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Changes for v6.9.9 - v6.9.10

  • Fixed security vulnerability TLS heartbeat read overrun (CVE-2014-0160).
  • FIX Other optimizations and bug fixes.



Changes for v6.9.8 - v6.9.9

  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of RealVNC v5.0.6.
  • NEW VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of TightVNC v2.7.10.
  • NEW Hyper-V related features have been updated with support for Windows Server 2012 / 2012 R2 and Windows 8 / 8.1
  • FIX Other optimizations and bug fixes.



Changes for v6.9.7 - v6.9.8

  • Fixed many problems related to layout problems when running on high DPI displays, for example Surface Pro. The Prefferences window still has some minor layout issues; we will be fixing those in the next update.



Changes for v6.9.6 - v6.9.7

  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of RealVNC v5.0.5.
  • NEW VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of TightVNC v2.7.7.
  • NEW Support for DameWare Mini Remote Control v10.0.
  • FIX Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 Preview compatibility fixes.
  • FIX Other optimizations and bug fixes.



Changes for v6.9.5 - v6.9.6

  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of RealVNC v5.0.3.
  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of TightVNC v2.6.4.
  • VNC Deployment Wizard may report that a VNC has been uninstalled but the installation remains.



Changes for v6.9.2 - v6.9.5

  • VNC Viewer: Improved support for handling of so-called "dead" keys, for example accent key on Spanish keyboard.
  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of RealVNC v5.0.1.
  • VNC Thumbnails view: System.OutOfMemoryException exception.
  • AMT manager crashes if an invalid hostname is entered as a remote computer address.
  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of TightVNC v2.5.2.
  • Added ability to link a Logon Credentials template to a Windows Credential Manager entry. (screenshot).
  • Future builds of the VNC Manager will include support for popular password managers, such as LastPast, Roboform and other.
  • Minor bug fixes.



Changes for v6.8.15 - v6.9.1

  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of RealVNC v5.0.0.
  • Reset VNC Server Password Wizard: Support for RealVNC v5.



Changes for v6.8.14 - v6.8.15

  • Windows 8 Release Preview compatibility fixes. Several other minor fixes and optimizations.



Changes for v6.8.13 - v6.8.14

  • VNC Thumbnails View: Added ability to control remote computer’s desktops from the thumbnails view. It has been made possible to switch between View-Only and Full Control modes (screenshot)
  • VNC Thumbnails View: Increased maximum item size from 500x500px to 1440x1440px.
  • VNC and Hyper Thumbnails View: Now it's possible to add a new computer to the thumbnails view via the Quick Add control.
  • Remote Exect: When a remote task is being executed, clicking on the Cancel button may fail to stop the executing process.



Changes for v6.8.11 - v6.8.13

  • When you attempt to close a VNC viewer tab or remove a VNC thumbnails view item that is in process of establishing connection to a remote computer, the VNC Manager no longer hangs and waits until the connection process is over.
  • VNC thumbnails view and VNC viewer: Fixed a memory leak.



Changes for v6.8.9 - v6.8.11

  • Setup: In order to reduce the start-up time of SmartCode VNC Manager, we added the ability to pre-compile the application's assemblies with ngen.exe tool (screenshot).
  • Linked Active Directory computers lose inventory details (MAC, WMI inventory, etc).
  • Several other minor fixes and optimizations.



Changes for v6.8.8 - v6.8.9

  • VNC Quick Uninstall settings and VNC Deployment Wizard uninstall task: Added "Skipe the remaininig packages on first found" setting.



Changes for v6.8.7 - v6.8.8

  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of TightVNC 2.5.1 (32/64 bit).
  • Note that after installing this build the following settings will be reset to their default values: Quick VNC Deployment - Uninstalla Packages, Detect Installed VNC Distributions. Saved VNC deployment jobs will be lost.
  • High memory usage when VNC Thumbnails automatic screenshots feature is enabled.



Changes for v6.8.6 - v6.8.7

  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of RealVNC Enterprise 4.6.3.
  • RDP client: Added ability to enable/disable Credential Security Support Provider (enablecredsspsupport).



Changes for v6.8.4 - v6.8.6

  • VNC Thumbnails View: Improved performance when VNC Thumbnails View has large number of items added.
  • Quick Filter: Filter Subgroups setting has been implemented for Virtual Connections
  • VNC Manager may crash with System.Runtime.InteropServices.SEHException.
  • Implemented Intel® AMT Power Control tool (Cold Restart, Cold Turn Off, Turn On).
  • Added "Quick Filter" to the Management and External tools lists.
  • Shutdown / Restart Computer tool has been enhanced with support for multiple threads and now resides in a modeless non-blocking window.



Changes for v6.8.3 - v6.8.4

  • LogMeIn: Added ability to open in embedded (tabbed) or via stand-alone web browser window.
  • LogMeIn: Added ability to auto-fill login details.
  • Virtual Connections: Added Hyper-V Virtual Machine Pass-Through connection. Note: it's still possible to establish a Hyper-V connection via a registered computer. The new feature offers more user-friendly way for establishing Hyper-V connections.
  • Quick Search has been implemented for Virtual Connections items
  • Added Hyper-V Virtual Machine to the list of the supported Quick Connections
  • The LogMeIn Connection Url field does not allow entering url that contain more than 100 characters.
  • VNC Manager crashes with System.InvalidCastException.
  • Remote Tools: Duplicate tools may appear in the tools list.
  • Licensing: Registration fails to store your serial number if the Organization field is empty.



Changes for v6.8.2 - v6.8.3

  • VNC viewer: Added support for SecureVNC v2.3 DSM plugin.
  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Information about installed VNC distribution was not stored.
  • VNC viewer: Upon establishing a connection scrollbars may not be visible.



