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HOWTO Upgrade to W11 on PC with Unsupported CPU

With Windows 10’s incoming end-of-support, I started to study the destiny of some of my old PCs. A good idea might be to run the MS PC Health Check for a detailed view of the situation. Without a maintained OS, I might consider installing some linux distribution, or even dismiss the asset. My preferred solution would be to find a way to upgrade to W11 … Continue reading HOWTO Upgrade to W11 on PC with Unsupported CPU »

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Forcing Windows XP multicore detection

Recently I had to resume a Windows XP Virtualbox VM, to do some tests. I have added some RAM and CPUs (from 1 to 2) to the VM, but the added CPUs aren’t detected.   After some internet surfing, I found the solution. To force the detection, open the Command Prompt and type the following line: rundll32 syssetup,SetupInfObjectInstallAction ACPIAPIC_MP_HAL 128 %windir%\inf\hal.inf After a couple (in … Continue reading Forcing Windows XP multicore detection »