First dual core CPU - Making software use just one

[Ol!ver]

I've just built my first dual core system, and have installed vista. Is there a way to limit a program to just one core so I can use the other for something else?

Also, do I need to install anything specific so Vista knows how to manage it? I assume not but thought I'd check.

Cheers

 

[Ol!ver]

There are rare occasions when it's handy to know how to set affinity though, some old games don't like running on dual cores, also I remember a "game server" that would crash instantly if it was set to use more than 1 core

There is a little proggy (can't remember what it's called) that allows you to setup programmes to only use one core.

HEADRAT

Aye, the reason I ask is becuase I want to be able to have one core encoding whil th other core's free to do other things.

Cheers