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system properties, cpu speed missing?

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so ive already dug through google and i can't find an answer. in my system properties where my cpu speed is supposed to be, its just blank and only shows 2gigs for my memory and no speed at all, ive tried enabling all my services, and setting things to default and i don't know what to do, i would really like that back please.

Name: wanderer
Date: September 30, 2009 at 13:05:43 Pacific

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found this via google It grabs the information from: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0 make sure the key exists

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yes the value is there, and when i look in the registry it does show the speed correctly in the registry, but it still doesnt show in system properties. ???

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