How to assign a process to a core in windows xp

Question

Is there a way to assign a process to a core (or more than one core) on a multi-core system running Windows XP?

An answer using a GUI is acceptable.

Answer 1

Sure thing. Open the Windows Task manager, right click on the process, and select "set affinity".

Answer 2

TaskManager > Applications > Rt click - Go to process > Rt click - Set Affinity

Answer 3

You need to set the affility on the application. Here is an article that shows you how!

Answer 4

In task manager, right click on the process (in the "Processes" view) and choose "Set affinity..."

Answer 5

You can set a process's affinity using task manager. Right click on the process in the "Processes" tab, and select "Set Affinity...". The, uncheck all the processors you don't want it to run on.

Answer 6

If you were talking about doing it in code (ala programming) you can utilize the SetThreadAffinityMask function

Answer 7

Thanks for asking the question, and good to know the answer. Had no idea you can do that in the Windows task manager!

Answer 8

Curtisk, SetThreadAffinityMask is for a thread, he wanted for a process. But for a process, it is similar: SetProcessAffinityMask.

Note that the affinity of a thread must reside within the confines of the affinity of its process, or it won't be set at all.