Number Of Central Processing Units FingerPrint Flag

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## Number of Central Processing Units FingerPrint Flag

When this FingerPrint option flag is set, the host machine is queried for the number of CPUs resident. Most machines typically use one or two processors. This value is physically stored in hardware and cannot be changed in software.

### Typical Internal Values

- "1"

- "2"

### Operating System and Security

This flag will be able to successfully query the machine for the CPU count on all versions of Windows. No special user permissions are required.