Questions tagged [priority]
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Is process priority periodically recalculated by OS?
I have a question regarding win-7 schedule and process priority.
The scenario is: I have a process running, initially in priority "Normal"
I find this process to be often reduced to Background (Low ...
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What is the difference between ulimit -r and -e?
What is the real-time scheduling priority mean (ulimit -e) ,and how to use it ?
-r The maximum real-time scheduling priority
-e The maximum scheduling priority ("nice")
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How to prioritize an application's network interface use?
We have a OSX.10 MacPro that runs AFP (apple file protocol) file sharing services (client version, NOT server) on a gigabit network with approximately 20 machines.
A regular need is 1 or several ...
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Priority in Static routes?
I have 2 default routes with different gateways:
# netstat -nr
Routing Table: IPv4
Destination Gateway Flags Ref Use Interface
-------------------- --------------------...
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How do priorities work on task-manager and when should/n't I set this?
I've been setting some processes priority in order to see what it actually happens, but, guess what... Nothing; it all runs the same way...
I found on Google that priorities are not really linked ...
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Is there a way to "hack" windows 10 to use its entire CPU power in one task or process?
I work with applications like Blender, and, according to "Task Manager" and "Resource Monitor", windows uses less than 40% CPU (at most, with the option below) and less than 30% memory when I render a ...
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Can I tell Windows 8.1 to always switch to a certain network, even if connected to another one already?
At my grandma's place, I use a public network that's provided by the ISP of a neighbor to all the ISP customers. The network is public, but it requires a username and password to even connect to the ...
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Prioritising network bandwidth with Huawei E5172 router
I have Huawei 5172 router and I wonder is it possible to prioritise network bandwidth for some computers in my home network? By 'prioritise' I mean in a general way, not any specific protocol or ...
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Change default priority for an exe (every time the program is launched)
I have a big image manipulation program that runs slow and that I am used to run with no other apps. I want to permanently set the exe to run at a higher priority.
I could run it through a batch file ...
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Reactivate Dormant Processes in Windows7
I have a very computationally intensive program (which I wrote in python) and starting two days ago I ran 6 copies of it in parallel (using 6 Cygwin terminals on a Mac Book Pro running Windows7 in ...
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A process CPU usage doesn't change for different priority
I wrote an infinite loop in python to print No! in the output.
while True:
print("No!")
When I execute it, I see its process (pythonw.exe) in Windows-Task-Manager that uses 60% of the CPU. I did ...
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Why doesn't prioritizing processes produce a speed improvement?
I have got 2 applications that are both using a lot of system resources. When I decrease the priority of one in Task Manager, while increasing the other, I don't notice any significant improvement in ...
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getting todo.sh to sort due items first, then by priority
How can I get todo.sh to put items that are due: today first, then after that sort the normal way (A-Z priority then everything else)?
There's this solution, but then you lose A-Z priority and have ...
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Internet lags for me, but not for my brother
Recently we had a new switch setup in our basement, plus my PC has the newest parts oldest dating 2012. When I play games that requires instant responding like Counter-Strike, League of Legends, FIFA ...
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Extra low priority processes in linux?
On Linux processes have "nice" values ranging from -20 to 19. I wish I could assign even lower priority like 100 so that "background work" will yield as much as possible to other process but still ...
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