Changes for v6.8.1 - v6.8.2

  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Updated UltraVNC deployment package to v1.0.9.6.2
  • VNC Deployment Wizard: UltraVNC deployment package has been updated to set SoftwareSASGeneration registry value to 1. On Windows 7 and newer OSes this allows Send Ctrl+Alt+Del feature to work properly.
  • SSH and Telnet clients: Added Select Windows Text and Select All Text commands.
  • Login Credentials: Added Copy Username and Copy Password commands that allow quickly copy the username or password for selected credentials template to the Clipboard. This feature has been added to the Tools \ Options \ Logon Credentials and to the logon credentials selector window.



Changes for v6.5.10 - v6.8.1

  • Added ability to register and launch LogMeIn and Windows Remote Assistance connections.
  • SQL Configuration Profiles: One "WMI column" gets stored in the database.



Changes for v6.5.9 - v6.5.10

  • UI improvements. Made scrolling throw large management tools list much more user friendly.
  • VNC viewer: When connected to an UltraVNC server running on Vista / Windows7, the Auto Reconnect feature has been fine tuned to better handle cases when UltraVNC server breaks connection upon user logoff.
  • WMI Column feature: Minor improvements have been implemented.
  • VNC Deployment Wizard fails to uninstall TightVNC 2.0.x.



Changes for v6.5.8 - v6.5.9

  • NEW: UI improvements. Made scrolling throw large management tools list much more user friendly.



Changes for v6.5.7 - v6.5.8

  • Connection History: Implemented ability to add and edit notes for connection events.
  • Ping Remote Computer may crash if an invalid address was entered.
  • Clicking F1 key while using built-in VNC/RDP/SSH viewer causes local help window to appear.
  • Multiple minor fixes and performance improvements.



Changes for v6.5.6 - v6.5.7

  • Show uptime of a remote computer. This feature can be turned on/off via Tools \ Options \ Computer Status Scan \ Runtime Inventory.
  • Computer Status Updater: Several performance related improvements have been implemented.
  • NEW: Updated with support for TeamViewer 7



Changes for v6.5.4 - v6.5.6

  • Added Password Generator tool
  • WMI Columns: Improved handling of cases when one of the WMI properties is not supported by the WMI class.
  • All Active Directory related features have been updated to being able to handle distinguished paths that contain special characters
  • RDP client: Taskbar may be visible in the Full Screen mode.



Changes for v6.5.3 - v6.5.4

  • Registry Editor: Added ability to browse HKEY_USERS registry branch
  • In the Tools \ Options, added ability to re-order Remote Tools
  • Upon application restart VNC thumbnails view contains entries with empty names



Changes for v6.5.2 - v6.5.3

  • NEW: Remote Desktop Services Sessions Manager: Allows you to list and manage (disconnect / logoff /message) Remote Desktop Services sessions.
  • NEW: Remote Desktop Services Settings Manager: Implemented several usability improvements.



Changes for v6.5.1 - v6.5.2

  • NEW: Linked Active Directories: Rename, change Description and ManagedBy attributes for Organizational Units.
  • NEW: Linked Active Directories: Added CN=Computers container.
  • NEW: Ability to pass TeamViewer Partner ID and Password to an external tool. Ability to pass password can be useful if you use TeamViewer as an External Tool and want to establish a direct connection to a TeamViewer instance.
  • NEW: Team Viewer connection settings have been made "settings inheritance" aware.
  • FIX: Includes several Linked Active Directories, Settings Inheritance related and other minor fixes.



Changes for v6.1.7 - v6.5.1

  • Linked Active Directories: Ability to add an Active Directory to the VNC Manager's tree.
  • Trial period will be reset.
  • Optimizations and bug fixes.



Changes for v6.1.5 - v6.1.7

  • Dynamic Search Folders: Scanned computers ignore parent folder settings inheritance.
  • You may receive NullRefference error when you attempt to refresh an Entire Network folder.
  • Other minor fixes.



Changes for v6.1.4 - v6.1.5

  • FIX: NullReferenceException when using VNC viewer in the full-screen mode.
  • FIX: VNC viewer: "Empty desktop size" error when accepting listening connection from or establishing connection to a TightVNC server without password set.



Changes for v6.1.3 - v6.1.4

  • NEW: VNC viewer: Added support for sending Ctrl+Alt+Del command to a remote computer via Ctrl+Alt+End keyboard shortcut. This feature can be disabled via Tools \ Options \ Common Settings \ Built-in Remote Clients.
  • FIX: VNC viewer: Scrollbars displayed in the full screen mode when the remote screen resolution is the same as the local screen resolution.
  • FIX: Minor UI fixes.



Changes for v6.1.2 - v6.1.3

  • NEW: VNC thumbnails view: Added ability to switch active monitor (UltraVNC only running on computers with multiple monitors).



Changes for v6.0.39.0 - v6.1.2

  • NEW: VNC viewer: Added "Send Ctrl+Alt+Del Upon Successful Connection" setting. By default this setting is turned off. It can be enabled via Tools \ Options \ Common Settings \ Built-in Remote Clients.
  • NEW: Got rid of the "Please Wait…" modal window that was shown while Entire Network entries are being fetched.
  • NEW: Faster handling of configuration profiles with large (hundreds) number of registered computers.
  • FIX: Multiple bug fixes.



Changes for v6.0.39.0 - v6.1.1

  • NEW: VNC viewer: Added "Send Ctrl+Alt+Del Upon Successful Connection" setting. By default this setting is turned off. It can be enabled via Tools \ Options \ Common Settings \ Built-in Remote Clients.
  • NEW: Got rid of the "Please Wait…" modal window that was shown while Entire Network entries are being fetched.
  • NEW: Faster handling of configuration profiles with large (hundreds) number of registered computers.
  • FIX: Multiple bug fixes.



Changes for v6.0.37.0 - v6.0.39.0

  • FIX: VNC viewer: Minor bug fixes.
  • NEW: VNC Deployment Wizard: TightVNC deployment package has been updated to the v2.0.4.
  • FIX: When SQL configuration profile is used, information about detected VNC distribution is lost after exiting and re-launching the application.



