Recent content by Summokan

Issue resolved. Thank you for clearing up the misconception I was turning 2 CPUs on when I was actually turning 6 out of 8 cores off.

Done, I just need to wait for a download to finish then do the reboot.

I went into boot and advanced setting and under "number of CPUs" it only had the option for "1" or "2" in the dropbox. Yesterday it listed 8.

I misread that, I'll try that and see if it works.

If I do that will MS still let me use the same license as it's been activated on the system once already. This is all new to me and the ins and outs are complex to say the least.

When I go into the Device Manager all 8 cores are listed, so they are being seen at some level by Windows 10 Pro. They just aren't all being used.

No I didn't do a full wipe and install of Pro. The ISO was downloaded from Microsoft. The Windows 10 Pro license was recognized by Microsoft and Windows 10 Pro is activated now. The only issue is that after the 1st major update Windows 10 Pro is now back to seeing only 1 socket and 2 cores...

I have a 2012 HP Z800 workstation I'm using as a desktop and was having issues with low performance and software stability with the original OS I installed Windows 10 Home. I bought a key for Windows 10 Pro(at Kinguin) which unfortunately wasn't certified for upgrading so I did a new install of...

I also had some resolution and blurry text and images issues with Windows 10 Home that are now resolved as well. Not only are both CPUs and all 8 cores being used, my text and images are all crystal clear. This was an excellent fix.

That did it. I had to do a new OS install because the key I bought wasn't good for upgrading but with Windows 10 Pro both sockets are recognized and all 8 cores. Hyperthreading is also enabled. CPU use is spiking at around 30% with the light tasks that were tying the system up with Windows 10...

I'll give that a try and see if it resolves my issues, thanks.

I did a rebuild of a 2012 HP Z800 workstation. It came with: 1000 W PSU Two Xeon E5640 2.66 Ghz CPUs 48 Gigs DDR3 1066 Mhz RAM Network card(I think) I put in: 1 T WD Blue HDD Nvidia 1030 GPU OS- Windows 10 Home It's a basic build to get the system up. Issues: Software sometimes isn't...

That worked, thank you very much.

How do you boot in safe mode with Windows 10, from what I understand they removed that option and pressing F8 at start no longer functions. If I can't do that I'll try the bios reset as I can get to that option at the start screen. It's an old workstation so it has a start sequence I haven't...

The OS is Windows 10