I plan to live forever. So far, so good.

When you have a computer with a recent model CPU, chances are it’s a dual-core (or quad-core) CPU. Both Intel & AMD have been producing dual core CPU’s for a few years now. By default, Windows Vista will only use a single core during boot-up. And you can easily change how many cores are used on boot from the System Configuration utility:

1. In Vista’s Start Search type msconfig & hit the [Enter] key on your keyboard

2. Once System Configuration has started, select the Boot tab

3. Select the No GUI option (this removes the loading screen – it will just give you a static screen instead)

4. Now click on the Advanced Options dialog, check the “Number of processors” check box, and choose 2 (or 4 if you have quad-core) for the number of processors

5. Click OK twice

Now try and check if you notice any differences. Although, in my case, I think the real “speed-up” only comes from the NO-GUI option, which in itself is designed to be less of a performance hog than it might seem.