Process Lasso 3.61.5 Beta / 3.60.8

Process Lasso is a unique new technology that will, amongst other things, improve your PC's responsiveness and stability. Windows, by design, allows programs to monopolize your CPU without restraint -- leading to freezes and hangs. Process Lasso's ProBalance (Process Balance) technology intelligently adjusts the priority of running programs so that badly behaved or overly active processes won't interfere with your ability to use the computer!

Process Lasso also offers an assortment of ways to take full control of how your CPUs are allocated to running programs. You can choose at what priority processes should run, and which CPUs (cores) should be assigned to them. You can also disallow certain programs from running, log all programs run, and so much more.

Once you install Process Lasso, it'll just start working. More advanced users can tweak the configuration, but you needn't touch anything to have it instantly improve your system responsiveness and prevent stalls in high load situations.

For network admins, Proces Lasso works wonderfully on Terminal Servers and in multi-user environments. There are many clients that have been using Process Lasso on their Terminal Servers for years.
Best of all, Process Lasso is written in native C++, not .NET. This means it consumes very few system resources - considerably less than any similar software.

Major Features:

1. Process Lasso Features
   • Prevent processes from monopolozing the CPU(s)
   • ProBalance dynamic priority optimization
   • CPU throttling (new)
   • Save process priorities for future instances
   • Save process CPU affinities for future instances
   • Gaming mode
   • Foreground boosting
   • Limit allowed program instances
   • Disallow programs from running
   • Log all programs run
   • Auto-restart processes if they are terminated (new in beta)
   • System responsiveness graph
   • Stand-alone core engine
   • Available in x86-32 and x86-64 builds
   • Extremely low RAM and CPU use
2. Core Engine Features
   • Stand-alone capability
   • Only 1-3 MB of RAM used in typical cases
   • ProBalance automatically manages process priorities to improve system responsiveness and prevent freezes
   • Configure processes to always start at a desired priority and/or CPU affinity
   • Auto-terminate undesirable processes
   • Limit the number of instances a process can have
   • Fine tune NT scheduler settings with TweakScheduler
   • Fine-tune Vista Multimedia Scheduler with VistaMMSC
   • Written in C++ for all the performance benefits of native code
3. Graphical Interface Features
   • Track total CPU usage, system responsiveness, and memory load
   • Show individual CPU history of selected processes
   • Easy to use right-click menu system allows for modification of process rules and status
   • Select and act on multiple processes at once (i.e. terminate several processes at once)
   • Optionally show balloon tips to notify you when actions are taken
   • Unique system responsiveness calculation and graph display
   • Sleeplike mode reduces resource consumption when the main window isn't visible
   • GUI is not required for process management, it can be completely closed

Enhancements:

• Addition.Core: Added the ability to automatically restart select processes if they terminate (keeps them running always)
• Addition.Core: Added facilitating UI code to keep running processes (dialog, context menu, rule indication)
• Change.GUI: Improved message box appearance and functionality by updating to XMessageBox 1.10 (by Hans Dietrich) and migrating customizations to his code
• Change.GUI: Changed Exit GUI on close to close to system tray (its more understanble inverse)
• Fix.GUI: Fixed missing MessageBox icons in x64 build
• Fix.GUI: Fix possible occaisional crash at startup
• Fix.GUI: Fix for a possible theoretical rare crash of the PL GUI during startup (system tray icon could disappear). It is unknown if this possible bug ever actually manifested in the real world

Requirements: All editions of Windows 2000, XP, 2003, 2008, Vista, and 7 beta.