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RA v5.38.14 and DS v4.38.14 - Windows Patch workaround for
Master, Slave and DS.
Master/Slave/DS
RA worked well on Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista
until this Windows patch. Here is a new RA patch for a new Windows patch which made RA
crash on PCs updated by Microsoft. |
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RA v5.38.9 and DS v4.38.9 - Windows Patch workaround for
Master, Slave and DS.
Master/Slave/DS
Yet another Microsoft patch, for IE this time, which made RA
crash on newly updated machines. We implemented the workaround in
Master and DS without waiting the same causes to have the same
effects... |
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RA v5.37.12 and DS v4.37.12 - Windows Patch workaround for
Master and
Slave.
Master/Slave
Windows Vista cannot be detected like other Windows versions
by the Win32 API and this was leading to erratic errors in Slaves. A
workaround has been found and applied to Slave for this.
Windows Vista, for unidentified reasons, does not respond in the
same way than the 8 previous abusively called "32-bit"
versions of this operating system when the currently logged in
user name is requested. This was leading some Masters to report a void
user name, leading to an authentication failure with the DS.
A workaround has been found and applied for this too.
NB: Microsoft finally corrected the fact that only the DS was
targeted by the weird service load order change (weird because the
DS was moved in the list before critical system services like the
TCP/IP stack, leading to a failure to start TWD Industries'
service automatically at boot time). Now Slave is also targeted,
something that we were surprised not to see in November 2006
because the service code and authors are strictly identical in
both programs since year 2001. It is very reassuring to see that
Microsoft is now getting more concerned about being coherent. |
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RA v5.35.1 and DS v4.35.1 - Windows Patch workaround for
Slave and DS.
Slave/DS
Some Microsoft 2000 machines, for unidentified reasons, did
not let Slave start automatically at boot time while others worked
just fine. No other Windows version was concerned. The cause of
the trouble was a bug in the Windows API that did not save
properly the 'RA Server' dependencies. Again, a workaround has
been found to prevent Windows from blocking Slave before Windows
is loaded. |
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RA v5.34.12 and DS v4.34.12 - Windows Patch workaround for
Slave and DS.
Slave/DS
Microsoft decided to modify Windows in order move Windows
services (well, not all of them) in the order they are started by
the SCM (Service Control Manager). Guess what. They moved some
services up in the start list -far before critical system services
are loaded. Slave was untouched -but not DS (despite the fact that
their service-related code and authors are strictly identical).
This Windows-patch workaround resolves the problem (a recurrent
but silent DS crash at boot time, courtesy of Microsoft). |
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RA v5.33.12 and DS v4.33.12 - Bug fix for Master/Slave/DS.
Master/Slave/DS
The calls that perform proxy autodetection are flawed under
Windows 2000 and this version of RA/DS prevents the feature from
causing a crash. Thanks for Bertrand Held from SITA for letting us
know about the problem.
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RA Slave v5.32.28 Bug fix for Slave.
Slave
The no-logged-user status was not properly reported, leading
to an improper behavior of the "manual filtering"
feature. Thanks for Jorg Zabel from Kreissparkasse Syke for signaling this issue!
NT4's implementation of the Win32 API calls to control the mouse
cursor is flawed and caused a crash with the recent support for
Slave-side real-time cursor shapes. Slave has been modified to
disable this feature on NT4 in order to avoid this crash. Thanks
from Thomas Obergasser from Progress Maschinen & Automation
GmbH and Massimo Bovi from Barovier & Toso Murano for their
input. |
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RA Slave v5.32.1 Bug fix for Slave.
Slave
A system handle not released by a periodically called Win32
API function was leading to inevitable system troubles since
Windows is designed with a limited hard-coded number of available
handles -whatever the available physical memory your machine may
have. A workaround has been found and applied. Thanks for Karl
Klein from MCA GmbH for signaling this issue!
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RA DS v4.26.22 The long awaited Mouse Cursor
synchronization is now available.
Master/Slave
The Slave mouse cursor is now visible on the Master side and
is changing accordingly.
Player
The RA movie player has been updated to handle the new RA features.
DS
The DS has been updated to handle the new RA features. |
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RA DS v4.26.14 Minor bug fix for DS.
