Certain applications require a higher process priority than others; for example, if you are burning a CD, you may want to make the CD burning program a higher priority than Google’s Desktop Crawler. To do this, press Ctrl + Shift + Esc and find the process whose priority you wish to modify. Right-click the process and go to Set Priority. The Priorities listed in this menu are self-explanatory, with “RealTime” being the highest and “Low” being the lowest. Adjust any necessary processes (or unnecessary ones) accordingly to further optimize performance; this is especially useful with CD burning applications!