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Softpedia Editorial Process Lasso Review
Process Lasso
Take control of your processes and increase system responsiveness!
Process Lasso is a unique new technology intended to automatically adjust the allocation of CPU cycles so that system responsiveness is improved in high-load situations. It does this by temporarily lowering the priorities of processes that are consuming too many CPU cycles, there-by giving other processes a chance to run if they are in need. This process priority optimization is useful for both single and multi-core processors. No longer will a single process be able to bring your system to a virtual stall.
In addition, Process Lasso offers capabilities such as a system responsiveness graph, default process priorities, default process CPU affinities, termination of disallowed processes, and logging of processes executed. With Process Lasso you create rules to manage processes running on your system.
Once you install Process Lasso, it'll just start working. More advanced users can tweak the configuration, but you needn't touch anything.
Best of all, Process Lasso does all this while consuming almost no system resources. We've got a highly refined and optimized core engine that you won't find anywhere else.
- Process Lasso Functions
- Automatic out-of-control process restraint*
- Foreground boosting
- Default process priorities
- Default process affinities
- Auto-termination
- Process launch logging
- System responsiveness calculation and graph
- And so much more... its free, give it a try
* Restraint means temporarily adjusting process priorities. It does NOT mean that processes are slowed, stopped, or the CPU is used less. The way the CPU is shared amongst processes is simply changed so that the system overall is more responsive to user interaction. See the faq for more details.
For more information, browse the documentation on-line.
Remember:Process Lasso is a great process priority optimizer, NOT a task manager replacement, even though it does have some task manager capabilities.
Easy to use menu system allows for setting of process defaults and other options.
- Graphical Interface Features
- Easily set rules for default process priorities, affinities, and more.
- Optionally show balloon tips to notify you when actions are taken.
- Show CPU utilization, system responsiveness, or a simple unchanging icon in the system tray.
- Unique system responsiveness calculation and graph display, along with typical processor utilization graph.
- Easy to use right-click menu system allows for setting of process state and defaults (priority, affinity, startup at login, and more).
- Toggle auto-startup (at login) of processes.
- When not visible resource use is minimized through a sleep-like mode.
- The GUI is not required for process management, it can be completely closed.
- Technical Features
- For Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, and 2008 x32 and x64.
- Automatically manage process priorities to improve system responsiveness and prevent stand-stills.
- Configure processes to always start at a desired priority.
- Configure processes to always start at a desired CPU affinity.
- Auto-terminate undesirable processes.
- Log all executed processes.
- Available in native x86 32 and 64 bit binaries for optimal performance under Windows x64 platforms.
- Includes TweakScheduler utility to fine-tune NT scheduler parameters.
- Backend uses native NT APIs for process management, resulting in extremely efficient operation -- more so than competing products utilizing the psapi or toolhelp APIs.
- Written in C/C++, resulting in minimal resource consumption. We've worked hard make sure Process Lasso consumes as few resources as possible.
- The core functionality is isolated into a non-interactive process and configuration stored in an INI file.
note: balloon notifications may be OFF by default.
- Latest version(s)
- Process Lasso v2.86.1
- May 1, 2008:
v2.86 released - Apr 24, 2008:
v2.82 released - Apr 2, 2008:
v2.78 released - Mar 26, 2008:
v2.70 released - Mar 16, 2008:
v2.68 released
News
x64? x32? The x64 build is ONLY for those running x64 versions of Windows (i.e. Windows Vista x64). Don't worry, if you pick the wrong one the installer will tell you.
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