Phase II

[last update:] 07 dec '10
...continuing Phase 1, from now on I think I'll update only the newer >HKLoops2< (replacing the easier to read HKLoops), and please take > h_default_macros < AND > h_OneNote.ahk < with it.

Also I will introduce you to mister >>_hidecursorIDLE<<, that makes more than it says. Specifically it will give high priority to the process belonging to the active window while lowering the resources to low for the prior window.

Optionally conjuncted with running after logged in windows (for example) >_fast_priority<, that would set all the processes to low consumption. For this you would also need to edit _fast_priority by yourself to include the processes that you know are ok to be lowered, and to extract this zip in a path mapped directory, for example directly into X:\WINDOWS\system32.
[update] if the pv doesn't succeed in lowering the priorities, use the previous (phase 1) mentioned DTaskManager (right click, Set Priority -> Low to all processes) at least until I find a workaround for some systems; well, found it! Your choice now, edit and be safe, or bulk lower them with Dimio's.

Panic buttons:
Ctrl + Alt + B shows the cursor and exits _hidecursorIDLE
Ctrl + WinKey + H toggles the *hide cursor when idle* option, now set default to do *not hide*
Ctrl + WinKey + 1 forces the active window to become Normal priority (if high is too much for the nasty resource eating application)
Ctrl + WinKey + 5 puts _hidecursorIDLE and HKLoops.exe's priority to Normal; HKLoops' name is hardcoded at line 32, please change after "change here" if you're used to HKLoops2 instead

HKLoops obvious changes:
autocompile thanks to gwarble, ScrollLock enhanced and slightly modified
;btw instead of btw would search the previous word in all the notes
;dict instead of dict would search over the net the previous word by the help of Launchy (provided that you've learned Launchy to do the deed

Alt + Backspace launches a helper window helping you to find a window by name (theoretically on any virtual screen)

All operations in HKLoops are now clipboard safe; that is before internally using a copy paste, it will save the clipboard and then restore it


[update:]
If you are not already using the option of rasing/focusing the active window while hovering above it, use XMouse2K for it.
in a physical multimonitor enviroment:
- you may consider WindowPad.ahk and please take >my .ini< for it, which inhibits all the functions minus Winkey+ Enter = move window on the next monitor, and two others that you'll easily spot
- you may want to edit HKLoops2 if you are using VirtualDesktop and you do have different keymappings than Ctrl Shift (aka the new CapsLock) starting from the line containing "~*^+F1::"; there you'll also find that I've just included keys for enable/disable physical monitors

See the sources for more "goodies"!

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*hiding the cursor solution is from this post http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic6107.html
*for more information about the mysterious zip file that contains a little program "pv" that can change the priority of *ANY* process, you may check this site: http://www.teamcti.com/pview/prcview.htm