Giveaway of the Day: Process Lasso v5

from JoeUser Forums

 

I use this utility to prevent instability and to speed the boot process. At Giveaway of the Day, for the next 15+ hours it’s yours for free. Read the Readme.txt . You’ll have to enter the serial number to complete the registration. This is one you can update, also. Save the key number, because it’ll ask for it when you wish to update.

“Process Lasso is NOT yet another task manager; it is a process optimization and automation utility. One of Process Lasso’s most popular features is a unique technology called ProBalance (Process Balance) that will improve your PC’s responsiveness and stability.

Windows, by design, allows programs to monopolize your CPU without sufficient restraint – leading to hangs and micro-lags. ProBalance intelligently adjusts the priorities of running programs on-demand so that badly behaved processes won’t negatively impact the responsiveness of your PC. It does this not by raising process priorities, but instead by temporarily lowering the priorities of background processes that may be interfering with foreground responsiveness. In addition to ProBalance, there are countless features allowing the user to take full automated control of the processes on their PC. You can have a wide range operations performed, or settings applied, each time a process is run.” – bitsum

System Requirements: For all editions of Windows 2000, XP, 2003, 2008, Vista, and Windows 7.

You can get the free versions at the website (x32 or x64) or get the ProEdition.

Bitsum website: http://www.bitsum.com/

Giveaway of the day: http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/processlasso/

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thanks, Doc. |-)

Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top

Cool!  Damn, if you were not retired, I would have to get my outfit to hire you!  Thanks again Doc!

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Interesting... Speed is GOOD :cylon:

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

I wonder how this will affect certain applications?

 

For instance, real time audio recording. In a powerful audio production software, you will have dozens of processes going on (for plugins which apply effects, or generate instrument sounds). It ends up running many processes in the background. I can see this causing problems with real time recording, but I could be wrong.

 

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

impinc - you can turn it off or use the 'gaming' settings... haven't done that so maybe you can get more info from the site/developers.

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I had to reboot to get it to show up in the quick launch. Problem is getting it to open so it can be registered. I have the key but it won't open. Any suggestions?

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

It should have displayed that when you installed it. 

You can uninstall, then reinstall... or try doing it by right clicking on the icon in your systray and going to the update option. It'll ask you for your key number. That should be in the "Readme.txt" file in the zip you dl'd. I'm NOT certain that will register it, though.

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Keep installing "stuff", even if it's well done software and I think that the registry and the system files eventually get out of whack. I got enough "stuff", unless this is vital, I'll pass. Modern PC's are plenty fast anyway. I took a look see though. I'm sure for some this is good. Thanks for telling about it DrJBHL.

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

It updated but didn't ask for any key. It just did the install and that's it.

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Then uninstall and reinstall (use CCleaner). This time, pay attention you naughty boy. Copy the serial number from the "Readme.txt" before clicking the Setup.exe . :grin:

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Uvah, while in the program click on "Help" and then "Activate this software"

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

It is activated. Got the activation screen right after the install.

EDIT: Clicked on help. Activate software. Dialogue comes up, copy/paste activation code, enter name and clicked activate software and now I have the Pro version and a thank you for purchasing our software. How's that.

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 5
impinc - you can turn it off or use the 'gaming' settings...
End of DrJBHL's quote

It also has a whitelist. Just right click the process in the 'all processes' tab, select 'exclude from ProBalance Restraint' ... you can also add a program by selecting Options / Configure ProBalance/ Configure Exclude Processes ... from the menu.

I would suggest to  'show balloon notifications' when you first use it, so you can see what it is doing.

The first thing I put in was my antivirus.

 

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Smart move!

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Tell you. This thing works great. Boot up is much smoother. Smx used to come up gradually. Now it pops up in turn. what I like is that you can tell when each app is busy. Rainmeter OD and smx all take turns connecting to the web. Nice!

Reply #18 from JoeUser Forums Top

Quoting Uvah, reply 9
It updated but didn't ask for any key. It just did the install and that's it.
End of Uvah's quote

It did eventually ask me for a key, but before it did (I installed it on 3 computers), I went to Help/Activate.  Guess it is too late now.

Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Encountered a problem with this one. On start up OD froze and my taskbar did not show up. If I click on the desktop or on OD explorer crashes. Thought it was the Java up date so I uninstalled it. Same problem. Ran chkdk, no change. Checked out my entire system with diagnostics, ran CCleaner, Glary Utilities and no change. The only thing I could think of was Process Lasso but just to be sure I did a system restore to 4 days ago before Process Lasso was installed. No other progam or update was installed during that time only Process Lasso. Restore was successful and now I got my taskbar back and OD is not feezing up. So much for that one. Sorry Doc...it was a good shot anyway.

Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Uvah this is exactly why I don't install stuff like that willy nilly. I have been through that type of thing before myself with apps like that. Even if it's free it ain't worth the trouble.

Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Dr, reply 18
Quoting Uvah, reply 9It updated but didn't ask for any key. It just did the install and that's it.

It did eventually ask me for a key, but before it did (I installed it on 3 computers), I went to Help/Activate.  Guess it is too late now.
End of Dr's quote

Go to their website... bitsum.com .... I think there're some freebies there.

Uvah... you could have asked... under options it's completely configurable as to what/when etc.

Reply #22 from Elemental Forums Top

i was too late!!!!!!