User guide

MS-DMT Guide v1.04
Released 05-30-2014
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SETTING MS-DMT PRIORITY
If a program (windows process) has a higher priority, it gets more processor time compared to a
process having lower priority. The MS-DMT tool will work ok with the “Normal” priority level as
the most important threads in the application itself are prioritized, however running MS-DMT
“Above Normal” or higher can be an advantageous, especially on decoding during receive.
However depending on the particular host PC/OS environment, it may also be a negative, users
with older PC systems will need to test the performance benefits of changing the priority level of
MSDMT_32.EXE on their systems. MS-DMT has been tested running in “Real time” under the
minimum OS/CPU/RAM combinations specified here in with excellent results.
To change a process priority using "Windows Task Manager". Open Task Manager by right-
clicking on Taskbar and select "Task Manager" or by pressing "Ctrl+Shift+Esc" keys together.
Once you open Task Manager, go to "Processes" tab, right-click on any running process and
change the priority using "Set Priority" menu. You'll notice some system processes are set to
"High" priority and almost all 3rd party processes are set to "Normal" by default.
However, although you can change the priority of an application according to your
requirements, the priority is not set permanently. Once you restart your system, Windows
forgets your custom priority and assigns the process a default priority. So how to set a process
priority permanent? Don't worry, here is the solution. "Prio"
(http://www.prnwatch.com/prio.html) is a free for personal use utility which solves the
problem. It adds a new option "Save Priority" in context menu to save the priority permanently.
PRIO also adds a few extra features, the new tab "Services" which shows the installed processes
along with their status. The new tab "TCP/IP" which shows all established TCP/IP connections
and all open ports. A new option "Silent Elevation" which allows you to execute a software with