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- Disabling the Right Mouse button now disables pop-up menus invoked by the Applications Key and the Shift-F10 key also.
- Fixed problems with OLE error message on Secure Desktop exit and when using Explorer.
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- Fixed a logoff problem in NT introduced in 4.74. If you have 4.74, please upgrade.
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- Fixed a small problem with turning off the right mouse button.
- Potentially fixed an error that happened in rare circumstances on exiting Secure Desktop.
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- Added new vaprgman.log features in the options dialog alarms tab for stop/start events.
- Added optional forced shutdown feature in the options dialog shutdown tab.
- Fixed a problem with the Secure Desktop task manager in NT when user is not administrator.
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- We introduced a couple of problems with 4.66 and 4.70:
- Fixed a problem with the new state-key feature in NT introduced in 4.70.
- Fixed conflicts with Internet Explorer 5 introduced in 4.66 & 4.70.
- Fixed a small display problem with Startup and Timer tabs in Secure Setup.
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- We introduced a couple of problems with 4.70:
- If you had icons in the Secure Desktop tray icon area, Secure Desktop may crash. This has been fixed.
- The Winlogon dialog would not save information to the registry. This has been fixed.
- When maximizing Secure Desktop, it just widens the dialog, it no longer moves to the top of the screen.
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- Added tab to options dialog to set NumLock, CapsLock, and ScrollLock.
- Added sFile, a mini-file manager for copying files.
- Added lock icons on password protected tabs.
- Put option in for domain name in title bar for NT.
- Included manual in Adobe pdf format in the upgrade and purchased exe.
- Fixed an Alt-F4 problem in NT.
- Now set screen size to max to avoid "ghost" taskbar.
- Compiled with new version of compiler.
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- Note: 4.65 was not officially released...
- Fixed a problem with local versus domain profiling in Windows NT.
- Fixed a Logoff/Restart/Shutdown problem with Windows NT, when running with Norton AntiVirus.
- Fixed a problem with Ctrl-Esc trapping in Windows NT, introduced with 4.63.
- Added the domain or computer name in the title bar of Secure Desktop in Windows NT.
- Changed display of trayicons slightly, for better results.
- Fixed conflict problem with hotkey keyboard trapping and Always On Top setting.
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- Added Tray Icon Window on right side of tabs. Any application, started by Secure Desktop, that would normally create a tray icon in the Explorer Desktop should appear in this window when Secure Desktop is running as the shell.
- Added the ability to turn off the mouse clicks for the new Tray Icon window. This checkbox is in the keystroke/password tab of the options dialog. By default, mouse clicks are disabled.
- Fixed a small display area concerning the small locks next to password protected icons.
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- Added a new time picker for the timed application start that is a little more user friendly.
- You now have an option in the WinLogon options for our GINA, Microsoft's GINA, or no change (if you are using a different one altogether).
- Secure Desktop will only run as one instance now.
- The Window Wizard will not accept a setting of top level menu if there was not a top level menu in the window selected.
- The command line parser was not working if a directory was EXE, this has been fixed.
- The ability to re-enable the right mouse button was added to the list in the Supervisor configuration dialog.
- If a user is not given the ability to exit NT, they can still log-off using Secure Desktop now.
- Esc is now one of the keystrokes that can be trapped, for those running Excel macros and similar apps.
- Startup apps can now be disabled (start tab in options dialog) for debugging purposes.
- Some of our customers do not use Secure Desktop as the shell, so we added the ability to ask for the password when exiting Secure Desktop and we've made Ctrl-Esc trapping still work in this case.
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- Modified registry reads to work for users that are not administrators in NT.
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- Added a password feature to the hotkey feature (options | hotkey tab).
- Compiled with new version of compiler.
- Fixed problem with hide flag toggling in the hide file/folder dialog.
- Changed the WinLogon Registry dialog to make Automatic Login and Don't Display Last User Name mutually exclusive.
- Changed icon display in Windows NT task manager list
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- Can now log disk space and memory information to disk (options-system alarm).
- Added the ability to close a window in the window wizard. This way you can effectively block a dialog box by closing it immediately.
- Added a show hidden files/folders to the supervisor box checklist.
- Fixed an error message bug when starting Secure.exe on some Windows 95/98 machines introduced in 4.55.
- Fixed a problem with the Explorer Desktop start that was introduced in version 4.55.
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- In Windows 95/98, the logoff option is now always available as our attempt to detect if a network was available was flawed.
- In NT 4, switching to the normal task manager will now actually delete the taskman registry entry, enabling Ctrl-Esc to open the Start Menu.
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- Big change in main setup dialog, attempting to improve multi-user interface for easier editing.
- In NT, hitting OK button will not set registry values unless they are different.
- When Secure Desktop is minimized, it can now be moved.
- The DDE startup was not editable, this has been fixed.
