Subj : Windows issues
To   : Mercyful Fate
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed Jun 15 2005 02:13 pm

  Re: Windows issues
  By: Mercyful Fate to Digital Man on Wed Jun 15 2005 11:43 am

 >  >  > One thing i've noticed is that NTVDM always runs in high priority, if 
 >  >  > be default to low, that would help so many program when it's started..
 >  >  > idea how to do it.. usually i click on taskamnager and set it myself w
 >  >  > working on stuff so it doesn't mess with anything.. well that was when
 >  >  > running windows.. ik ik ik.. :)
 >  >
 >  > I haven't seen that. Weird. Maybe it's a setting in your dosxtrn.pif? I'l
 >  > to see if I can reproduce/fix that.

 > It's just something i notice, i don't run it anymore, i nuked windows and i'
 > all linux now.. but it is something to check into, at least in general, i'm 
 > sure if anything can realy preset the priority that NTVDM runs at, but if it
 > can somehow be force to low priority that would help many many things run so
 > much smoother in the windows platform.. mainly dos doors or nodes on dos
 > bbs's...

This doesn't appear to be the case in Synchronet-Win32. NTVDM runs at base
priority 8 ("normal") when run via Synchronet-Win32.

                                                  digital man

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