Base Priority of the CMD Process

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Under Windows NT 3.x, the base priority of the CMD process and the thread that runs in it used to be set to 7; the system could boost the thread from priority 7 to priority 9.

As previously stated, under Windows NT 4.0 the base priority of the CMD process and the thread that runs it is now set to 8 by default. The system can still boost the thread priority by 2 points, but now the increase is from priority 8 to priority 10.

To check this change, simply start a CMD process and start Performance Monitor. Check the chart with Object: Process and Counter: Priority Base for the Instance: CMD.

You can also check the chart with Object: Thread and Counter: Priority Base vs. Counter: Priority Current for the Instance: CMD.