Server and Desktop Management Software

Enhancements and Bug Fixes between 70246 and 70251

Enhancements

1. The hard disk details of the computers will also include removable disks like USB, External Hard drives, etc.
2. SM Bios version details are included in the Inventory, Computer Hardware Details.
3. Current Log-on User Name Column is added in Computer Configuration Status details View.

Bug Fixes

1. Issue in exporting the File Folder Configuration details has been fixed.
2. Issue in adding target computers/users from a remote office where the length of remote office name exceeds 50 characters has been fixed.
3. Issue in showing a wrong login time in User Logon History reports has been fixed.
4. Issue with Microsoft Office 2010 product key fetch is fixed.
5. Issue in not showing a checkbox beside the name of the computer/task in Remote shutdown tool in specific cases has been fixed.
6. Issue in deploying Software and Patches when the installation option is selected as "Install during Startup" has been fixed.
7. Warranty Report servlet exception issue has been fixed.
8. Issue in taking Remote Control of Windows 2003 Server that has an active Remote Desktop Connection has been fixed.
9. Issue in showing negative values in Physical Memory for a computer when flash memory is detected has been fixed.
10. When a prohibited software that is awaiting administrators approval is disabled (not prohibited), the users where it was detected earlier will continue to see the warning on every logon. This has been fixed.
11. Issue in registering the Desktop Central Agent as a windows service after agent up-gradation has been fixed.

Enhancements and Bug Fixes between 70239 and 70246

Enhancements

1. Deployment Options like deployment time, reboot policies, etc., can now be saved and loaded from templates for software, patch and service pack deployments.
2. Automatic retrieval of warranty information for Lenovo computers has been included.
3. The image format of the screenshot attachments sent using the Help Desk Requests from Desktop Central icon in system tray is made configurable.
4. Apache Server has been upgraded to 2.2.21.

Bug Fixes

1. Issue in deleting the software installable from the client computers after successful installation of the software has been fixed.
2. Issue in deploying Software and Patches when the installation option is selected as "Install during Startup" has been fixed.
3. Issue in displaying the hard disk details of computers, running non-English versions of Windows OS has been fixed.
4. Black screen when sending screenshot attachment from agent tray icon helpdesk issue has been fixed.
5. USB Devices restricted using Desktop Central cannot be enabled from the Device Manager.
6. Issue in revoking access to all groups/users instead of revoking access to a given group/user has been fixed in Permissions Management configuration.
7. Issue in propagating permissions to child objects when "inheritance from parents" is disabled has been fixed in Permissions Management configuration.
8. Issue in listing folders with special characters (apostrophe and comma) in network browser has been fixed.
9. Issue in remote control service getting crashed while closing a remote session has been fixed
10. Issue in retrying Automated Patch Deployment tasks has been fixed.
11. An alternative option has been provided to disable OU/Group migration detection using registry.
12. Issue in showing duplicate Installation of Internet Explorer has been fixed.
13. Issue in patch download due to transaction timeout has been fixed.
14. Issue in modifying a Scheduler configuration has been fixed.
15. Issue in modifying the license details of the software, when the software name contains an '&' character has been fixed.

Enhancements and Bug Fixes between 70234 and 70239

Enhancements

1. Option to deploy configurations immediately has been included for computer configurations.
2. Apply Always Option is enabled for Power Management,Shared Network Printers,File Folder Operations,Services,Firewall and Permission Management Configurations.
3. Templates for disabling automatic updates for Adobe Reader,Adobe Shockwave, Adobe AIR, Java and Microsoft Reboot Notification on specific computers have been added.
4. Option to schedule an Automated Patch Deployment task on a specific day of the week in a month has been included.
5. Option to skip reboot or shutdown when user has logged in has been included in the Remote Shutdown tool.
6. File Folder Configuration has been enhanced to support copying files via HTTP to make them work across WAN.
7. Automatic synchronization of computers between Active Directory and SoM has been included to detect the deleted and newly added computers.

Bug Fixes

1. Distribution Server service startup issue has been fixed.
2. Script error on changing the columns to view in SoM page has been fixed.
3. Issue in detecting an USB device when it is plugged-in for the first time has been fixed.
4. Application error in dcconfig.exe during user logoff has been fixed.
5. Issue in showing Patch Deployment status as "Reboot Pending" even if the system has been restarted has been fixed.
6. Wrong email notifications on patch download failure cases in APD tasks has been corrected.
7. Issue when enabling and disabling retry options settings while creating configurations in IE is fixed.

