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Shavlik NetChk Protect Version History
6.5.1.527
Released 10/13/2008
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed a bug where deployments would fail to initiate, including those performed after rescans, from the NetChk Home Page, and as part of an auto-remediation task following a scan
- Fixed a bug where deployments were failing with 'Invalid Optional header type' in the PM.log file
- Fixed a bug where console-based scheduled activities weren't upgraded when installing a new version of Shavlik NetChk
- Modified Shavlik Agent behavior so that it operates on new agent policy immediately after receiving updated policies
- Fixed an issue where the Shavlik Agent wasn't able to be installed from the Machine Properties window
- Fixed an issue where the Save button wasn't available when changing agent policies in the machine properties window
- Modified Distribution Server behavior so that agent installs don't require full file synchronization to all Distribution Servers
- Fixed a bug where remote patch repositories weren't being updated properly
- Fixed an issue in the scan engine where the target system's Operating System wasn't being identified if the scan engine encountered a 'Server too busy - error 1726' event
- Fixed an issue in the SafeReboot window where the Snooze bar appeared when it wasn't configured to do so
- Fixed an issue where scheduled scans weren't respecting the 'run disconnected' setting in the Tools-Options menu
- Fixed a bug where deployments were failing if the target machine was removed from the machine group in which it was initially scanned
- Fixed an error that occurred when choosing to email scan status results from the machine summary window
- Fixed a bug where exporting report data containing no results caused an exception
- Fixed a bug in the machine group window where Tools-Export Text File was outputting XML instead of TXT
- Fixed a bug in the Deployment Detail report where the Bulletin Number and KB numbers weren't being displayed
6.5.0.489
Released 8/25/2008
New Features:
- Added ability to perform patch scans and deployments to offline VMware Workstation, Server, and ESX Server images
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed a bug where the agentless distribution server function did not respect primary vs secondary distribution server settings properly
- Fixed a bug where the stschedex.exe process might crash on a target system
- Changed the default configuration of the Safe Reboot dialog to remove the focus from the Reboot Now button so that it wouldn't inadvertently be pressed
- Fixed a bug that allowed users to upgrade with the Shavlik application already open. The user interface would not behave properly until all instances were closed
- Fixed a memory leak in the patch deployment function
- Fixed a bug where the 'rename' and 'delete' right click options weren't working properly when executed on items in the left navigator pane
- Fixed a bug where scans scheduled prior to Upgrade/Install continue to use old file version
- Fixed a bug where the deployment configuration screen allowed date and time changes when 'install immediately' was selected
- Fixed a bug where patch deployments failed on FAT32 systems
- Fixed a bug where a job was not displayed in the Schedule Task Manager for Windows Server 2008
- Fixed a bug that caused a crash when canceling an 'add credentials' request
- Fixed a bug where distributions servers may have failed to synchronize with the console if Role Based Administration was enabled
- Fixed a bug that caused the scan to fail and the scan status window to hang when scanning a large number of machines
- Fixed a bug where remediation template option was displayed twice in the 'Tools - Options - General - Navigator' window
- Fixed a bug where agent-based patch deployments would fail on Windows Server 2008 systems
- Updated the license key upgrade process so that Audit keys will maintain proper reporting/output options
- Fixed a bug where the 'filter by' function in the machine group window would fail to operate as expected
- Fixed a bug where Windows Server 2008 machines would display 'OS not known for SP1' in the machine centric view'
- Fixed a bug where a target system was told to reboot but would not reboot if no user was logged on
6.1.0.57
Released 5/13/2008
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed a bug that prevented deployments from occurring on some systems due to incorrect ACLs on the windows\propatches folder
- Fixed a bug where large patch deployments failed with 'out of memory' messages
- Fixed a bug where 'download all patches' failed to operate
- Fixed an issue where stPatchAssessment.exe continued to run even after all patch scans completed
- Fixed a bug where agent policy creation would crash if passwords were supplied
- Fixed a bug where the version 6.0 dissolving scheduler failed to dissolve when performing remote deployments
- Fixed an error that caused target systems to display a crash for cl5.exe and/or stschedex.exe
- Fixed a bug that prevented 'deploy all missing patches' from operating when selected from scan items in left navigator
- Fixed a bug where sorting or grouping data by download icon or agent status in the Machine Centric View would make the relevant icons disappear
- Fixed a bug where copying a patch group would simply rename the selected patch group
- Fixed a bug where agent policies could not be edited if they were created in earlier versions of the product
- Fixed a bug where agent scan results were not appearing in the Machine Centric View
- Fixed a bug where the Machine Centric View would error when filtering by a large patch group
- Fixed a bug download icons would not appear for some patches after download new Shavlik XML files
- Fixed a bug where cross-domain deployments would fail with a message about invalid credentials
- Reverted behavior back to pre 6.0 functionality so the scan engine will respect both patch group and patch type filters specified in a scan template
6.0.10.640
Released 3/06/2008
Updates:
- Modified the database conversion routine during the installation process to address the following issues
- Corrected a database issue where in some cases it was not possible to remove selected machines from a machine group
- Corrected a database issue that might prevent deployments from occurring
- Updated the database conversion process to address an issue where some databases were not successfully converted during the installation process
Notes: Customers that have successfully installed 6.0 and have not experienced the above issues do not need to to upgrade to this version. Customers who have installed 6.0 and are experiencing the above issues should contact support@shavlik.com to obtain a standalone database repair tool as installing this version on top of an existing version 6 installation will not correct these issues.
