Windows generally only using 4 threads, not 8?

Soldato
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This thread technically fits in CPUs / Hardware as well, but I'll just put it here.

I've noticed Windows doesn't use my HT cores at all (i7 2600K).

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I know there's minimal usage there, but you can see only cores 1, 3, 5 & 7 are active.

When I go into something like Dragon Age 2 that'll use every core no problem.

Does W7 just not use that amount of cores, or do I have something turned off?
 
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