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Title: Process Lasso v5 Final
Post by: Jeremy Collake on May 28, 2011, 10:05:40 AM
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Process Lasso version 5 introduced so many new features that it is difficult to summarize. Here are the biggest changes to this version, with post-final minor updates below.


Change log: http://www.bitsum.com/changelog/pl/changes.htm

Downloads:

32-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso.zip
64-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso64.zip

Title: Process Lasso v5.0.0.25
Post by: Jeremy Collake on June 07, 2011, 09:40:34 PM
The <a href="http://www.bitsum.com/prolasso_portable.php">Portable Edition</a> is now coming out of beta. I finally finished this up, something I should have done a long time ago given the interest in this edition.&nbsp;As I worked on the new portable edition, I noticed some bugs in the command line parameter handling. This build also resolves those bugs.

Downloads:
32-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso.zip
64-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso64.zip

Since I have neglected to post any minor updates in the forum, a practice I am going to begin doing, I have opted to list all minor changes since the last final here. There have been a large number of fixes and cleanup since the initial release of version 5. Honestly, a week later the version is considerably improved.

All changes since v5.0.0.12:
Title: Process Lasso v5.0.0.26
Post by: Jeremy Collake on June 07, 2011, 09:41:08 PM
This is a very minor update. In fact, I may delay or not push out update notifications for this build. The primary fix in this build I wanted to get out was a small mistake in a previous minor update that caused the 'Automatic updates' option to NOT persist for users first enabled it in a recent version. I had removed an extra EULA confirmation and in doing so introduced a small bug that prevented it from ever being true. This is fixed. In addition, some general maintenance to the service management code base was performed.

Downloads:
32-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso.zip
64-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso64.zip


One thing I am working on in a future build is allowing programmatic adjustment of the local security policy to allow the specified user to run the governor as a service. Of course, this only applies when you have decided to run the core engine as a service. I understand this may be confusing for some users, and generally an annoyance for others.

Title: Process Lasso v5.0.0.27
Post by: Jeremy Collake on June 09, 2011, 11:34:40 PM
This minor update fixes a crash of the Process Lasso GUI in Windows 2000 as well as a few other items.

Downloads:
32-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso.zip
64-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso64.zip


Title: Process Lasso v5.0.0.28
Post by: Jeremy Collake on June 13, 2011, 04:55:30 AM
This build continues maintenance, fixing several items and also making a nice improvement to the graph's display. Further, the last selected process tab is now preserved on restart. The most important fixes are the configuration file would reset on XP systems with Terminal Services disabled, and the governor could get stuck pending deletion on a reinstall or upgrade when it was configured to run as a service.

Downloads:
32-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso.zip
64-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso64.zip

Changes:
Title: Process Lasso v5.0.0.29
Post by: Jeremy Collake on June 16, 2011, 03:34:07 AM
Downloads:
32-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso.zip
64-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso64.zip

Changes:
Title: Process Lasso v5.0.0.30
Post by: Jeremy Collake on June 29, 2011, 12:28:32 PM
This release makes major language/translation improvements, and has a few other minor fixes and adjustments.

Downloads:
32-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso.zip (http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso.zip)
64-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso64.zip (http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso64.zip)

Changes:

Title: Process Lasso v5.0.0.31
Post by: Jeremy Collake on July 05, 2011, 02:19:26 PM
This version makes important fixes to the Process Watchdog capabilities (advanced rules).

Downloads:

32-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso.zip
64-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso64.zip

Changes:

Full change history: http://www.bitsum.com/changelog/pl/changes.htm#latest

Title: Process Lasso v5.0.0.32
Post by: Jeremy Collake on July 05, 2011, 07:03:50 PM
Downloads:

32-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso.zip
64-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso64.zip

Changes:

Full change history: http://www.bitsum.com/changelog/pl/changes.htm#latest

Title: Process Lasso v5.0.0.35
Post by: Jeremy Collake on July 08, 2011, 07:41:54 AM
While testing v5.0.0.34 I noticed a potential situation where the configuration change notification events weren't being issued. This could cause new settings to not be applied until the core engine was restarted. This existed in a 2 or 3 minor versions ago, according to the repository. It was actually good I discovered it, as it presented a place in the code that needs a good rewrite as it outgrew its initial requirements with the ever more complex environments Process Lasso runs in.

