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From SeriousBit:
NetBalancer Free use to browse and do any Internet activity comfortably even when your download manager or torrent client downloads huge files from Internet just lower their network priority with NetBalancer. You can use NetBalancer to set download or upload transfer rate priority for any applications and monitor their Internet traffic. Applications with a higher network priority will gain more traffic bandwidth than those with a lower one. Benefit NetBalancer and other traffic shaping software is that NetBalancer works with priorities, so applications with low priority won't be limited if other high priority applications don't use network.
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All versions:
3.1 starsout of 10 votes
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Current version:
3.3 starsout of 6 votes
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"Nice, like this very much."
Version: NetBalancer Free 5.2.1
Pros
Allows easy identification of traffic in and out, and active connections, for relative non-techie like me.
Cons
Very occasionally it will use high CPU, just when the UI is open. (UI + Service = 52% CPU). However most times just uses similar resources to typical web browser, less when UI is closed.
Summary
Been using this 521 version for 6 weeks. Tried it on a VM first due to bad reports. All good. Installed on my host system, all good. Has some nice improvements over earlier versions.
(System=Win7+E6750) -
"Blue Screen"
Version: NetBalancer Free 5.2.1
Pros
Can't tell, got a Blue Screen on installing
Cons
Caused blue screen boot loop
Summary
On rebooting to complete the installation, my computer crashed to the blue screen. Every time I booted up it went back to the blue screen, so I started in safe mode, uninstalled, and we're back to normal.
It might just be my system configuration, (Windows 7 professional 64bit on ASUS A53s laptop). -
"Worked great until PC restarted.. then blue screen."
Version: NetBalancer Free 5.2.1
Pros
Worked well! Limited my broadband usage, per program, like said. Also very nice to have a built-in scheduler.
Cons
Everything worked well, until I restarted my PC. The program finishes installation once you have restarted and booted Windows. After the rest of the files are finishes installing, Windows then finished loading, to the log-in screen. I then logged in and shortly after, on multiple tries, Windows fell into the wretched 'blue screen of death'.
I will also note that I did a system restore (although unnecessary), and then reinstalled the software, and the same issue occurred.
To fix, I just booted Windows in 'safe-mode', uninstalled NetBalancer, restarted in normal mode. All was then well.
probably some minor coding to fix, but it is a major issue for the user. -
"BSODs in normal and safe mode"
Version: NetBalancer Free 5.2.1
Pros
I don't really know. Read the other reviews.
Cons
A disaster in my system (Original non cracked Windows 7 64bit). After the installation and first reboot I was getting BSODs a few seconds after the OS was loading. In safe mode BSODs.
Summary
Test it in a secondary istallation first. If it works there and you find it good for you, pray that it would work to your main Windows installation without problems. It installs drivers and if these drivers are not compatible with yous system,... good luck.
I managed to uninstall it by disabling LAN in BIOS and changing in msconfig the option to selective startup ( fortunately I had a few seconds in windows before the BSOD to do that ). -
"My favorite free bandwidth controller program"
Version: NetBalancer Free 5.2.1
Pros
- Limit desired service download and upload
- Detailed information of network flow and processes
- Clean and simple interfaceCons
None that i found in my basic use
Summary
If you wanna limit your roommate's internet speed so it doesn't suddenly interrupt your work, when let's say he starts watching web stream like videos, that has higher priority than downloading which can really slow your progress in those valuable seconds... use this program on his PC!
Don't forget to explain him the whole situation :-) -
"Really good"
Version: NetBalancer Free 5.2.1
Pros
Addresses process priority at bandwidth in all ways. Very nice UI even got better. Allows absolute limits ; useful for sharing a connection.
The settings saving issues from my review about version 4.7 <http://download.cnet.com/NetBalancer-Free/9241-2648_4-12207903.html?messageID=10867343&tag=uo;uo> are fixed.Cons
Small concert: I would have like to see more priorities, say... 1 to 10 or... an easy to modify order list, ie: when ordered by priority, allows to modify.
Summary
Very good software! If you have software which should
# use all network if required, like live communication (VoIP) or stream
# only use bandwidth if all others have their need, like large downloads or recurrent backup
a Traffic shaping / Packet shaping program like NetBalancer will really help out.
With a bit more amount of processes, say 10, to change the network priority, I would have given the program 5* (stars).
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