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Topic: Tech Tip: Give the top running program CPU priority inside xp

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DJ CyderPRO InfinityModeratorMember since 2003
Simple Registy hack will give the top running program priority over all others inside windows xp.


Open Regedit and navigate to 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\PriorityControl'

Modify 'Win32PriorityControl' and give it a decimal value of 38 (or in hexadecimal: 26).
 

Posted Sat 18 Nov 06 @ 12:51 am
sbangsPRO InfinityMember since 2004
nice one :) ur a genious :)

to users who arnt sure :
remember to take a backup if ur not sure what ur doing first lol
 

Posted Sat 18 Nov 06 @ 12:58 am
Dj XeoPRO InfinityMember since 2005
i belive the option is edditable thru control panel,

prioritising kernal CPU management for the active application as opposed to background tasks can adversly affect things like ASIO data. nearly all interface manurfacturers reccomend that you prioratise bor background apps.
 

Posted Sat 18 Nov 06 @ 4:34 am
HomeboyPRO InfinitySupport ManagerMember since 2003
Never set mine like but just checked and in fact it is already set like this...
 

Posted Sat 18 Nov 06 @ 9:08 am
metiznPRO InfinityMember since 2005
Dj Xeo wrote :
...nearly all interface manurfacturers reccomend that you prioratise for background apps.


thats because on default windows prioratises grafix and other things over audio. if you optimize for Background applications audio has a higher priority.

if you have an apple you don't have to worry about these settings because apple is made for audio (and other professional categories).
 

Posted Sat 18 Nov 06 @ 1:06 pm
DJKicePRO InfinityMember since 2005
my default was 24 in decimal i changed it to 38.. see what happends :)
 

Posted Mon 20 Nov 06 @ 6:10 am
Mine was already set to 38 ;)
 

Posted Mon 20 Nov 06 @ 1:55 pm
djcelPRO InfinityModeratorMember since 2004
In fact, i disagree with this tip ;-)

38 in decimal equals to "My programs"
24 in decimal equals to "Background Services"

So it's useless to modify the value in the registry as it's easier to modify it in Windows lol


If you have an Asio sound card or DJ Console, it's better to use "Background services"
 

Posted Mon 20 Nov 06 @ 11:27 pm


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