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"What is htpatch.exe?"

Hi,

I have htpatch.exe running at startup (well I don't at the moment, I've moved it until I know what it is) and I want to know what it is. It has the barcode like icon. What is it and is it needed?

Thanks
S.A.

Hi,

I have htpatch.exe running at startup (well I don't at the moment, I've moved it until I know what it is) and I want to know what it is. It has the barcode like icon. What is it and is it needed?

Thanks
S.A.

Process File: htpatch or htpatch.exe
Process Name: Htpatch
Description: Application that is a component for SiS AGP patch, which is useful only when the processor supports HyperThreading.
Company: Silicon Integrated Systems Corporation.
System Process: No
Security Risk ( Virus/Trojan/Worm/Adware/Spyware ): No

[URL]http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/htpatch/[/URL]

What is hyperthreading? Is it worth activating it?

It's meant to be on my laptop but when I went to the screen it wasn't there...

Maybe I went to the wrong place...

Don't you monkeys know how to use Google?

[URL]http://www.intel.com/technology/hyperthread/[/URL]

phi11ip wrote:
> What is hyperthreading? Is it worth activating it?


I hope that was sarcasm.

I know what it does, (I don't know why I posted that first bit,) I just wondered if it was worth activating it? Will it reduce the battery life further on my laptop, increased risk of crashing etc?

It's disabled for a reason, and I know that once it starts it just can't stop...

Right, well thats a pointless peice of software, what with me not having a HT CPU, and also with the problem of the only HT CPU I can use with this motherboard is the 3.06 P4 with the 533FSB so it is pointless. I'll leave it on the system but remove it from startup.

phi11ip wrote:
> I know what it does, (I don't know why I posted that first bit,) I
> just wondered if it was worth activating it? Will it reduce the
> battery life further on my laptop, increased risk of crashing etc?

Should be no increased risk of crashing, but I don't know wherther it will effect battery life.

The folloing video shows the benefits of HyperThreading speed wise:

http://www20.tomshardware.com/images/thg_video_5_p4_ht.zip
or
http://www5.tomshardware.com/images/thg_video_5_p4_ht.zip
or
http://www.tomshardware.com/images/thg_video_5_p4_ht.zip

Depending on which server you get the fastest speed on.