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Old 04-22-2011, 08:14 AM   #10
leecole
Lee Cole
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TheDubks - If you are doing nothing else,
Low priority should make little difference in the processing times
In Windows XP, unless you are using a program that gains control by a hardware interrupt, it (whatever it's priority) will NOT wrest control away from a running task until that task does I/O (the I/O routine does a wait) or your program itself issues a wait. I have several programs attempting to run (all at a higher priority than caibre-parrell) but until calibre-parell does I/O none of them will gain control. If a program is examining data and/or moving data around in memory, it will keep control.

It is a fact that calibre brings my system to a virtual halt when it converts a book. I have In Preferences-Behavior-Job Priority = Low. I am just asking if there is something other than that that might make a difference.
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