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My experience of a couple of these is that it works OK with a single
processor - just like a single machine. With win NT its possible to upgrade
to 2 processors without a reinstall albeit a bit nerve wracking because
getting the wrong version of the HAL (which I've done on Dell's advice)
means it won't boot at all. Seems plug and play aint quite a reality yet.
Having just read Kent's post it, it seems easier than with NT.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Dawson" <si@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "David Jennings" <DavidJennings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 12:52 AM
Subject: Re: Off Topic win 2000
> Yes, you'll need to upgrade to a dual pro version of Win2k. Basically a
> reinstall, but it changes some files around. MSDN has a few refences
> on the subject. I believe it -may- be possible to do it manually, but,
> quite tricky (since you're talking the lowest level of the os). It might
> involve reg changes. I'm sure judicious use of google with a
> site:msdn.microsoft.com
> will find it for you..
>
> of more interest, I would have thought, would be how well a dual board
> is likely to work with only one processor present..
>
> Si
>
>
> At 00:37 05/09/02 +0100, you wrote:
> >I know this is off topic but....does anyone happen to know the answer.
> >I suspect I need to build another PC. If I build a dual processor PC and
> >decide to leave out the second processor for the time being (in the
> >expectation that it will be cheaper in 3 months), when I upgrade to a
second
> >processor, will win2k recognise it or do I have to change the hardware
> >abstraction layer et al as in NT?
> >
> >Many thanks
>
>
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