DS
The ability to have a newly deployed renamed Slave
(Folder#PC_description.exe) register under a given 'Network
Folder' and under a given 'PC description' was broken in the previous version due
to the code signing security verification which was enabled by
error but could not authorize deployment since code-signing has
not been enabled in the DS yet, due to administrative delays. |
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RA Slave v5.26.20 / DS v4.26.1 Major
Compression improvements in RA, bug fix for DS.
Master/Slave
The Master "Compress" option now allows to achieve
compression rates up to 500:1 with very large screens (1920x1200
and higher). That's a x6 improvement over the previous color
compression option. This allows RA to be very responsive on very
bad networks (like slow 56K modems, overwhelmed DSL or unreliable
satellite Internet access points). This new compression scheme
also allows to make much smaller RA movies.
Player
The RA movie player has been updated to handle the new RA
compression scheme.
DS
The File Deployment feature was broken in the previous version due
to the code signing security verification which was enabled by
error but could not authorize deployment since code-signing has
not been enabled in the DS yet, due to administrative delays. |
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RA Slave v5.25.22 Major MS-Windows Performance
issue Patched.
Slave
The "Hardware acceleration" option (Control
Panel/Display Settings/Advanced/Troubleshoot)
must be set to "None" for the Windows blitter to work at
normal speed. Any other setting (like
"Full" hardware acceleration) will slow down
Remote-Anything operations by a factor 10 or more and raise CPU
usage enormously(!). This new version of
Slave disables the "Hardware acceleration" option when
Windows stars unless you explicitly
request it not to do it.
It explains why some have found Remote-Anything slower than Microsoft
RemoteDesktop while others
just experienced the contrary. Both were right, RA was right, and
Microsoft Windows seriously needed a patch the "Hardware acceleration" option
being enabled by default in Windows.
Microsoft RemoteDesktop being immune to this problem, it is
obvious that Microsoft knows how to avoid being penalized by the
activation of the "Hardware acceleration" option. It is regretful
that Microsoft does not wish to share with his competitors his
knowledge of the unfathomable mysteries of his operating system. |
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RA v5.23.4 GUI and security Enhancements.
Slave
- The 'Proxy' button has been modified to be immediately visible
for new users that setup a Slave
- Added a 'build' number (the release date) in the Windows
Resource section of the executable
Master
- Now automatically expands the Network Folders TreeView at
startup to avoid confusing users
- Added a 'build' number (the release date) in the Windows
Resource section of the executable
DS
- Now automatically expands the Network Folders TreeView at
startup to avoid confusing users
- Added a 'build' number (the release date) in the Windows
Resource section of the executable
- Added the ability to assign a Network to Master users to block
homonyms from other Networks
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RA v5.21.26 Enhancements and bug fixes. This
version reuses the old user-data encoding (and not yet the secured
DS protocol) so it cannot be used yet on USB disks that store
Masters.
Slave
- Now automatically creates an exception in the Windows XP SP2
firewall to make updates work
- Slave can run on multi-homed machines that have more than 80
interfaces (a user request)
- Fixed a condition which could lock Slave after an auto-update
(and make the update fail)
- Now checks for '.' and '..' system folders to be able to list
folders that start with a point
- The Chat dialog no longer accept the ENTER key to split messages
(it also blanked them)
- The general purpose (not for encryption) random generator is now
faster and thread-safe
Master
- Now automatically creates an exception in the Windows XP SP2
firewall to make updates work
- Fixed a possible crash in a Windows DLL after Master
auto-updated
- Fixed a command-line 'getfile' lock if the target file did not
exist
- The File Transfer progress bar now should be more intuitive on
slow links
- Now checks for '.' and '..' system folders to be able to list
folders that start with a point
- The Chat dialog no longer accept the ENTER key to split messages
(it also blanked them)
- The general purpose (not for encryption) random generator is now
faster and thread-safe
DS
- Now automatically creates an exception in the Windows XP SP2
firewall to make updates work
- Fixed locked Slave when a Master with no rights to do it tried
to reach a Slave via file transfer
- Fixed a possible index mismatch in deep recurrent calls to
Network Folders mapping
- Fixed a condition which could cause the last Slave PC of the
Credentials list not to be ticked
- Fixed a condition which could cause the a duplicate Master user
in the PC Details dialog box
- The general purpose (not for encryption) random generator is now
faster and thread-safe
- The Chat dialogs now signal to the other participants when they
are closed by a user
- The DS now saves Credentials, PCs, and USers in a portable file
for use in future versions
(this version cannot use this file yet because it does not
benefit from a private RSA key)
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RA v5.11.22 Enhancements for File
Deployments and Tracking.
