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Version History

The information below summarizes what has changed in each version:

5.01 (March 05, 2008)

  • New: Improved support for monitoring users under Windows Vista.
  • Fixed: Monitoring and controling the users desktop under Windows Vista.
  • Fixed: Hiding the program from Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.

4.05 (February 02, 2007)

  • New: Web Sites logger now includes support for Internet Explorer 7.

4.04 (September 13, 2006)

  • Updated: Improved keystroke logging when running Microsoft Global IME (East Asian languages).

4.03 (May 4, 2006)

  • Fixed: Screenshot quotas were not maintained correctly.

4.00 (March 26, 2005)

  • New: Disk Activity Logging records folders and files created, moved, renamed or deleted by each user.
  • Updated: Changed log folder location.

3.1 (January 21, 2005)

  • New: Send Ctrl-Alt-Del command in Screen Control.
  • Fixed: Change screenshot interval without restarting.
  • Updated: Less susceptible to anti-spyware software.

3.0 (January 14, 2004)

  • New: Version 3 was rewritten entirely from scratch.
  • New: New user interface, layout and icons.
  • New: Interface can be translated into any language.
  • New: Web site logger, logs web page titles and URL's.
  • Updated: Improved connection security and compression.
  • Updated: Remote screen control feature is more efficient.
  • Updated: Logs can be instantly sorted by any column.
  • Updated: Logs can be exported to CSV or Tab-delimited format.

2.21 (January 2003)

  • Updated - Improved detection of public IP addresses for IP Fetch.
  • Updated - Some cosmetic changes to the user interface.
  • Fixed - Uppercase "Z" problem with key capturing.

2.20 (November 2002)

  • New - Improved support for Windows XP controls.
  • New - Import and export Application Blocking rules.
  • Updated - More sample rules for Application Blocking.
  • Fixed - Screen Logging halting when system clock is set forward.

2.11 (October 2002)

  • New - Added new Support options into Client.
  • New - Added Tip of the Day message on startup.
  • Fixed - Shortcut to help file has been corrected.

2.10 (August 2002)

  • Fixed - Log off problem in Windows 2000/XP.
  • Fixed - Client generating invalid security key.
  • Updated - Product renamed from GlobalPatrol to Desktop Scout.
  • Updated - Added support links into client.

2.00 (March 2002)

  • New - Windows XP and Terminal Server support.
  • New - File Explorer for browsing, downloading and executing files remotely.
  • New - Remote screen control, click and type into the remote users screen.
  • Fixed - Encrypted logs and many bug fixes.

1.31 (January 2002)

  • New - Support for Windows XP style controls.
  • New - Multiple screen logs or application logs can be deleted at once.
  • Fixed - User name matching bug in Application Blocking.
  • Fixed - IP Fetch save in Administration utility
  • Fixed - Stability bug in Windows 2000.
  • Fixed - Server performs clean uninstallation in Windows 95/98.
  • Fixed - Application Blocking user names not matching.
  • Updated - Documentation now included in download package.

1.30 (December 2001)

  • New - Block out applications, web sites and documents.
  • New - Server can now be fully configured from the client side.
  • Fixed - Improved international date, time and number support.

1.20 (September 2001)

  • New - Key logging has been added to the Application Log.
  • New - Remotely shutdown or restart the server or log off the current user.
  • New - Export the Application Log and Screen Logs.
  • Updated - Icon pack and other minor cosmetic changes.

1.10 (August 2001)

  • New - Dynamic IP address support using a feature called IP Fetch.
  • Fixed - User name tracking now works under Windows NT/2000.
  • Updated - New installer resulting in smaller downloads.

1.00 (July 2001)

  • New - Initial release.