multicore processor

Someone told me I need to check my control panel.  What will I be looking for?  I was planning on buying deep rybka.  If my computer ends up not being a multicore processor is there a way that I can get that set up? 

 Thanks for the help.  I think I figured it out on my own(with a little bit of help).  My friend told me to go to the control panel and see how many cpus there were and that would tell me if it was multicore.  Luckily for me it has 4. 

I was just planning on getting chess assistant mega package.  But, wanted to make sure the engine would be compattible.

erik

You have a quad?! That's excellent for computer chess purposes. There are octals and clusters as well but trust me a quad isn't too shabby. You are correct regarding the single core/multicore statement and it's relationship to versions of chess engines. Chess engines, i.e. Fritz, Shredder, Rybka, HIARCS, et. al, have "Deep" versions. If you install a Deep version on a single core processor it will still work but it will only be equal in strength to the standard version of the same engine. So why spend the extra $$$$ right? So to get the full effect of the multicore processor engines (Deep versions) you need a multicore processor.... makes sense. Sounds link your PC will handle whatever you throw at it.... enjoy!!!

I think the original question has been answered but if you want to flex your technical muscle... go ahead. It might be entertaining