• I recommend you turn it off. On a server with nothing other than SQL it will provide no benefit as there's nothing to boost SQL's priority over and you run the small risk that with the higher priority SQL could take precedence over the OS and cause problems.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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