Selecting processors in 'Msconfig' to maximum which really doesn't exists (I use Intel Core i3210 and not 4 processors as shown in 'Msconfig') runs Windows 8 into trouble.

I was aghast for reinstallations of Windows 8 because of reasons unknown which ran operating system into trouble.

Now I know why this happened, because I selected maximum number of processors shown in 'Msconfig', which really doesn't exists ('Msconfig' showed 4 processors for Intel Core i3210).

From next start Windows 8 ran into trouble and within a day or two of using this desktop stopped responding, happened for all operating systems where I selected maximum number of processors shown in 'Msconfig'.

Therefore do not select maximum number of processors from 'Msconfig'.