Enhancements and Bug Fixes between 70230 and 70234

Enhancements

1. Ability to automatically scan to fetch the systems' warranty has been included for Dell, HP and Toshiba computers.
2. Moving Desktop Central installation from one computer to the other is made easy with the option to provide the details of the new computer in the user interface.
3. Option to save an existing configuration as a new configuration has been included.
4. Reports based on system warranty has been included under Inventory Reports.

Bug Fixes

1. Issue in showing a wrong start time of the "Automated Patch Deployment" task in the email notification has been fixed.
2. Software Metering engine has been optimized to address the performance issues.

Enhancements and Bug Fixes between 70224 and 70230

Enhancements

1. Software License Management has been enhanced to include the ability to add multiple license purchases and to associate a license to a resource.
2. Remote Control has been enhanced with an option to connect with "View Only" mode.
3. Configurations deployed to an OU or Active Directory Group will automatically be applied to any new computers/users that gets added to that OU or group
4. Inventory Alert notifications has been enhanced to include the ability to customize the alert messages.
5. Option to download a patch again in the Download Patches View has been added.
6. Patch Management has been enhanced to include an option to mark a patch as "Approved", "Decline", etc., in Download Patches, All Supported Patches and Latest Patches Views.
7. SoM page has been enhanced to include Agent Installation, Uninstallation and Last Upgraded time.
8. Task creation will now use the Server time to overcome issues that arise due to mismatch in time between the Desktop Central Server and Client.
9. A new report to view the computers running specific services has been included.

Bug Fixes

1. Issue in scheduled prohibited software report has been fixed.
2. Issue in sending test email while creating a scheduled report has been fixed.
3. Issue in showing the correct update time in the execution status view of the configurations has been fixed.
4. Issue in showing the Managed Computers in the Scan Systems and All Managed Systems view under the Patch Management has been fixed.
5. Issue with fetching Microsoft Office 2010 product key has been fixed.
6. Issue in repeatedly processing the user configuration when multiple users login to a computer has been fixed.

Enhancements and Bug Fixes between 70216 and 70224

Enhancements

1. A new component, Notification Server, included for instant "On Demand" operations
2. Software repository on the Desktop Central Server is now configurable.
3. Option to exclude specific USB device instance from being blocked has been included.
4. Option to specify the DNS name of the Distribution Server along with its IP Address while creating a remote office has been included.
5. Automated Patch Deployment has been enhanced to improve performance.
6. Option to exclude computers based on the processor type has been included.
7. Disk Usage report now includes a detailed view to get the drive specific usage statistics.
8. Option to make User Confirmation permanent has been included in Remote Control.
9. Option to disable Software Metering feature has been included.

Bug Fixes

1. Issue in high memory usage in software metering has been fixed.
2. Memory usage during Patch Deployment has been optimized.

Enhancements and Bug Fixes between 70213 and 70216

Enhancements

1. Remote Control will now provide the history of remote connections established using Desktop Central with the duration of each sessions.
2. Administrators can also configure the color quality for the remote connections to optimize the bandwidth. The color quality and compression level can be set at the remote office level, which will be common for all the computers in that remote office.
3. Support for viewing User Access Control (UAC) dialogs of the remote computers has been included in Remote Control. This is applicable only for client computers running Windows Vista or Windows 7 OS.
4. Scheduled Reports that enables you to receive query reports, custom reports and predefined reports in specific formats and a at a specific time has been introduced.
5. 'Show deployment progress' and 'Skip deployment' options introduced in Install/Uninstall software configuration.

Bug Fixes

1. Issue related to upgrading agents in remote office names that contain Latin alphabets has been fixed.

Enhancements and Bug Fixes between 70200 and 70213

Enhancements

1. Advanced Software Metering is introduced. This can be used to get the software usage for the selected applications.
2. Remote Control now has the functionality of prompting even if the user is not logged in or the computer is locked.
3. IP scope feature is introduced ,which can auto change Agents Remote Office setting on the client computer according to the Scope defined in Desktop Central.
4. Support for capturing/rendering the transparent windows in Remote Control has been included.
5. Windows 7 (x86 and x64) Service Pack 1 and Windows 2008 R2 (x64) Service Pack 1 is Supported.
6. Support for user environment variables in Custom Script is introduced.
7. Remote Control initiated computer's IP audit is introduced in Action Log Viewer.

Bug Fixes

1. Issue in displaying the wrong execution status when the patch or the configuration is not applicable in one or more computers has been fixed.
2. Issue in order of deploying configuration as Collection is fixed.
3. Issue in recreating the agents even when there is no change in agent properties has been fixed.
4. Issue in connecting to a remote computer having multiple IP Addresses has been fixed.
5. Issue in establishing remote connections from Inventory and Patch views has been fixed.