Downloads:
32-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso.zip (http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso.zip)
64-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso64.zip (http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso64.zip)

Changes:
Title: Process Lasso v5.0.0.36
Post by: Jeremy Collake on July 14, 2011, 07:55:20 AM
Downloads:

32-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso.zip
64-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso64.zip

Changes:
Title: Process Lasso v5.0.0.37
Post by: Jeremy Collake on July 23, 2011, 01:37:37 AM

Downloads:

32-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso.zip
64-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso64.zip

Changes:

Title: Process Lasso v5.0.0.38
Post by: Jeremy Collake on August 03, 2011, 01:10:29 AM
Downloads:

32-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso.zip
64-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso64.zip

Changes:
Title: Process Lasso v5.0.0.39
Post by: Jeremy Collake on August 17, 2011, 06:22:08 PM
Downloads:

32-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso.zip
64-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso64.zip

Changes:
Title: Process Lasso v5.0.0.41
Post by: Jeremy Collake on August 22, 2011, 12:17:46 AM
Downloads:

32-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso.zip
64-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso64.zip

Changes:
Title: Process Lasso v5.0.0.42
Post by: Jeremy Collake on August 27, 2011, 11:10:13 PM
Downloads:

32-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso.zip
64-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso64.zip

Changes:
Title: Process Lasso v5.0.0.44
Post by: Jeremy Collake on August 31, 2011, 12:40:13 AM
Downloads:

Workstation:
32-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso.zip
64-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso64.zip

Server:
32-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/server/prolasso.zip
64-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/server/prolasso64.zip

Changes:
Title: Process Lasso v5.0.0.46
Post by: Jeremy Collake on September 07, 2011, 01:17:54 AM
This release fixes a memory leak seen *only* in Windows 2K/XP with Terminal Services disabled. The cause was a bug in Windows 2K/XP that Microsoft never fixed. It only affected systems where Terminal Services is disabled, something Process Lasso would have warned about repeatedly, and a non-default system state (something the user had to change). On affected systems, the governor's sanity checks would have periodically induced a self-restart before memory use became a large concern. This release also does other minor maintenance, including populating the update dialog with your activation code for easy license validation (registered users only), and waiting for TS or RDS to fully initialize at startup, when appropriate and able.

Downloads:

Workstation:
32-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso.zip
64-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso64.zip

Server:
32-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/server/prolasso.zip
64-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/server/prolasso64.zip

Changes:
Title: Re: Process Lasso v5 final
Post by: Jeremy Collake on September 08, 2011, 09:59:08 PM
This is an important minor update since it fixes a very small memory leak in the governor seen on *some* subset of systems. The governor does have a safety self-restart that would have kicked in, but
obviously any memory leak, no matter how small and slow, must be resolved. After receiving this report, I investigated, reproduced, and fixed. Users of certain security software that Process Lasso had handled
in a special way were affected.

Downloads:

Workstation:
32-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso.zip
64-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso64.zip

Server:
32-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/server/prolasso.zip
64-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/server/prolasso64.zip

Changes:
Title: Process Lasso v5.0.0.48
Post by: Jeremy Collake on September 20, 2011, 06:37:27 AM
This is a general maintenance release that fixes and improves a few items.

Downloads:

Workstation:
32-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso.zip
64-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso64.zip

Server:
32-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/server/prolasso.zip
64-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/server/prolasso64.zip

Changes:
Title: Re: Process Lasso v5.0.0.49
Post by: Jeremy Collake on September 28, 2011, 03:37:27 AM
This is a general maintenance release. It is a recommended updated.

Downloads:

Workstation:
32-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso.zip
64-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/prolasso64.zip

Server:
32-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/server/prolasso.zip
64-bit: http://www.bitsum.com/files/server/prolasso64.zip

Changes: