Can you "pause" a task in Win2k?

[JMF]

I'm running a long, long task - it's an MPEG conversion, so it goes on and
on for 24 hours. Now, that's not a problem, that's just the way it is.

But I'd like to be able to "pause" the task for a few minutes so that I can,
for example, do a scan of something with my scanner. It's hard to do that
while the MPEG converter is running because it uses all the CPU.

But I certainly don't want to interrupt my MPEG converter if that means it
gets stopped altogether and I have to start the whole thing over again
afterwards.

So: is it possible to "pause" a task in Win2000, and then "un-pause" it
later?

Thanks,

John

 

[Dave Patrick]

You might try using the start command in a shell script; something like,
start "" /low "some program"
start /?
for the syntax. Or ask the application developer.

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:
| I'm running a long, long task - it's an MPEG conversion, so it goes on and
| on for 24 hours. Now, that's not a problem, that's just the way it is.
|
| But I'd like to be able to "pause" the task for a few minutes so that I
can,
| for example, do a scan of something with my scanner. It's hard to do that
| while the MPEG converter is running because it uses all the CPU.
|
| But I certainly don't want to interrupt my MPEG converter if that means it
| gets stopped altogether and I have to start the whole thing over again
| afterwards.
|
| So: is it possible to "pause" a task in Win2000, and then "un-pause" it
| later?
|
| Thanks,
|
| John
|
|

 

[JMF]

Thanks, Dave, I'll investigate that route.

John

 

[Dave Patrick]

You're welcome.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Thanks, Dave, I'll investigate that route.
|
| John