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Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional Changelog

What's new in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 14.7.0 Build 470

May 21, 2023
  • Release 14.7 of AWRC Pro provides significant performance improvements and updates to the Sysinfo/Frameworks and Redistributables tables.
  • Release 14.7 of AWRC benefits from the same performance improvements as the Pro version.
  • Full compatibility of both Pro and Regular versions with the latest Windows 11 and Server 2022 operating systems has been fully tested and can be guaranteed.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 14.6.0 Build 460 (Mar 26, 2021)

  • Under Sysinfo/Services, right-clicking and selecting Unload Service would disconnect after performing the request.
  • Under Sysinfo/Registry, when the remote Registry contained hidden values (used by some products for various purposes) this might cause an internal exception and disconnection.
  • Various code improvements to enhance all-round performance.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 14.5.0 Build 450 (Sep 20, 2020)

  • Detection of remote 64-bit OS failed after a recent Windows 10 update so that AWRCP was launching the 32-bit version of the remote agent instead of the 64-version.
  • Several workarounds related to some Windows 10 updates since last July, which caused freezing at startup or produced erronous messages.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 14.3.0 Build 430 (Nov 12, 2019)

  • The memory data move engine now uses AVX (Advanced Vector Extensions) or AVX-512 instructions for improved speed on systems that support such extensions (previously, only SSE extensions were used). AVX extensions were introduced in 2011 with the Intel Sandy Bridge and the AMD Bulldozer CPUs, so nearly every active system these days is likely to be supporting the AVX extensions. More rare are systems supporting AVX-512 extensions, but they are not anymore an exclusive of Intel Xeon CPUs, they are coming to the consumer market. AMD CPUs are not currently supporting AVX-512.
  • Under Sysinfo/Remote System General Information/Processor, AVX and AVX2 extensions were not detected for AMD CPUs.
  • When the remote system supports AVX-512 instructions a list of all the supported extensions is provide under Sysinfo/Remote System General Information/Processor.
  • Copy to clipboard "as Text" was not working for a number of boxes, namely the Progress Report box and all the boxes in the Sysinfo/Remote System General Information tab. However, since the copy is done in multiple formats at the same time, the RTF variant was working and the contents could be pasted into Word, for example.
  • The "Save All Boxes As" right-click menu item was not working in the Sysinfo/Remote System General Information tab.
  • Operating Systems like Windows XP/Server 2003, or older, when running on a computer with CPUs supporting the AVX SIMD extension would incorrectly report that the system supports AVX. This is not correct, support for AVX depends both on the CPU and the Operating System. Windows XP and Server 2003 provide no support for AVX.
  • When "Clear grids on disconnect" was selected under Preferences, not all grids were cleared.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 14.2.0 Build 420 (Oct 7, 2019)

  • Under Sysinfo/Remote System General Information/Operating System it is also reported when the remote OS is running under a Virtual Machine and which one (VMware, VirtualBox, etc).
  • Some AMD display adapters were found to cause an exception while retrieving information for the Sysinfo/General page.
  • A few tweaks on the image dispatch engine.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 14.1.0 Build 410 (Jun 21, 2019)

  • In the Progress Report window some types of messages were printed in background color (becoming not visible).
  • In the Progress Report window some messages were unduly printed with red background.
  • Changed error messages in case of connection attempt without proper credentials.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 14.0.0 Build 400 (Apr 30, 2019)

  • A new set of optimizations for the rendering engine to keep improving speed.
  • Fixed compatibility issues with Windows server 2019, in particular related with Remote Desktop Services sessions.
  • Updated .Net Frameworks list under Frameworkd and Redistributables.
  • Rewritten the detection algorithm for Visual Studio Redistributables under Frameworkd and Redistributables.
  • Progress Report box now properly scrolls to the end after adding new lines.
  • A number of boxes could not save and later restore changed font sizes for the following session, namely in the Frameworks and Redistributables and in the Forensics sections.
  • Some popup menu items in the Forensics/Browsers/Opera Old produced no action when clicked.
  • Some popup menu from Password Hashes/Local Hashes was not available.
  • Changed to Monospace Font a few boxes where the Proportional Font could lead to wrong judgements about string sizes.
  • Reviewed, updated and improved the visual of all Remote System General Information boxes.
  • Redesigned into table format the Protocol Details box under Network Info/Ports Statistics.
  • Now, Save, SaveAs..., Print This... and similar right-click context menu commands will produce the output as UTF-8, allowing foreign characters to be correctly saved, previewed and printed.
  • Redesigned the box under Forensics/Credentials Stores/Other Vaults.
  • Redesigned into table format the Passwords box under Forensics/Password Hashes/Query NTLM Hashes in Database.
  • The Remote Chat Windows aligns on screen center, not on desktop center as previously. They are different on multiple monitor systems.
  • Now, both the Local and Remote Chat Windows display correctly and pass across, nearly all Unicode characters, including pictographs (for Windows 7 or later only).
  • Access to Credential Stores/Other Vaults could, in a few cases, become irresponsive.
  • On the Credential Stores/Windows Vaults the Get button would remain disabled on a second attempt when no retrieval could be performed.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 13.3.0 Build 330 (Jul 1, 2018)

