Process Lasso is a unique new technology that will, amongst other things, improve your PC's responsiveness and stability. Windows, by design, allows programs to monopolize your CPU without restraint -- leading to freezes and hangs. Process Lasso's ProBalance technology intelligently adjusts the priority of running programs so that badly behaved programs won't interfere with your ability to use the computer!
In addition, Process Lasso offers capabilities such as default process priorities and affinities, termination of disallowed processes, instance count limits, a system responsiveness graph, logging of processes, and much more!
Once you install Process Lasso, it'll just start working. More advanced users can tweak the configuration, but you needn't touch anything to have it instantly improve your system responsiveness and prevent stalls in high load situations.
Latest changes:
* Addition.Localization: Added Serbian language by Оzzii, српски.
* Fix.Localization: Fixed installer component names in Japanese translation.
* Fix.Localization: Fixed update checker not translated in Japanese.
* Fix.InstallHelper: (XP/2k only) Fixed preservation of last selected rights assignment between installs.
* Change.InstallHelper: Default rights assignment to 'highest' when running the core engine as a service, and disable lower rights selection.
* Change.AdvancedTools: Merged TweakScheduler and VistaMMSC resources into main resource module.
* Change.AdvancedTools: Readied TweakSchedule for localization.
* Change.AdvancedTools: Readied VistaMMSC for localization.
* Addition.Package: Included advanced tools TweakScheduler and VistaMMSC in freeware build.
* Addition.GUI: Added new 48x48 @ 24bpp application/shell icon, by Vitor Machado.
Fix.Installer: Fixed second, redundant query for language selection in Vista+ /w UAC.
Fix.Localization: Changed much internal string handling to wide-character (unicode).
Fix.Localization: Fixed installer component names in Japanese translation.
Fix.Localization: Fixed update checker not translated in Japanese.
Fix.InstallHelper: (XP/2k only) Fixed preservation of last selected rights assignment between installs.
Change.InstallHelper: Default rights assignment to 'highest' when running the core engine as a service, and disable lower rights selection.
Change.AdvancedTools: Merged TweakScheduler and VistaMMSC resources into main resource module.
Change.AdvancedTools: Readied TweakScheduler for localization.
Change.AdvancedTools: Readied VistaMMSC for localization.
Addition.Localization: Added Serbian language by Оzzii, српски.
Addition.Package: Included advanced tools TweakScheduler and VistaMMSC in freeware build.
Addition.GUI: Added new 48x48 @ 24bpp application/shell icon, by Vitor Machado.
Fix.Installer: Fixed second, redundant query for language selection in Vista+ /w UAC. Fix.Localization: Changed much internal string handling to wide-character (unicode). Fix.Localization: Fixed installer component names in Japanese translation. Fix.Localization: Fixed update checker not translated in Japanese. Fix.InstallHelper: (XP/2k only) Fixed preservation of last selected rights assignment between installs. Change.InstallHelper: Default rights assignment to highest when running the core engine as a service, and disable normal rights selection. Change.AdvancedTools: Merged TweakScheduler and VistaMMSC resources into main resource module. Change.AdvancedTools: Readied TweakScheduler for localization. Change.AdvancedTools: Readied VistaMMSC for localization. Addition.Localization: Added Serbian language. Addition.GUI: Added new 48x48 @ 24bpp application/shell icon, by Vitor Machado.
Changelog for v3.53.8 (BETA) / 2009-03-22 (red mark for *.8)
* Fix.Core: Fixed issue where log entries could sometimes cease to write when using a global log folder.
* Fix.GUI: Fixed issue where update checks would sometimes still continue after the user disables them, until Process Lasso is restarted (config change wasn't always immediately propagating).
* Fix.Package: Fixed possible mismatch of some localized resource DLLs with installer (x32 in x64, or vice-versa). It is unknown if this ever occurred.
* Fix.Installer: Fixed a few missing strings in various languages.
* Addition.GUI: Added new menu group 'Options / General Process Lasso settings / Administration options'. [enterprise feature]
* Addition.GUI: Added password protection of configuration changes. [enterprise feature]
* Addition.GUI: Added 'Select process columns' to allow for selection of which process information is shown in the listview.
* Addition.Localization: Added Simplified Chinese translation.
* Addition.Localization: Added Traditional Chinese translation.
* Addition.Installer: Added support for silent installs (/S). See command line argument docs for details. [enterprise feature]
* Addition.InstallHelper: Added several new command line switches to provide options for silent installs. [enterprise feature]
* Change.All: Further optimized compiler settings.
* Change.Core: Renamed log file to prolasso.log.
* Change.Core: Renamed default config filename to prolasso.ini.
* Change.Localization: Updated Serbian translation.
* Change.Installer: Switched to UNICODE build of NSIS to reduce codepage problems. Now any supported installer language can be selected on any system, regardless of codepage.
* Change.Installer: Updated NSIS::UAC plug-in to custom UNICODE build, v0.0.11c.
* Change.Installer: Temporarily mandate x64 users manually launch Process Lasso after install since the NSIS UAC plug-in is failing to work in current x64 beta.
This version improves the performance of the Active Processes tab and performs other minor maintenance.
Change.GUI: Active Processes fills instantly when it is switched to Change.GUI: Reduced CPU utilization to virtually zero when minimized to system tray while using the Active Processes tab (entering sleep-like mode as with other views) Addition.GUI: Added menu items for the two new refresh intervals Addition.GUI: Show Vista+ UAC Shield icon on menu items that require user elevation Addition.Core: Added two new refresh intervals (5 seconds and 10 seconds) Addition.InstallHelper: Added selection of date/time format used throughout product (Euro, US, or Asian) Fix.GUI: Fixed double click on process in Active Processes tab whose existence may not have been recorded in the All Processes tab because that tab hadn't been visible since the process creation (double click did nothing instead of go to that process) Fix.GUI: Fixed a redundant handle close in Active Processes tab that could theoretically cause complications Fix.GUI: Fixed new updater was not always returning beta versions when configured to do so Fix.Docs: Fixed an external link in FAQ about differences between Free an Pro builds Change.Licensing: Don't show non-timer random rare nag unless product has been installed a while Change.Licensing: Reduce nag timer maximum delay again Removal.GUI: Removed most active process from system tray tooltip. The overhead in tracking this even when the GUI is minimized is just not worth it at this time. Post-release minor updates: [.1]Change.GUI: Changed Asian date format to YYYY-MM-DD [.1]Change.GUI: Updated Russian translation [.1]Fix.GUI: Fixed sort issue with All Processes tab (not resorting on update, appeared in v3.84) [.1]Fix.GUI: Fixed case where user has more than 5 power schemes, which could result in menu item conflicts and unexpected behavior (i.e. switching power schemes when you select to configure anti-sleep processes) [.2]Addition.TestLasso: Added version resource [.2]Change.GUI: Update process CPU usage graphs (progress bars) immediately after sort of Active Processes tab
