Set Process Priority to Run Faster
Posted in How To, Tips & Tricks | By AhTim @ February 7th, 2008
Although Windows claimed that it can handle “multi tasking”, sometime our computer run exstremely slow after running few softwares simultaneously.
Especially when burning CDs, old processor might not be able to do other things. As for me, I rather prefer CD burning to finish before continue.
Set Process Priority to Run Faster
Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open task manager. Click Processes tab, right click on process that you want it run faster. Set priority to High and you are done. There are 6 priority levels for you to choose: Realtime, High, Above Normal, Normal, Below Normal and Low. For example, you might want to adjust your Nero to High level and see its running faster.
Of course, you can also tweak for other processes provided you know
what you are doing. Sometime, you want your game to run faster then
you can set your game.exe process to Realtime. In my case, I want my iPod Touch synchronize faster so I set high priority for iPodService.exe.
Which process you want to adjust the priority? Is it running faster?
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April 23rd, 2008 at 7:12 AM
can i make my downloads in limewire download faster by doing this and if so how?
April 23rd, 2008 at 9:46 AM
@Coon101: I don’t think so. Download speed is depends on you and your download source’s bandwidth. By setting the priority, your computer will give high computation on that application.
October 10th, 2008 at 5:54 AM
In most cases increasing the priority of a process will NOT improve it’s performance. Windows priority system was not designed that way.
If you have only one process actually running (not waiting for user input or a system event) then it will already be receiving virtually all of the CPU time. This wiil be the case most of the time. Any possible performance gains will be extremely small and come at the price of system instability.
If more than one process is actually running (unusual) then the one with the higher priority will receive virtually all of the CPU time.
The more common case is to lower the priority of a CPU intensive task. This will make the system more responsive and only slightly impair the performance of the process in question.
Setting High or RealTime priority is dangerous. Many important system proceses (Task Manager) run at a lower priority and they may be starved of CPU time. This could lead to a system lockup requiring a reboot to restore operation. Incidentally, do not attempt to alter the priority of any system process. This will fail or cause system problems.
December 20th, 2008 at 8:39 PM
How can I set priority of the process before turning it on ?
December 4th, 2009 at 10:54 PM
I’m considering setting the priority of firefox a little higher (abovenormal) so I don’t get blasted when some random application decides to check for software updates. but I can see why you’d be wary if task manager would get starved of CPU time, since that’s the non off-switch bailout if something gets wonky. thanks for the input folks!