  • We have done a number optimizations leading to faster connections.
  • Fixed an issue where resolution was set to 256 colors even when the default from Preferences was different. This was a timing related problem and you may have not experienced it.
  • Now, under Sysinfo/General/Processor you can verify Transactional Synchronization Extensions (TSX Extensions) Intel CPU support. Although TSX support has been added from Haswell onwards, many models don't have it or have it disabled due to errata fixes. TSX makes part of the Advanced Technologies group (Intel CPUs) - its content defines how rich in leading edge technology the CPU is.
  • Now, the capability to disable Ctrl-Alt-Del will depend on an explicit setting under Policy (called Disable Ctr-Alt-Del), i.e, by default it will not be available under Policy Feature Level L5 as in the previous release.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 13.2.0 Build 320 (Jul 1, 2018)

  • Now, it is possible to disable Ctrl-Alt-Del (and re-enable it) from the Tools menu. This applies to the console session or any other running session that AWRCP is accessing. After a reboot, Ctrl-Alt-Del will be restored to its default even if you did not re-enable it before disconnecting AWRCP. The feature is available under Policy Feature Level L5 only (no restrictions). It is not available when connecting to XP/Server 2003 or older operating systems.
  • Fixed wrong values displayed under Connections and Listening Ports (IPv4 only).
  • Grids for TCP and UDP Statistics (IPV4 and IPv6) now allow column width change.
  • Configure.exe (also known as Configure & Policy) has been changed to allow an easier off-line activation.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 13.1.1 Build 311 (Feb 16, 2018)

  • Fixed timeout issue conducing to interruption of connections.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 13.1.0 Build 310 (Feb 15, 2018)

  • Fast User Switching or Logon after a Logoff sometimes freezed (mostly in Windows 10).
  • Faster detection of Shutdown, Sleep, Hibernate, Logoff and Session Change.
  • Under Preferences/Updates the selection for either Automatically or Manually will not update accordingly.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 13.0.0 Build 300 (Sep 14, 2017)

  • New IPv6 information grids under the following NetworkInfo tabs: Ports Finder, Ports Statistics and Routing.
  • This has been promised in release 12.4, when we started supporting IPv6, but the task was harder than expected.
  • Significant improvements in keyboard and mouse responsiveness.
  • Fine tunning of the image processing engine provides noticeable improvements in screen updating responsiveness.
  • Reduced memory footprint by more than 20%, sometimes up to 50%.
  • Improved the SIMD-powered memory data move engine introduced in release 12.7.
  • Updated Sysinfo/General/Processors. Number of processor cores, logical processors and cache information was incorrect for the most recent CPU generations.
  • Fixed blank information in SysInfo/General/Operating Systems tab when Automatic Updates information could not be retrieved.
  • Persistent Routes under NetworkInfo/Routing not being retrieved for recent operating systems.
  • Other small fixes.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 12.7.0 Build 271 (Mar 25, 2017)

  • This release includes the all new full 100% SIMD-powered memory data move engine which will accelerate most operations namely screen updates and data transfers.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 12.6.0 Build 261 (Feb 7, 2017)

  • Changes:
  • Registry editing in Godmode is now possible without a special code supplied by Atelier Web. Reasons: 1) Users that connect with AWRCP have Adminstrator privileges on the remote computer and frequently need to edit HKLM. 2) The software Policy can be set through File/Administration and restrict when and where required. 3) Registry edit with AWRCP is as reliable as with Regedit.exe
  • Fixed a right-mouse click problem under Registry edit, the context menus were not appearing
  • Various fixes for mouse handling on slow connections
  • Removed the 16 Colors (4-bit) option under Preferences/Desktop Colors which had unpredictable behaviour with the new image compression engine and was slower that 256 Colors

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 12.5.1 Build 224 (Oct 6, 2016)

  • Maintenance update, with a couple of fixes mentioned in the What’s New section.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 12.5.0 Build 220 (Aug 25, 2016)

  • Important changes have been made in this release, related to performance and effectiveness. Some fixes have been included, as usual.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 12.4.1 Build 210 (Jun 24, 2016)