Changes for v6.0.36.0 - v6.0.37.0

  • NEW: Domain Membership Manager: Simplified the user interface. All the commands now attempt to use the logon credentials associated with a registered computer first and prompt the user to enter the credentials if the default credentials didn't work.
  • FIX: Minor fixes to the VNC Thumbnails view.



Changes for v6.0.35.0 - v6.0.36.0

  • NEW: Task Manager: Added ability to show per process CPU usage.
  • NEW: Remote Exec window has been made modeless. Other minor UI improvements.
  • FIX: Task Manager: Application crash may occur if a column (Options \ Select Columns) was added or removed while a list of processes is being fetched.



Changes for v6.0.34.0 - v6.0.35.0

  • NEW: Remote Exec window has been made modeless. Other minor UI improvements.



Changes for v6.0.33.0 - v6.0.34.0

  • NEW: VNC Viewer: When using the built-in VNC viewer with “screen stretch” mode enabled, you can switch between GDI and GDI+ scaling modes. The GDI+ mode delivers much nice looking results. Use Tools \ Options \ Common Settings \ Built-in Remote Clients \ VNC Viewer \ “Screen Stretch rendering engine” to switch between GDI and GDI+ screen scaling engines. Click here for more details.
  • NEW: Checking for updates through a proxy server. Use Tools \ Options \ Common Settings \ Software Updates to adjust your proxy connection settings.



Changes for v6.0.31.0 - v6.0.33.0

  • NEW: Quick Connect text box has been added to the viewer form toolbar.
  • FIX: It might take several seconds for the Registered Computer Properties window to appear.
  • FIX: You may receive "Key not found" error when attempt to launch a remote connection.
  • FIX: You may receive "Unable to get value of the property AutoCompleteSaveForm" error while using the built-in web browser.
  • FIX: Launching a Quick Connect command from a viewer tab causes VNC Manager to crash.
  • FIX: VNC Manager crashes when you attempt to execute Add to Hyper-V Thumbnails View command on an Entire Network computer.



Changes for v6.0.28.0 EAP - v6.0.31.0

  • FIX: UltraVNC deployment package has been updated to fix not working Ctrl+Alt+Del on Vista / Windows Server 2008.
  • NEW: Settings Configuration profiles that allow you to create multiple SmartCode VNC Manager configurations and switch between them.
  • NEW: Settings Configuration Profiles: support for Dropbox.com
  • NEW: Settings Configuration Profiles: support for Amazon S3
  • NEW: Settings Configuration Profiles: support for FTP and FTPS
  • NEW: Settings Configuration Profiles: support for Microsoft SQL Server
  • NEW: Settings Configuration Profiles: support for Microsoft SQL Azure
  • NEW: Added support for TeamViewer, DameWare Mini Remote Control and HP Remote Graphics clients
  • NEW: New connection history implementation with ability to quickly jump from a connection history log entry to the corresponding registered computer.
  • NEW: Built-in SSH client has been updated to support wider range of SSH servers.
  • NEW: Added Start/Stop/Pause Hyper-V Virtual Machine command to the registered computer context menu
  • NEW: Fetch Logged On Users: Ability to switch between the Registry Scan and WMI Query methods. Click here for more information.
  • NEW: Added ability to show result of a WMI query as part of the registered computers list. Click here for more information.
  • NEW: Ability to switch between ARP (local subnet) and WMI (any network) methods for querying MAC address during registered computers updating. Use Tools \ Options \ Registered Computer Status Check page to configure MAC query settings
  • NEW: Ability to link Credentials Templates to a Registered Computer entry. Click here for more information.
  • NEW: Ability to initiate connections and open built-in management tools via command line arguments. Click here for more information.
  • NEW: VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for UltraVNC 1.0.9.6.1 deployment.
  • NEW: VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for TightVNC 2.0.3 deployment.
  • NEW: VNC viewer: Support for legacy VNC servers (such as RealVNC 3.3.7) that use RFB v3.3 protocol
  • NEW: VNC viewer: Improved compatibility with Mac OS X VNC Server
  • NEW: VNC viewer: added support for IPv6
  • NEW: Dynamic Search Folders: Added "Clear Computers List for All Folders" command.
  • NEW: Dynamic Search Folders: Added "Copy Dynamic Search Folders Settings" command. Click here for more information.
  • NEW: Export to Text File feature in all the management tools has been updated with the following enhancements: Export to Microsoft Excel file, better handling of data with commas and new line separators and ability to filter data before exporting
  • NEW: Open Network Share context menu command can use a registered computer log on credentials to open a network share in the Windows Explorer. Note: this feature is turned of by default. Use Tools \ Options \ Registered Computers List \ Context Menu page to turn it on. Click here for more information.
  • NEW: Added Quick Connect text field that allows you to establish a remote connection without need to open the Quick Connect window.
  • This build includes several critical fixes and new features that have been back-ported from the v6.0 EAP branch.
  • NEW: VNC viewer has been updated to support UltraVNC 1.0.9.5 and newer.
  • NEW: VNC viewer: Added support for IPv6.
  • NEW: Improved performance and responsiveness of the built-in SSH client.
  • FIX: Built-in SSH client hangs if a remote command writes data to stderr.



Changes for v6.0.26.0 EAP - v6.0.28.0 EAP

  • NEW: VNC Deployment Wizard has been updated with TightVNC 2.0.3 deployment support.
  • FIX: VNC viewer: It takes too long to establish connection to a computer that has IPv4 and IPv6 addresses assigned.



