Just a guess... maybe it will, maybe it won't. Try it?

It's likely that LimeWire runs in two parts, the actual DataComm drivers in the OS handle real-time buffering and networking stuff, and the LW application part in Java handles User Interface and file management?????

SO, changing the priority may have only a small effect (if this hypothesis is true!)

I am just generalizing on several other program's architectures... anybody who has expert knowledge of the (open source) code and LW's architecture may blow all this away...

There are so many other variables, though, it may be hard to tell if changing priority has any effect or not?

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