Process Lasso Part 2

v9.0.0.582 – Feb 13 2019

  • Default to more appropriate default log path when governor configured as a service
  • Fix a rare crash seen in processlasso.exe
  • Allow GUI to display more complex persistent process setting rules (pathname, command line) in listview
  • Allow for smaller main window sizes to be remembered
  • Minor other

v9.0.0.574 – Feb 1 2019

  • Dynamically size status bar parts
  • Improvements to watchdog configuration dialog (confirm close without save, formatting, text)
  • Restore confirmation on cancel w/o save to all configuration dialogs
  • Remove minimum window height and width during resize
  • Always use OS default size and width for main window, first run

v9.0.0.568 – Jan 26 2019

  • Add CPU type to status bar
  • Make CPU topology distinct status bar item
  • Continued work to processor group support
  • Single-selection process context menu: Move memory priority to ‘More’ submenu
  • Add processor group to CPU utilization and parking graphs caption
  • Import sort behavior of listviews
  • Add sort direction indicators to listview headers
  • Save column states on mimimize of main window (instead of only on exit)
  • Improved main window resizing
  • Minor fixes and enhancements
  • Assorted cosmetic and string changes
  • Update Russian

Process Lasso v9.0.0.558 Released (January 12, 2019)

v9.0.0.558 – Jan 12 2019

  • Add processor group (‘CPU groups’) display to indicate processor group(s) a process’s threads are running on – info
  • Change to CPU core graph ordering to adhere better to NUMA node grouping
  • Change to default listview ordering
    • NOTE: These changes will cause saved listview column ordering and sizes to be reset once
  • Show ‘KB’ instead of ‘K’ in I/O Delta
  • Show blank instead of 0 KB in I/O Delta
  • Fix installer unicode (Chinese, Russian)
  • Update to NSIS 3.04

v9.0.0.552 – Jan 3 2019

  • Fix issue with Hyper-Threaded/SMT avoidance current CPU affinity selection
  • Fix a cosmetic resource issue in process context menu on Intel platforms
  • Fix an issue where some process information could be blank
  • Core process enumeration and management code maintenance
  • Update copyright year
  • Minor other

v9.0.0.548 – Dec 26 2018

  • Fix exception in 546 when a secondary instance of ProcessLasso.exe is launched directly w/o using ProcessLassoLauncher.exe
  • Minor cosmetic improvement to ProBalance advanced options dialog
  • Update Finnish and German languages

  Process Lasso v9.0.0.546 Released

  • Do not allow installation of BHP on power plan locked systems. Advise to use “Performance Mode” slider on the battery icon instead. More info
  • Disable ParkControl’s Dynamic Boost if IdleSaver is active
  • Cleanup registry debris from attempted installations of Bitsum Highest Performance on Microsoft Surface devices
  • Prevent multiple instances of the update available dialog
  • Add /no_raise_existing to command line switch to instruct Process Lasso to not raise the GUI of an already running instance, and instead silently exit for secondary instances in the session
  • Added current version to update dialog
  • Power profile menu items now dynamically refresh to allow for immediate reflection of changes, including install/uninstall of BHP
  • Stop and restart governor during user-induced uninstall of BHP
  • Fixed product uninstaller didn’t cleanup HKLM, causing any prior user-induced uninstall of BHP to persist.
  • Fixed user-induced install of BHP didn’t clear any previous user-uninstalled marker (used to indicate to the product not to automatically reinstall BHP)
  • Added checkmark to ‘Install/uninstall BHP’ when BHP is installed. Menu item text still changes

v9.0.0.538 Released, but no Release Notes yet.

v9.0.0.537 beta – Nov 21 2018

  • Improvements to CPU parking and utilization display for some SMP or HCC systems
  • Adjust [Vista] Multimedia Scheduler Configuration Tool saved message box selection to reduce confusion during save
  • IdleSaver’s ‘Disable while Performance Mode engaged’ now also applies to manual engagement of Performance Mode
  • Update Chinese, Chinese Traditional and German. Restore French and Italian.

v9.0.0.526 – Nov 10 2018

  • Fix to ‘Induce Performance Mode’ (formerly ‘Classify as a High Performance’) process context menu item
  • Fix digital signing of some modules in 32-bit distributions
  • Minor adjustment to inter-process communication queue management

v9.0.0.522 – Nov 4 2018

  • Add NUMA node selections to all CPU affinity selection dialogs
  • Organizational changes to process context menu
  • Assortment of string, message box, and dialog improvements
  • Improvements to watchdog advanced rules dialog
  • Change ‘Disable SMT’ to ‘Disable Hyperthreading’ for Intel CPUs
  • Change first-time minimization to system tray notification text
  • Include ThreadRacer in Lasso distribution and add to Tools menu
  • Add CPUEater and TestLasso support for 64-bit CPU affinities
  • Fix CPUeater and TestLasso support for greater than 64 threads
  • Fix Del and CTRL+A keys in filter edit box
  • Increase load rate of process icons
  • Remove some languages not up to date

v9.0.0.498 – Oct 10 2018

  • Some UX fixes for the 2990wx and other systems with groups of 64 cores
  • Fix 2x restraint total count can occur in Insights UX
  • Fix post-update revision history may on system tray icon click after notification balloon disappeared
  • Update RU, PTBR, FI languages

v9.0.0.470 – Aug 15 2018

  • Fix a GUI crash seen by a small number of users

https://bitsum.com/changes/processlasso/ 

v9.0.0.466 – Aug 10 2018

  • Show message box on restart after ‘Reconfigure the way Process Lasso starts’
  • Restore listview header right-click to select visible columns (in addition to right-click on tab)
  • Add last four digits of activation code to About Box
  • Show Status column by default in All Processes view
  • Fill app name and desc with process base name if can’t be retrieved
  • Fix filtered processes view didn’t adopt customized columns from All Processes view
  • Fixes to column setting persistence
  • Fix extreme date change could cause days installed to roll over
  • Fix to CPU time sort
  • Fix Dark / white graph theme menu item check inversion
  • Change to default column ordering in all processes listview
  • Enable minidumps

v9.0.0.464 – Aug 8 2018

  • Show message box on restart after ‘Reconfigure the way Process Lasso starts’
  • Restore listview header right-click to select visible columns (in addition to right-click on tab)
  • Add last four digits of activation code to About Box
  • Show Status column by default in All Processes view
  • Fill app name and desc with process base name if can’t be retrieved
  • Fix filtered processes view didn’t adopt customized columns from All Processes view
  • Fixes to column setting persistence
  • Fix extreme date change could cause days installed to roll over
  • Fix to CPU time sort
  • Fix Dark / white graph theme menu item check inversion
  • Change to default column ordering in all processes listview

https://bitsum.com/changes/processlasso 

v9.0.0.456 – July 11 2018

  • Add omitted config password protection to persistent Single-Threaded Performance Mode
  • Remove some languages not kept maintained
  • Misc other enhancements