Changes for v6.0.25.0 EAP - v6.0.26.0 EAP

  • NEW: SQL-based Configuration Profiles (MSSQL and SQL Azure).
  • NEW: Ability to import/export configuration profile settings



Changes for v6.0.24.0 EAP - v6.0.25.0 EAP

  • NEW: Dynamic Search Folders: Added "Clear Computers List for All Folders" command.
  • NEW: Dynamic Search Folders: Added "Copy Dynamic Search Folders Settings" command.
  • See the following forum thread for more details: http://www.s-code.com/forum/FindPost3613.aspx
  • NEW: VNC Deployment Wizard. UltraVNC deployment package has been updated to the v1.9.0.6
  • Note, that the current version of our VNC client is not compatible with SecureVNC plug-in v2.3. This issue will be fixed in the v6.0 RTM build. Meanwhile we advise you to use the MSRC4 plug-in instead.
  • NEW: VNC viewer: Improved compatibility with Mac OS X VNC Server
  • FIX: You may receive 0x8007007E error when you attempt to launch VNC connection from 32-bit VNC Manager installed on a 64-bit Windows.



Changes for v6.0.23.0 EAP - v6.0.24.0 EAP

  • NEW: Dynamic Search Folders: Added "Clear Computers List for All Folders" command.
  • NEW: Dynamic Search Folders: Added "Copy Dynamic Search Folders Settings" command.
  • See the following forum thread for more details: http://www.s-code.com/forum/FindPost3613.aspx
  • NEW: VNC Deployment Wizard. UltraVNC deployment package has been updated to the v1.9.0.6
  • Note, that the current version of our VNC client is not compatible with SecureVNC plug-in v2.3. This issue will be fixed in the v6.0 RTM build. Meanwhile we advise you to use the MSRC4 plug-in instead.
  • NEW: VNC viewer: Improved compatibility with Mac OS X VNC Server



Changes for v6.0.22.0 EAP - v6.0.23.0 EAP

  • NEW: FTP-based Configuration Profiles. Allow storing configuration settings on FTP and FTPS servers.
  • NEW: VNC viewer: added support for IPv6
  • NEW: Improved performance and responsiveness of the built-in SSH client.
  • FIX: Built-in SSH client hangs if a remote command writes data to stderr.
  • FIX: Other stability fixes



Changes for v6.0.20.0 EAP - v6.0.22.0 EAP

  • NEW: Open Network Share context menu command can use a registered computer log on credentials to open a network share in the Windows Explorer.
  • Note: this feature is turned of by default. Use Tools \ Options \ Registered Computers List \ Context Menu page to turn it on
  • See the following post for more details http://www.s-code.com/forum/FindPost2449.aspx
  • NEW: Restored support for file change notifications (local configuration profiles only). See "Tools \ Options \ Registered Computers List \ Configuration Files Monitoring" section.
  • NEW: Export to Text File feature in all the management tools has been updated with the following enhancements:
  • Export to Microsoft Excel file
  • Better handling of data with commas and new line separators
  • Ability to filter data before exporting
  • FIX: Status Updater fails to update SSH server status
  • FIX: Detect VNC Distribution: Build number is not show in the registered computers list.
  • FIX: Other minor fixes and enhancements



Changes for v6.0.19.0 EAP - v6.0.20.0 EAP

  • NEW: Customer Expirience Improvement Program
  • FIX: Numerous bug fixes



Changes for v6.0.14.0 EAP - v6.0.18.0 EAP

  • NEW: Support for legacy VNC servers (such as RealVNC 3.3.7) that use RFB v3.3 protocol.
  • FIX: Changes to Logon Credentials Templates aren't been saved if a "cloud" based configuration profile is used.
  • NEW: UltraVNC deployment package has been updated to the v1.0.9.5.
  • NOTE: UltraVNC developers changed the way how UltraVNC server handles Ctrl+Alt+Del on Vista, Windows 2008 and newer OSes. You might need to update your domain group policy for the feature to work properly. See the following post for more details: http://forum.ultravnc.info/viewtopic.php?t=27079
  • NEW: Ability to initiate connections and open management tools via command line arguments.
  • See the following KB article for more details: http://www.s-code.com/kayako/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=70&nav=0,1,9
  • FIX: Attempt to launch the VNC Deployment Wizard causes the VNC Manager to crash.



Changes for v6.0.13.0 EAP - v6.0.14.0 EAP

  • NEW: Ability to link Credentials Templates to a Registered Computer entry. See the following post for more details:
  • http://www.facebook.com/#!/notes/smartcode-solutions/build-6014-adds-ability-to-link-credentials-templates-to-a-registered-computer-e/188078824550227
  • FIX: Detect Installed VNC Distribution fails with the "Invalid Query" error.



Changes for v6.0.12.0 EAP - v6.0.13.0 EAP

  • NEW: VNC Viewer: Support for UltraVNC Server 1.0.9.5 with RFB protocol v3.8. This enables file-transfer with 1.0.9.5 servers and fixes "Unsupported security type" message that you would receive if you had tried to connect to an UltraVNC 1.0.9.5 with NTLM authentication.



Changes for v6.0.11.0 EAP - v6.0.12.0 EAP

  • NEW: Ability to customize captions of the Custom WMI Properties columns.
  • FIX: You may receive "Privilege Not Held" error when you attempt to restart a computer via the Reboot/Shutdown Computer tool.
  • FIX: My Registered Computers tree node shows invalid "settings inheritance" icon.
  • NEW: Updated Detect VNC Distribution feature to correctly identify UltraVNC 1.0.9.5 or newer installations.
  • This required several major changes:
  • "Detect VNC Distributions via Port Scan" feature had to be retired. This is mainly because UltraVNC has started using RFB 003.008 as the default handshake string. TightVNC uses the same handshake string also. So it’s no longer possible to distinguish between UltraVNC and TightVNC servers via port scan. So this feature become obsolete and had to be retired.
  • During registered computers statuses update, because VNC Port Scan Feature was removed, the VNC Manager now attempts to detect installed VNC distribution by enumerating setup packages on a remote computer. This process is much slow and may take up to 20 seconds per registered computer. Because of that, by default, this feature is turned off. It can be turned on via Tools \ Options \ Registered Computer Status Check \ Detect VNC Distribution.



