How do I configure a Toshiba laptop?
I just bought a Toshiba laptop and didn't have the store configure it. They said that it will only run on one processor now instead of it's two and that i will need to get rid of certain extra things that windows puts on the computer that only slows it down. Any suggestions on how I can configure it to work like it would if I had the techs at the store do it would be great. Thanks in advance.
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Here's how to tell if both CORES of your dual core processor are working. 1) press Ctrl+Alt+Del at the same time, in the open window, click on the Performance tab, you should see one or two separate cpu windows, hopefully you see two, indicating that BOTH cores are working. 2)right-click on the My Computer icon on your desktop, click on Properties, in the new window, you should see your system specs, i.e. cpu speed and memory total. You should see duplicate cpu speeds, e.g. 1.8ghz, 1.8ghz, indicating 2 cores are recognized by the OS. If you only have one recognized core, I would take the pc back to the store, unless you bought it as-is. Get rid of the BLOATware by clicking on the RUN link in your START menu, type msconfig in the box, then hit enter; in the new window, click on the STARTUP tab, then at the bottom, click 'Disable All', then click APPLY, then OK to restart your pc. When it restarts, all that crap that runs at startup wont run automatically anymore, freeing up cpu and memory resources for you. Put a check in the box that pops up after your first restart so that it wont continue to popup on each restart of your pc, you know what I mean when you see it. FYI, 'Disable All' does not turn off anything that is necessary for the pc to run properly. Good luck
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as far as i know it will actually run on 2 possessor, just not while the computer is booting up, so it is only turning it on that will take longer, what you need to do is go to msconfig, in the start menu do a search for run click on that, a thing will pop up, type in msconfig after that it will ask for the admin pass, of if on the admin account it will ask if you want to continue, after that a window will pop up, go to the boot tab (the thing at the top that says boot) once there you should see so an advanced tab, after that you should see something about the number of prossesors, select to in that thing and click ok then do anything it tells you to after that.
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