EMCO Remote Shutdown - Release Announcements

Version 4.4.2 is available

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:25:00 GMT

New and improved features

Features below were firstly introduced or significantly improved in this release:

Improved error diagnostics while connecting to remote Machines
Network scanning performance is significantly improved

Resolved issues

This release contains a set of resolved issues, including most important ones, listed below:

Probable errors during the network enumeration process
Removing Machines from Machine Queues of recurrent tasks leads to the error

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Version 4.4.1 is available

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:51:00 GMT

New and improved features

Features below were firstly introduced or significantly improved in this release:

Improved Alternate credentials concept
Improved performance of connection to remote machines

Resolved issues

This release contains a set of resolved issues, including most important ones, listed below:

Potential errors while retrieving the MAC address using the WMI method
Connection to remote machines might fail in specific environments even if the configuration is correct
Potential error while resetting an alternate credentials

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Version 4.4 is available

Tue, 17 May 2011 10:16:00 GMT

MAC Addresses view

The new MAC Addresses view was added to simplify troubleshooting of WOL operations. It displays a list of MAC addresses automatically retrieved by the application for network hosts and allows to check that MAC addresses are correct for all WOL operation target hosts.

MAC addresses management features

Now it's possible not only to check MAC addresses for remote hosts, but also to edit them if required. If MAC addresses weren't collected for some hosts, you can execute MAC address scan for them directly from the MAC Addresses view.

New and improved features

Features below were firstly introduced or significantly improved in this release:

Optimized connection to remote Machines

Resolved issues

This release contains a set of resolved issues, including most important ones, listed below:

Potential errors while retrieving the MAC address via the NetBIOS method
Potential errors while retrieving the MAC address via the WinAPI method
Wrong IP address detection in complex network environments

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Version 4.3.6 is available

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:40:00 GMT

New and improved features

Features below were firstly introduced or significantly improved in this release:

Added support of Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 operating systems
Added support of network environments with dynamic IP addresses
Slightly improved remote tasks execution speed

Resolved issues

This release contains a set of resolved issues, including most important ones, listed below:

Invalid website and e-mail links in the application user interface

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Version 4.3.5 is available

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:20:00 GMT

New and improved features

Features below were firstly introduced or significantly improved in this release:

Improved method of retrieving network groups
Improved network scanning performance

Resolved issues

This release contains a set of resolved issues, including most important ones, listed below:

Failed to retrieve network groups in specific network environments

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Version 4.3.4 is available

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:43:00 GMT

New and improved features

Features below were firstly introduced or significantly improved in this release:

Improved logging of the network enumeration and MAC addresses scan processes

Resolved issues

This release contains a set of resolved issues, including most important ones, listed below:

Potential application hang during the network scan process
The application does not retrieve all Machines from a single Active Directory domain
Potential error during MAC address scan when running on Microsoft Windows Vista x64 and Microsoft Windows 2008 x64
The ARP MAC address retrieving method works incorrectly in complex network environments

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Version 4.3.3 is available

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:02:00 GMT

New and improved features

Features below were firstly introduced or significantly improved in this release:

Added an ability to repair and recreate the application database if it is corrupted
Improved editing of a Machine Queue for recurrent tasks. When you apply changes in the Machine Queue, you get a confirmation dialog that allows you to choose if you are going to edit this occurrence or the whole series.
Improved the application database reliability
Improved navigation within the Calendar view

Resolved issues

This release contains a set of resolved issues, including most important ones, listed below:

Unexpected execution of a recurrence exception immediately after its creation
A recurrence exception Machine queue is initialized wrong
Some dialogs are painted wrong when using Office 2010 skins

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Version 4.3.2 is available

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:56:00 GMT

New and improved features

Features below were firstly introduced or significantly improved in this release:

Introduced Office 2010 UI skins

Resolved issues

This release contains a set of resolved issues, including most important ones, listed below:

Potential database errors at application startup

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Version 4.3.1 is available

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:48:00 GMT

New and improved features

Features below were firstly introduced or significantly improved in this release:

Introduced an option on the Application ribbon tab that allows to show/hide Task Details Pane

Resolved issues

This release contains a set of resolved issues, including most important ones, listed below:

Database error happens when Machines are added to the Network Browser by IP range
Incorrect navigation within the Calendar in some cases when navigation buttons or the Date Navigator are used

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Version 4.3 is available

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:21:00 GMT

MAC address detection

Detection of MAC addresses for remote PCs is required to use WOL operation. MAC detection is performed automatically in scope of the network scan. Starting from this version MAC addresses can be detected using various methods: ARP, NetBIOS, WinAPI and WMI. You can select used methods on the Preferences dialog.

WOL power peak prevention

Large computer networks can experience high power peaks when all PCs are waking up. To prevent this you can define on the application Preferences page a timeout that should be passed between sending WOL command to groups of computers. By default timeout is set to 0, so WOL is executed with no delays.

New and improved features

Features below were firstly introduced or significantly improved in this release:

Improved log information for remote operations

Resolved issues

This release contains a set of resolved issues, including most important ones, listed below:

Potential errors at the application start up after changing system locale settings
Clear at application start up option for the Application Log does not work
MAC address is not retrieved for Machines with multiple NIC adapters
Network scan fails for environments with more than 64 domains
Cancellation of remote operation might be not logged
Potential errors while managing the Machine Tree after the application database switching

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