nospam wrote:
> Under Windows XP Pro. when I right click on My Computer>Properties>General
> tab it doesn't show - as my BIOS does - that I have a dual processor system.

Normal and as expected.

> Why?

Because that's how Microsoft programmed System Properties. It's been
like that since NT4.

Two ways to check that XP Pro sees both processors:

- Open Device Manager and expand the Processors entry
- Open Task Manager and select the Performance tab. You should see a
separate CPU Usage History graph for each processor

Sunny