+#include <windows.h>
+// The needed Windows API for processor groups could be missed from old Windows
+// versions, so instead of calling them directly (forcing the linker to resolve
+// the calls at compile time), try to load them at runtime. To do this we need
+// first to define the corresponding function pointers.
+extern "C" {
+typedef bool(*fun1_t)(LOGICAL_PROCESSOR_RELATIONSHIP,
+ PSYSTEM_LOGICAL_PROCESSOR_INFORMATION_EX, PDWORD);
+typedef bool(*fun2_t)(USHORT, PGROUP_AFFINITY);
+typedef bool(*fun3_t)(HANDLE, CONST GROUP_AFFINITY*, PGROUP_AFFINITY);
+}