--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release Notes for nitrobit group policy Version 2.1.6.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Download Information --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check for the latest relase of nitrobit group policy at: http://download.nitrobit.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trial Version Information --------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can use this Version for testing purposes. Please note that the nitrobit group policy client stops working after 42 days unless a valid license key is provided. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version History --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 2.1.6.0 Released: 18-11-2008 Bugfixes: - Editor: Failed to add computer accounts to a policy in an NT4 domain - Editor: Forecast user registry settings are not processed - Editor: Improved forecast group resolution - Editor: Failed to update version number in gpt.ini --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 2.1.5 Released: 09-22-2008 Features: - Client: RSOP Logging can now be controlled through a policy setting. RSOP Logging is disabled by default. Bugfixes: - Setup: LICENSEFILE property does not work, if license file is located on a network share - Client: Failed to log to the event log - Support Tool: Collect microsoft's gpo log files - Support Tool: Add a finish page --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 2.1.4.1 Released: 09-07-2008 Bugfixes: - Editor: 64-bit portability issues --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 2.1.4 Released: 08-07-2008 Bugfixes: - Client: Windows Firewall Settings now use the "Domain Profile" settings, if the client is connected to a windows domain. - Support Tool: Collect only policy folders that begin with a curly brace - Editor: Failed to remove mandatory IP group assignment from policy - Editor: Policy Forecast shows policy in incorrect order - Setup: Failed to install nitrobit group policy on Windows Vista 64 Bit --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 2.1.3 Released: 07-03-2008 Bugfixes: - Client: Slow policy processing if applying IEAK policies --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 2.1.2 Released: 14-02-2008 Bugfixes: - Client: Regular expression group assignments are not matched correctly if another regular expression group was deleted before - Editor: Forecast does not show assigned regular expression groups - Editor: Failed to add a software installation package if the policy path contains a space character - Editor: No policies were shown, when the system editor was opened through the start menu - Editor: Unable to select Domain Users and Groups in the Local Security Policies settings --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 2.1.1 Released: 13-11-2007 Bugfixes: - Editor: IEAK is not visible in the policy editor due to a wrong default configuration --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 2.1.0 Released: 23-10-2007 Features: - Integrated LDAP - Group Policy Logging & Forecast - NAP client support (shipped with Windows Vista and Windows XP SP3) - Improved Editor Bugfixes: - Editor: failed to select domain groups in folder redirection settings - Client: failed to uninstall applications when using a transformation file --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 1.3.8 Released: 09-02-2007 Bugfixes: - Setup: command line properties are not evaluated --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 1.3.7 Released: 14-09-2006 Bugfixes: - Edtitor: Lists on IP Group and RegEx Group property pages are sortable now. - Client: Full support for Windows Vista. - Client: Ability to reapply machine policy during user login, if it failed on machine startup. Modified ngp.adm to reflect this change. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 1.3.6 Released: 30-03-2006 Bugfixes: - Wireless LAN Settings cannot be modified. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 1.3.5 Released: 17-02-2006 Features: - Client: Internet Explorer Mainenance Kit (IEAK) can be disabled with Policy.ini value --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 1.3.4 Released: 12-02-2006 Features: - nitrobit group policy now supports Sun Java System Directory Server as LDAP-Server. - Editor: Internet Explorer Mainenance Kit (IEAK) can be disabled from Group Policy Editor with Policy.ini value Bugfixes: - Editor: Apply-Button is not reenabled on some property sheets - Support Tool: Cleanup always raises logging level to maximum when started with GUI - Support Tool: Cleanup deletes IPSec Local Policy - Client: Published Software packages with primary language ID English are now treated like language neutral packages, to be consistent with Microsoft. - Server: Fixed error in configuration script config.py - Client: Client Extensions can now be controlled with Group Polices --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 1.3.3 Released: 08-11-2005 Features: - nitrobit group policy has AMD64 Support which allows installations on Windows XP 64-Bit and Windows 2003 x64 editions. - nitrobit group policy now supports Red Hat Directory Server as LDAP-Server. Bugfixes: - Editor: Registry Settings are reset when opening Online-Help. - Editor: Software management may fail with certain LDAP-Schemas. - Client: Policy system now correctly handles Policy Operations forced by Reset Cookie but skipped due to backgroud mode. - Client: Policy system now correctly reapplies failed Policy Operations. - Client: Software Advertising may fail on Windows XP SP2 with certain Samba versions. