Re: Windows service Vs Console app performance

From: William Stacey [MVP] (staceywREMOVE_at_mvps.org)
Date: 06/25/04 

Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 05:28:04 -0400

Agree, but priority is a funny thing. Moreover VS is foreground app, any
other open windows, task bar applets, mouse, etc. It adds up. I would
still suspect this is the issue. Easy to test. Ollie, have you tested this
yet? Please post back. 

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William Stacey, MVP
"Russell Hind" <no-one@no-where.com> wrote in message
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>
> William Stacey [MVP] wrote:
>
> > I know w2k+ you can set priority of system for forground programs (i.e.
> > your console, winapps, etc) and services to be different.  Default is
> > higher prio for programs (which is normally better for interactive
> > use.)  Try changing performance options in System Icon to Background and
> > see if that changes speed for you.  See the JPG.
> >
>
> But as I've mentioned, this should only help if he has other processes
> running using lots of CPU time, then the service will not get as much
> time on the CPU.
>
> But if the CPU is basically idle so only his service is running, then it
> can have as much CPU time as it wants, bar what is needed for the OS, so
> it may make a small difference if non-essential OS services are now
> higher priority, but not to the extent the user is seeing.
>
> Maybe he has another processor intensive task running at the same time?
>
> Cheers
>
> Russell

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