Process Lasso is a free and unique new technology that will, amongst other things, improve your PC’s responsiveness and stability.
Windows, by design, allows programs to monopolize your CPU without restraint — leading to freezes and hangs. Process Lasso’s ProBalance technology intelligently adjusts the priority of running programs so that badly behaved programs won’t interfere with your ability to use the computer!
[557 KB | Freeware | Win2k/03/XP/Vista/7]
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I found it to be a tad over-enthusiastic on my machine, which I would term “mid-range”, freezing things for several seconds at a time when multi-tasking.