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Manage the CPU Task Priority (Windows 95/98/Me)
This setting allows you to manage how the system processor should prioritize foreground and background tasks.

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Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new DWORD value and set it according to the table below.

  • 1 - Foreground tasks have maximum priority
  • 2 - Foreground tasks have higher priority than background tasks
  • 3 - (Default) Foreground and background tasks have equal priority.
  • 0 - (Not Recommended) Foreground tasks run in real-time. Warning this could make other tasks and your system hang.
Restart Windows for the change to take effect.

Registry Editor Example
|NameTypeData|
|(Default)REG_SZ(value not set)|
|CPUPriorityREG_DWORD0x00000001 (1)|
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|HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\BIO...|
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Registry Settings
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\BIOS]
Value Name: CPUPriority
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: 1, 2 or 3

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: September 16, 2002


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