Windows xp set affinity permanently

To get extended error information, call GetLastError. A thread affinity mask is a bit vector in which each bit represents a logical processor that a thread is allowed to run on. A thread affinity mask must be a subset of the process affinity mask for the containing process of a thread. A thread can only run on the processors its process can run on. Therefore, the thread affinity mask cannot specify a 1 bit for a processor when the process affinity mask specifies a 0 bit for that processor.

Setting an affinity mask for a process or thread can result in threads receiving less processor time, as the system is restricted from running the threads on certain processors. Thaks though sir, and nice to see you again! I went back to Processor Lasso, which works alright. I thought it had been causing my computer to freeze, but it happened a couple times without it running. I think it's massive disk IO in my new raid device causing it to freeze happens with utorrent running full network speed and sometimes when transferring files --not sure why yet.

Nunes April Permalink. Meanwhile, here was my batch file attempt. I was streaming CS hltv. In CS using all cores means constant fps drops to 50 or lower, down and up and down and up and down and up, etc. With everything on max and restricting it to one core I'm at a constant 99fps. Everything I've tried so far has worked as well or better when restricted to a single core. I'm curious if Windows 7 is any better, but I had installed it, and I can't run the mouse acceleration fix dll injection into hl.

Either way, I've learned new things. I've moved back. I'm currently living in a derelict warehouse with a few others.

I wish I had a derelict warehouse with a 'net connection. Will you be arriving in Ireland at any stage? It was once more of a factory than a warehouse I suppose.

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Please enter your email address below and click Subscribe. EXE to permanently set the processor affinity for the executable Windows Systems. Using this method you can permanently bind an executable to a processor.

In our sample syntax, 0xn is the processor affinity mask. This mask is what restricts the application to a specific CPU. To determine the correct mask, use the table below:.