Process Lasso

Overview

Process Lasso is an automated Windows process (program) management and optimization utility. By managing the programs running on your computer, Process Lasso increases system responsiveness and helps to prevents system stalls. It accomplishes this through our ProBalance technology. This proprietary algorithm dynamically adjusts the priorities of running programs so that some are given higher priority access to the CPU(s) than others. With Process Lasso, no longer will single, or multiple, processes be able to bring your system to a virtual stall. Process Lasso will let you keep interacting with your computer, even when it is totally swamped.

In addition to the ProBalance technology, users can tweak how their programs are run. Process Lasso offers a number of unique and helpful capabilities. These include default priority classes, default CPU affinities, disallowed processes, and process instance count limits. By 'default' we mean each time a program runs, it will run at the priority class and/or CPU affinity of your choice. These features give you the ability to control how programs utilize your computer's resources. With Process Lasso, you can decide which programs are the most important, and configure them accordingly.

Process Lasso uses virtually no system resources itself, being written in highly optimized native x32 and x64 C++. The core engine can run stand-alone and consume as little as 1-3MB of RAM.

Documentation Contents

  1. The Parts of Process Lasso
  2. About ProBalance
    1. How is my CPU shared?
    2. How does ProBalance work?
    3. Proof of concept
  3. About CPU Throttling
  4. About Gaming Mode
  5. Using the Graphical User Interface (GUI)
    1. The Main Window
    2. Graph
      1. Per-process CPU history
    3. All Processes Tab
      1. Select what process information to show
      2. Rules column meaning
      3. Single selection process context menu
      4. Multiple selection process context menu
    4. Active Processes Tab
      1. Select what process information to show
      2. Double clicking a process
      3. Single selection process context menu
      4. Multiple selection process context menu
    5. Configuration Dialogs
      1. ProBalance Options
      2. Default CPU Affinities
      3. Default Priorities
      4. Auto-Terminate List
      5. Instance count limits
      6. Keep running processes
      7. Gaming processes
      8. Anti-sleep processes
      9. High Performance Power Scheme processes
    6. Main Menu Options
  6. Using The Core Engine
    1. Overview
    2. Running as a Service
  7. Using the INI Configuration File
  8. Command Line Arguments
  9. Advanced Tools
    1. TweakScheduler
    2. Vista Multimedia Scheduler Configuration Tool
  10. Enterprise Deployment
    1. Deployment methods
    2. Service mode
    3. Silent installation
  11. Frequently Asked Questions
  12. Credits
  13. Licensing