6.0.10.636
Released 3/06/2008
Updates:
- Modified the database conversion routine during the installation process to address the following issues
- Corrected a database issue where in some cases it was not possible to remove selected machines from a machine group
- Corrected a database issue that might prevent deployments from occurring
- Updated the database conversion process to address an issue where some databases were not successfully converted during the installation process
Notes: Customers that have successfully installed 6.0 and have not experienced the above issues do not need to to upgrade to this version. Customers who have installed 6.0 and are experiencing the above issues should contact support@shavlik.com to obtain a standalone database repair tool as installing this version on top of an existing version 6 installation will not correct these issues.
6.0.10.636
Released 2/19/2008
Other New Features, Enhancements, and Bug Fixes:
- Added ability to scan systems where the systemdrive share (such as C$ or D$) has been disabled
- The 6.0 installation process will automatically migrate scheduled scans from 5.81 and later consoles
- Added support for deploying Microsoft Office patches and service packs when the Office application is a different language than the Operating System
- Removed support for the JET (MDB) database and included a new SQL database setup tool
- Updated safe reboot to display the countdown window on 64 bit systems
- Udpated safe reboot to display the countdown window on Vista systems
- Updated safe reboot to display the countdown window to the primary Terminal Service session
- Added ability to create a custom timeout period before reports are auto-emailed - to allow for all scan results to be uploaded to the database prior to sending the emailed report
- Improved console performance when launching the Netchk application which is connected to a database with large numbers of scans
- Improved overall PatchPush Tracker performance
- Enhanced report generation process to create large reports faster using less memory
- Added ability to install the application on Windows Server 2008 systems
- Enabled ability for users to see all created distribution servers
- Enabled users to view all email addresses
- Added ability to modify patch agents to only scan for certain patch types - based on registry key setting (2039)
- Modified scan results so domain name will be shown in domain column, rather than OU name, when scanning by OU
- Enhanced log maintenance. Patch scan and remediation logs (hf.log and pm.log) will not be overwritten during each scan or deployment. Logs will grow to a customizable max size (100 meg default) before starting a new log file. Prior log file is saved.
- Fixed a bug where the scan engine failed to retry authentication with the currently logged on credentials when the supplied credentials failed
- Modified scan engine behavior - when scanning for a specific set of patches (patch group), the 'patch type' filter will be disregarded
- Fixed bug where the PatchPush Tracker default listening port would not change when modified in the tools-options dialog
- Corrected safe reboot execution date attributes to respect international date formats
- Corrected an issue where attempting to import machine credentials for a machine group would fail
- Fixed an issue with auto-emailing the Patch Scan Summary report where the report would fail to generate when SQL Server authentication was used with the Shavlik database
- Modified Office Media Path to work whether a trailing backslash was included in the path or not
- Removed International Mode Download Center option as this capability has been fully integrated into the product
- Modified all Shavlik related service names to start with 'Shavlik'
- Fixed an error that occurred when importing large numbers of machine names to a machine group (greater than 10,000 machine names)
- Added support for managing machines names containing multibyte characters
5.9.0.145
Released 4/30/2007
Bug Fixes:
- Corrected several bugs related to using SQL Server as the data repository for Shavlik scans<
- Fixed a bug report rollup from children to master consoles was not working if the child console was using SQL Server as the data store
- Fixed a bug where the scan engine would slow down when scanning large numbers of systems
- Fixed a bug in report generation when using advanced filters and selecting Service Packs
- Fixed a bug where scheduled scans were not operating with the Shavlik Scheduler (they would only use the Microsoft scheduler)
- Fixed a bug in the Test Deployment function when testing against 32bit Vista systems
- Fixed a bug in the Shavlik Scheduler where CPU would rise to 100% if the scheduler was able to obtain the requested TCP port number
- Fixed a bug where the scan engine was failing to use the supplied proxy credentials
- Fixed a bug where scheduled scans were not functioning when the admin was logged off of the system hosting the NetChk console
- Fixed a bug in report generation for reporting by machine type
- Fixed a bug where several Service Pack entries failed to display download icons<
- Fixed a bug where remote console synchronization would fail when missing specific data files
5.8.1.136
Released 1/30/2007
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug in the scan engine where scanning 'only for missing patches' would not return a scan result
- Fixed a bug where a text file containing a list of patches that was linked to a scan template did not function as a patch filter
- Fixed a bug where double reboots might occur in some instances
- Fixed a bug where credentials in nested groups weren't being used
5.8.0.577
Released 10/23/2006
Bug Fixes:
- Corrected an error when testing credentials against a group of machines where incorrect credentials were supplied
- Fixed a bug where scanning for software distribution patches via a patch group might fail to scan as expected
5.6.0.446
Released 4/4/2006
5.6.0.444
Released 3/30/2006
5.5.1.754
Released 11/21/2005
Bug Fixes:
- Corrected an issue where deploying patches via the Summary By Patch view would deploy patches to all machines whether the patch was needed or not
- Corrected an issue where scheduled reboots using SafeReboot would occur before the scheduled time
- Extended the spyware scan console timout value from 10 minutes to 40 minutes. Also added a registry key value to the console machine to control this timeout. To modify this value, go to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Shavlik\HFNetChkPro4\GUI\Options and change the 'SpyWait' decimal value to the number of minutes you'd like to use for the scan wait process
- Fixed a crash when testing credentials associated with a machine group where both IP addresses and IP ranges where specified
- Updated the spyware scan engine to better handle low resource environments on client machines
- Enhanced the handling of sensitive information when this information was decrypted in memory
5.5
Released 08/31/2005
5.1
Released 06/09/2005
5.0.1
Released 04/07/2005
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