Hi Mazi,
I am glad that my information is helpful.
Do not hesitate to post your question to the newsgroup in the future, Mazi.
Have a nice day!
Thanks & Regards,
Feng Mao [MSFT], MCSE
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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| Thank you for the explanation and information and I have appreciated that.
|
| --
| Mazi
|
| | > Hi Mazi,
| >
| > I understand the reason why you need low the priority of the default
| > processes. My suggestion is to keep the priority of default processes
| > unchanged. Let us specify the process you want to run in a higher
| priority.
| > I think it will be easier to be implemented.
| >
| > To run a program and specify its base priority at a command prompt, use
| the
| > following syntax:
| >
| > "start /<priority> <program>" (without the quotation marks)
| >
| > The following sample steps describe how to run Notepad with Realtime
| > priority:
| >
| > 1. At a command prompt, type the following line, and then press ENTER:
| > " start /realtime notepad.exe" (without the quotation marks)
| >
| > 2. To verify the priority level, press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to open the
Windows
| > NT Security dialog box.
| >
| > 3. Click Task Manager.
| >
| > 4. Click the Processes tab.
| >
| > 5. On the View menu, click Select Columns, click to select the Base
| > Priority check box, and then click OK.
| >
| > 6. In the list of processes, locate Notepad.exe and confirm its base
| > priority level.
| >
| > For the documentation, you may read the following article in Microsoft
| > Knowledge base:
| >
| > 191771 How to Alter a Program's Base Priority at a Command Prompt
| >
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=191771
| >
| > Have a nice day!
| >
| > Thanks & Regards,
| >
| > Feng Mao [MSFT], MCSE
| > Microsoft Online Partner Support
| >
| > Get Secure! -
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| >
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| > | Thank you for your suggestion. I will try to see if I can manage to
| > | set/change priority through the Windows NT Registry on my Win2k3
server.
| > | However, I don't know which one is the base process to set/change and
| > would
| > | appreciate if anyone out here can tell me.
| > |
| > | As with lower priority, what you said is true; however, if I have all
| > | processes set/change to "BELOW NORMAL" priority, I don't any
difference
| in
| > | responsiveness of each process. That way, I can introduce any other
new
| > | processes that will require a better responsiveness with a higher
| > priority.
| > |
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| > | Mazi
| > |
| > |
| > | | > | > Hi Mazi,
| > | >
| > | > Thank you for posting!
| > | >
| > | > Mazi, I am afraid that I cannot find out the registry key or method
to
|
| > | > change the default priority for all process. If you want to change
the
| > | > priority of all server threads in relation to the base priority of
the
| > | > foreground process, you can configure it through the Windows NT
| > Registry.
| > | >
| > | > NOTE: Higher priority can give better server performance at the cost
| of
| > | > local responsiveness. Lower priority balances server needs with the
| > needs
| > | > of other processes on the system.
| > | >
| > | > WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious,
| > system-wide
| > | > problems that may require you to reinstall Windows NT to correct
them.
| > | > Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the use
of
| > | > Registry Editor can be solved. Use this tool at your own risk.
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > 1. Start Registry Editor (REGEDT32.EXE) and go to the following
| subkey:
| > | >
| > | >
| > |
| >
|
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters
| > | >
| > | > 2. From the Edit menu, choose Add Value.
| > | >
| > | > 3. Enter the following values:
| > | >
| > | > Value Name: ThreadPriority
| > | > Data Type: REG_DWORD
| > | > Decimal: <value below>
| > | >
| > | > Decimal Description
| > | > -------------------
| > | > 0 Process running at background priority
| > | > 1 Server threads running at same priority as foreground
| > | > (Default)
| > | > 2 Server threads running one priority higher than
| foreground
| > | > 15 Server threads running at real-time priority (Not
| > | > Recommended)
| > | >
| > | > NOTE: A value of 15 should never be used in production. If the
| server
| > | > becomes busy, other important system process could become resource
| > | starved.
| > | >
| > | > 4. Quit Registry Editor and restart Windows NT.
| > | >
| > | > WARNING: With the default Server ThreadPriority set to 1, changing
the
| > | > tasking option to "Foreground and Background Applications Equally
| > | > Responsive" sets the server service priority to the same level as
the
| > | > foreground and background priorities. This could cause your server
| > service
| > | > to degrade in performance because it must now share time equally
with
| > | other
| > | > background processes.
| > | >
| > | > By the way, may I know why you wanna change the default priority to
| > BELOW
| > | > NORMAL. As all processes are running in the same Priority, I cannot
| see
| > | the
| > | > benefit to do it.
| > | >
| > | > Have a nice day!
| > | >
| > | > Thanks & Regards,
| > | >
| > | > Feng Mao [MSFT], MCSE
| > | > Microsoft Online Partner Support
| > | >
| > | > Get Secure! -
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| > | >
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| > | > | Hi,
| > | > |
| > | > | I would like to know, if it is possible, to set/change the default
| > | > priority
| > | > | from a "NORMAL" to "BELOW NORMAL" for all processes at boot on my
| > win2k3
| > | > | server. I noticed if I change the priority of "explorer" process
to
| > | "BELOW
| > | > | NORMAL", any new process will inherit such a priority. IIRC, the
| > | > "explorer"
| > | > | process on any windows OSes is similar to any flavor Windows
Desktop
| > | > Manager
| > | > | on any Un*x/Linux OSes. If that is the case, then what I want is
to
| be
| > | > able
| > | > | to set/change the priority on all processes before the "explorer",
| > i.e.
| > | > | right when the win2k3 server boots so that all processes in the
| > taskmgr
| > | > will
| > | > | reflect their priority to the new set/change level. Is this
| possible?
| > If
| > | > so,
| > | > | how?
| > | > |
| > | > | Thanks.
| > | > |
| > | > | --
| > | > | Mazi
| > | > |
| > | > |
| > | > |
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