Changes for v6.0.10.0 EAP - v6.0.11.0 EAP

  • NEW: Added filtering support to the Custom WMI Columns feature.
  • For example, if you want to add column to the registered computers list that would show status of the UltraVNC Server service, you should add class Win32_Service / property Status and add the following filtering condition: Name="uvnc_service"
  • NEW: Updated Amazon AWS runtime to the v1.2.0.2
  • FIX: WMI Query Browses shows duplicate entries in the WMI classes tree.



Changes for v6.0.8.0 EAP - v6.0.10.0 EAP

  • NEW: Ability to switch between ARP (local subnet) and WMI (any network) methods for querying MAC address during registered computers updating. This feature was among frequently requested features and it has finally been implemented.
  • Use Tools \ Options \ Registered Computer Status Check page to configure MAC query settings.
  • FIX: DSF Scan Properties: Value of the "Set computer address to resolved host name" setting was not used during scan.
  • FIX: VNC Manager crashes during license registration



Changes for v6.0.7.0 EAP - v6.0.8.0 EAP

  • NEW: The Connection History now able show events generated by Team Viewer, Dame Ware and HP Remote Display Control connections.
  • FIX: Connect to Team Viewer command was missing from the Connect menu.



Changes for v6.0.6.0 EAP - v6.0.7.0 EAP

  • NEW: Fetch Logged On Users: Ability to switch between the Registry Scan and WMI Query methods. See the KB article for more information.



Changes for v6.0.5.0 EAP - v6.0.6.0 EAP

  • NEW: WMI Properties: Allows to fetch WMI properties from a remote computer and show the results in the registered computers list.
  • This feature can be used as a monitoring as well as an inventory feature. See the KB article for more information.
  • NOTABLE FIXES:
  • FIXED: Registered computer status updater ignores the Settings Inheritance attribute and always attempts to establish connection on a port specified in the properties of the registered computer being updated.
  • FIXED: Problem with the Beta Has Expired error message.



Changes for v6.0.4.0 EAP - v6.0.5.0 EAP

  • NEW: Support for Team Viewer connection
  • NEW: Support for DameWare Mini Remote Control connection
  • NEW: Support for HP Remote Graphics Connection
  • NEW: Amazon S3 / Dropbox: Implemented settings saving policy (as soon as a change occurs / when application window is being closed)
  • NEW: Added Start/Stop/Pause Hyper-V Virtual Machine command to the registered computer context menu
  • NOTABLE FIXES:
  • FIXED: You may receive "A referral was returned from the server." when working with the active directory features. This usually occurs when the local computer is not a member of the active directory you are trying to access. This bug is also present in the v5.x (it won’t be fixed in the 5.5 branch).



Changes for v6.0.3.0 EAP - v6.0.4.0 EAP

  • FIX: Connection history gets lost when Dropbox or Amazon S3 profile is used.
  • FIX: Custom path entered in the New Dropbox Configuration dialog is ignored and the default path is used.
  • FIX: VNC Manager crashes during network scan while performing Ping scan.



Changes for v6.0.2.0 EAP - v6.0.3.0 EAP

  • CHANGED: Default Registered Computer has been made a per-configuration profile setting.



Changes for v6.0.1.0 Beta - v6.0.2.0 EAP

  • NEW: Amazon S3-based configuration profiles.
  • NEW: Loading/saving time of the cloud (Dropbox/Amazon S3) configuration profiles has been reduced by as much as 50%.
  • FIX: A lot of fixes related to the problems with some settings not being saved or properly migrated from the v5.5.



Changes for v5.5.25.0 - v6.0.1.0 Beta

  • NEW: Configuration profiles that allow you to create different VNC Manager configurations (registered computers, login credentials, external tools, etc.). This builds includes support for local XML-based and Dropbox.com-based configuration profiles. In the coming weeks support for SQL-based profiles will be added.
  • New Connection History feature implementation. It allows filtering of the history entries, exporting to tab/comma separated and Excel files. Ability to select a connection history entry and locate corresponding registered computer entry.
  • The Dynamic Search Properties window gets new GUI, which is should be easier to use comparing to the previous version. It also includes new settings, like the thread priority.
  • Built-in SSH client has been updated to support wider range of SSH servers.
  • Other minor and not so minor changes and bug-fixes



Changes for v5.5.24.0 - v5.5.25.0

  • FIX: VNC viewer stability fixes



Changes for v5.5.25.0 - v5.5.26.0

  • This build includes several critical fixes and new features that have been back-ported from the v6.0 EAP branch.
  • NEW: VNC viewer has been updated to support UltraVNC 1.0.9.5 and newer.
  • NEW: VNC viewer: Added support for IPv6.
  • NEW: Improved performance and responsiveness of the built-in SSH client.
  • FIX: Built-in SSH client hangs if a remote command writes data to stderr.



Changes for v5.5.23.0 - v5.5.24.0

  • NEW: UltraVNC deployment package has been updated with patches fixing security advisory 2269637.
  • FIX: TightVNC 2.0.2 deployment package: When Hide Tray Icon is enabled; the deployment package sets DisableTrayIcon instead of RunControlInterface registry value.
  • FIX: Tools \ Options \ Defaults \ Default Registered Computer: "Default connection type" resets to VNC.
  • FIX: Reset Registered Computer Settings: Clicking the OK button results in the application crash.



Changes for v5.5.22.1 - v5.5.23.0

  • FIX: VNC viewer: When using non-English keyboard layout some characters may appear as question marks.
  • FIX: You may receive System.ArgumentException exception when you attempt to open registered computer properties sheet window.
  • FIX: VNC Deployment Wizard: “DSM Plug-in \ Encryption Connection using” combo box resets to None when using saved deployment job.



