New features and enhancements in
Service Pack Manager
For a short period of time
our online database of patches contained an incorrect information for a patch
described by MS03-039 security bulletin. This typo error was preventing patch
to be successfully installed on the target machine. The symptom is appearance
of the dialog box on the target machine, listing command-line switches available
for patch execution. Dismissing this dialog on the target machine
caused no effects.
To correct this error, run LiveUpdate on the OS Info tab. Then try to install
the patch again. Make sure prior to patch installation to kill the patch
process on the target machine, either by using remote process termination
utility from the resource kit or by dismissing the patch dialog box locally on
the target machine.
New features and enhancements in Version
6.9.6.6 (10/22/2003)
This release fixes several bugs mainly
in the NetQuery and NetGroup functionality. It also includes bug fixes in
hotfix dependency rules, and other areas.
New features and enhancements in Version
6.9.6.0 (09/15/2003)
This release fixes several bugs mainly
in the NetGroup functionality. It also includes bug fixes in NetQuery area,
hotfix dependency rules, and other areas.
New features and enhancements in Version
6.9.5.5 (07/30/2003)
This release fixes several bugs. It
includes no new features or enhancements except indicating the number of
machines used out of total license limit. This is shown in the About
box. Click on the yellow square icon on the left side of the Title Bar and
select About Service Pack Manager... menu item.
New features and enhancements in Version
6.9.5.0 (07/02/2003)
This release introduces numerous new
features and enhancements to the existing features, such as those specified
below. In addition the new version includes full support for Win2K SP4 and
support for Windows 2003 Server family:
- Template-based Custom Reporting
Template-based report wizard allows
customization of the scan results. You can customize the report appearance, that is, the
type of data displayed. You can also filter the data, that is, to include or exclude hotfixes by different criteria, such as:
- showing missing or hotfixes only, or both
- showing security or non-security hotfixes only, or both
- excluding obsolete hotfixes
- excluding superceded hotfixes
- excluding informational hotfixes
- showing hotfixes of particular severity rating
The wizard allows creation of custom templates. Two basic templates types are available: Summary and Detailed. The templates can be stored in a
centralized location on a network share.
- The NetGroups
The NetGroup feature has been revamped. The NetGroup feature allows
users to create custom groups of computers organized by arbitrary criteria according to user's choice. Now the user is able to create and manage
hierarchical groups of unlimited nesting levels. All the NetGroup functionality (such as adding, editing, deleting NetGroup nodes and machines)
is available either by drag-n-drop on the network tree or from right-click popup menu on the network tree. Adding computers to the custom groups
can be done wither by machine name, IP address, or a range of IP addresses.
The user has the option of resolving IP addresses to computer names, or displaying machines on the network tree by their IP addresses. It is also
possible to export selected machines from the NetGroups to .CSV text file, and import machines to the selected node of the NetGroups from .CSV text
file.
- Hotfix Severity Rating
The hotfixes information includes now severity ratings as defined by
Microsoft security bulletins. The user can sort by severity rating, and also filter scan results displaying only hotfixes of selected severity
ratings. The filtering functionality is available both on the OS- and Product Status tab and accessible from
right-click popup menu.
- Filtering scan results
Filtering scan results is also can be done by other criteria similar
to those available in report wizard:
- missing/installed hotfixes
- security/non-security hotfixes
- obsolete/superceded/informational hotfixes
- Scheduling Administrative Alerts
The administrative alert capability has been improved. Added capability
of scheduled administrative alerts to multiple (selected) machines.
- User Interface
Numerous user interface improvements, for example
Tool Tips/Balloon Tips that include legends for variety of icon indicators used in a scan results
or network enumeration.
New features and enhancements in Version
6.9.1.0 (03/03/2003)
- This release fixes several deficiencies
and introduces the additional improvements, such as:
- Improved installation procedure for multiple hotfixes, including reliability (failed hotfix does not fail others).
In addition, no prompt window is displayed on the target machines during hotfix
execution. Also, added computer status monitoring during hotfix installation
and shortened execution times.
- Added Remote Computer Shutdown option to the existing Remote Computer Reboot
functionality.
- Added automatic refreshing of EventLog whenever EventLog tab is selected.
- Fixed GMT time zone bug for Adelaide, Darwin, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras,
New Delhi, Newfoundland.-
New features and enhancements in Version
6.9.0.3 (01/27/2003)
- This is a maintenance release. It
fixes few code deficiencies in the area of Alternative Logon Credentials.
When user supplied his own logon credentials for the target machine
(right-click popup menu on the network tree), the new credentials were
sometimes not properly stored. Thus, the user was loosing this information
from time to time. The problem was particularly escalated when the
modification of logon credentials was done simultaneously to number of
computers. The latest version resolves all these problems. It is important
to note that the new storage procedure are different and incompatible with
previous once. This will lead to loss of current credentials (User
ID/Password) if those were defined by the user for accessing target
machines. Additional minor bug fixes are also included in this release.
New features and enhancements in Version
6.9.0.2 (12/17/2002)
- This is re-release of 6.9.due to new security
hotfix Q810030 that requires
special handling during installation. The program modification was required due
to inconsistent hotfix installation procedures issued by Microsoft.
