Task Manager---> Set Priority

[EdgeMoragan]

I've noticed that Task Manager sets my FFXI as low. Were I to set it to high, would there actually be any better results for gameplay? I've realized by now people say FFXI is strongly CPU driven.

[Cephius]

It should improve performance at the cost of processes outside FFXI. Try bringing it up to normal and see if it stays there. I know on manual changes in XP, changes to priority only stay in effect as long as in the window is in the foreground. As soon as you alt-tab or focus on another window, Windows will reset the priority. See if it works for you.

As a side note, don't assign it the highest priority setting as it can make your system unstable.

[EdgeMoragan]

Yeah it goes back down to low, is there any way to keep it at normal at least?

[Cephius]

Unfortunately the only way I've heard of being able to do this is to add a /normal switch to the line that launches the program. This is easy enough for a normal program that launches from a shortcut, but FFXI as you know is launched via command from POL. I have no idea if you can get in to add a switch to that command, but I would guess no. AFAIK there's no way to keep this permanent from task manager alone, sorry :/

[Kitsumi]

http://windower.faservers.net/wiki/plugins/priority