这是我用来将进程设置为低于正常优先级的解决方案：

lowpriority.py

def lowpriority():
    """ Set the priority of the process to below-normal."""

    import sys
    try:
        sys.getwindowsversion()
    except AttributeError:
        isWindows = False
    else:
        isWindows = True

    if isWindows:
        # Based on:
        #   "Recipe 496767: Set Process Priority In Windows" on ActiveState
        #   http://code.activestate.com/recipes/496767/
        import win32api,win32process,win32con

        pid = win32api.GetCurrentProcessId()
        handle = win32api.OpenProcess(win32con.PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS, True, pid)
        win32process.SetPriorityClass(handle, win32process.BELOW_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS)
    else:
        import os

        os.nice(1)

在Windows和Linux上的Python 2.6上进行了测试。