  • A significant number of changes have been made in this release, the most import being IPv6 support which allows you to connect either in your LAN or across the internet (requires either ISP support for IPv6 or some sort of IPv6 tunnel) with the IP protocol for the next centuries.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 12.3.0 Build 183 (Apr 21, 2016)

  • Further improvements in the image compression engine provides faster and higher compression and even more reduction in the remote CPU usage. This works for all levels (Light, Normal and Strong). Now, Light and Normal levels should perform well under most conditions, even across the internet.
  • Fixed: The point where you produce a mouse click on the local viewer may not have the same exact corresponding point on the remote computer. This was clearly noticeable on very slow connections.
  • Fixed: In Full-Screen mode the mouse wheel was not working.
  • Improvements in LM Hashes calculation.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 12.2.1 Build 173 (Mar 21, 2016)

  • Important fix to an error making the software fall to test mode.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 12.2.0 Build 171 (Mar 11, 2016)

  • This release brings more power to the Forensics tool, namely in the internet browsers chapter.
  • Now, all http internet access can be made through a proxy, as required by quite a few organizations.
  • Many fixes and tweaks.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 12.1.0 Build 157 (Jan 12, 2016)

  • On SysInfo/Registry Edition Mode, the pop up menus for adding/modifying key/values frequently not shown
  • God Mode Registry Edition is available upon request to Atelier Web. Requires a code and is supplied on a machine by machine basis
  • Further optimizations lead to 10 to 15% speed up in screen updates
  • Reduced memory footprint
  • Improvements in mouse and keyboard handling routines by replacing deprecated function calls
  • Eliminated an (usually) inaccurate message stating that the remote computer was GUI-Less
  • On Remote Console, setting the Working Directory to an invalid or non-existing value, could crash the program
  • When the mouse cursor was temporarily moved outside the program area making it loose focus, on coming back the mouse cursor movement was not transmitted to the remote until a click was done on the viewer area and the clicked point had no correct correspondence on the remote

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 12.0.0 Build 145 (Dec 11, 2015)

  • Main Changes:
  • Unlocks the remote computer without password. Wakes up without password from screen savers with logon screen. The feature works on all operating systems from Windows XP to Windows 10
  • Significant advances in the forensics toolset. Now, it covers all Vaults used by the Operating System, and the following browsers: Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox and Opera
  • AWRC Pro can access an Online Database with more than 5 GB records and 205 GB of disk space, containing every password from published lists of easy passwords, common passwords, internet leaked passwords, English and foreign language dictionary words, foreign language common passwords, and also a compilation of short passwords built according to various strategies. If passwords used in the remote are in this database they should be changed
  • NTLM and LM hash calculator. NTLM hashes can be added to the Online Database
  • Help file and Manual improvements
  • License validity for Upgrades is now shown in the Help/About box

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 11.7.2 Build 105 (Sep 24, 2015)

  • This release sports a number of fixes, most notably:
  • In Full-Screen Mode, UAC freezed the screen updating.
  • When leaving Full-Screen Mode, the splitter bar under the row of small buttons disappeared.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 11.7.1 Build 102 (Aug 11, 2015)

  • Updated 10th August with a couple of small fixes, the most important was failed compatibility with old Windows 2000 (some people still use it).

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 11.7.0 Build 100 (May 25, 2015)

  • This release includes a forensics tool that will find the passwords stored in the Windows Vault (called Network Passwords under XP/2008, Stored User Names and Passwords in Windows 2003 or Windows Credentials in Windows 8, 2012 and 10). for the remote interactive user. It is indeed a serious privacy risk to store passwords in there, although almost everyone appears to trust it. AWRC Pro is not the only tool able to find such passwords but is the first one to do it across the network and the only one able to find virtually all the passwords. This feature needs to be enabled under Policy/Forensics by running Configure.exe, and is not available in trial mode.
  • We streamlined a bit the interface and made a small layout rearrangement, namely moved Users and Groups to the Sysinfo tab and the Password Hashes to the new Forensics tab. Now, Password Hashes needs be enabled under Policy/Forensics by running Configure.exe and is not available in trial mode.
  • The "Programs and Updates" feature might fail if carriage return characters were present in the text making up the varios columns of the table.
  • Some changes made to Policy by selecting File/Administration from within Awrcp.exe were not saved. The same changes done by launching Configure.exe were indeed saved.
  • Fix for bug introduced in release 11.6, when dealing with ocasional screen capture errors.
  • Fix for cases were the remote desktop image becomes garbled due to out of synch conditions.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 11.6.1 Build 95 (Apr 20, 2015)

  • Mapped drives for the currently logged on user are now available under the File System tab.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 11.6.0 Build 93 (Apr 16, 2015)

