My laptop has Windows 7 x64 running on a triple-core AMD Phenom. Every time I have a 32-bit process go crazy and use 33% CPU (i.e., 100% on one core), every single other 32-bit process becomes unresponsive, while the 64-bit processes all hum along just fine, presumably on the other two cores. The only explanation I can think of for this is that WoW64 runs all 32-bit apps on a single core. Is that the case, or is it something else? And if so, is there any way to make it split them up like a good little multicore system should?
Thanks!