Microsoft KB Archive/265361

= XL: Excel Does Not Run on Multiple Processors =

Article ID: 265361

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Excel 2003
 * Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
Microsoft Excel is not designed to be a multiprocessor-aware program; it runs on only one processor. Although Excel uses multiple threads when performing a background query, it is not multiprocessor-aware. An operating system may run on multiple processors and may allow you to assign specific programs to run on specific processors, but an application program cannot run on more than one processor unless it is multiprocessor-aware.

Additional query words: XL2002 XL2000 multi-processor dual pentium multithreaded multi-threaded threads symmetric processor uniprocessor multiproc multiprocessor dual processor

Keywords: kbhowto KB265361

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