iTunes 100% CPU in Windows - solution: lower priority [Digg.com This!]

Sick of iTunes hammering your machine when it's downloading or playing a video? A method I've found to reduce its affect on system performance is to change its priority from Normal to Below Normal. This seems to have no negative affect on iTunes itself from my experience, even when downloading a few files. You can change this when needed by right-clicking on the process in Task Manager, but you can also use the start command.

Simply create yourself a cmd file as so:

@echo off
cd /d c:\Program Files\iTunes
start /belownormal iTunes.exe
exit

Save this file as c:\StartiTunes.cmd or whatever you like. Make sure the location of iTunes matches.

You can now create a shortcut on your desktop, etc, to run it.