We get the question “What does this icon mean?” often, so thought it time to properly document the latest icon sets we are using. Note that if you let Windows hide your system tray icons, you may never see any of these. I’ve documented the icons here, but will copy that content below as well. Did […]
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100% Freeware Downloads: ParkControl 32-bit ParkControl 64-bit This release of ParkControl makes a big addition – even though it’s just a small hyper-link toggle on the GUI. That addition is: Users can install or uninstall the ‘Bitsum Highest Performance‘ power plan. This pre-configured power profile maximizes CPU performance by disabling CPU core parking and frequency scaling, […]
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I often get asked about network optimizations, and it’s an area of active R&D at Bitsum. I recently gave this answer to a Process Lasso user, so thought I’d share it with everyone. How do I optimize my network for Gaming? (or other use cases) Aside from having a high quality ISP, the best thing […]
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Although Process Lasso is inherently very lean, being written in C++ and compiled to native x86 or x86-64 code, you can still further reduce it’s resource consumption by taking any of these steps: Set the GUI to load manually. The core engine (processgovernor.exe), running in the background, will apply all algorithms and automation. You can then open […]
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First, I would like to thank our loyal users – some of you have been with us since the start in 2002, and even before – in the days of Collake Software. It’s by your support that Bitsum has thrived to this day. It is with your support that we’ll continue to thrive. On our […]
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We’ve now added Legacy (now called Gen1) Licenses to the My Licenses page of our new website. This means that both your legacy and new license codes (if any of either) will be listed in the same place. Since both systems will continue to function indefinitely, and they are both accessible in the same place, […]
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In some cases, yes, but it depends on your goal, and you need to be smart about it. If your goal is increased performance, remember that the Windows CPU Scheduler tries to manage which threads are on what cores itself, and it’s not entirely dumb. So, when you micro-manage CPU affinities, you are second guessing […]
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Recently I have seen a new round of malware-laden cracks and keygens for Process Lasso Pro. You MUST understand that your security software is not absolute protection. It’s not even close. I believe the real-world, 0-day malware detection rate lingers somewhere around 40%. If security software protected you 100%, we’d not have a malware problem in the […]
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Many users disable Hyper-Threading in an effort to achieve performance consistency. When the technology first emerged, this was good advice for users with real-time application. However, now that CPU architectures have matured, as have operating system CPU schedulers, the question of whether to disable Hyper-Threading is a little more complicated. Modern desktop and laptop CPUs […]
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Our existing code signing certificate was due to expire this year, so it was time to renew. This time around we found the certificate authorities were advertising Extended Validation (EV) code signing certificates, which are a-kin to EV/OV SSL (TLS) certificates that result in the larger green bar on some web sites. Extended Validation means the […]
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