Changes for v5.5.22.0 - v5.5.22.1

  • FIX: UI fixes.



Changes for v5.5.21.1 - v5.5.22.0

  • FIX: Last Used IP column fails to sort IP addresses properly.
  • FIX: You may receive System.NullReferenceException at ThreadPool.ThreadPoolManager when you close the main window when dynamic search folder scan is being performed.
  • FIX: You may receive System.IndexOutOfRangeException while Dynamic Search Folder scan is being performed.
  • FIX: You may receive System.ArgumentException exception when you attempt to close External Tools properties window.



Changes for v5.5.16.0 - v5.5.21.1

  • NEW: New method of fetching logged on users. The new method can fetch users even if the client and the remote computer are members of different domains or workgroups. More info...
  • NEW: VNC viewer: Ability to establish connection encrypted with SecureVNC plug-in. More info...
  • NEW: VNC Deployment Wizard: Ability to configure SecureVNC plugin settings and deploy SecureVNC keys.
  • NEW: UltraVNC deployment package: SecureVNC plugin has been updated to v2.2.4.0
  • NEW: VNC Thumbnails View: Ability to switch monitor for thumbnail items that are connected to UltraVNC server running on a computer with multiple displays.
  • FIX: You may receive ArgumentOutOfRange exception when attempt to editing VNC quick deployment settings.



Changes for v5.5.15.0 - v5.5.16.0

  • NEW: VNC Deployment Wizard: TightVNC v2.0 Beta4 deployment support.
  • NEW: VNC Password Reset Wizard, Restart in Safe Mode with VNC and Detect Installed VNC Distribution features have been updated with TightVNC v2.0 support.
  • FIX: RDP client: Redirect Smartcards setting is not applied to RDP connections even if it was enabled in registered computer settings.



Changes for v5.5.14.0 - v5.5.15.0

  • FIX: Show Logged On Users: NT AUTHORITY users were not filtered out on non-English versions of Windows.
  • FIX: Registered Computer \ VNC General: "Override NTLM credentials for this connection type" checkbox resets to its default unchecked state.
  • FIX: It takes too long to delete a Group Folder with large number of Registered Computers (with approximately 200 or more entries).
  • FIX: "Clear Logged on Users on Exist" setting resets to its default value upon application restart.
  • FIX: "Show Text Next To The Status Icons" setting resets to its default value upon application restart.



Changes for v5.5.13.0 - v5.5.14.0

  • NEW: Remote Exec: Improved error diagnostic when using "psexec like" method.
  • FIX: VNC viewer handles mouse clicks incorrectly if Chinese, Japanese or Korean language is set as the default input method.
  • FIX: Incudes the latest build of Infragistics NetAdvantage which is supposed include a fix for the "System.ArgumentException: Parameter is not valid" error.



Changes for v5.0.17.1 - v5.5.12.0

  • VNC Viewer
  • Includes updated VNC viewer. The new version offers better performance and lower CPU usage.
  • Ability to reconnect automatically to a VNC server in the event of a network disconnection.
  • Added support for Ultra and Cache encodings.
  • Added Ability to specify color depth of VNC sessions. Two new modes were added: 64 and 8 colors.
  • This build will reset the Encoding setting to ZRLE. ZRLE encoding is suitable for medium speed connections, such as VPN. If you connect to LAN based VNC servers, we recommend you to use Hextile encoding instead. Previously, by default, the VNC Manager was using Tight encoding. The reason for switching to ZRLE is due to a bug in UltraVNC server implementation.
  • VNC Deployment Wizard and Quick VNC Deployment
  • Ability to deploy UltraVNC 64-bit to computers with 64-bit OS installed.
  • Added "Remove Aero" configuration option to the UltraVNC deployment settings.
  • Ability to edit settings for VNC deployments performed via the "Quick VNC Deployment" command
  • VNC Thumbnails View
  • VNC Thumbnails View Gen2. Offers better performance and lower CPU usage. Supports thumbnail items up to 512x512px size.
  • Added setting that controls whether or not the "Tab Screenshots" attribute should be stored/restored upon the application restart.
  • Ability to add multiple items with the same host address.
  • Management Tools
  • Shutdown/Restart Computer: Added ability to reboot computer into Safe Mode with VNC access enabled.
  • Remote Exec: Ability to add .lnk files to the "support files" list.
  • Remote Exec: The maximum number of the execution threads has been increased to 20.
  • Registered Computer Properties
  • Added setting to exclude registered computers from the logged on user check
  • Registered Computer Properties: Added Port column to the Connection History list
  • Added "Map Smart card" setting to the RDP connection settings page
  • Action Scripts
  • Ability to specify "no wait" condition for pre-connect scripts. This settings is useful when you use Cisco VPN client (vpnclient.exe) or similar tools.
  • Microsoft Hyper-V
  • It's now possible to start/stop/shutdown/etc virtual machines from the Connect to Hyper-V Virtual Machine window.
  • Ability to Start/Shutdown/Pause/etc Virtual Machines from Hyper-V Thumbnails View.
  • Miscellaneous
  • Available in 32-bit and 64-bit flavours.
  • Ability to assign custom background color to registered computers entries. This can be done by opening a registered computer properties sheet and navigating to the Miscellaneous page.
  • Tools \ Options \ Advanced \ Registered Computers List: Added settings to customize the character case of the text displayed in the Name, Hostname and Logged On Users columns.
  • Copy/Move Registered Computers window: Added ability to configure settings inheritance.
  • NOTABLE FIXES
  • FIX: VNC Thumbnails View: Screen artifacts appear when ZlibHex encoding is used.
  • FIX: VNC Thumbnails View: Upon restoring VNC thumbnails view content, the password prompt may appear if even if you already entered the correct password previously.
  • FIX: Hyper-V Thumbnails View: No thumbnails are shown for virtual machines in Saved state.
  • FIX: VNC viewer: File Transfer window appears instead of the Chat window when chat is initiated from the server side.
  • FIX: VNC viewer: Fixed a few bugs related to the "Disable Remote Input" feature.
  • FIX: VNC viewer stops showing screen updates after sending or receiving files via UtraVNC file transfer.
  • FIX: RDP viewer: On a computer with more than one monitor, part of the RDP viewer window may appear black after the window was minimized and then restored.
  • FIX: Computers Registration Wizard: Active Directory import shows only first 1000 entries.
  • FIX: Computers Registration Wizard: Under rare conditions, Active Directory imported computers may have empty Name field.
  • FIX: Dynamic Search Folders: If Active Directory contains more than 1000 computers, only the first 1000 of them will be scanned by the Active Directory scan.
  • FIX: External Tools: After editing settings of an external tool, this tool window will always appear hidden during execution.
  • FIX: Registered Computer Properties: Connection History page shows invalid duration for connections that lasted more than 1 hour.
  • FIX: A workgroup under the Entire Network branch may list computers from other workgroups.
  • FIX: Fixed some issues with drag & drop of entries between Dynamic Search Folders and Registered Computers Groups.
  • FIX: You may receive "Failed to find MAC address. Error code: 87" error when you attempt to query MAC address via ARP method of a computer with IPv6 protocol enabled.
  • FIX: Open Listening VNC Viewer window was using port 5900 by default. The default port value was changed to 5500.



