Upgrade from Version 12.xx to 12.11
https://visualautomation.com/download/suup1211.zip (10.5M)
Changes for 12.11
- Re-compiled with new version of compiler
New Features for 12.10
- Added sRes Resolution utility, named sRes.exe
- This utility changes the resolution of a display, specified by command-line parameters
- Specify Display Index, Pixel Width and Pixel Height
- Optionally choose to save the settings to the registry
- Improved message dialogs throughout
New Features for 12.00
- Removed NoLockScreen registry value changed, testing indicated that this registry value no longer works
- Secure Utilities | Administrator tab | All Users section | Logon button | Lock Screen tab
- Removed View Files button from Secure Utilities | Administrator tab | All Users section | Export button | Auto Registry Export tab
- New User Interface Enhancements for sUtility.exe
- Help memos are now to the right of the current dialog
- Simply click on the Help button in any dialog to show the help memo on the right side
- Click on the Hide button to close it
- Many dialogs have Close button rather than Ok Cancel buttons
- Configuration data is stored immediately on change
- More friendly user name used throughout UI
- Notifies user that registry changes may require reboot, rather than providing option for reboot
- Tested on Microsoft Surface Pro and Microsoft Surface Pro X
Upgrade from Version 11.xx to 11.69
https://visualautomation.com/download/suup1169.zip (10.5M)
Changes for 11.69
- Re-compiled with new version of compiler
New Features for 11.67
- Tested in Windows 11, Version 23H2
New Features for 11.65
- sMenu.exe is now 32-bit or 64-bit to match 32-bit or 64-bit Windows
- sMenu has a new optional command-line parameter /CLOSE
- This parameter will immediately close sMenu right after an icon is launched
- Re-compiled with new version of compiler
- Tested in Windows 10 October 2022 Update, Version 22H2
New Features for 11.61
- Tested in Windows 11, Version 22H2
New Features for 11.60
- Added new registry setting checkbox to disable Default app dialog
- When you install a new app that can open a file type that already has a default app association, a dialog will be displayed named "How do you want to open this file?" when launching the file
- This registry setting disables this behavior
- Secure Utilities | Administrator tab | [All Users] section | Default button | Default App tab
- Disable Dialog - How do you want to open this file? checkbox
- This checkbox sets registry value:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\NoNewAppAlert
- Added new registry setting checkbox to disable the Lock Screen
- Secure Utilities | Administrator tab | [All Users] section | Logon button | Lock Screen tab
- Disable Lock Screen checkbox
- This checkbox sets registry value:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization\NoLockScreen
- Improved sLogOff screen saver user interface
Changes for 11.56
- Changes made to sCopy, sExplore, sImage, and sNote
- Folder paths will now expand environment variables, such as %username%
- Also, the path will add a trailing delimiter ('\') if not present
New Features for 11.55
- Enhanced automatic Registry Export feature
- Previous to this version, the registry export was saved to a specific file name
- In 11.55 and later, the file name contains the user name and the date/time
- Secure Desktop 11.65 Registry Export has this enhancement also
- Re-compiled with new versions of compiler
- Secure Utilities EXE files are now more secure
- Secure Desktop 11.65 has this enhancement also
New Features for 11.51
- Tested in Windows 10 November 2021 Update, Version 21H2
- Copyright update
New Features for 11.50
- Windows 11 support
- New Segoe UI Variable Text font
- Fully tested in Windows 11
- Windows version information updated
- Read-Only text fields now have border
- Info dialog slightly re-designed
- Fixed problem in sExplore File Explorer
- If command-line path does not exist, error displayed and sExplore ends
New Features for 11.40
- Windows Server 2022 support
- Added Windows version check to sKey On Screen Keyboard
Changes for 11.32
- Fixed an issue with sExplore.exe
- Recommended update if using the sExplore.exe utility
New Features for 11.31
- Secure Utilities Yes/No Dialogs now default to the No button, rather than Yes
- Tested in Windows 10 May 2021 Update, Version 21H1
New Features for 11.30
- Added sMenu Start Menu utility, named sMenu.exe
- This utility displays most or all Start Menu and Desktop shortcut icons for the currently logged in user
- Launch sMenu.exe from Secure Desktop to provide "all access" for a user
- Improved fonts throughout Secure Utilities
New Features for 11.23
- Changed installation script to record the installation folder in the registry
- Re-compiled with new versions of compilers
Changes for 11.22
- Serial Number and Copyright update
Changes for 11.21
- Tested in Windows 10 November 2020 Update, Version 20H2
- Fixed an issue in older versions of Windows 10
- Detected 32-bit versus 64-bit Windows incorrectly
- This affected any registry setting
- Recommended update for all customers
New Features for 11.20
- New Touch/Pen registry settings
- Secure Utilities | Administrator tab | Touch/Pen button
- Press and Hold for Right Clicking can be disabled for touch and/or pen input
- Added sImage Viewer utility, named sImage.exe
- This utility displays an image, specified by command-line parameter
- Optionally open window maximized
- Optionally remove the ability to close the window
- Re-compiled with new version of compiler
Changes for 11.12
- Tested in Windows 10 May 2020 Update, Version 2004
Changes for 11.11
- Earlier versions of Secure Utilities was not compatible with the first build of Windows 10
- This has been corrected
New Features for 11.10
- Added sKey On Screen Keyboard utility, named sKey.exe
- This is a 32-bit application
- It is just an on screen keyboard, no other functionality
New Features for 11.00
- New Secure Utilities 11
- Secure Utilities is a new package of utilities
- This is version 11 because some of these utilities have shipped in previous versions of Secure Desktop
- Secure Utilities is available as it's own package
- Secure Utilities 11 is included with Secure Desktop 11
- Window 10, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019 support only
- Secure Desktop utilities such as sExplore, sCopy, sNote and sLogOff are now packaged into Secure Utilities
- New utilities include a new sControl, sEject and sRun
- New sControl launches the system Control Panel dialog
- New sEject launches the system Eject Device dialog
- New sRun launches the system Run dialog
- New sUtility provides utility help and registry setting utilities
- Secure Desktop Tools Administrator tab Logon and Drives functionality now part of Secure Utilities (sUtility.exe)
- User Interface Improvements
- Secure Utilities is now DPI Aware (Dots Per Inch)
- Icons and images within applications look better on high resolution monitors
- Tested on Microsoft Surface Pro and Microsoft Surface Pro X