Thought

[deathboy]

Why is process priority not fundamental to modern operating systems?

Everyone knows which programs they care more about.

Give us a simple handle to say "this thing first, quickest, best / that thing... feh. later. when it's ready."

Is there something like Process Explorer that will remember the process priority I like for a program?

If you say "buy a mac", I will literally fuck your parents.

I don't even know if OS-X does that, I'm just eager for some MILF action.

Comments

[deathboy.livejournal.com]

mmmm, don't think so. that's keymapping, non?

I want it so that when I fire up uTorrent, windows knows that uTorrent gets less CPU time than any other normal task.

[edwards.livejournal.com]

I thought windows had a processor loading control.

Certainly there's either a toggle or sliding scale which allows you to specify the performance from background tasks. Not idea, but one would expect, the basis for being able to adjust processor useage.

Oh, and OS X does allow you to reduce process priority :)

[deathboy.livejournal.com]

it's easy to do it in XP with or without 3rd party apps, but there isn't something I've found that retains the information from one run to the next.

a shortcut, for instance, does not contain process priority information.

it should. pint of piss that, I feel.

[thecunningbison.livejournal.com]

a shortcut, for instance, does not contain process priority information.

it should. pint of piss that, I feel

And it can, and it does...the secret is to use the Start command - see: http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/ArticleID/14500/14500.html

I can't be arsed faffing with process priorities unless it's a necessity (i.e. Opera is suffering an imminent crash, I don't wanna shut it down there and then, survive with it running at 99% cpu load by making it lowest priority...) For that; I always keep a copy of PowerMenu running (by Thong Nyugen ... yes, his name really is Thong.) PowerMenu gives every application an additional set of MUST HAVE commands you can use by right clicking on the relevant running task in the start menu: Priority, Always on Top, Minimize to Tray and Transparency

Other utils I recommend:
ArtTray (http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?8500000036175)
XP Desktop View Changer (http://www.neowin.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t40377-0.html) - nt online anymore, I got a backup of it - changes the XP desktop to show small icons/detailed view/etc just like normal xp windows.
AllSnap (http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~iheckman/allsnap/)
Command Prompt Explorer Bar (http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/CommandBar.asp)
Daemon Tools (http://www.daemon-tools.cc/)
LClock (Longhorn Clock) (http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=157465)
Shelltoys XP (http://www.shelltoysxp.com/)
Total Copy (http://www.ranvik.net/totalcopy/)
StickyPad (http://www.greeneclipse.com/stickypad.html)
Rainlendar (http://www.rainlendar.net/cms/index.php)

[thecunningbison.livejournal.com]

Oh - how could I forget....PowerMenu (http://www.freeware-guide.com/OldGoodFreeware/PowerMenu.html)!

And finally....

[thecunningbison.livejournal.com]

Watch Cat (http://www.aplusfreeware.com/categories/LFWV/WatchCat.html)...


All these should make Windows much nicer :)

Re: And finally....

[notagod.livejournal.com]

Thanks you for the pointers. :) Always on the lookout for software to make my life easier (and that I don't have to go and write myself).

[edwards.livejournal.com]

Oh, and it's not entirely keymapping; the media keys control iTunes when it's in the foreground, but even if it's running, playing music, if it's not in the foreground, they start WMP. Eventually. I didn't notice at first because I was trying to skip tracks and WMP takes SO long to respond, I thought they weren't working.

It's certainly an element of keymapping, but I can't find any control that lets me change their behaviour.

[flowerysong.livejournal.com]

Hrm. iTunes is probably doing something naughty with key interception when it's in the foreground, but doesn't have the chance to do so in the background.