On Jun 25, 2007, at 3:01 PM, Kauffman, Tom wrote:

...
If someone does find a way to query MS-Windows for this information,
we'd like to know as well.

Probably covered in past postings, but here's a brief from my Windows
QuickFacts:

Processors, number of                   How to find out how many
processors are
                                        in the Wintel box:
                                         - Via "stupid Windows
trick": in the
                                           cmd window, enter 'set
n', and get
                                           back like:
"NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=1".
                                           Or maybe LOGICAL CPU
count on a
                                           hyperthreading CPU.
                                         - Inspect the Registry key
                                           hklm\system
\currentcontrolset\control
                                           \session management
\environment
                                           \number_of_processors

  Richard Sims