Hyper threading os

[busheadfox]

Will windows 2000 professional work with hyper threading on a system board that supports it with a 3.06gig cpu. Some people are saying that only XP will support it and some have said that win 2000 will work also. Whats the real story on hyper threading os systems

[Judg3]

Win2k pro will work. Any SMP OS will work on an HT proc and show it as 2 CPUs (Linux/Win2k/XP/etc).
So don't worry!

[busheadfox]

This is what Intel site said about hyper threading. I'm not sure it they are saying it will not work with win2k or they just dont support it.


Hyper-Threading Technology†
Operating Systems that Include Optimizations for
Hyper-Threading
Technology

Note: Information on Hyper-Threading Technology† for
Intel® Xeon™
processors is available here.

Microsoft* Windows* Operating System Desktop Based
PCs
The following desktop operating systems include
optimizations for HT
Technology and are currently eligible to carry the new
Intel® Pentium® 4
Processor with HT Technology logo:

Microsoft* Windows* XP Professional Edition
Microsoft* Windows* XP Home Edition

The following desktop operating systems are not
recommended for use with
Hyper-Threading Technology. If you are using one of the
following
desktop operating systems, it is advised that you should
disable
Hyper-Threading Technology in the system BIOS Setup
program:

Microsoft Windows 2000 (all versions)
Microsoft Windows NT* 4.0
Microsoft Windows Me
Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows 98 SE

[Judg3]

Nah it'll work, just not as well as XP, reason they don't recommend 2000 is because Windows 2000 supports multiple CPUs, but misidentifies the HT chip as two physical processors instead of merely two logical ones. I could of sworn that a buddy of mine was using win2k. From the review sites tho, it shows them not recommending win2k, which is odd. Though Linux does work on it like it's supposed to.
So apparently I was wrong lol. Sorry, I had no idea it worked that way - even though I think Win2k will still work.