1. Faster Network: Turn off quality of service (QoS) in Windows XP Professional to speed up networking by 20% "but don't turn it off in Networking Properties." Choose Start, Run and type gpedit.msc to run the local Group policy Editor. Open Computer configuration, Administrative Templates, Networks, QoS Packet Scheduler, Limit reservable bandwith. Set this to Enabled, then take the Bandwith limit from 20% down to 0%
2. Priortise Programs: Run a demanding program with a higher priorty: You can change the priority in Task Manager by right clicking on the process and choosing Set Priority; or you can use the Start/Hight command in the shorcut that runs the application.
3. Priortise Programs 2: Make a text file in the notepad with the text START/HIGH "%1" Save it as Hight.BAT in your Windows directory, and make a shortcut to it in your Send to directory. Now you can right click on any program and use Send To Hight.BAT to run it with a hight priorty.
Enjoy!!
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