Slave
- Now responds much faster after Deployment/Tracking has been
enabled (no more downtime)
- Slave no longer changes the Tray Icon for Deployment/Tracking
operations (silent mode)
DS
- No longer requires Slave.exe in the DS folder to run inventories
and other operations
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RA v5.11.12 Bug fixes.
Slave
- NT4 failed to run Slave because of a Win32 API call
incorrectly documented as supported
- Slave did not list the type of the connection properly in the
log file (RC/FB/Track/Deploy)
Master
- Master did not list the type of the connection properly in the
log file (RC/FB/Track/Deploy)
DS
- Stopping Tracking for an active connection required two clics on
the checkbox -now fixed
- Fixed a possible cross-reference mismatch when importing old
databases with DS v4.11.2
- Fixed a rare database record lock due to a bad index segment
type for duplicated record IDs |
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RA v5.11.2 Many small GUI enhancements, File
Deployments and PC/User Tracking.
Slave
- Delays keystrokes, mouse events and updates until the
remote-control session is initialized
- Fixed a possible remote-control disconnection when the logoff
option was enabled
- The sMAC registry option was not used. This is now the case for
better Slave PC tracking
- A new 'Test Proxy' button has been added to help users to
configure the proxy settings
- The tray icon and menu items are grayed if the DS is unreachable
or if Slave is not reachable
- Slave now stays alive until the last moments of Windows closure
to deal with resisting tasks
- Fixed a rare case where the password could be corrupted when
read from the registry
- Fixed an erratic crash due to the unstable Windows 9x API when
listing network adapters
- Fixed a MSDN typos which prevented XP Home Edition from being
correctly reported
- Delayed auto-updates (could fail if auto-update was triggered
before Windows was started)
- Fixed the NT restore wallpaper feature which did not have access
to the actual wallpaper
- When lowercase or uppercase the user name could lead to a
failure of the Chat feature
- The 'Accept Connections' menu item option now works also when
the DS is in use
- The Slave options are all grayed if the DS is in use to better
respect the DS policies
- The IP address notification attempts to better deal with too
brutal anti-SPAM filters
- Slave is now able to list active processes for the sake of the
User/PC Tracking feature
- The Tray icon better reports the actual state when file transfer
and remote-control are active
- The Slave uninstallation now only deletes Slave registry entries
and keeps the TWD folder
Master
- A new progress bar has been impplemented to show how
remote-control sessions start
- Master now supports automatic scrolling when the mouse cursor is
close to a window border
- The file browser no longer updates the last write access file
date during file transfers
- A new 'Test Proxy' button has been added to help users to
configure the proxy settings
- The license dialog box now allows users to select the NIC used
to license the program
- Better explains why a registration key may be wrong
- The SOS Call icon was not always displayed. Detailled messages
tell which folder lists an SOS.
