During the development of Windows XP, Microsoft decided to integrate dynamic frequency switching into the operating system itself. On a default Windows XP installation, the power schemes in the power settings of the system panel control the frequencies of the processor.
On Windows 2000 and previous operating systems, it was possible to manually control the CPU frequencies with a SpeedStep applet provided by Intel, but this is not possible anymore under Windows XP.
SpeedswitchXP tries to fill this gap in that it provides access to ALL power scheme settings. This small applet is simi... [ read more about SpeedswitchXP >> ]
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