Prioritizing an application

[Harrie]

I found this in Task Manager help file:

To change the priority of a running program

On the Processes tab, right-click the program you want to change.
Point to Set Priority, and then click the option you want.

Notes

To view the priority of running programs, click the Processes tab, click View, click Select Columns, click Base Priority, and then click OK.

Changing the priority of a process can make it run faster or slower (depending on whether you raise or lower the priority), but it can also adversely affect the performance of other processes.

I use an application that's a text expander, and I want it to be high priority and run as fast as possible!! So right now it's assigned normal, and I want to make it "high." But that last note, about how it can adversely affect performance of other processes....I just thought I would ask first before I change it if people know - is that likely to cause a problem, or probably not? I guess I could always change it back. I'm just trying to be careful and cautious in what I do!

[MishY]

Harrie,

I haven't used this more than a couple of times and in my experience I've found that it can cause a system to be unstable. However, like I said I haven't used it much at all.

What exactly does this "text expander" do ? You have a very fast PC as it is lol :p

[Harrie]

Thanks, Mishy! Instability is the last thing I want! If I try it though and find it's causing problems, then turn it back to normal status, no permanent damage should be done?

Here's the program! Click here (http://www.pcshorthand.com) It's the greatest thing that ever happened to me, well worth the money I paid for it six months or so ago! I have thousands of entries in it at this point, and it makes my work a dream! It has settings you can fool with to make it run its fastest, and I've done that. I just thought I might get it to expand even FASTER! Haha! Let me put it this way, I'm kind of obsessed with it! (The faster I go, the more money I make!)

[MishY]

That looks like a great program Harrie !

Like I mentioned, I haven't tried prioritizing applications much before, so maybe you might want to hang on for someone that has.......:)

[Harrie]

I will! Anyone who does this a lot, you are ordered to tell me all about it!! :D :D

[inertiascience]

I believe with certain programs that require alot of memory and processor speed would greatly benefit from raising the priotity of its service, however, in my experiance with prioritising any program that does not natively support Windows NT, 2000 or XP will not get much benefit.

[Harrie]

Thanks, inertiascience! I'm sorry, I didn't see your reply until today! By coincidence it so happens I decided to try it today, and everything seemed fine so....hehe, guess I'll leave it on high!

PS: I like your user name!!

[Theoran]

harrie,

YOU ARE ORDERED TO LET US ALL KNOW HOW THINGS TURNED OUT!

Is that understood!!! :-=

[Harrie]

Most emphatically....YES!! Hehe.