| I run two instances on my X2 4400+ as well, and I also chose not to install them as services. Mainly because it is a test rig so I need to be able to shut them down now and then.
Steve, I'm not having any problems with starting and stopping the units, no corruptions here.
Az, I tested this thing with something running in the background (using one of the cores) and gaming at the same time. While a single core would have problems with the game, the dual core just keeps on gaming. (Current games have no benefit of dual core what-so-ever)
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