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Click here to copy the following block Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002 ' Return the number of processors ' ' Requires the CheckRegistryKey routine Function GetNumberOfCPUs() As Integer   Dim keyName As String   ' loop on the subkeys of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\   ' CentralProcessor   ' subkeys are zero-based   Do     GetNumberOfCPUs = GetNumberOfCPUs + 1     keyName = "Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\" & CStr _       (GetNumberOfCPUs)     ' if this key doesn't exist, then GetNumberOfCPUs     ' contains the number of keys found so far   Loop While CheckRegistryKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, keyName)    End Function

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