  • New image compression engine that provides both faster compression and significant reduction (50% or more) in the remote agent CPU usage. In most cases, under Preferencias, keep Compression Level in the Normal setting, even for connecting across the internet. Light Compression Level might be selected for very high bandwidth conditions. The Strong Level will not improve over the Normal level except under very low bandwidth conditions.
  • When the Rendering Scale was set to Fit, changing to a different scale did not properly adjust the size and position of the Viewer scrollbar thumb button.
  • The remote desktop viewer might sometimes continue black immediately after connection when the Rendering Scale was not set to Fit.
  • When connected to a RDP session on a Windows 2008 and above machine, pressing the CAD button invoked the console not the session Ctrl+Alt+Del screen.
  • When connected to a RDP session selecting Launch File (through the right-click menu in the File System tab) launched programs in the console session not the RDP session.
  • Improved detection test for remote Operating System bitness (32 versus 64-bit). In some rare cases, 64-bit was incorrectly assumed.
  • Under Windows 8.x and Server 2012, ocasional screen capture errors were wrongly interpreted as Remote Desktop Gui-Less incidents.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 11.5.0 Build 79 (Feb 16, 2015)

  • Mouse double-clicking required clicking 3 times.
  • Improved information when connection blocked, namely by AV software.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 11.4.0 Build 43 (Dec 18, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • From the RDS/TS tab of NetworkInfo is possible to switch session (when a blue color hyperlink is visible, it is possible to swicth to that session).
  • Performance improvement through optimization of remote agent procedures and reducing memory allocations/deallocations.
  • In the Remote Console, launching as Other may fail (only partially fixed in release 11.3).
  • Fixes in the Web Update engine.
  • Upcoming Windows 10 compatibility adjustments (based in Technical Preview Build 9879).

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 11.2.0 Build 42 (Aug 19, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Fixed an issue which might cause a crash of the remote agent while disconnecting (only when using the Connection Notification Frame option).
  • Extra clean-up measures for the few cases where the remote agent service is not able to self uninstall. This long standing issue should now be definitely solved.
  • The Services tab shows the image path of the service as a Hint.
  • Text Chat shows date and time of each message.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 11.1.0 Build 32 (Jul 21, 2014)

  • Improvements:
  • Edition of the whole HKCU Registry hive is now allowed (when set under Policy). The "God Mode", which allows edition of most other parts of the Registry is disabled by default, but registered users may contact us to receive instructions on how to enable it for some computers.
  • Fixes:
  • Various fixes in audio and keyboard handling (AltGr Key, or right Alt, not working properly for non-US keyboards).
  • Optimizations in bandwidth management for performance improvement.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 11.0.0 Build 22 (Jun 12, 2014)

  • Improvements:
  • The Remote Registry can be viewed in a Regedit-like fashion. Some parts are allowed to be edited (create, change/modify, rename and delete keys and values).
  • You can do voice chat or exchange other audio contents with a remote computer. Local and remote audio devices can be selected, all control is done from the local computer and the audio can be recorded to file.
  • The RDS/TS tab layout was remade in order to show details of all sessions at the same time. It refreshes automatically when sessions change.
  • The application will be centered on the default monitor, when you launch it pressing the Shift key.
  • The Policy has been adjusted to allow/disallow Audio (the default is allowed) and Registry edition (default here is disallowed).
  • Now, the button "Block Remote Input" allows input from the client. Previously, the mouse and keyboard input were disabled for both the client and the remote user.
  • Fixes:
  • Closing the software, during the initialization stage of a connection might throw an exception.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 10.5.0 Build 500 (Feb 17, 2014)

  • Improvements:
  • When connecting to Windows 8/8.1 or Server 2012/2012R2, and Request Authorization or Connection Notification Frame are selected (or enforced by AWRC Pro Policy), the remote user might not be aware of the connection if the Metro interface was being used. Now, a switch to the Classic Desktop is performed upon connection (only if any of these AWRC Pro options were selected).
  • On File System view, icons correspond to file extension associations on the local computer.
  • Symbolic links and junctions, i.e. filesystem objects that point to another file system object, (under Vista and above, examples of these are Documents and Setting, Favorites, All Users and Default User) are now resolved under the File System view.
  • Fixes:
  • In Configure.exe, deactivation failures, namely for incorrect password, were not being handled properly and the error message was not clear.
  • The Full-Screen hotkey could disappear under certain circumstances.
  • In some non-US keyboard layouts, pressing the ‘/’ (divide) key in the Numeric Keypad produces a different character on the remote computer.
  • Under the File System view, some non-ASCII named folders might not be opened.
  • Launching files on the remote computer as “You”, would not visually render properly in Vista and above.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 10.4.0 Build 480 (Jan 29, 2014)