- Made it safer to close a movie if the remote-control connection
is abruptely closed
- The Slave list was sometimes duplicated when using the DS. This
will no longer happen
- The Ins key is disabled when using the DS to prevent users from
creating network folders
- The Master log file now lists time stamps like the DS in order
to better track problems
- The Slave MAC address is dumped into the log file for
remote-control or file transfer sessions
- Fixed an erratic crash due to the unstable Windows 9x API when
listing network adapters
- Fixed a MSDN typos which prevented XP Home Edition from being
correctly reported
- When lowercase or uppercase the user name could lead to a
failure of the Chat feature
- Prevented a possible message dialog box from being hidden by the
'Search PC' window
- The old progress bar has been improved to reflect the traffic in
a more progressive way
- When the trial period is elapsed, no longer grays the Options
button to avoid locking DS users
- Master now warns against the danger of running Master and DS on
the same machine
Player
- Fixed a paint issue when the movie resolution was larger than
the screen size
Uninstall_Slave
- The Slave uninstallation now only deletes Slave registry entries
and keeps the TWD folder
DS
- Added the PC/User Tracking feature to create log or movie files
for each Windows session
- Added the File Deployment feature to create packages that will
be deployed on Slave PCs
- Integrated ODBC option with self-installation if the ODBC pack
is located in the DS folder
- Master and Slave options are now pulled from DS rather than
loaded from Master/Slave
- Added the 'Permissive Networks' option to allow access to
unassigned newly deployed PCs
- No longer lists Slaves with a Gateway icon since this feature is
not relevant for DS
- Each dialog box shows the icon associated with the feature
exposed here
- The PC/User Tracking feature creates text log or RA movie files
for each Windows session
- A new 'Test Proxy' button has been added to help users to
configure the proxy settings
- The license dialog box now allows users to select the NIC used
to license the program
- The PC description lenght is now properly limited to prevent
listing garbage in the list
- The crypto library has been made multi-thread compliant for the
coming soon RSA keys
- The time synchronization will now happen only once per call to
prevent re-entrant issues
- The DS log file is now much more detailed regarding client
sessions opening/closure
- All the PC states are now reset at startup to avoid false online
PC reports at startup
- The delete PC feature now can be cancelled through the [X]
button in the title bar
- Fixed an erratic crash due to the unstable Windows 9x API when
listing network adapters
- Fixed a MSDN typos which prevented XP Home Edition from being
correctly reported
- No longer reports existing SOS Calls issued by Slave PC that are
no longer online
- Found a workaround for an erratic crash due to a bad object
kernel synchronization
- The 'Credentials' dialog box now also allows to remove end users
from the DS database
- The 'Credentials' dialog box now allows to list only authorized
Master users if desired |
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2004 |
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RA v5.7.5 Major speed improvement for
keystrokes in remote-control sessions. Bug fixes.
Slave
- Keystrokes are now processed in realtime -no more need to
move the mouse cursor
- Windows 98 did not close the connection after remote uninstalls,
Slave did not stop. Fixed.
Master
- Added an online contextual help for Slave icons in the Slave
list (just go over an icon)
DS
- Added an online contextual help for Slave icons in the Slave
list (just go over an icon)
- Added a per PC inventory in the 'Network Folder' inventories
(right-click on a network folder)
- Fixed a rare deadlock in the code that attempted to
automatically license unlicensed PCs |
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RA v5.4.30 Several GUI enhancements,
multi-monitor Desktops are now supported.
Slave
- Multi-monitor Desktops are now supported, allowing Master to
see 'giant' Desktops
- Added support and trace for Microsoft Terminal Service and
Remote Desktop sessions
- Enlarged the default TCP connection timeout to prevent slow VPN
authentications from failing
- Added an option to sign up with the DS only after a SOS has been
sent (good for ISDN lines)
- Now restores the previous wallpaper (if removed) after a Master
remote-control connection
- Fixed erratic behaviors (high CPU usage and blinking screen) for
the blank screen feature
Master
- If a command-line connection failed, Master was still loaded in
RAM. It is now fixed.
- The Gateway icon was sometimes not displayed appropriately. Now
fixed.
- The online-help assigned to the license button is now much more
detailled
DS
- Fixed a bug related to the way access rights were applied for
Masters accessing Slave PCs
- Fixed a bug that prevented user "AB" to be stored if
user "ABC" already existed
- Added the MAC in the Credentials dialog box to identify PCs that
have the same host-name
- After the Monitor dialog was opened, it was sometimes impossible
to open the Main dialog
- The license violation is no longer blocking normal operations
and now shows 'unlicensed' PCs
- Network folders that contained a comma were confusing Masters
-now fixed.
- Slave PCs that also are a Master are now listed with a specific
icon that shows both states
- Consecutive record updates have been corrected to properly
update the current record
- Fixed a crash that happened only after the 30-day trial period
expiration |
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RA v5.1.30 Avoided exposing RA/DS to a
new critical security flaw we have identified in the
Windows NT Event log implementation. All the NT-based systems are
concerned.
As Microsoft currently offers no fix for this security breach the
feature is removed.
