Manage the CPU Task Priority
This setting allows you to manage how the system processor should prioritize foreground and background tasks.
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.
Settings:
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\BIOS]
Name: CPUPriority
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: 1, 2 or 3
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.
Settings:
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\BIOS]
Name: CPUPriority
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: 1, 2 or 3