I've been reading up on how to tune SQL Server 2005 for a machine in a test environment. I came across this article on technet which suggests how to configure "server tasking" and says I should refer to the Windows 2003 docs for more info.
I have googled Windows 2003 "server tasking" (with and without the quotes) but all I can find is more similar articles on SQL server telling me that it should be configured, not how/where you do it.
I know I'm probably searching for the wrong thing - can someone please tell me how to configure it in Windows or SQL server, whichever it is?
Whoever wrote that used the wrong (or an uncommon) term. It's "processor scheduling."
I can't really answer your question directly but when I use Help and Support on one a Server 2003 machine and search for
server tasking
it locates 25 Knowledge Base articles, so I'm guessing some of those might have your answers.The following 24 KB articles were found through Help and Support (the 25th was about Win98). I don't know how many are really relevant but I'll leave that up to you to determine.