You could try this, free, but after trial period of some length you get a nag box on startup-minor annoyance, but I'm still using it.
http://www.bitsum.com/prolasso.php Also, at least in XP, Task Manager allows you to set priorities for processes (right click, choose Priorty), but you'll probably have to set it after each reboot. _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
