For some perspective on how other platforms try to prevent this problem, see the Multimedia Class Scheduler Service: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/w

For some perspective on how other platforms try to prevent this problem, see the Multimedia Class Scheduler Service: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/avrt/nf-avrt-avsetmmmaxthreadcharacteristicsa https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/avrt/nf-a... It was added in Windows Vista. It periodically adjusts the priority of threads to make sure they are getting enough CPU time.