You might not be able to delete it, but you can stop it from ever running!

One very nice touch is the ability to automatically terminate any process. When spikes in processor or RAM use occur, Process Lasso highlights the events on the graph in green. All actions taken by the users or automatically by the ProBalance algorithm are recorded in a running list at the bottom of the screen. The main window of the interface includes a list of all PC processes, plus a processor use/responsiveness graph, and meters for CPU and RAM usage. (You also have the option to kill the engine when you quit the GUI.) You can use the GUI to configure your rules and settings and then close the interface to let the engine run in the background. Process Lasso exists as two basic applications - the core engine (ProcessGovernor.exe), which can be run all by itself and the graphical interface (ProcessLasso.exe), which allows users to configure Process Lasso, manage processes, and monitor activity. Everyone's computer is different, and to make the most of Process Lasso, I recommend (gasp!) reading the included documentation in order to avoid user-unfriendly messages like 'If you don't know what this message means, STOP NOW.' In some ways, Process Lasso is great for newbies - install it, run it, forget about it, and Process Lasso will moderate the process activity on your computer in order to maintain optimal performance (based on the default configuration settings that make up Process Lasso's ProBalance algorithm). The interface is outdated and not beginner friendly, but Process Lasso offers very useful features in a powerful little package.

It lets users set default priorities and CPU affinities for specific processes, establish rules for how processes behave, and also create alerts and automatic events for when processes misbehave or use too much memory. Well, Process Lasso is like the peanut butter for Process Explorer's chocolate. At, we've long recommended the excellent Mark Russinovich-created and Microsoft-supplied Process Explorer freeware, which provides scads of info on all of your Windows PC processes and options for managing them.

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