  • Improvements:
  • When the remote computer has multiple monitors, you can see all of them at the same time, and work directly on any of them. Just select "Full Desktop" from the Monitors' drop down box.
  • Fixes:
  • On the NetworkInfo/RDS tab, the list of session, on the left, is not shown when the overall window size is small.
  • In Configure.exe, the procedure for Offline Activation was updated.
  • After making changes in Preferences, pushing the Cancel button, does not cancel them.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 10.2.0 Build 360 (Oct 24, 2013)

  • Recorded movies have now much better quality
  • Fixed an error, requiring the re-installation of the software, that appeared occasionally when running multiple instances of AWRC Pro

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 10.1.0 Build 353 (Sep 25, 2013)

  • Fixes incorrect identification of the upcoming operating systems Windows 8.1 and
  • Server 2012 R2, due to existing Windows APIs failing to report properly. Microsoft did it on purpose, as part of its giant plan to complicate what is simple.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 10.0.9 Build 350 (Aug 20, 2013)

  • Fixes:
  • Full-Screen Mode on a multimonitor system with different monitor resolutions, always used the primary display resolution, cropping the image on lower resolutions displays.
  • In Full-Screen Mode while Scale was set to Fit would stop responding if the remote computer changes resolution.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 10.0.1 Build 339 (Aug 20, 2013)

  • Improvements:
  • AWRCP can remotely access Remote Desktop/Terminal Services sessions and Citrix XenApp applications the same way it accesses the console session.
  • You can switch between sessions with a single mouse click. No need to install any sofware or drivers for that.
  • This feature is a must-have for System Administrators and serious IT professionals in general, no other software can do it.
  • Added a RDS/TS tab to the NetworkInfo section which provides information about
  • every existing session in the remote computer.
  • Request Authorization and Connection Notification Frame checkboxes change to red color when checked and make the Remote Host edit box color to change as well.
  • Fixes:
  • Faster Log-out on XP Fast User Swicthing.
  • Ctrl-Alt-Del on Windows 2003 or XP, 64-bit editions, did not always fired.
  • This was a time-out issue, most users had not noticed.
  • Waved out the previous limit of 10 monitors on multi-monitor systems. Now, there is no enforced limit.
  • Fixed exception when leaving Tools/Network/LAN Computers before the enumeration finishes.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 9.5.0 Build 263 (Apr 2, 2013)

  • Improvements:
  • Movie recording does not place anymore the Movie Recording dialog in a corner of the screen and relocate the AWRCP window. Now, the Movie Recording dialog can stay anywhere, even minimized. Moreover, the AWRCP window can be moved (but not resized) while recording. Now, Downloading, Uploading, Zipping and Unzipping of files/folders on the remote machine is done asynchronously and parallelized (when the number of CPU cores allow). For example, you can download 10 GB of files/folders, zip the contents of a large folder and work on the desktop, all at the same time. Logging of connections can now be enforced, in order to comply with organizations’ policies. The Log File integrity is monitored to prevent forging. The Connection notification to the remote computer is now a small frame placed over the taskbar (defaults to the lower right corner of the screen). This replaces the alert tray icon from previous releases, not suitable for these purposes in latest Windows versions. This frame provides a hint identifying who made the connection and it can’t be closed either locally or remotely. In addition, Connections notification can be set in Preferences or even decided just before a connection. Previously, the Connection notification could only be set (enforced) by Policy under File/Administration. A new Refresh Button is now in the File System tab.
  • Fixes:
  • In the File System tab, clicking the header to reorder by size would not reorder correctly files with sizes over 2 GB. Big files, normally over 1 GB, fail to zip or unzip on the remote computer due to time-out issues. Sometimes, time out issues occur as well when downloading or uploading.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 9.4.5 Build 242 (Mar 21, 2013)

  • Improvements:
  • Added the “Fit” Scale to the list of scales. With this setting the remote screen fits, keeping the aspect ratio, into the image display area. Resizing the display area automatically resizes the image keeping it fully visible with no need for scrollbars.
  • “Request Authorization” from the remote computer has a few new possibilities which are configured from “Preferences/General/Request Authorization from remote” and then clicking the configure Request” button. Namely, you can change the default message to be seen by the remote computer and you can set a different background color for the remote alert window. You can send different messages when you connect without need to come to Preferences, if you select Yes in “Show this dialog before each connection”.
  • Fixes:
  • Sometimes, in Configure.exe’s Policy tab the License Password password is not being accepted even when correct.
  • In AWRCP’s Sysinfo/Processes, minor visual fixes.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 9.4.1 Build 219 (Jan 24, 2013)

