Questions tagged [priority]
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Prevent apps from putting themselves in the foreground
Some applications, when being installed, updated or opened, tend to force themselves in the foreground.
When another application is in the foreground already, like in the worst case, a game in full ...
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How may one reduce the impact of a WSL2 session on the performance of its Windows host?
I have been running some computationally-intensive processes (compiling and linking large programs) in WSL2 on Windows 10 Pro (build 19041.746), and doing so noticably slows down graphical Windows ...
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Unable to have Windows give priority to a specific network adapter
We have a Windows 7 PC with 3 network adapters (2 physical and 1 virtual):
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192....
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How to modify the shortcut so that a certain program runs with high priority?
This says I got to do something like
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/89548-set-cpu-process-priority-applications-windows-10-a.html
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c start "" /AboveNormal &...
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Run a program with high or realtime priority (yes, I've read the other threads)
I'm trying to get:
start "" /high "c:\software\mysoftware.exe"
or
start "" /realtime "c:\software\mysoftware.exe"
To work on Windows 10. Which I of course can'...
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Prioritised outgoing emails using Exim
Our outgoing email queue uses Exim (on Centos) and is used both for sending bulk batches of email to clients and sending authentication keys, eg as part of the forgotten password routine. On some ...
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How does VirtualBox handle thread priority in the guest?
Assume a scenario in which a VirtualBox VM is running a multi-threaded app which is maxing out all available CPU cores. However, the threads run at low priority, thus if anything else were to run on ...
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Windows 10 I/O causes audio hiccups
Basically, when heavy I/O is happening it causes audio to break up and it's really annoying during conference calls. Even just loading a more demanding webpage is enough to do this, the other day I ...
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How to make All Chrome Threads Run High CPU Priority?
Run normally, all Chrome processes have normal priority. The various threads represent various tabs, extensions, etc.
But, then i launch chrome with high CPU priority.
I'm using:
cmd.exe /c start "...
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Prioritising task scheduler
I have recently started using task scheduler to make an authentication window pop up when the workstation is unlocked. This doesn't need to be secure or anything, it's for monitoring time spent on the ...
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What should I focus on for a custom PC NOT for gaming? [closed]
I'm wanting to build my own powerful PC, but I'm not interested in PC gaming (I prefer my Xbox, thank you). My question is, what components are less or more important for general usage (coding, office,...
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Why some processes cannot change CPU priority?
I'm on older machine and setting priority to Above Normal or High helps to improve performance for certain applications.
Like e.g. for games. I use System Explorer to set priority and set to ...
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What prevents my RT thread from working?
I have some data acquisition application running under Linux 2.6.37 on DM8148 with TI Linux. I have two threads:
thread named IDE, scheduled as SCHED_RR, prio 114 (75), which collects data from HW ...
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What happens if I set single threaded process to realtime priority on multicore PC?
I'm referring to Windows 10 operating system, but I believe the answer might be OS independent.
On windows, the real-time priority level is the highest priority level, use to process keyboard and ...
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How can a batch lower the priority ONLY of the cmd that runs it?
I have a batch that runs a series of commands that will be long and CPU intensive. I don't mind when it will be finished so I would prefer it to use only idle CPU cycles. If I set the priority of the ...
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