Enable Multiple Cores on Windows 7

1º Open the System Information Panel On windows 7 8 10

 windows+ R or Start / Run

msinfo32



See how many cores your processor has




2º Go to Start and type msconfig.exe. Run the program as Administrator.




Click the Boot tab and choose Advanced Options.


Check the box labeled Number of processors. Pick from the list how many cores you want to run. Click Ok.

Note: If you number of processors is incorrectly displayed or disabled, try ticking detect HAL in the BOOT Advanced Options in msconfig and then rebooting first.

Click Ok again.

Click Restart.