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What is Windows Priority and Affinity and what advatanges does it provide?

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Mar 15, 202672033 views
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What exactly is Priority and Affinity (found within Task Manager) and what are they used for: In what situations should/could they be used and what advantages are found while customizing these setting.

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Setting affinity does do something, but you'll never want to use it. Setting the CPU affinity forces Windows to only use the CPU (or cores) selected. If you set the affinity to a single CPU, Windows will only run that application on that CPU, never …

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