Changes for v5.5.10.0 RC - v5.5.11.0 RC 2

  • NEW: Hyper-V: It's now possible to start/stop/shutdown/etc virtual machines from the Connect to Hyper-V Virtual Machine window.
  • NEW: Hyper-V Thumbnails View: Added Manage Virtual Machines toolbar.
  • NEW: Copy/Move Registered Computers window: Added ability to configure settings inheritance.
  • NEW: VNC client: This build will reset the Encoding setting to ZRLE. ZRLE encoding is suitable for medium speed connections, such as VPN. If you connect to LAN based VNC servers, we recommend you to use Hextile encoding instead. Previously, by default, the VNC Manager was using Tight encoding. The reason for switching to ZRLE is due to a bug in UltraVNC server implementation. See here for more details: http://forum.ultravnc.info/viewtopic.php?t=17648
  • FIX: VNC client: Fixed several stability issues.
  • FIX: VNC Thumbnails View: Upon restoring VNC thumbnails view content, the password prompt may appear if even if you already entered the correct password previously.



Changes for v5.5.9.0 Beta - v5.5.10.0 RC

  • NEW: Quick VNC Deployment: Ability to edit deployment settings.
  • NEW: Remote Exec: Ability to add .lnk files to the "support files" list.
  • NEW: Remote Exec: The maximum number of the execution threads has been increased to 20.
  • FIX: VNC viewer stops showing screen updates after sending or receiving files via UtraVNC file transfer.



Changes for v5.5.6.0 Beta - v5.5.9.0 Beta

  • NEW: VNC viewer: Ability to reconnect automatically to a VNC server in the event of a network disconnection.
  • NEW: Tools \ Options \ Advanced \ Registered Computers List: Added settings to customize the character case of the text displayed in the Name, Hostname and Logged On Users columns.



Changes for v5.5.5.0 Beta - v5.5.6.0 Beta

  • NEW: Registered Computer Properties: Added Port column to the Connection History list
  • NEW: Action Scripts: Ability to specify "no wait" condition for pre-connect scripts. This settings is useful when you use Cisco VPN client (vpnclient.exe) or similar tools.
  • NEW: Added setting to exclude registered computers from the logged on user check.
  • NEW: Ability to assign custom background color to registered computers entries. This can be done by opening a registered computer properties sheet and navigating to the Miscellaneous page.



Changes for v5.5.4.0 Beta - v5.5.5.0 Beta

  • NEW: VNC Thumbnails View Gen2.
  • NEW: VNC Deployment Wizard: Added "Remove Aero" configuration option to the UltraVNC deployment settings.
  • NEW: RDP Client: Added "Map Smart card" setting to the RDP connection properties sheet.



Changes for v5.5.3.0 Beta - v5.5.4.0 Beta

  • NEW: Hyper-V Thumbnails View: Ability to Start/Shutdown/Pause/etc Virtual Machines.
  • FIX: VNC viewer: VNC Manager crashes when you attempt to use "Switch Monitor" command.
  • FIX: VNC viewer: VNC Manager crashes when you change screen resolution of the server computer.



Changes for v5.5.2.0 Beta - v5.5.3.0 Beta

  • NEW: Reboot into Safe Mode with VNC access enabled.
  • NEW: Deployment Wizard: Ability to deploy UltraVNC 64-bit to computers with 64-bit OS installed.
  • FIX: Computers Registration Wizard: Active Directory import shows only first 1000 entries.
  • FIX: Computers Registration Wizard: Under rare conditions, Active Directory imported computers may have empty Name field.
  • FIX: Dynamic Search Folder: If Active Directory contains more than 1000 computers, only the first 1000 of them will be scanned by the Active Directory scan.
  • FIX: Fixed some issues with drag & drop of entries between Dynamic Search Folders and Registered Computers Groups.
  • FIX: Hyper-V Thumbnails View: No thumbnails are shown for virtual machines in Saved state.
  • FIX: VNC viewer: File Transfer window appears instead of the Chat window when chat is initiated from the server side.
  • FIX: You may receive "Failed to find MAC address. Error code: 87" error when you attempt to query MAC address via ARP method of a computer with IPv6 protocol enabled.



