OK this is probably a dumb question. Where do you turn on hyper threading? When I ordered my Dell there was a box that says check here if you want it turned on from the factory. Well I didnt, but ...

A new security report indicates issues with Hyper-Threading can leak cryptographic information in certain cases, but evidence points against this being a Spectre or Meltdown-class failure.

I would like to see some hard information on whether or not hyper-threading can be supported by Windows 2000. After all, XP is only 2000 plus eyecandy and a few memory hogging hand holding ...