Windows 2000 SP4 doesn't show more than 1 CPU in Task Manager

[Paulo_souza]

Hi all ....

My enviroment :

ESX 3.5 Update 3

VM : Windows 2000 SP4, 2 Gb RAM, 2 Vcpu

Problem : Task Manager doesn't show 2 CPU.

This VM was migrated from a VMware Server 2.0 by VMware Converter Standalone 4.0.1, and if I add 1 to 2 Vcpu, or 4 Vcpu, task manager still showing only one CPU.

Running VC, selecting the machine, performance TAB, I can see CPU 0 and CPU 1, but CPU shows minimal utilization.

I attached 1 document with 2 images, one is the task manager and the other Virtual Center.

[Wimo · Accepted solution]

Go to Device Manager to the Computer object. If the HAL is Uniprocessor you will need to change to Multi. Google that, lots of info out there.

[AWo]

Also check if the task manager is configured to show multiple CPU's.

AWo
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[Texiwill]

Hello,

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[Paulo_souza]

God night for all....

Thanks Wimo you've set it.