Changes for v5.0.17.1 - v5.5.2.0 Beta

  • NEW: Available in 32-bit and 64-bit flavours.
  • NEW: Includes updated VNC client. The new version offers better performance and lower CPU usage. Click here for details.
  • NEW: VNC viewer: Added support for Ultra encoding.
  • NEW: VNC viewer: Added support for Cache encoding.
  • NEW: VNC viewer: Ability to specify color depth of VNC sessions. Two new modes were added: 64 and 8 colors.
  • FIX: VNC Thumbnails View: Screen artifacts appear when ZlibHex encoding is used.



Changes for v5.0.12.1 RC - v5.0.13.0 RC 2

  • NEW: Built-in client - Web Browser. It allows to open a web browser as a tab inside the VNC Manager. The built-in web browser allows manage routers, firewalls and other devices through their web management interface.
  • NEW: VNC Deployment Wizard: "Skip the post-installation validation step" setting has been added. Skipping the validation step can speedup VNC deployment by 10-30%
  • NEW: Quick Search can be repositioned to the left of the main window for faster access. This can be done via Tools\Options\Advanced\Registered Computers List settings page. http://www.s-code.com/forum/Topic2752-25-1.aspx
  • FIX: VNC Deployment Wizard: Several stability fixes.



Changes for v5.0.11.0 RC - v5.0.12.1 RC

  • NEW: Built-in Citrix ICA client.
  • NEW: Dynamic Search Folders: Ability to discover Citrix ICA servers.
  • NEW: Usability enhancements in the Registered Computer properties sheet.
  • FIX: Execute Remote Command: "psexec.exe like" method fails to execute command on a 64 bit computer with "File couldn't be found error".
  • FIX: Built-in clients: F10 key-presses now passed to the viewer. Previously F10 click would activate the VNC Manager's menubar



Changes for v5.0.11.0 RC - v5.0.12.0 RC

  • NEW: Built-in Citrix ICA client.
  • NEW: Dynamic Search Folders: Ability to discover Citrix ICA servers.
  • NEW: Usability enhancements in the Registered Computer properties sheet.
  • FIX: Execute Remote Command: "psexec.exe like" method fails to execute command on a 64 bit computer with "File couldn't be found error".
  • FIX: Built-in clients: F10 key-presses now passed to the viewer. Previously F10 click would activate the VNC Manager's menubar.



Changes for v4.5.9.1 - v5.0.11.0 RC

  • Built-in Citrix ICA client.
  • RAdmin client
  • Dynamic Search Folders: New network scan engine implementation that scans several times faster than the network scan in the previous VNC Manager versions
  • Dynamic Search Folders: Ability to discover Citrix ICA servers.
  • Ability to establish RDP connection to a Virtual Machine trough the Windows 2008 Hyper-V host computer
  • Thumbnails View for Microsoft Hyper-V Server Virtual Machines
  • Quick Filter: Ability to search sub-folders. This feature can be turned on or off.
  • WMI Query Manager allows you to access to the WMI properties of a computer and execute WMI methods.
  • Import and Export Registered Computers wizard.
  • VNC Thumbnails View: Support for multiple thumbnail tabs
  • When running in the “Time-interval” update mode, a thumbnail item can display a progress bar showing when the next screen refresh will occur.
  • Detect version (including the build number) of the installed VNC distribution. The scanner can detect if more than one VNC distribution is installed on a remote computer.
  • Installed Software Manager: Redesigned to support management of multiple computers using single window.
  • Task Manager: Redesigned to support management of multiple computers using single window.
  • Registry Editor: Redesigned to support management of multiple computers using single window.
  • Registry Editor: Ability to import registry file (.reg file) to multiple remote computers at once.Built-in Citrix ICA client.
  • RAdmin client
  • Dynamic Search Folders: New network scan engine implementation that scans several times faster than the network scan in the previous VNC Manager versions
  • Dynamic Search Folders: Ability to discover Citrix ICA servers.
  • Ability to establish RDP connection to a Virtual Machine trough the Windows 2008 Hyper-V host computer
  • Thumbnails View for Microsoft Hyper-V Server Virtual Machines
  • Quick Filter: Ability to search sub-folders. This feature can be turned on or off.
  • WMI Query Manager allows you to access to the WMI properties of a computer and execute WMI methods.
  • Import and Export Registered Computers wizard.
  • VNC Thumbnails View: Support for multiple thumbnail tabs
  • When running in the “Time-interval” update mode, a thumbnail item can display a progress bar showing when the next screen refresh will occur.
  • Detect version (including the build number) of the installed VNC distribution. The scanner can detect if more than one VNC distribution is installed on a remote computer.
  • Installed Software Manager: Redesigned to support management of multiple computers using single window.
  • Task Manager: Redesigned to support management of multiple computers using single window.
  • Registry Editor: Redesigned to support management of multiple computers using single window.
  • Registry Editor: Ability to import registry file (.reg file) to multiple remote computers at once.



Changes for v5.0.9.0 Beta - v5.0.10.0 RC

  • NEW: Dynamic Search Folders: New network scan engine implementation that scans several times faster than the network scan in the previous VNC Manager versions.
  • NEW: WMI Query Manager allows you to access to the WMI properties of a computer and execute WMI methods.
  • NEW: Import and Export Registered Computers wizard.
  • NEW: External tools: ($WINDOWS_USERNAME) gets the user's Windows logon name without domain prefix.



Changes for v5.0.8.0 Beta - v5.0.9.0 Beta

  • NEW: Registry Editor: Redesigned to support management of multiple computers using single window.
  • NEW: Registry Editor: Ability to import registry file (.reg file) to multiple remote computers at once.
  • NEW: Registry Editor: Added full featured hex editor for editing of binary values.
  • FIX: Registry Editor: "Registry Find" feature was always searching through HKEY_CURENT_USER branch even if HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE branch was specified.
  • FIX: Hyper-V features: Added support for Windows Server 2008 R2



Changes for v5.0.7.0 Beta - v5.0.8.0 Beta

  • NEW: Task Manager: Redesigned to support management of multiple computers using single window.
  • FIX: Minor bug fixes



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