how can you tell if your computer has two processor's or cores?

Question

when i press ctrl+alt+del it comes up with two cpu monitors. when i look at the properties of my computer it shows two diffrent clock speeds. is this because i have two processing cores or somthing

Answer 1

What type of processor does it say you have?

If there are two processors there, then you have two processors. If you only have one processor there, you have one processor with two cores. You can search the processor's names on Yahoo! just to make sure.

Answer 2

First of all is your CPU, Intel or AMD? If it is Intel it can still be one physical processor core and still have 2 cores show up in windows. Go to your icon of "My Computer" right click on it and select properties. This will tell what your CPU is. Report back and I or someone else can tell you weither you have 2 physical cores or 2 physical processors (i highly dought), or if your processor has whats called HyperThreading (Intel Processors only)

Answer 3

Two PC Cores.

If you had two processors, it'd show the same thin in Ctrl + alt + delete.

Just to make sure run Direct X diagnostics... Start>Run>DxDiag.

It'll tell you everything you want to know.

Answer 4

ControlPanel>
Hardware>
DeviceManager>
Processors>

More that one show up for Hyperthreading, Dual Core or a real dual processor.