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I got me a nice new laptop and I want to know a bit more about the hardware.

How can I see how many CPUs my computer has in Windows 7?

(Note: Clicking on Start->Right clicking on Computer-> selecting properties shows me the processor type, but does not say anything about the core count.

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If you have the processor model from that properties dialog, you could just Google it and find the specs. David's answer is right though (although if you want to distinguish Hyper-Threaded core count from physical core count the easiest thing to do is, again, just look up the processor model.) – Shinrai Dec 28 '10 at 17:29
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Use CPU-Z

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html alt text

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Just what I was looking for. Thanks. – Vaccano Dec 28 '10 at 18:27
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Do a Ctrl + Shift + Esc. This will open the Windows Task Manager. Once you are here, go to Performance. Now you should see many boxes in the CPU Usage section which will identify how many cores you have. This will include hyper threaded cores also.

-Hope this helps.

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Any way to distinguish from hyper threaded cores? – Vaccano Dec 28 '10 at 17:38
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@Vaccano - Open Start Menu > Right Click Computer > Select Properties. Look though the system information for the make and model of the processor then research it. – SgtOJ Dec 28 '10 at 17:50
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I would have to agree with @BrianOjeda on that one. You need to just do come research to find out how many cored are hyper threaded. – David Dec 28 '10 at 18:15
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