Ideally, Windows should balance the programs which access your computers CPU and RAM. Unfortunately, it doesn’t. That’s frequently why boots are slow, and freezes happen.
“…default priority classes, default CPU affinities, disallowed processes, keep running processes, per-process power schemes, a process watchdog, and process instance count limits.” – Razvan Serea, http://www.neowin.net/news/process-lasso-51054
Should have been part of Windows which more savvy users could access to control its use of system resources. Process Lasso is a program which allows you to tailor these things.
“Priority optimization, affinity optimization, core optimization, automated rules, automated power schemes, you name it and Process Lasso has it.” – http://bitsum.com/index.php
So does any task manager, delaying or sequencing when programs boot.
Process Lasso however has a big plus. It has ProBalance. ProBalance is the monitoring algorithm which prevents the hogging of resources which lead to the freezes and decreased responsiveness during typing, for example.
So, do I have it? Yes I do and I like almost everything about it except one feature: After a period of 30 days (I believe) some of the features are disabled (on the x32 program). The x64 program becomes disabled (the server edition) altogether (per the splash screen during installation) and the x32 program won’t install on an x64 system.
Cost? One year of free updates: $18.95 per computer, $24.95 Lifetime. There’s also a 30 day money back guarantee. In addition, at the moment, there’s a “Buy one, give one free” offer.
So is it worth it? Ultimately, only you can say. Give it a try if you’re experiencing freezes. I don’t see how that could hurt.
For Gamers, this would be a great program as it has a gaming mode as well, and should give priority to that game making the experience better:
“So, when you start a resource intensive process, you can enter High Performance power mode (for example). When it terminates, the previous power scheme is restored. We are adding new power scheme (aka power profile) automation capabilities all the time.” - http://bitsum.com/index.php
Bitsum’s homepage: http://bitsum.com/index.php
Source:
http://bitsum.com/index.php
http://www.neowin.net/news/process-lasso-51054