Quote Originally Posted by Mike029 View Post
Where would I change the settings in Boinc to N-1? Do I need to create an xml file? Would that apply to all my boinc programs? Lastly, would you have a ready made example i could copy and paste?

Thanks.
N = the number of cores (not threads!) you have. So on a quad core, that works out to 4-1=3. So go into BOINCmgr, Advanced -> Preferences. At the bottom of the first tab, change it to 75% of the processors. On an 8 core machine, like a dual quad core xeon, set it to 87.5%.