- The event based sync date/time with DDE Server did not work. This has been fixed.
- Some changes have been made to enable the Secure Setup button with no password if no setting for this is found.
- Title bar matches for menu-disabling are now case-insensitive.
- The hide folders dialog has been improved slightly.
- We try to do a better job of picking the default icon in a situation with command-line parameters.
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- Added a feature to the Continous Window Manipulation Wizard to force a window to stay maximized or minimized.
- Changed the application start-up back to the way it was before version 4.53 so that it executes a time delay to wait for an application to finish loading.
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- Fixed a bug in the hotkey to bring Secure Desktop to the top for Windows 95/98 users introduced with 4.50.
- Changed the application start-up to not execute the time delay configured if no menus were set to disable.
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- For touchscreen users, the tab height now matches the title bar height.
- In Windows NT, we were using a FORCE flag when shutting down, meaning that we didn't ask the applications if they were ready to shut down. We no longer user the FORCE flag.
- We changed the minimize on startup feature slightly. The system menu was acting strange.
- When a Secure Desktop menu item is selected from the system menu, a window restore is performed first.
- The accelerator keystrokes used for the menu item were changed to be unique.
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- Windows 98 support. Secure Desktop now supports Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 3.51, and Windows NT 4.0.
- Controlled Shutdown capability in options dialog. Can now specify the order of applications to shutdown, and a time delay between them.
- Supervisor mode can now 'untrap' trapped keystrokes.
- Changing the shell from Secure Desktop to Explorer and back no longer affects the GINADLL entry in the WinLogon section of the registry.
- The ability to trap Escape-F1 has been included.
- The method used to delay between startup applications has been changed to prevent 100% use of CPU time in NT.
- Fixed some keystroke issues concerning losing track of state of Ctrl and Alt keys.
- Fixed a small problem with the Group Wizard.
- Fixed a small problem with cut/copy/paste in the icon setup dialog.
- Improved "New Task Manager" disabling in NT 4.0 (Ctrl-Shift-Esc)
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- In Windows NT, Secure Desktop is not "on top" unless set for "always on top". The last application will be the top window
- In the Options dialog, in the Startup tab, you can now choose between single or double click for starting applications with the mouse
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- In Windows NT, there could sometimes be a conflict between Ctrl-Esc bringing up the VA Task Manager and other trapped keys
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- Added Common Groups to Group Wizard in NT 4.0
- Now Enable Ctrl-Alt-Del if Administrator User is set for Explorer Desktop in NT 4.0
- In Multi-User Dialog, if Secure Desktop directory does not exist, it is created during copy process
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New Features in Secure Desktop 4.25 |
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- Added Maximize on Startup capability.
- Added Icon Spacing options in the startup tab of the options dialog.
- Added caption information to password dialogs for tools.
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New Features in Secure Desktop 4.20 |
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- Can now trap menu keys (Alt or F10) to prevent menu focus by accident.
- Hide Files, Folders, and even whole Drives in your file open or file save dialog boxes (95 and NT 4.0 only).
- Set some users up for Explorer Desktop and others for Secure Desktop (95 and NT 4.0 only).
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New Features in Secure Desktop 4.13 |
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- Three additional keystroke combinations can be trapped in NT 4.0. These are Ctrl-Alt-Sft-Esc, Sft-Alt-F4, and Sft-Alt-Space.
- Secure Desktop is no longer the "last" window on startup, the last startup application is topmost initially.
- Ctrl-Esc will now bring up the Secure Desktop task manager in NT 4.0 if configured to do so.
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New Features in Secure Desktop 4.12 |
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- Can optionally store 5-digit number in Supervisor dialog to the registry or visuauto.ini file
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New Features in Secure Desktop 4.1 |
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- Larger buttons in password dialog
- Overhauled options dialog with tabs
- Added minimize on startup checkbox
- Changed startup time between applications to be set for just some of the startup applications
- Added new "Supervisor" feature as another button/menu item
- Can be enabled/disabled
- Can optionally unlock Control, Run, & Secure Setup buttons, exiting, all icons, & all tabs
- Logoff by clicking the button again
- Can also automatically logoff after configured number of minutes.
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New Features in Secure Desktop 4.0 |
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- Smaller footprint on the hard disk and memory
- No reliance on the latest OLE DLLs, MFC DLLs, or Active X Controls
- More modern user interface
- Right Mouse Disabling Feature
- Better Window Hiding and Menu Disabling feature
- Shortcut or LNK file support
- Group Wizard for faster initial configuration
- New Control Panel Button
- Better Free Disk Space Handling
- Can Now disable Disk & Memory Monitoring
- Can Now automatically go back to the main group after executing an icon
- Can Now Shut-Down/Reboot in Windows NT
- Can Now disable function keys on startup in Windows 95
- More keys can be disabled in Windows NT 4.0
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