How to change how many cores to use in after effects cs4

so i raced my laptop vs my desktop
desktop:intel core 2 quad 2.33 ghz  4 gigs of ram
laptop: intel core 2 duo 1.83 ghz 4 gigs of ram
and my desktop beat it by a little bit
kinda sad
then i went to
edit>preferences>memory&multiprocessing
then i clicked on render multiple frames siultanesously [clicked on the check box]
and then relized that
my laptop said
actual cpu's that will be used: 2
my desktop says
actual cpu's that will be used: 1
that is why my desktop was running so slow1
can someone help me change that?

Hoonathan:
Even though in After Effects CS4 there's a new preference item to set how many cores to use (or how many to leave idle for other purposes), you have to bear in mind that this feature works by launching a number of background processes (ie, headless versions of the full application) according to the number of cores in your machine. Because of this, the more cores you have, the more RAM you need for the feature to work at all (or it will simply refuse to launch the background processes because of insufficient RAM). For a quad-core machine, 8 GB of RAM would be the minimum recommended amount (you could probably get all 4 processes to launch with 6 GB, but I don't think that would be a good idea). You should be able to have at least 2 cores used in your desktop system, though. Go to Preferences > Memory and Multiprocessing. Of course, enable "Render Multiple Frames Simulataneously" and make sure "CPUs to leave for other applications" is set to 0 (zero).  Also, check that the minimum allocation (ie, minimum RAM amount per core for the processes to launch) is 0.5 GB.
If the number of cores is still 1, try moving the Longer RAM preview/Faster rendering slider and see if at some point, it enables the second core.
In the long run, upgrading your desktop system to 8 GB of RAM (or more, if the motherboard allows it) would be the best move.
Of course, for an in-depth description of all settings involved, take a look at the Memory & Multiprocessing preferences section in After Effects Help.

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