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Does Windows XP (or Windows Vista) still only recognize two virtual CPUs on a multi-core system?

April 26, 2017CPUs multi-core recognize system virtual Windows Vista Windows XP

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Does Windows XP (or Windows Vista) still only recognize two virtual CPUs on a multi-core system?

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This is no longer the case. Virtual SMP is now multi-core aware and provides multi-core CPUs to your virtual machines. This allows Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 to use all enabled virtual processors instead of being limited to two.