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Excel is multithreaded. Not sure of the other apps, I think

Excel is far from being "most office apps".

IE7 I don't think is, but flash adobe is most of the adobe suite.

Flash is not internet, but multimedia program. No browser, email client, IM, downloader I know of is multithreaded.

Haven't researched this, sure there are some that are and some that aren't. A savvy, computer knowledgeable person would know what they wanted and what it does.

I seriusly doubt that more than 1% of them is multithreaded. Actually I don't know even one...and it seems neither you do.

Shell extensions are usually simple little utilities, not sure it is even needed. But to mention a few... Winrar, winzip also install as shell extensions and are multithreaded.

You got the point, even though these extensions themselves aren't multithreaded, it's their function that matters.

Define tiny?

Well, it's more about function than size, but usually less than 200 KB.
A few examples from my system:
BossKey - virtual desktops, very basic implementation
Deliminator - removes the wait when you try to delete a locked file by hacking system dlls
pixie - color picker
nrg2iso - converter
UPXUnpack v1 - unpacker
ForceDel - deletes stubborn files
Slower - slows down applications
RegShot - detects registry changes
TCMenu - lets you have menu under a button in Total Commander
Taskix - rearranges taskbar items
trid - file identifier
GSAR - search and replace in files
HDHacker - low level HDD access
Revelation - password revealer
TweakUI
babyftp - FTP server
KL-Detector - Key logger detector
cports - lists open ports
apt - kills applications that want to live
StartUpLite - removes useless startup entries
RegASSASSIN - like ForceDel, but for registry
Stripper - reduced PNG size
HTMLShrinkerLight - removes unnecessary characters from HTML code
TiDy - HTML cleaner / formatter
CLCL - clipboard manager
CamStudio - desktop recorder
RootkitRevealer - hunts rootkits
shexview - lists shell extensions
PrcView - Task manager
DShutdown - shutdown manager
PEiD - executable idetifier
AVImedic - heals corrupted .avis

I could add many more, I guess that they are all single threaded except ForceDel (though it's not that it needs a lot of computing power) and (unlikely) CamStudio + RootkitRevealer

PowerDVD is multithreaded, as is WinDVD -- two very common apps.

OK, here you found something too. They are no match for Winamp in terms of popularity and neither is a manager, but at least it is something.

Lasts I looked, both Windows XP and Vista managed multiple cores and threads.

I meant programs that you use to manage your system. I mentioned some in the "simple tools", but you could add i.e. defragmenter or regedit fit here too.

Again, one site who does a very comprehensive test suite enumerates a large portion of software representative from most usage scenarios and which are multithreaded:
http://www.digit-life.com/articles3/...08-3-0-p1.html

I don't know about you, but looking through that list it appears more software is > 1 thread than that this is single threaded.

You're repeating yourself.

Then you are not really using a computer, or don't know how. You are probably wasting your money... and definitely your time posting to a power user forum.

Please, log your CPU usage during whole day of work. How much time does it spend running at 100%?

Do you really find that list to be comprehensive enough to judge one's computer skills by counting number of programs from it that the person uses?