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Dave Glue wrote:
> 
> On 7 Feb 1996 23:12:10 GMT, jerry@cybercom.net (Jerry Shekhel) wrote:
> 
> >Robert Salasidis (salasidis@medcor.mcgill.ca) wrote:
> >:
> >: That is why there are OSes such as UNIX and NT. They not only preemtively
> >: multitask, but also support task priorities. If a task executing can not be
> >: interrupted, then it is executed at a higher priority level than other
> >: processes. W95 does not support priority levels, and as such would make a
> >: poor choice as a platform for real-time applications.
> >:
> >
> >Wrong.  Win95 supports priority levels.  It says so right in my VC++ Online
> >Books.  Where are you getting your info?
> 
> Further proof is provided by two game demo's I recently played-
> Pitfall and EW Jim for 95.  Both have 3 levels of "attention" to give
> to the program- Normal, Real Time, and Exclusive.

So then how do I launch excel or another application in a lower priority 
mode, while leaving my word processor in the highest priority mode (so 
that my real time responce is unaffected by a computationally intensive 
app). I have been unable to do this to date.