EMCO Software - Release Announcements for All Products

EMCO MSI Package Builder 4.5 is available

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:17:00 GMT

Improved custom actions

Custom actions, that can be executed automatically during installation and uninstallation of generated MSI packages, were improved. You can not only to define an action, but also pass command-line parameters to the executed action, let MSI installer to wait for completion of the action and cancel MSI installation in case of error in the executed action. You can also define multiple actions that will be executed before or after installation and uninstallation.

Target platform selection

When you generate an MSI package, you can select if you like to generate it for x86 or x64 platform. By default the application will generate MSI for the platform where MSI generation is performed. This option can be useful for cases when MSI project is created manually, but it's not recommended to change the platform for projects that were generated automatically using the Live Monitoring technology, because in this case generated project may work incorrectly.

New and improved features

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

Added an option in the Project Wizard to pass command-line parameters to an installations that are started automatically for monitoring of their actions.

Resolved issues

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

Possible errors while opening existing projects

Learn more: EMCO MSI Package Builder

EMCO Remote Shutdown 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

Learn more: EMCO Remote Shutdown

EMCO Remote Registry Merge 2.2 is available

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:59:00 GMT

New main window layout

The controls layout on the main application window was reorganized to simplify customization. The schedule and calendar controls were moved to the Calendar area that can be collapsed if you prefer to work with a plain list of tasks. Space for the Machine Queue view was expanded, so it becomes easier to manage data on it.

Improved the Machine Queue editor

The Machine Queries and Machine Queue editors, used in previous versions or the application, were merged into the single editor. On the left side of this editor you can select available machines, groups of machines and machine queues and move required elements to the right side in order to use them as targets of the registry export and merge operations. If you like, you can create new machine queries directly in the right side of the editor, that represents the configured Current Queue. Also you can preview a list of PCs reported by the Current Queue on the Effective Queue Structure tab.

New and improved features

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

Added a feature that allows to specify if the results of a registry export should be merged into a single file or an individual file should be created for each registry export condition
Added a feature to execute re-enumeration of Machines and enumeration of new Machines in the network, specific groups or active directory containers using pop-up menu items in the Network Browser view
Added an option to wrap descriptions in the Task Execution Results and Application Log views
Optimized system resources usage
Improved event details pane in the Task Execution Results and Application Log views

Learn more: EMCO Remote Registry Merge

EMCO Remote Registry Exporter 2.1 is available

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:48:00 GMT

New main window layout

Improved the Machine Queue editor

The Machine Queue editor was reworked and now on the left side of this editor you can select available machines, groups of machines and move required elements to the right side in order to use them as targets of the registry export operation. You can remove selected data on the right side using the Delete button, located on the toolbar.

New and improved features

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

Added a feature that allows to specify if the results of a registry export should be merged into a single file or an individual file should be created for each registry export condition
Added a feature to execute re-enumeration of Machines and enumeration of new Machines in the network, specific groups or active directory containers using pop-up menu items in the Network Browser view
Added an option to wrap descriptions in the Task Execution Results and Application Log views
Optimized system resources usage
Improved event details pane in the Task Execution Results and Application Log views

Learn more: EMCO Remote Registry Exporter

EMCO WakeOnLan 1.2 is available

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:17:00 GMT

New main window layout

Improved the Machine Queue editor

The Machine Queries and Machine Queue editors, used in previous versions or the application, were merged into the single editor. On the left side of this editor you can select available machines, groups of machines and machine queues and move required elements to the right side in order to use them as targets of the WOL operation. If you like, you can create new machine queries directly in the right side of the editor, that represents the configured Current Queue. Also you can preview a list of PCs reported by the Current Queue on the Effective Queue Structure tab.

New and improved features

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

Added a feature to execute re-enumeration of Machines and enumeration of new Machines in the network, specific groups or active directory containers using pop-up menu items in the Network Browser view
Added an option to wrap descriptions in the Task Execution Results and Application Log views
Optimized system resources usage
Improved event details pane in the Task Execution Results and Application Log views

Learn more: EMCO WakeOnLan

EMCO Ping Monitor 4.6.8 is available

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:29:00 GMT

Extended list of custom actions

The supported list of custom actions was extended and now includes the 'On First Connection Failure' action. The 'On First Connection Failure' event occurs when a connection to a host fails immediately after the monitoring process is activated and in this case the specified action is executed.

Extended list of notifications

E-mail, balloon and sound notifications were extended and now can be generated for 'On First Connection' and 'On First Connection Failure' events.

New and improved features

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

Optimized system resources usage

Learn more: EMCO Ping Monitor

EMCO Network Inventory 5.8.3 is available

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:59:00 GMT

New and improved features

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

Introduced a feature of retrieving the information about installed software updates

Resolved issues

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

Applications with names longer then 80 characters are not retrieved during a scan
Incorrect detection of installed application lists in specific environments
Main menu items are not displayed in the Chars dialog

Learn more: EMCO Network Inventory

EMCO MSI Package Builder 4.4.9 is available

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:19:00 GMT

New and improved features

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

Added preview of System Folders locations on the Machine where MSI Package Builder is running

Resolved issues

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

.NET applications may stop working after installing of an MSI packages created using the Live Monitoring technology in the specific environments

Learn more: EMCO MSI Package Builder

EMCO Network Software Scanner 1.0 is available

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:05:00 GMT

Brand-new UI

The application comes with the brand-new interface based on the Ribbon UI. The main actions of the application are represented on the Ribbon bar and in context menus. All interface elements are dockable and can be moved and re-grouped according with your taste.

Easy-to-use task management

The application implements the brand-new conception of task management and UI organization. You can execute multiple remote operations in parallel and they don't block UI, so you can see, for example, results of application scanning and export data while the network scan operation continues to work. All executed operations can be managed through a Task Management view where you can stop, pause and resume operations if you need.

Fast network scanner

The network scanner used to collect a list of network computers and extract software information from remote PCs is optimized and can work with a good performance even large networks that include thousands of computers. It can scan PCs in a Windows domain, workgroup and in mixed environments.

Export data to a file

If you need to create a custom software inventory report, you can export collected information about installed applications and updates to a file in CSV format. The Export Wizard allows configuring export format options.

Database switching

The application data are stored in the local, file-based database. By default it's stored separately for every user who work with the application, but if you like to use the shared database, you can use the option in the application preferences to specify a path to the shared database location.

Learn more: EMCO Network Software Scanner

EMCO WakeOnLan 1.1.5 is available

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:22:00 GMT

New and improved features

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

Active Directory scanning performance is significantly improved
Organization Unit is displayed in a tooltip for a Machine

Resolved issues

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

The alternate credentials for Network are not imported
Task recurrence dialog is painted wrong in some environments

Learn more: EMCO WakeOnLan