Pros
1. It made my snail speed pc run at a reasonable speed.
2. It is much better than windows task manager.
3. Their support is very good and reliable.
Cons
Nothing as such.
Pros
Im running this on an older machine (XP) and it works so much better that the windows task manager.
you can actually track down the root of a process and kill it if necessary, unlike on the windows task manager, where you can just kill the process, but never know what initiated the process.
It works alot like the vista and later task managers, which is great for virus or malware removal.
Cons
After running for a few weeks you start getting a nagscreen to buy the product and a coundown timer before it will work, first its a 5 second wait, then next a 7 second, then 11 then 17.
But theres a workaround below
Summary
to bypass the countdown timer hit the register product button and then on the next popup hit skip.
the process lasso will start up right away
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Reply by Raddave on April 10, 2015
My apologies, to skip the nag screen, hit the "Acivate My License" button not the register product button
Pros
To eliminate all micro-stutters and stuttering!!! (which I did)
Cons
- Would like to shut off HT technology from GUI (from a laptop, bios doesn't disable it). I think its disabled in lasso as default.
- Needs to be a bit more responsive on laptops (my desktop was 100% responsive all the time, but laptop it was different even when it could hit 3ghz turbo)
Summary
Pc Desktop Rig Specs, Lasso bought on 1/5/12:
Windows 7
No Antivirus, multitasking often - causes stuttering (I use siteadvisor or some other plugin to pave the way in surfing the web & on-demand scanner)
Monitor 120hz - no vsync
670 OC GTX K-boost, (power plan disabled)
i7 2600k 5ghz - 2hrs, 4.8ghz - 24hrs, I'm on air, hate spills.
- I once tried lucid mvp with it and my fps hit 300 (game) - 9999 (loading screen) but it had massive stuttering
Ram timing 9-9-24 (or whatever I forgot)
Wildfire 120gb SSD (i bought it early at 448 speed)
When I think about it, theres so many things that can make a computer stutter.
And since you helped me configure lasso settings, I'll help you.
Pros
I really could use this software. I thought it would be very helpful in making my computer run a little more smoothly.
Cons
I downloaded Lasso 3 times and each time I get a message stating it can not run on my system. It was disappointing. I could not figure out what was the problem. This has never happened before since I have the latest computer with Windows 7.
Summary
Does not work for me!
Pros
Works seamlessly in the background. If you run multiple programs at the same time, Process Lasso allocates CPU/Memory so that no one program slows the system. Easy to set up and adjust settings with help of a very detailed GUI. For those who want plug and play ease, it does that well too.
Gets better with each update.
Cons
None so far.
Summary
If you have 3 or more cores, this program will benefit performance.
Pros
At first it did seem to make a small positive difference.
Cons
It started hanging up my pc. I removed it and performance improved
Summary
I guess it is worth a try, but for me it was just more snake oil. It took me a while to figure that out though.
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Reply by jeremy.collake on August 3, 2012
I want to personally apologize for your bad experience. I can not speculate as to what caused the slowdown, but it could have been coincidental. I can say that unlike other applications, Process Lasso doesn't just improve your PC responsiveness (ProBalance), it also has numerous automation features - to set sticky priorities and affinities, process rules, etc.. So, for these features, even for the most skeptical person, there is no doubt of their utility and thus it is far from Snake Oil. Critics of ProBalance should visit http://bitsum.com/about_probalance.php#skeptics for more information on this optional algorithm. We certainly make no claims that it is going to improve your PC performance (only responsiveness during high loads, for some users - not all - as it depends on the cause). I am a big critic of Snake Oil software myself, so wish you didn't use that word. For some people, ProBalance will not help much. For me, and many others, it makes a HUGE difference though.
Pros
It only takes a little CPU and makes my computer responsive in any type of overload, no matter how many programs I'm running.
Cons
None that I know.
Summary
Makes computer responsive when overloaded.
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Reply by jeremy.collake on May 14, 2012
Thank you ;). I'm glad you've had a pleasant experience. Please, feel free to email if you need any support. We support both paid and free users both.
Pros
It's easier to for a newbie to use than Process Explorer by Sysinternals
Cons
It's unstable-- it crashed multiple times. It isn't worth the money they want for it.
Summary
At any given point, there are between 30-120 different processes running on your computer. Some of them are system processes generated by Windows, but many are the applications you install.
To keep this unruly crowd in check-- to keep them from hogging your memory of the CPU time-- Windows has a process manager which assigns each one a priority. To do that, it tries to identify what application it is, what its purpose is and what it's trying to do. A simple example: usually the antivirus program gets priority over everything else, because the the process manager assumes it is trying to protect you, and that's more important.
The process manager that comes with Windows (Task Manager) isn't very smart (it basically tries to please everyone by favoring no one) and it's not easy to configure. A number of people have written programs that do a better job.
The one I have always used is PROCESS EXPLORER, by a company named Sysinternals. Their products were so good-- so powerful and efficient-- that Microsoft bought the company. The two programmers now work for Microsoft and continue to release this and other products.
The catch with PROCESS EXPLORER is that it's not easy for new users to understand and it won't automatically assign priorities. It's not tough to do (right click on a process and use SET PRIORITY), but you have to know which program is your antivirus, which is your media player and so forth. Grandma can't do that; my Uncle Ray causes more problems than he solves. One time he killed all the instances of SVCHOST.EXE, (the program that runs all the Windows Services) thinking it was a virus and then wondered why his computer wouldn't work.
