ON THE SHORTCUT MENU THAT APPEARS, POINT TO SET PRIORITY, AND THEN...

4. On the shortcut menu that appears, point to Set Priority, and then select one of thefollowing commands:

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Realtime

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High

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AboveNormal

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Normal

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BelowNormal

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LowCaution You should change the priority of processes only when there is a process that needs priority over (or is less important than) other running processes; even then, you should try to use only the AboveNormal, Normal, and BelowNormal levels. Setting a process at too high a base priority (such as RealTime) can consume enough system resources that other vital processes cannot function properly.How to Set Processor AffinityWindows XP Professional can support two processors running on the same computer.When two processors are installed, Windows XP Professional does a good job ofassigning processes to processors based on need. However, you can assign a particularprocess to a specific processor. (This is referred to as assigning processor affinity toa process; of course, it is available only on computers with two processors or on com-puters with a hyperthreaded processor in which multiple processes can run simulta-neously on one processor.)To assign a process to a processor, use the following steps: