» Bitsum Process Lasso

•Minor builds .12-.15: Minor language and URL updates

•[.16]Change.GUI: Tweak to process icon code (prevent mismatches)
•[.16]Change.GUI: Updated Russian and Italian
•[.16]Fix.Upload: Beta URLs were not being updated, now fixed

•[.17]Fix.GUI: Clear All fixed for watchdog rules dialog
•[.17]Fix.Core: Watchdog rules may not have went into effect immediately after creation or change, fixed

•[.20]Fix.Core: Fixed a logic error in memory reuse optimization (unknown if manifested in real world)
•[.20]Fix.Core: Fixed a very small memory leak seen in exhaustive testing under XP, and possibly seen elsewhere
•[.20]Change.GUI: Updated Serbian Latin
•[.20]Change.GUI: Updated Finnish

•[.21]Fix.GUI: Fixed failure of web links to launch on some systems, depending on installed browsers and security software (failure of simple ShellExecute API call)
•[.21]Change.GUI: Removed redundant EULA acceptance query when enabling automatic updates
•[.21]Change.Updater: Reduced update check interval to every 2 days instead of 3
•[.21]Change.GUI: Expanded update dialog for languages with larger text

•[.22]Change.Updater: Re-enabled Server Edition automated updates
•[.22]Change.GUI: Added warning to hard throttle configuration dialog
•[.22]Fix.GUI: Fixed manual process suspension
•[.22]Fix.GUI: Fixed 'Edit INI' Advanced option
•[.22]Fix.GUI: Fixed quirk in Power Scheme Defaults configuration dialog
•[.22]Change.GUI: Tweak to synchronization objects referenced in configuration dialogs
•[.22]Change.GUI: Updated Italian

•[.23]Fix.GUI: Fixed 'Edit INI' Advanced option
•[.23]Change.GUI: Added more assertive cleanup of auto update archive
•[.23]Fix.GUI: Fixed new throttle dialog warning truncated and corrupted
•[.23]Change.All: Reworked log queue synchronization object
•[.23]Change.Core: Reworked hard throttle mechanism - Note this is not ProBalance, this is a separate non-recommended function for advanced users
•[.23]Change.Core: Changed throttle timing levels quite a bit, should offer wider range of hard throttling

•[.24]Change.GUI: Hide unavailable I/O priority column by default in 2K/XP (for new installs or listview reset)
•[.24]Change.Installer: Don't warn about Terminal Services disabled
•[.24]Change.Core: Decreased memory utilization in environments with a lot of processes
•[.24]Change.Core: Re-enabled full memory optimizations, they had been disabled in a previous build while I studied utilization
•[.24]Change.Core: Removed non-visible debug output entirely, a call stub had previously remained.

•[.25]Change.GUI: Automatic updates no longer marked as experimental
•[.25]Change.Portable: Changed distribution to simple ZIP archive of Process Lasso program with a batch file to start
•[.25]Change.Portable: Configuration file and log file now stored alongside program file
•[.25]Change.Portable: Automated updates now work with the portable edition, though only automated updates at this time
•[.25]Addition.SrvStub: Added version resource
•[.25]Addition.GUI: Added /configfolder command line option for optional use instead of /configfile
•[.25]Change.All: /configfolder now expands '.' as current working directory, as does /logfolder
•[.25]Change.GUI: Remove random nag shown 1/6 main window opens from system tray
•[.25]Fix.GUI: Fix 'Keep Running' processes were sometimes associated with the PL main window, depending on if the GUI had launched the governor or not
•[.25]Fix.All: Fixed a command line parsing issue with quote encapsulated paths
•[.25]Change.Build: Improved speed of build environment (internal)
•[.25]Fix.Log.subsystem: Fixed global log folder command line specification
•[.25]Fix.Log.subsystem: Fixed a string reference not properly defined as const and written to improperly by a subfunction (no actual bug manifests as it was unused)
•[.25]Addition.Core: Added new log entry indicating the log path
•[.25]Change.GUI: Changed first minimize to tray message so it is slightly less ugly
•[.25]Fix.Portable: Disabled manual updates, automatic updates now work for this edition

•[.26]Change.GUI: Updated Italian
•[.26]Fix.GUI: Fixed bug that started a few minor updates ago, causing automatic updates to not actually be turned on (though it appeared checked at first)
•[.26]Change.InstallHelper: Further consolidated the service creation code
•[.26]Change.InstallHelper: Added critical section timeout system registry value check, to ensure no user set it to an improperly low value
•[.26]Change.InstallHelper: Removed warning about running service in system context instead of as a specific user (not applicable)

