Hi Paul,
I _think_ that to be multiprocessed, the app has to be written
such that execution threads can be handed from one processor
to another. As far as I know, the various flavors of Windows don't
subdivide processing below the thread level. (Anyone care to
correct me on this? I'm really not familiar with dual-processor
setups.)
If I'm right about that, then the amount of use Guide makes of
that second processor is just about zero. Guide does start up
separate _processes_ at some points (for example, decompressing
the deep-sky images, downloading DSS images and A2.0 and
GSC-2.2 data, a few others.) I'd be pretty confident that Windows
would intelligently reassign such apps to the other processor.
But this isn't apt to gain you a great deal; offload, say, 10%
of the work to the other processor, and you only run 10% faster.
Incidentally, another comment about image contrast/brightness
adjustment: as Oliver mentioned, you can set up four toolbar
buttons to do the job. Alternatively, you can make use of the
four hotkeys currently set up for those functions. I'll plagiarize
myself, from
http://www.projectpluto.com/update7c.htm#contrast_hotkeys
(31 Jul 1999) Hotkeys for contrast adjustment: If you have just
right-clicked on a RealSky image, or an image added using Charon,
or on a planet or planet feature, you can then use the following
four hotkeys to adjust the contrast on that object:
Alt-Up to raise the brightess
Alt-Down to lower the brightness
Alt-Right to increase contrast
Alt-Left to decrease contrast
-- Bill