This buffer overflow allows to execute arbitrary code with the
highest privileges.
Slave
- Removed support for the NT Event Log in NT-based systems to
avoid a Windows vulnerability
- Hardened the Master/Slave challenge authentication to avoid
grid-based precalculated attacks
- Found a workaround for a memory leak generated every time a
dialog box was displayed
- Added support for "Home" and "Professional"
Edition detection for more detailled DS reports
- Deployed Slaves called "Network#Decription.exe" are
stored accordinglgy in the DS database
- Multihomed PCs keep the reference MAC in the Registry options
for DS database consistency
- The "sAppMode" Slave option has been added to the
Options dialog and Slave bound options
- Ability to post SOS calls & 'Show my Screen' messages from
the command line (scripts, etc.)
Master
- Removed support for the NT Event Log in NT-based systems to
avoid a Windows vulnerability
- Replaced buggy (scrollbars hiding the last item)
ListView/TreeView captions by new windows
- Found a workaround for a memory leak generated every time a
dialog box is displayed
- Fixed a bug that prevented demo users from entering the 'trial'
password after Slave searches
- The BiosKey/UserKey license scheme calculation has been replaced
by electronic signatures
- Multihomed PCs keep the reference MAC in the Registry options
for DS database consistency
- Refreshed Master's DS settings so you no longer have to
stop/restart it if you change the DS
- Blanked the main dialog fields after a connection so DS queries
will not use them as filters
- Hardened the Master/Slave challenge authentication to avoid
grid-based precalculated attacks
DS
- Removed support for the NT Event Log in NT-based systems to
avoid a Windows vulnerability
- Replaced buggy (scrollbars hiding the last item)
ListView/TreeView captions by new windows
- Found a workaround for a memory leak generated every time a
dialog box is displayed
- The BiosKey/UserKey license scheme calculation has been replaced
by electronic signatures
- Multihomed PCs keep the reference MAC in the Registry options
for DS database consistency
- Slaves marked to be deleted are displayed with a new icon and
are no longer listed by Masters
- Added support for Atomic Clock synchronization with 54 time
servers around the world
- Added a new real-time chart in the DS Load dialog box and this
info is dumped in the log file
- Added a new DS option to allow only Masters that are located on
the DS-LAN (very secure)
- Added a new DS option to allow the DS to reach the Internet via
a proxy server (Socks, Http)
- Enlarged columns and added the field 'PC Description' in the
Credentials dialog box
- Added an item to the Network pop up menu to allow export the
Hard/Soft Inventories
- The status bar of the DS main dialog now indicates the number of
free/used licenses.
Note: These new versions use electronically signed
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Currently
in development:
What has been driving the
entire silicon revolution? It's really very simple: making things smaller,
or in engineer-speak, device scaling. In the early days of transistors, it
was observed that when you made a device smaller, you got the best of
everything. It ran faster, it used less power and ran cooler, and since
you could pack a lot more of them on a single wafer and the cost of
processing a wafer was the same regardless of what was on it, the price
per device went down.
This is what we are doing
at TWD Industries -on Software. The benefits are obvious for our clients
but we also benefit from the simplicity of the small amount of code to
maintain, enhance and keep portable. And, well, a product that can be
downloaded in seconds sells better than a product which needs
hours.
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RA
Future Features |
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Unix (Linux and Solaris) and Macintosh versions of RA |
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Voice
over IP (ability to place full-duplex phone calls over the
Internet or over your LAN) |
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A personal voice
answering machine for each Master or Slave |
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A multi-protocol
Gateway |
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New 'one-click'
unconnected features: Send message, Find file, Run command, Run
script, Merge
registry file, synchronize clocks, Update Masters
and Slaves and more! |
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Enhanced File Browser: find a file on your WAN,
etc. |
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Log files: keyboard, tasks, documents-copied-on-removable-disk (will be freshen after n
days) |
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Ability to see the Slave mouse cursor on the Master remote-control
window |
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Dynamic resolution
changes and the ability to watch several scaled down remote screens |
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Automatic detection
and graphic rendering of the topology of your LAN |
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Faster screen updates (yes, it is still possible and we are working hard on
it) |
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Kanji, Greek, and
Hebrew file names support in the File Browser |
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