•[.28]Addition.GUI: Persist current upper tab view across restarts (save upper tab selection)
•[.28]Change.InstallHelper: Reworked Terminal Services non-critical, but suggested, dependency check
•[.28]Change.InstallHelper: Reworked Task Scheduler service non-critical, but suggested, dependency check
•[.28]Change.Installer: Removed 'Restore system tray icon' start menu item
•[.28]Change.GUI: Increased number of horizontal graph lines, improving look of graph
•[.28]Change.GUI: Slowed process icon retrieval in cases where the GUI is first opened during a high disk load
•[.28]Change.ServiceMgr: Wait for service to stop when requested
•[.28]Fix.All: Fixed issue with an improper registry key path, auto-cleanup
•[.28]Fix.GUI: Fixed issue where when Terminal Services is disabled in XP, a logic error in the GUI would cause configuration to reset
•[.28]Fix.GUI: Fixed message box warning when Terminal Services is disabled ask a question, but no Yes/No option is actually available
•[.28]Fix.GUI: 'Configure Default I/O Priorities' application menu item was not being properly disabled and grayed in XP and 2K
•[.28]Fix.InstallerHelper: Fix date/time format could get misremembered
•[.28]Fix.InstallHelper: Fixed issue when reconfiguring the governor startup type when was/is set to start as a service, would fail until next reboot with a pending service deletion error

•[.29]Change.GUI: Graph now laid out in horizontal rectangles instead of squares
•[.29]Change.GUI: Change increment/interval length on graph
•[.29]Change.GUI: Updated Italian, Polish
•[.29]Change.GUI: Optimized graph painting some
•[.29]Change.GUI: Removed some performance profiling code from release build
•[.29]Change.Core: Adjusted hard-throttle levels for wider spread and more aggressiveness at higher levels
•[.29]Fix.GUI: Fixed Memory Load graph could be unpainted for a second after another window clips it in 2K/XP only
•[.29]Fix.GUI: Fixed lost first character on some rundll32 formatted process names
•[.29]Fix.Core: Fixed issue where default power scheme may not stay or wouldn't revert as expected in some circumstances when multiple default power scheme processes were running
•[.29]Fix.Core: Fixed 'EMPTY STRING' seen in ProBalance end log message description column (not shown by deafult)

•[.30]Addition.GUI: Added default I/O priority listview rules characters (ic,ih,in,il,ib)
•[.30]Fix.GUI: Fixed ProBalance parameters dialog would not recognize changed settings if manually typed in, as opposed to selecting from the drop-down combo box
•[.30]Fix.GUI: Process restraint status shown in listview could have gotten out of sync when the GUI was in the minimized, CPU conserving, 'sleep mode'
•[.30]Fix.Core: Fixed 'EMPTY STRING' seen in ProBalance end log message description column (not shown by deafult) - was supposed to be in v5.0.0.29
•[.30]Change.Build: Made some adjustments to in-house localization tools
•[.30]Change.Installer: Restored 'recovery system tray icon' start menu shortcut, as some still need it
•[.30]Change.Docs: Added new I/O priority rule characters
•[.30]Change.GUI: Adjusted startup timing
•[.30]Change.GUI: Added new French translation
•[.30]Change.GUI: Updated Serbian
•[.30]Change.GUI: Updated Chinese Simplified
•[.30]Change.GUI: Updated Chinese Traditional
•[.30]Change.GUI: Updated German
•[.30]Change.GUI: Updated Japanese (see nettool.co.jp)
•[.30]Change.GUI: Updated Finnish
•[.30]Change.GUI: Updated Italian

•[.31]Addition.GUI: Added ProBalance menu option 'Lower I/O priority during restraint' to options menu (was only in dialog before)
•[.31]Fix.Core: Fixed watchdog 'time over threshold' not beind adhered to in all cases. This is NOT related to ProBalance./li>
•[.3]1Fix.Core: Fixed watchdog entries not always being enforced when they should be (sometimes deferred). This is NOT related to ProBalance.
•[.31]Change.Core: I/O Priority Lower during restraint now reset if ProBalance defaults restored
•[.31]Change.GUI: Allow manual entry of CPU % in Watchdog dialog instead of forcing use of combobox
•[.31]Change.GUI: Rearranged configuration dialog menu items a little
•[.31]Change.GUI: A few small cosmetic fixes for some languages
•[.31]Change.GUI: Improved handling of system tray icon recovery if explorer crashes (near instant instead of delayed a few seconds, and more redundancy on failure)
•[.31]Change.GUI: Other misc cosmetic tweaks
•[.31]Change.GUI: Several other misc code tweaks
•[.31]Change.GUI: Updated Russian
•[.31]Change.GUI: Updated French
•[.31]Change.GUI: Updated Finnish
•[.31]Change.GUI: Restored older Traditional Chinese translation
•[.31]Change.Installer: No longer force language reselection (Japanese build only), as automatic update is now most common method to upgrade and it doesn't reset language anyway

