- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (Some pro features limited, nag screen); $14.95 to buy
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/Server 2008/7
- Date added: December 11, 2009
- Total Downloads: 12,209
- Downloads last week: 788
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 16 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on December 22, 2009
Process Lasso is an interesting tool for speeding up your computer. By prioritizing its processes, this program helps improve an operating system's performance.
The program's interface is both helpful-looking, with a clean design and simple charts, and discouraging, with some highly technical command options. We were constantly spending time with and revisiting the program's Help file for instructions. The program's display clearly showcased all currently running processes and provided a suspected CPU usage chart--"suspected," because it didn't explain what any of the three bar charts represented. The visual aids were nice, but the program didn't shine until we explored the Operation Configurations. Here we were able to reorganize the priority of each process with a game-playing setting, an antisleep setting, a high-performance setting, and the ability to completely rearrange the priorities manually. Applications that normally were sluggish showed a notable speed difference when operating after Process Lasso did its thing. The program's strongest feature is its customizable view, which allows you to view specific elements of running processes, such as the amount of memory they're using, how long they've been open, and more. Though Process Lasso required diligent study of the Help file, it paid off in a speedier computer.
Process Lasso has a nag screen during its trial, and it also claims program access limits, but we didn't encounter any. It comes as a compressed file. This program was somewhat confusing at times, but it ultimately provided a useful service, and we recommend it.
Publisher's description
From Bitsum Technologies :Process Lasso will make your PC operate more smoothly by dynamically re-prioritizing running programs. When a process starts to monopolize the CPU(s), it is temporarily reduced in priority so that it does not bring your system to a stall. We call this feature ProBalance (Process Balance). Process Lasso also offers an assortment of ways to take full control of processes running on your computer. You can choose what priority and what CPUs any process should be given each time it is launched. You can have overly active processes automatically moved to the CPUs of your choice until they calm down. In addition, you can disallow certain programs and log all programs that are run. You can also limit the number of instances a program can have, so that accidental launching of multiple instances is prevented.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Process Lasso 3.70.6
"Great utility to prevent PC lags, stalls, etc.."
Pros: When a program is eating all your CPU cycles, it can prevent it from bringing the whole system to its knees.
Cons: Its user interface is very technical.
Summary: A great utility. The CNET Editors comment on the graph is misleading. The descriptions of the graph lines are shown on a legend. They probably had too small a screen to see the legend by default. One of the lines indicates system responsiveness, and... read more >>
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1 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Process Lasso 3.70.6
Pros: The system task manager has a process tree where you can manually prioritize the amont of cpu usage. Just right click in 'proceses' next to the application you want to alter.
Cons: i did not try this
I've had to reformat my hard drive a few times lately due to various downloads. I'm more cautious these days.Summary: Do it yourself . You have the ability already without having to download anything.
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2 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: Process Lasso 3.70.6
Pros: if you have a lot of running applications on your computer, your computer won't get too slowed down if you have process lasso running. it'll prevent a hang altogether!
Cons: boot time's a different story, though. process lasso might not prevent your computer from hanging if there are many memory-hungry applications running, though your computer may respond after quite a while...
Summary: overall, a great utility if you're disappointed in RAM optimizers and their kind. best for low-spec systems with some heavy important apps running. the game mode's a plus!
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