Process Lasso 4.00.17

Rated 50/50 by jcollake at Jan 27, 2008

Process Lasso has come a long way in the last few weeks and will continue to evolve. I invite all users to give this free product a new try.

Rated 30/50 by why hello there at Feb 4, 2008

I agree 100% with cricri_pingouin (whose nick I have never been able to figure out the meaning of). I prefer Process Tamer and find Process Lasso more (unnecessarily) complicated. This isn't to say that Process Lasso can't do a fine job.

Rated 40/50 by why hello there at Feb 11, 2008

Newi? I think you mean "newbie", and I hate it when people use that term as if it can always be used to categorize people who use a certain program or type of program. Which one of PT or PL you use is simply a matter of preference--and actually, PT is more complicated to use, if you look at its settings (e.g. "CPU Usage Measurement Smoothing Over Time", "Min. Change Interval", etc.). Also, PL has only two main EXEs, and only one of them (ProcessGovernor.exe) really needs to be running. You cannot tell which application is "lighter" by the number of EXEs anyway--that's like saying that Azureus is "lighter" than PL because PL uses two EXEs, while Azureus uses just one. (Anyone who has used Azureus knows it's not exactly like calc.exe on the system.) Try one or both, and use what you feel comfortable with. Both are free, both work well.

Rated 50/50 by Rafel at Feb 11, 2008

I think Process Lasoo is more usefull for advanced users because has got more options and setting, but for newis or average users Process Tamwer is more intuitive, usefull and very important, lighter in resources. Process tamer has got only a process in background, and it's lighter, but PL, i tested it, and if i am not wrong, has got 3 processes. If you are a power user, you must use PL, but if you are newi or averagem, and you use settings by default, Pt is your program. If PL became lghter in resources like PT, i'll use it. I rate 5 because i think is very good program, but i can'tt use it because i'm newi and i prefer a lighter program(PT)

Rated 50/50 by tvadakia at Feb 12, 2008

Works rather well, but I stopped using it just because my Symantec Endpoint Protection software did like it fooling with it's CPU usage. I couldn't find any way to un-restrict an app or to leave it alone inside PL. It's probably minor in that most virus protection software doesn't check for that...

Rated 40/50 by comeoffit at Feb 12, 2008

@tvadakia: To exclude a particular process, find it in the Process Lasso main window (in the list of running processes), then right click it and select Exclude from out-of-control restraint. Or, you can select Options > Edit exclusions from out-of-control restraint, and add a program from there. Or, you can select Options > Out-of-control restraing settings, then click the Edit restraint exclusions button, and add a program from there. :) Each of these methods accomplishes exactly the same thing. That should do it.

Rated 40/50 by bufftbone at Feb 14, 2008

Good program does what it says it does. Gives good control over the process. The bad thing about it, it automatically checks for newer versions which is normally ok but it comes up everyday and even when you check it and tell it to stop checking or do it w/o asking, it still pops up.

Rated 50/50 by shdwstar at Feb 14, 2008

this is my new favorite program. provided they don't start pouring adware into it. keep up the good work devs!

Rated 50/50 by madmike at Feb 14, 2008

Installed this, thought it might be ok.. what a differance!! fantastic change in win xp (to hell with Vista;) I noticed the response time was a lot quicker on programs. Highly Recommended:)

Rated 50/50 by SteveJohnSteele at Feb 14, 2008

works very well :-)

Rated 20/50 by comeoffit at Feb 15, 2008

Regarding the update functionality problems: What if, as a temporary measure, you went into the Process Lasso install directory, and renamed both of the updatechecker*.dll files (for example, by adding the .disabled file extension)? Anyway, I've made up my mind on Process Lasso vs. Process Tamer: And the latter wins. I was running NeroVision Express, and found that with PL running, clicking away from the NeroVision window seemed to have no effect. Even after several seconds, the entire system was at a crawl. With PT, clicking away resulted in a "tamed" NeroVision--and a responsive system--within a couple seconds. I tried various PL settings, and also the defaults, so don't try telling me that I had something misconfigured. PL just fails me, that's all there is to it.

Rated 30/50 by lotherius at Feb 15, 2008

Agree with the reviewers who say its update checker is borked. It checks CONSTANTLY and refuses to stop the popups for updates even when you click for it NOT to check for updates. VERY ANNOYING, and makes the program completely unusable in my opinion.

Rated 50/50 by armpit at Feb 18, 2008

Works great. No update checking problems, firewall does not register any attempt to access the net so far.

Rated 20/50 by comeoffit at Feb 18, 2008

Still doesn't do "what it says on the tin" for me.

Rated 50/50 by madmike at Feb 18, 2008

Does what it says on the tin, noticed great speedups on Win XP, very impressive can only get better:)

Rated 10/50 by why hello there at Feb 22, 2008

The fact that the default percentage of CPU where "restraint" would kick in was changed from 95% to 75% should tell you something. Process Lasso might work under certain circumstances, but it just is not very reliable for me--sometimes it simply does nothing, even when CPU-killing processes are running amok. Piece of garbage IOW.

Rated 10/50 by DKDude at Feb 22, 2008

Now I've tested ProcessLasso for some time, I'm not impressed, if it works I really can't say, I prefere ProcessTamer. I have to give 1star b/c it's not possible to vote zerostars.

Rated 50/50 by jcollake at Mar 7, 2008

Some of these more recent comments are a bit trollish. I can't help but think a single person is behind them. Perhaps I pissed someone off, that's a shame. I mean, no rational person would rate this free, non-adware software a 0 or 1. Just the fact it installs and uninstalls without complications gets it above a 1 rating ;) So, somebody has a problem.. too bad they are so angry. I mean, wowza. The default settings were changed for better handling of multi-processor systems and multi-threaded applications, not because it doesn't work. Anyway, you can configure it however you like. Some of the update checker problems have been fixed in recent versions, I apologize to users who experienced annoyance with previous versions. I am friends with the author of Process Tamer and encourage users to try it. For some people maybe its the better solution. Anyway, its free software. If you don't like it, you haven't lost anything. Thanks to all those who support this free software.

Rated 20/50 by comeoffit at Mar 10, 2008

Likewise. I have no grudge, no agenda. I am just annoyed that I took all the time to configure and set up Process Lasso, and it doesn't work at all under some circumstances for me.

Rated 10/50 by DKDude at Mar 10, 2008

@jcollake I only have one profile, and telling what I think has nothing to do with trolling, I've tried your software and found it not as good as ProcessTamer. Sorry dude, I did'nt like it.