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Priority for a program

kestrel
1,071 Expert 1GB
im in the process of downloading a 4gb file from the internet, of course its taking forever, and i was wondering, if i were to set firefox's priority to "real time" would that help any? would it close firefox to start over? would it make the download any faster?
im not too worried about slowing the rest of my computer down for the time it takes for the download to finish.
thanks
Feb 10 '07 #1
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maxamis4
295 Expert 100+
4 gigabyte, yeah it will take a while, has nothing to do with firefox its called bandwidth. Are you using wireless? If so plug the computer in. Are there any other computers on while your downloading, make sure that no one is surfing during this time.

Other than that you will have to wait it out, 4 gig is huge for download.
Feb 13 '07 #2
Cyberdyne
627 Expert 512MB
For downloads that size I recommend Download Accelerator Plus, in short DAP, it will save you downloaded data and resume in case your computer loses connection or restart, it will also find the fastest servers for you, and it will optimize your tcp protocols to give you maximum speed.

GET IT HERE

Cyber.
Feb 14 '07 #3

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