  • Improvements:
  • Now, the Faster Refresh Rate setting is almost as fast as the Fastest Refresh
  • Rate of previous releases. This was attained by: 1) Removing the old MMX
  • instructions compatibility stub and using only SSE2 extensions. Pentium 4 or
  • above support SSE2, no need for MMX. 2) Added Assembly Language
  • routines for some memory data moves.
  • Now, it is possible to "Clear" the Progress Report box using its popup menu.
  • Main Fixes:
  • When starting a connection it is not allowed to change tabs, trying to do it
  • could throw an exception.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 9.3.9 Build 211 (Sep 5, 2012)

  • Improvements:
  • Added support for Single Computer licenses. This responds to a demand from users. Single Computer Licenses are suitable for users who need the software installed on just a single machine. The license can still be transferred to another machine, but no more than 2 times every 30 days.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 9.3.7 Build 199 (Jul 16, 2012)

  • On the File System tab, retrieving directories might fail when local and remote have different "locales".
  • Retrieving Remote System General Information might fail when remote and local have different "locales".
  • Keyboard, various fixes and expanded capabilities (for example, now possible, Alt+Numeric Keypad Code and Alt+Shift).

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 9.3.6 Build 193 (Jul 5, 2012)

  • Fixes:
  • With Windows 2003/2003R2, when last RDP session ends leaving machine locked connecting with AWRCP would present a black screen

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 9.3.5 Build 190 (Jul 2, 2012)

  • Improvements:
  • Wake-On-Lan. You can wake up (boot) switched-off, sleeping or hibernated computers in your LAN or even across the internet. As always, we put great care in every feature we add, so this one is the best WOL you can find.
  • By running Configure, the License Administrator can select from 3 Feature Levels. The default, is Full or (L5), where every feature is available. However, more is not always desirable, and many IT Managers have been requesting the availability of less featured levels. Now we have also levels L3 and L1.
  • Now, it is possible to select, from 3 possible stripe color sets (sometimes
  • called zebra colors) for the on-screen listings.
  • You can save full screen images of the remote desktop from the Tools in the
  • Main Menu. It is also possible to do that from the Movie Record Dialog by pressing Ctrl while clicking the JPEG or BMP buttons (From here the file names are automatically chosen).
  • Remote computer is pinged for online status before attempting to connect, so no waste of time if remote is offline.
  • Fixes:
  • With Windows 2003, starting a RDP session (Terminal Services/Remote Desktop) while AWRCP is connected might crash the remote agent. Also with Windows 2003, when a RDP session is connected to the console (also called administrative connection), connecting with AWRCP would present a black screen.
  • Interface freezing while connecting has been reduced.
  • The Abort button does abort lengthy operations while connecting.
  • Keyboard and mouse not working properly in some language charsets (Russian and probably others).
  • Processes Information not working properly under Windows 2000, after changes done with release 9.2.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 9.2.0 Build 169 (Jun 14, 2012)

  • Fixes:
  • When Record dialog opens, AWRCP repositions itself. Now, it always finds a place (takes into account taskbars as well).
  • Improvements:
  • The Processes tab now provide following information for each process: PID, Image Name, Process Path, CPU Usage, Session ID, User, Domain, Command Line, Inherited From Pid, Creation Time, Kernel Time, User Time, Handle Count, Thread Count, Base Priority, Virtual Memory Counters, Virtual Size, Peak Virtual Size, Page Fault Count, Private Page Count, Working Set Size, Peek Working Set Size, Quota Paged Pool Usage, Quota Peek Paged Pool Usage, Page File Usage, Peak Page File Usage, Quota Non Paged Pool Usage, Quota Peak Non Paged Pool Usage, In Out Counters (Read Operation, Write Operation, Other Operation, Read Transfer, Write Transfer, Other Transfer)

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 9.1.3 (Jun 14, 2012)

  • Fixes:
  • Fixed rare error "Policy file is corrupted"
  • Improvement:
  • Added Refresh Button in Services tab

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 9.1.1 (Jun 14, 2012)

  • Fixes:
  • Screen viewer freezing issues on Windows XP.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 9.1 Build 145 (Jun 14, 2012)

  • Fixes:
  • When theme, desktop composition or color settings change, screen viewer may not encompass, presenting garbled or flashing colors
  • Screen-Saver not waking up by moving mouse
  • Print/Print Preview in Hardware Devices tab capped after a few lines
  • Typing 'exit' on the remote console, closes the console even when no command processor prompt available
  • On the Connections Log, remote host information (name and IP address) is not resolved
  • Improvements:
  • Retrieves information about monitor(s), namely commercial name, code ID
  • serial number. year and week of manufacture and many hardware details. Only when remote is Windows Vista and above. This information enters in a new box in the Remote System General Information tab. Explanation about parameters meaning is in the Help file

