Questions tagged [priority]
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Is there any way to set the priority of a process in Mac OS X?
I have a background process running at 100% CPU on Mac OS X. All other applications are very slow because of it.
I'd like to set this process to take no more than 50% so that my applications can run ...
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Changing Windows process priority via command line
I want to change Windows process priority via command line.
How can I do that?
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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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How to change I/O priority of a process or thread in Win7?
Process Explorer is able to show the effective IO priority of a given thread, but not change it. Seeing as IO priority support is a comparatively new feature, most programs don't set their own IO ...
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How can I prioritise network bandwidth on a per application basis?
Is there a way in Linux to give a specific application more/less priority for network bandwidth? Something like how nice does for CPU priority.
Context: I'm currently on a very low bandwidth ...
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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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How permanently change Linux swap disk priority
I’m using two swap disks. Changing the order they are in in /etc/fstab and using pri in fstab doesn’t seem to have any effect.
This is what it looks like in the /etc/fstab:
#swap on other disk
UUID=...
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How can I tell Windows to always start certain binaries with low priority?
I want to demote the priority of a number of processes that are auto-started on my corporate XP machine. Is there a way that I can tell WinXP to always start a binary with low priority?
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How can I force Windows 7 to give my LAN (wired) conection priority over my WiFi?
Given the choice between my LAN (wired) and my WiFi connections, my Windows 7 PC gives priority to the WiFi - how can I make it prioritize the LAN connection?
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What is Windows Priority and Affinity and what advatanges does it provide?
What exactly is Priority and Affinity (found within Task Manager) and what are they used for:
In what situations should/could they be used and what advantages are found while customizing these ...
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Set process priority to High: Dangerous?
I have read that setting something to realtime is a big no-no, so I am not going to do that. But I do have an application that I need to make sure always has the highest priority on my system as it ...
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Save processes priority settings?
Is there anyway to save the processes priority settings in Windows 7 instead of opening the task manager in every session and doing it manually?
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How do you keep Microsoft Excel running at full speed even when it does not have the window focus?
I've noticed that when Excel 2007 (and probably earlier versions) has the window focus, Excel runs at full speed which means that files open fast and long-running VBA macros execute quickly.
If the ...
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Change GPU priority of a process under Windows
Is it possible to change the GPU priority of a certain process under Windows 7 (and older versions if possible)?
Changing the CPU priority doesn't seem to have any effect on the GPU usage. I have a ...
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How can I throttle down Dropbox's IO operations?
Empirical evidence suggests that Dropbox's indexing at startup time is the main source of slowdown for my Windows 7 partition -- things grind down to a crawl when the indexing is in progress and ...
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