Manage the CPU Task Priority (Windows 95/98/Me) Popular

This setting allows you to manage how the system processor should prioritize foreground and background tasks.

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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.

		(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
		CPUPriority	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)

	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\BIO...

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Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.