Re: How to lower priority of a process

From: Yves Leclerc (yleclercNOSPAM_at_maysys.com)
Date: 01/24/05


Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 10:59:09 -0500

If the CPU is heating up too much, you should consider adding/replacing the
fans in the system. A better cooling plan would never hurt and will always
help you syetm.

"Matti Lamprhey" <matti@official-totally-reversed.com> wrote in message
news:35khtcF4maa1nU1@individual.net...
> How can I reduce the %cp available to a running process?
>
> I have an app (SonicStage) which, when compressing MP3 files to ATRAC3
> format, takes too much of the cp. This causes two problems -- first,
> other apps run too slowly, and, more importantly, the CPU heats up to
> such an extent that my system can become unstable.
>
> I'm running XP Home at SP1. (I can't use SP2 at the moment as it
> conflicts with one of my peripherals.)
>
> Matti
>
>



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