•[.32]Fix.Core: Fixed watchdog timer could be reset continually if Forced Mode was enabled or in other inappropriate conditions
•[.32]Change.Core: Improved efficiency when Forced Mode is on while watchdog entries are active
•[.32]Addition.Licensing: Added support for new offline based activation system

•[.33]Fix.Core: Expanded memory metric widths to 64-bits to handle processes that use more than 4GB of virtual memory on x64 servers (for watchdog thresholds in particular)
•[.33]Change.Core: Increased caching of log file reads and writes
•[.33]Fix.Log: Fix a missing string error on one type of entry
•[.33]Change.GUI: Imrpoved memory load painting (vertical slack space at certain sizes)
•[.33]Addition.All: Added new error log for later debugging of issues
•[.33]Change.GUI: Default memory watchdog type is 'working set' instead of 'commit size', which is the more likely choice for most users
•[.33]Change.GUI: Minor cosmetic tweaks
•[.33]Change.Licensing: New license method for Portable Edition
•[.33]Change.Installer: Restored Traditional Chinese selection to installer (outdated, but not terribly so)
•[.33]Change.Minidump: Decreased size of minidumps for easier user submission

•[.34]Fix.Translations: Fix translations in .33

•[.35]Fix.Core: Fixed some rules not being always applied after a config file reset until governor restarted

•[.37]Fix.Core: Fixed auto-reload of config changes might fail to occur for shared, remote configuration files
•[.37]Fix.Updater: Fixed automatic update download dialog still not localized (will again take 2 updates to first see fix)
•[.37]Fix.GUI: Fix flicker in 'RAM Load', 'Show Graph', and 'Buy Now' buttons when changing window size, it is now very smooth. This was seen most prominently in the 'RAM Load' graph.
•[.37]Fix.GUI: Fixed issue where lower view tab did not extend to right most edge after activation (to cover space of old buy now button)
•[.37]Change.Core: A few code optimizations
•[.37]Change.GUI: Substantially sped up icon retrieval
•[.37]Change.GUI: Instead of blank icons for processes w/o icons, the 'default no-icon' icon is used
•[.37]Change.GUI: Changed GUI memory management a little
•[.37]Change.Updater: Quick upgrade is no longer system modal, to prevent inteference with fullscreen games when it goes to do an automatic update

•[.38]Fix.GUI: Fixed 'CPU %' field on process tooltip in XP/2K
•[.38]Fix.GUI: Fixed Private Memory field in process tooltip in XP
•[.38]Fix.GUI: Fixed 'Manage processes of all users' Terminal Services disabled warning in XP errantly asking a question of the user to re-enable, when no such option was available
•[.38]Fix.Localization: The three-letter word 'Day' was not being localized correctly
•[.38]Addition.Core: Added safety catch for possible unusual error conditions
•[.38]Change.Core: Minor code optimizations
•[.38]Change.GUI: Dialog adjustments for some longer languages
•[.38]Change.GUI: Use dynamic unique ID for system tray icon to address a theoretical race condition in the creation of a new instance after an old instance remained active in an abnormal error condition long enough to prevent creation of the new system tray icon
•[.38]Change.GUI: Process Lasso system tray identifer is now variable between instances, an issue that could have caused problems during certain timing when two copies of the GUI were launched at approximately the same time
•[.38]Change.BuildEnv: Removed unnecessary and deprecated build configurations
•[.38]Addition.Activator: Added version resource to provide description of EXE and more

•[.39]Fix.InstallHelper: Auto-cleanup of bug where the INI file of global path was created as a directory, depending on user specified input
•[.39]Fix.InstallHelper: Fixed bug in handling when specifying a folder as the INI path (without filename)
•[.39]Fix.GUI: Fixed RAM Load graph upper portion of display at certain sizes
•[.39]Change.GUI: Substanstially reduced tendency for small click-through nag to be shown when GUI brought visible
•[.39]Change.Core: Adjusted some code, very minor optimizations
•[.39]Change.Core: Increased aggressiveness of throttle levels considerably

•[.40]Fix.Core: Fixed bug in .39 that would cause processes to show as 'Suspended' when they really weren't

•[.41]Change.GUI: Graph tooltips are now dynamically sized, instead of static height and width
•[.41]Change.GUI: Finnish and Serbian language updates