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Windows NT

Changing Process Priority

Is a program or process running too slowly, or is one hogging all of the CPU time? Go into the task manager and click on the "Processes" tab. Right click on one of the processes and change the priority class to one of your choosing. Give mission-critical processes high priority and lower those of non-essential tasks.

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