Dual core hotfix for XP

munge · 24 Jun 2006 at 16:03

Is the dual core hotfix for Windows XP worth installing? Haven't particularly noticed any problems, but alt-tabbing is not as quick as I thought it would be...

modo77 · 25 Jun 2006 at 00:22

Deffinatly. And the amd one if you've got that chip.

Jimi · 25 Jun 2006 at 01:49

modo77 said:
Deffinatly. And the amd one if you've got that chip.

Why is it worth installing?

bledd · 25 Jun 2006 at 02:11

imo, all hotfixes are worth installing (WU ones or hardware specific anyway) otherwise MS wouldn't have gone to the trouble of making them

having newer file versions which have been improved and fixed holes is a good thing, and gives better future compatability with software vendors (inclucing MS)

kitfit1 · 25 Jun 2006 at 13:16

They are only worth installing if you have "cool-n-quiet" enabled in the bios. If you are overclocking then you should have it disabled in the bios anyway.

Hamish · 25 Jun 2006 at 13:28

Does it give any improvements for hyperthreaded P4s?