Hyper Threading under Windows 2000

NotepadSaint

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I heard that Hyper Threading Support isn't going to be supported under Windows 2000. Is this 100% true, and not going to change?

Now, I believe that Microsoft can't just stop supporting
an operating system that's just 3 years old. Third party
companies too, keep writing drivers for OSes that are
outdated as Win98, so how is it possible that HT processors
are going to be left unsupported under Windows 2k?

Well, that's all. Forgive me for my broken english,

- andrea
 

Toejam31

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These articles should help answer your questions:

<A HREF="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=3451" target="_new">Windows 2000 a no-no for licensing</A>

<A HREF="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=2571" target="_new">There's no point running hyperthreading on W2K</A>

<A HREF="http://www.zephirtech.com/article.html?i=90&p=1" target="_new">Desktop HyperThreading Overview</A>

<A HREF="http://inquirerinside.com/?article=5616" target="_new">Microsoft re-words Intel Hyperthreading support</A>

<A HREF="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24366.html" target="_new">SMT Xeons count double for Win2k Server licences</A>

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