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 8.05 Build 805 Classic (Feb 7, 2012)

  • Maintenance release for optimizing but also solved a freezing issue on some systems and removed a persistent alert on startup after checking "Don't use random suffix" in Configure. Also, in this release we replaced the icons of the Desktop page because the existing set was a bad choice.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 8.0 Build 800 Classic (Nov 30, 2011)

  • Improvements:
  • Now, it is possible to launch multiple instances of AWRC and connect to
  • multiple remote machines at the same time. No configuration is needed.
  • A computer can also be connected simultaneously by multiple machines. No
  • configuration is needed.
  • There is a button to set AWRC on top of all the other windows. There is no
  • guarantee that it will be the upmost, just that it will belong to the group of
  • topmost windows.
  • Remote screen desktops can now be saved in .jpg format, in addition to .bmp
  • format.
  • A few more optimizations to screen updating speed have been made.
  • Control-Alt-Del to the remote machine is now done with a button, not with a
  • global hotkey as before. This frees the user from having to remember the key
  • combination.
  • The AWRC window caption bar and the application title (visible in taskbar)
  • mention the computer being connected to. This is useful when connecting to
  • multiple remote machines.
  • Fixes:
  • Sometimes, the Remote System General Information appeared all empty, the cause
  • was an exception when retrieving the information from the remote machine.
  • Right-clicking on some AWRC boxes and selecting Increase Font or Decrease
  • Font, only decreased or only increased.
  • Changes in font sizes were not persisted across sessions.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 7.54 Build 754 (Apr 23, 2011)

  • Fixes:
  • In some cases screen updates not synching, staling the screen refreshing on
  • local machine.
  • An issue with automatic updates.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 7.53 Build 753 (Apr 20, 2011)

  • Fixes:
  • In some cases screen updates not syncing, staling the screen refreshing on
  • local machine.
  • An issue with automatic updates.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 7.51 Build 751 (Feb 24, 2011)

  • Fixes:
  • Some unusual screen resolution were not properly captured, one of such cases
  • happened with screen widths of 1276 pixels in either 4 colors or 24 colors.
  • This release is made ready for differentiated automatic updates based on build
  • type (Standard, CL or PB).

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 7.50 Build 750 (Feb 22, 2011)

  • Improvements:
  • A very significant speed improvement, due to a full rewrite of the image
  • handling routines.
  • Included an alert icon which shows up on the remote system during a
  • connection. (This is for conformance with some corporate policies, upon request
  • we can still supply customers with a build without the alert icon).
  • Fixes:
  • Solved all outstanding DEP issues, now it should run even on 64-bit server
  • operating systems with DEP fully enforced.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 7.07 Build 707 (Sep 15, 2010)

  • Fixes:
  • DEP issues mostly on 64-bit Windows could cause crash on launch.
  • Ctrl-Alt-Del, keyboard handling and permission related issues.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 7.01 Build 703 (Jan 15, 2010)

  • Improvements:
  • Support for multiple monitors (up to 10 monitors) on the remotely accessed
  • computer. You can easily select a monitor by using the Monitors drop down
  • button under the viewer area of the Desktop tab.
  • Now, you can produce Control-Alt-Del on Windows 7, Windows 2008 and
  • Windows Vista remote machines in the same way you did for previous Windows
  • versions. No Windows settings need to be changed on the remote machine.
  • A number of code changes aimed at speed improvement and reducing CPU
  • utilization and memory usage.
  • Encrypted communication has been simplified still keeping security at the
  • highest level. Key pairs are now generated using the Diffie-Hellman algorithm
  • and random data from Windows crypto API. There is no need for the user to
  • enter any secret text to generate key pairs. Asymethric key exchange is done
  • now in one single cycle.
  • And many more details.
  • Fixes:
  • Some windows were placed on the desktop center (instead of screen center)
  • when AWRC was launched from a computer with multiple monitors.
  • Keyboard handler fix, sometimes not possible to type to the remote machine.
  • Upgrading a computer from a backup could cause access violations when
  • running a registered copy of AWRC.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 6.2 (Jan 15, 2010)

  • Improvements:
  • A Connections Log is optionally produced on the local machine, this was a common request from helpdesk personnel. It is accessible through a button on the desktop tab.
  • Fixes:
  • Some right-click popup menus had out of context items.
  • A few color fixes.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 6.1 (Jan 15, 2010)

  • Improvements:
  • The user can select from 2 user interfaces, Windows classic or Traditional. Windows Classic is now the default.
  • The Update Files item of the File System tab popup menu launches a dialog with a Remember Last Folder checkbox.
  • Fixes:
  • Web updater.
  • SysInfo/General/Operating System identified all Windows Vista releases as Ultimate.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 6.00 (Jan 15, 2010)

