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[smallfish]

I’ve been using PowerMenu for a long time now. From the creator’s website,
Power Menu is a small app I wrote that adds ‘Always On Top’, ‘Minimize To Tray’, ‘Priority’ and ‘Transparency’ sub menus to all top level system menus.
Priority - This lets you change the amount of processing power that s program receives. This is useful because there are some processes that are less important then others. For example, I like to convert video in the background when I’m surfing the Internet. If I don’t regulate the processes, the video converter tends to steal some power from my browser windows. In the end, my browser windows become choppy. It’s easier to put the video converter on a low priority so I can do my everyday computer tasks without much interruption.
“Why do I need this function? My Windows XP already provides a function like this!” In Windows ME computers and older, this is impossible to do without a special program (like PowerMenu) to change the priority. With Windows 2000 and up, it became possible to change the priority of a with a few steps. The Windows Task Manager has to be opened via Ctrl+Alt+Del. Then the program’s *.exe filename must be found in the process tab. Many times, this is difficult to do when the program’s filename is different from the actual application’s name. Take for example Ulead PhotoImpact. The filename is nothing like “photoimpact.exe.” It is actually named an obscure “iedit.exe.” This is why this menu is handy.

[dilupo]

Why does this sound like a sales pitch?

[pkaak]

Best thing is, it already is adopted in Powerfuse and it's called CPUShield.
When an application uses to much CPU it is kicked down automaticly. So you can keep working normally. Only the application that is kicked down, needs more time to finish.
So no users who are changing priority with such a program like PowerMenu for themselfs and making helpdeskcalls when they **** up the system. We do not such programs in our managed environment.