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Date Posted: 05:49:33 04/10/08 Thu
Author: egresor
Subject: another thing may help
In reply to: catdog 's message, "speed connections" on 04:43:31 04/10/08 Thu

there is a way to assign more of your cpu to a specific application and therefore possibly speed up things

not sure if it will help on your net but it can help what your cpu allots to the browser or downloader etc

i've never actually used this my self
tho i'm no longer on the net (except at work) i used to have a 3mb dsl and it really didn't matter to me to try it

it's easier for me to copy&paste this rather than type it manually
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For Windows XP users, each application and process that’s installed on the PC is assigned a priority. This determines how much of the CPU power it’s allocated. You can see this in action by pressing [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [Del] to open the Windows Task Manager. Select the Processes tab and under Image Name you’ll see every item that’s running on your system. To change the priority of an item and give it a greater share of CPU power, right-click it, choose Set Priority, then select the level you want it to have. Most items have the Normal setting by default. When increasing the priority of an item, do this one level at a time, then monitor the effect it has.

The change you make will only last until the application is closed. When you open it again it’ll revert to its default priority level. However, it’s possible to make a simple change to the Registry, which will ensure that when an application starts it’s given the high-priority setting without you having to make alterations to Windows Task Manager.

Open the Registry Editor and locate HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ exefile \ shell. Right-click Shell, create a new sub key called runhigh and set its default value to read Run at high priority. Next, right-click the runhigh key and create a new sub key called command. The default value for this should be set to C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe /c start "runhigh” /high "%1”. All you need to do to run an item at high priority is to right-click it and from the menu choose 'Run at high priority’. This can be applied to program shortcuts and .exe files.

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that may help a bit on prioritizing programs for your cpu whatever your net connection is

here is the site i got it from so you don't think i'm doing anything malicious to your system

Http://www.pcanswers.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=36856&subsectionid=607

good luck@

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