New features and enhancements in Version
6.9.0.1 (12/02/2002)
- This is the maintenance release that provides modifications
in order to enable users to adequately detect installation status and to
install security hotfix Q329414. The program modification was required due
to inconsistent hotfix installation procedures issued by Microsoft for this
MDAC-related patch.
New features and enhancements in Version
6.9 (11/18/2002)
- This is the maintenance release that does not provide new
features. It fixes several bugs discovered in the latest versions. In
particular this release fixed reliability problem that was occurring time to
time during simultaneous installation of multiple hotfixes.
New features and enhancements in Version
6.8 (11/06/2002)
- This is the maintenance release that does not provide new
features. It fixes several bugs discovered in the latest versions.
New features and enhancements in Version
6.6 (09/30/2002)
- Added support for Windows Media Player
6.4/7.1/8.0/9.0
- Ability to filter the machines displayed on the network
tree by the OS platform (NT/2000/XP)
and/or by Service Pack level.
- Fixed the bug that prevented hotfix installation under
WinXP SP1.
New features and enhancements in Version
6.5
(09/15/2002)
- Added capability to schedule NetQuery
and log the scan results in .CSV files in a user-defined location. The
scheduling includes the capability to schedule NetQuery to run periodically.
- Added capability to run NetQuery
automatically after completion of scheduled hotfix installation.
- Added support for WinXP SP1 and IE 6.0
SP1.
- Fixed several minor bugs in user
interface.
- Numerous user interface enhancements.
- Fixed the bug in a licensing scheme when using
NetGroup feature.
New features and enhancements in Version 6.4.4 (08/16/2002)
- Fixed several bugs related to
detecting the installation status of SQL hotfixes.
- Added support for Win2K SP3.
- Fixed several minor bugs in user
interface.
- Numerous user interface enhancements.
- Improved event reporting for User-Defined Hotfixes.
New features and enhancements in Version 6.4.1 (05/03/2002)
- Added Event Log - logging important
SPM2000 events into Application Event Log
- Added multiple checking/unchecking of available hotfixes
- Added removal of network share on
multiple computers simultaneously.
- Added simultaneous reboot of the
multiple computers.
- Added suppression of error popup messages
as an option on Configuration Options tab.
- Added machine/profile compliance and incompliance
on Profile tab
- Improved and updated Help system
- Fixed a bug of disappearing module files after LiveUpdate.
- Fixed Profiler bug
- Fixed Download Progress reporting error
- Added auto setup of SP source file after SP download
on the OS Information tab.
- Fixed Last Update date bug on the status bar on
OS Information tab and Product Information. tab.
- Added support for individual
credentials per machine and per domain.
- Added selection of machines to query by IP address range
(NetGroup feature)
- Fixed crash on sorting by issue date on the
Product Status tab.
New features and enhancements in Version 6.3 (02/25/2002)
- Support for additional Microsoft
products:
- Windows XP
- ISA Server 2000
- Addition of Service Pack files download capability
- Added file integrity verification for OS and Product Service Packs.
- Addition of monitoring reboot of the target
machines, including reboot during hotfix installation.
- UNC path support for download directory
definition
- Provided indication of the required
reboot condition of the remote machines after hotfix installation.
- Bug fix: lack of persistence of the NetGroup
feature on the Product Status tab.
- Fixed a problem of detecting Exchange 2000 and Exchange 5.5 SP4 hotfixes.
New features and enhancements in Version 6.2 (02/25/2002)
- Support for additional Microsoft
products:
- SQL Server 7.0
- SQL Server 2000
- Removal of hotfix files from the target machines after reboot.
- Reboot option of the target
machines after hotfix installation.
- Improvement of verification of
hotfix installation:
- Verification of version of individual files that comprise a hotfix.
- Verification of checksum of individual files that comprise
a hotfix.
- Reporting of individual files that comprise a hotfix per hotfix
and per Service Pack.
- Hotfix Profiler enhancements
While testing multiple machines against pre-defined or
user-defined profile, only the machine that match the criteria
are displayed on the hierarchical profile tree.
- Ability to start/stop SQL
Services
- Ability to quickly look up and
view Microsoft Security
Bulletin associated with the security hotfix.
- Bug fixes
New features and enhancements in Version 6.1 (10/08/2001)
- Support
for additional Microsoft products:
- Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 4
- Exchange Server 2000
- Automatic download of Hotfixes if not
present during the installation.
- Improvement in User Interface
- Improvement in Hotfix detection and
identification
- Bug
fixes
New features and enhancements in Version 6.0 (08/23/2001)
- Support
for additional Microsoft products:
- Internet Information Server (version 4.x and higher)
- Internet Explorer (version 4.x and higher)
- Outlook 98
- Outlook 2000
- Outlook Express
- Scheduling
single and multiple Hotfix installation for both OS- and product-related
Hotfixes
- Addition
of User-Defined Hotfixes to the Hotfix Profiler
- Filtering
User-Defined and pre-defined Hotfixes in the Hotfix Profiler
- Addition
of Hotfix description to the Hotfix Profiler
- Bug
fixes
New features and enhancements in Version 5.x
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