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 1.3.2 Released: 23-08-2005 Features: - nitrobit group policy editor and client now supports assigning policies to computer accounts of a domain. Bugfixes: - Client: Error when installing applied Software with some OpenLDAP-Versions --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 1.3.1 Released: 17-08-2005 Features: - nitrobit group policy editor and client now works on Windows Vista Beta 1 (Codenamed Longhorn) with the following limitation: The nitrobit progress window is not displayed. This will be corrected with a future Version. - Policy System Supports a Policy Reset Cookie Bugfixes: - Editor: Error when adding Msi-Transforms (MST-Files) to Software Publishing Packages --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 1.3.0 Released: 15-07-2005 Features: - Software Publishing with support for Add/Remove Programs Control Panel Applet - Software Categories Management - Support Tool: Support.exe is now Script-enabled - Editor: Message-Box is displayed when Policy.ini or Registry.pol file is not writeable Bugfixes: - Setup: Failed to install License as File - Setup: Error when installing Editor Components on Windows 2000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 1.2.2 Released: 09-03-2005 Features: - Setup: LDAP configuration script config.py supports Univention Corporate Server - Editor: LDAP connection test logs ldap error codes and messages Bugfixes: - Setup: Nitrobit Group Policy Client is not deinstalled completely. - Editor: IP-Group and RegEx-Group definitions are lost when Apply-Button is used - Editor: Group Policy Editor reports error messages when the same GPO is edited simultaneously in two different editors. - Editor: Assignment Sections for new Group Types are not removed from Policy.ini when GPO is removed --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 1.2.1 Released: 11-02-2005 Bugfixes: - RegEx-Groups may not determine global domain group membership for computer accounts. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 1.2.0.0 Released: 03-02-2005 Features: - New group types: IP-Groups and RegEx-Groups - New group handling types: Deny Groups and Mandatory Groups - Group policy support for nitrobit group policy client Bugfixes: - Nitrobit group policy components recognizes utf-8 encoding of Unicode BOM (Byte Order Marker) at the beginning of Policy.ini and pgt.ini files --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 1.0.0.6 Released: 23-12-2004 Bugfixes: - Typo in nitrobit-ads.ldif - Improved error handling and event logging if GPO data is not accessable - Improved authentication mechanism to access GPO data --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 1.0.0.5 Released: 12-11-2004 Bugfixes: - Software Installation component does not work with certain LDAP-Schema configurations - LDAP-connection fails on Windows 2000 systems - Nitrobit setup fails on Windows 2000 systems that do not have the latest service packs installed --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 1.0.0.4 Features: - Policy Client: Version information in logon window and eventlog message - Setup: configuration script for OpenLDAP schama extension and object import Bugfixes: - Error in nitrobit-ads.schema --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 1.0.0.3 Released: 20-09-2004 Bugfixes: - Policies directly assigned to user accounts are not executed. - System Editor: Policy order is messing up when changed using the GUI. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 1.0.0.2 Released: 08-07-2004 Bugfixes: - Client: Cannot read global domain groups from machine account token with certain Samba versions. - System Editor: Cannot edit policy when the policy path contains a trailing backslash - Policy Editor: Initialization failure with certain MMC versions --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 1.0.0.1 Released: 09-06-2004 Bugfixes: - nitrobit group policy editors do not work on Windows 2000 systems without MMC 2.0 upgrade. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 1.0.0.0 Released: 24-05-2004 Initial Version --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact --------------------------------------------------------------------------- web: www.nitrobit.com support: support@nitrobit.com Copyright (C) analytiq consulting gmbh. 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