPU maxed out, the other 7 just idling along with the occasional spike. What gives?
More info:
I've got 8GB and only 4.5GB are being used. The Processes tab has no indication of any process hogging processing power. In fact System Idle Process is 98-99.
When I program stuff and have like 8 to 12 applications going (several directly unrelated to programming of course) my computer slows to a crawl.
Sysyem Info:
Intel Core i7-2600K Processor (quad-core with hyper-threading),
8GB RAM,
Intel BOXDZ68BC LGA 1155 Motherboard,
500GB HDD