With the help of Process Lasso you can improve the operating system's response time and overall stability. It automatically adjusts the priority class for active programs via ProBalance, the app's proprietary algorithm, in order to prevent them from hogging resources.
The interface consists of a regular window containing a list of all processes and active ones, along with a graphical representation that shows a history of the processor use, responsiveness, process restraint and memory load.
The list of active processes shows the name, user name, application name, ID, assigned rules, priority class, CPU affinity, I/O and memory priority, CPU level and average level (in percentage), CPU time, restraint history, memory (private bytes and working set), number of threads allocated, handles, page faults, and other relevant information.
For each process you can set the priority class (by default, Windows dynamic thread priority boost is enabled), CPU affinity, I/O and memory priority, and application power profile (e.g. balanced), as well as limit the number of instances, enable it to keep running and to restart if terminated, and prevent computer hibernation while it's active.
In addition, you can exclude a process from the ProBalance restraint, foreground boost, and Energy Saver (lets you run the system in high performance mode and conserves power in idle state), mark it as a game or media player process (when the gaming/multimedia mode is enabled), trim its virtual memory, as well as restart or terminate it (by force, if necessary).
Furthermore, you can configure rules for adding a processor to a watchdog monitor list (e.g. for CPU or virtual memory, monitoring time range), as well as log all activity to file. These are just few of the options available for advanced users who would like to tweak Process Lasso.
The feature-rich application is surprisingly light on the system resources, has a good response time, and rapidly commits changes. We have not come across any issues throughout our evaluation. While Process Lasso packs advanced settings for experienced users, letting them fully customize each part of the app, the utility may also be run with default options, since it intelligently prioritizes high-demanding programs and terminates them if necessary. Less experienced users can look into help documentation.

Limitations:
· License purchase is required for commercial use after a 14 day trial period. However, after 14 days of use, users may be occasionally asked if they would like to upgrade to Process Lasso Pro.

What's New in This Release:
· Add 'Keep PC Awake' countdown timer overlaid on graph
· GUI: Add 'Disable' option to Keep PC awake timer
· GUI: Fix newly specified disallowed process would not be immediately saved
· GUI: Fix GUI bug when trying to select cores 32 and above
· GUI: Selection of new current CPU affinity wouldn't initialize affinity selection dialog with current CPU affinity
· GUI: Selection of new default CPU affinity wouldn't initialize affinity selection dialog with existing default CPU affinity
· GUI: Fix affinity selection dialog CPU checkbox controls overlapped a pixel
· Core Work around another Symantec (NIS) process that has 'tamper detection' issues
· Core: Allow preservation of CPU affinities in excess of current system CPU count
· Installer Don't create a start menu short-cut for 'Reset to defaults'
· GUI: Additional minor changes
· Languages Updated Simplified Chinese, Serbian, German, Italian, and others