{"id":578,"date":"2021-10-15T14:39:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.minutemailbox.com\/blog\/?p=578"},"modified":"2021-10-12T14:44:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T14:44:38","slug":"how-can-i-configure-more-processor-cores-for-running-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.minutemailbox.com\/blog\/how-can-i-configure-more-processor-cores-for-running-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"How can I configure more processor cores for running applications using Windows 10?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By default, Windows 10 is supposed to allocate resources so that active programs get more CPU time than tasks running in the background. This helps the system prioritize the software you&#8217;re using, so you can get work or other tasks done faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can quickly check whether this setting is active. Press the Win key and start typing the word &#8220;performance&#8221;. Select Change Windows display and performance settings from the pop-up options, then open the Advanced tab in the pop-up window. Here, at the top, check the Processor Control setting. If set correctly, the Programs option is active, not the Background Services option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the To Programs option is not selected, change the setting using the mouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By default, Windows 10 is supposed to allocate resources so that active programs get more CPU time than tasks running in the background. This helps the system prioritize the software you&#8217;re using, so you can get work or other tasks done faster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[185,186],"tags":[492,137,474,140],"class_list":["post-578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-and-tricks","category-windows-10","tag-applications","tag-microsoft","tag-processor","tag-windows-10","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minutemailbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minutemailbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minutemailbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minutemailbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minutemailbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.minutemailbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":581,"href":"https:\/\/www.minutemailbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578\/revisions\/581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minutemailbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minutemailbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minutemailbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}