I wish I could report that PROCESS LASSO is the solution I was hoping for. But it isn't.
It's a good idea... When you install it. PROCESS LASSO loads itself into memory, checks everything in memory. Using a proprietary database of (in theory) every different application out there, it assigns priorities to everything you have installed.
These priorities are saved, so they don't need to be reset every time you start an application. The assessments are good... it knows that your role-playing game or media player should get a higher priority than the Java Updater, so your content doesn't slow down to a crawl.
The catch? It crashed six times in 15 days, and I had to restart my system. It choked about 50% of the time I tried to install new programs (which I do a lot because I provide services for business and are always looking for new tools they can use).
It didn't like Vista and it didn't seem happy on a system that had a virtual machine. There were far too many times that PROCESS LASSO caused slowdowns because it was having trouble directing traffic. There might have been other issues, but at that point, I'd seen enough.
I can believe the reviews saying this is a great product-- it did a good job when it was up and running. But I also can't help thinking that many of them are people who've never has something running instead of TASK MANAGER, and they'd be equally thrilled with any other product that did the same thing.
All I know is that I can't, in good conscience, recommend a product that doesn't work when I put stress on it. I'm not going to use anything that SLOWS DOWN my system. You might have better luck with it than I did, if you only do a few things and don't have anything "weird" in your setup.
But I can't say that it's a good idea to install a product and pay for it, if it blows up even occasionally. There are other products that work line bricks-- NOTHING goes wrong-- and I'd suggest using one of those instead.
Updated on Mar 27, 2012
The developer's response points to a universal problem: the software works well when they test it, but some users simply can't get it to run consistently.
I should note that I didn't try it on Windows 7, because my target users are still on Vista and XP. And I don't doubt that it works fine for a lot of folks. I'm sure I have some ill-behaved stuff running that might blow it up.
But that's why writing stuff that loads on startup and lives in the system tray is so tough. Very few people run vanilla setups, but they all expect it to work, regardless.
As his response shows, the developer is a nice guy-- and he pumps out new versions about every other week. I'll try a later version and see what happens.
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Reply by jeremy.collake on May 14, 2012
Please see my previous (second) reply before this (third) reply. I wanted to add - I would like to point out that your premise of what the application does with the 'database of priorities' is actually wrong, and not at all recommended. I don't want to encourage people to try to re-prioritize their own applications based on their importance. INSTEAD, the ProBalance algorithm I've tuned for the last decade, demonstrated at http://bitsum.com/about_probalnace.php , will take care of things for them. Please, if you have any additional comments, let us discuss them here, or via email - so as to not skew the application's reviews. I thank you if you please allow me that concession.
Reply by jeremy.collake on May 14, 2012
I took your review very seriously. I have analyzed a large number of crash reports and minidumps, going into great depth. Anytime a user reported a crash, I dug deep. Guess what I found? Badly written third party software was mucking up Process Lasso. I've therefore improved matters in v5.1.0.82 (to be released within the hour or so). Essentially, I've 'hardened' Process Lasso against these bad apps that inject their DLLs into every running process, then crash at will.
Reply by jeremy.collake on March 20, 2012
I am sorry your experience was not more positive. For crashes to occur is extremely unusual. Trust me when I say it is put through plenty of atypical system tests, namely the primary development environment, which uses lots of virtual machines at the same time. Anyway, other than automatically optimizing priorities, the idea is automation of various process settings. The cause of the crashes you experienced I can't say, but I can say I don't see them in test beds. Every executive environment is different, and while bugs could exist in Process Lasso, it is equally possible that third-party software injected hooks into Process Lasso and/or there were other inter-operability issues in your case. Anyway, thanks for commenting. You need not further reply, unless you just want to bash me into the ground ;). As always, my software is in evolution, and I'm working on a large major upgrade with lots of code refactoring right now. Perhaps it would do better for you, perhaps not.
Pros
'out of the box' it made my computer useful again. I have skimmed through some of the configurable parts and resolved to learn more about Process Lasso, but left it alone so far.
Cons
The many options and settings are overwhelming and daunting for me so far. I have not yet tried to 'fiddle' with most of this program.
Summary
I use an old dual processor server machine and run Windows 7 and frequently stress the system with graphics programs and large uploads. Process Lasso cuts back on processes that are not immediately needed, giving memory and processor power to what I am doing right now. I am sold on this program and have recommended it to friends; I recommend it to you also.
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Reply by jeremy.collake on November 4, 2012
Thank you ;)
Pros
When my i386 single-processor fail-over server needs to be used during maintenence, Process Lasso keeps it humming along with not problems.
The mouse and keyboard always respond, even when the CPU is overloaded. Before I installed Process Lasso, the screen would freeze sometimes and I could not use the keyboard and mouse.
Cons
Needs to use a bit less memory, if possible.
Perhaps more optimization will help.
Summary
Helps over-loaded systems stay responsive. You can pick the processes you want to run with higher than normal priority, and those you want to run at a lower priority. (Like on Unix systems).
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Reply by jeremy.collake on May 14, 2012
Thank you ;). I have reduced memory utilization of the GUI in v5.1.0.82, with the default settings anyway. The process icons were consuming 50% of the memory, and so its up to the user if you want to take that 'hit'. I turned them off by default in this newer version.
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