backStartPri
allows you to start a Windows program with a designated priority - just
as if you started the programm the normal way and later on adjusted the
priority using the windows task manager. For me, the need for such a
tool arose from problems I had with certain DirectX based games (and
presumably on WinXP home edition). The problem is such, that the
keyborad input would lock up and not react for up to 5 seconds, since
the game's process was taking too much computation time not allowing
the keyboard driver to process any inputs. The problem vanishes, once
you start the game with a lower priority. It is however not very
desirable (sometimes impossible) to adjust the games priority at
runtime using the task manager, as it requires to
alt-tab the game in the background.
As I
could not make out any windows functionality nor any exsiting tool
allowing to designate task priotrity at startup, I decided to write
such a tool myself. If you find the program useful, you may consider
dropping me an email with your appreciaton :-)