Software compatibility with hyperthreading P4s

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I seriously doubt that hyperthreading is the problem....it just enables 1
chip to 'act' as 2 chips thereby speeding up processes.

"John" wrote:

> Twice now, since getting my new computer, which has a hyperthreading
> P4, there have been 'mysterious' failures of software (one by Corel
> WordPerfect and one in a much less well-known application) which ran
> happily on my former P3.
>
> I can't think of an obviously appropriate newsgroup to ask this
> question but as the workaround for one of the above-mentioned problems
> was a mod to the way a software file was registered by XP, it might be
> acceptable to ask it here.
>
> The question: is there some central resource which identifies which
> major software applications have problems with hyperthreading - and
> what fixes are known?
>
>

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"John" <nospam@plusnet.com> wrote in message
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> Twice now, since getting my new computer, which has a hyperthreading
> P4, there have been 'mysterious' failures of software (one by Corel
> WordPerfect and one in a much less well-known application) which ran
> happily on my former P3.
>
> I can't think of an obviously appropriate newsgroup to ask this
> question but as the workaround for one of the above-mentioned problems
> was a mod to the way a software file was registered by XP, it might be
> acceptable to ask it here.
>
> The question: is there some central resource which identifies which
> major software applications have problems with hyperthreading - and
> what fixes are known?

No to both. You're at the mercy of the vendor in that regard. Note however
that *most* software is indifferent to whether or not HT or true SMP is
being employed.

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