  • Now, connections can be made to Windows Vista Business, Ultimate and Enterprise editions as well as to the upcoming new server codenamed "Longhorn Server".
  • The software has full support for remote session switching and logoff/logon maintaining the connection always alive (no need to disconnect). This functionality is relevant for Vista, Longhorn Server as well as for XP Fast User Switching (FUS).
  • By selecting the new View-Only mode, local mouse movements and keystrokes are not passed to the remote computer. This is useful for passive monitoring.
  • During a connection, you can disable the wallpaper and aero composition (Vista) on the remote computer. This enhances speed and reduces CPU cycles. The previous state is restored while
  • disconnecting.
  • The Configure menu is now within a tab of the main Window, this improves usability and saves mouse clicks.
  • XP Pro FUS compatibility can be disabled from the Configure menu. If If Fast User Switching Services are disabled or stopped you can still connect by unchecking the box. The same happens with Windows Server 2003, but here the default condition is disabled - not concerned with sessions.
  • The software automatically detects remote shutdown and disconnects the connection.
  • On remote Windows XP, Server 2003 and later, the software detects
  • the process of hibernation or stand-by and disconnects the connection.
  • Common error messages on the Progress Report box relating to inhability to connect are now more detailed. We continue to advise people to read our FAQ either from the Help file or online at http://www.atelierweb.com/rcomm/faq.htm. The FAQ is not extensive but covers almost every conceivable difficulty. A Vista specific FAQ is also available,
  • Many grids can now be sorted by column by clicking on the column header. These include the Processes, Services, Shares, Ports Finder, Connections and Listening Ports, File System, Local and Global Groups.
  • The Processes grid reports also on Session ID, User and Domain.
  • The Progress Report box displays the time of the event.
  • The Sysinfo tab grids can properly report the new Operating Systems and CPUs.
  • AWRCAC (AWRC Access Control) is now much more powerful, able to monitor or block connections even before any user is logged on at the console.
  • We have included in the distribution a software named AWRCKEY. This software will remove a Registry Key used by pre-AWRC 6.0 purchased releases of AWRC. If you do not plan to use pre-AWRC 6.0 releases again you can remove the key with AWRCKEY.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 5.59 (Jan 15, 2010)

  • Reduced the size of awrexec.exe, the remote service started on remote system, allowing a faster connection to the remote machine.
  • Various access violations, most of them while waiting for a connection to be established after pressing the Connect button.
  • Trying to change the default hotkeys for Ctrl-Alt-Del and Full Screen might not be possible.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 5.55 (Jan 15, 2010)

  • Compatibility issues with x64 64-bit Windows releases:
  • SysInfo/Processes not showing 64-bit processes.
  • Ports Finder feature not providing results.
  • Uploading and Downloading files under the File System tab failed.
  • Memory not correctly reported under SysInfo/General for systems with more than 2GB of RAM.
  • SMBIOS information for BIOS under SysInfo/General not reported
  • under Windows Server 2003 SP 1 and x64 64-bit Windows releases.
  • SysInfo/Physical Memory Viewer not providing results under Windows Server 2003 SP 1 and x64 64-bit Windows releases. Addresses in the range 0x000C0000 - 0x000FFFFF can be retrieve on these systems.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 5.51 (Jan 15, 2010)

  • Sending clipboard contents to the remote machine could fail.
  • Double-clicking on a file under the File System tab did not
  • download it.

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 5.01 (Jan 15, 2010)

  • Immediately after logging to a Windows 2000 Server, a console window could start popping up over the desktop producing an infinite flash effect. This problem has not been reported for other Windows releases.
  • In some cases, normally after logging in, the keyboard or mouse could not be used if no window on the desktop had the input focus. This problem was only see in Windows 2000 machines.
  • The updating functions were not working reliably and we decided not to provide files for direct updating from 5.0 to 5.01 from within AWRC. Users must download 5.01 from the site (as usual).

New in Atelier Web Remote Commander Professional 5.0 (Jan 15, 2010)

  • Improvements:
  • Full-screen is now supported, i.e, when selected, the image of the remote desktop completely covers the screen area of the local computer. Also, the user can select from the Options to maintain the remote screen resolution aspect ratio. In this case, if the local and remote aspect ratios are different no stretching is made (rather an area of the local screen is left black to compensate for the different ratios).
  • Screen resolution changes on the remote system are automatically reflected on the local system. This is valid both in normal view and full-screen modes.
  • The remote service started on the remote system is now configurable from the Options. Configuration allows changing the binary name, which defaults to awrexec.exe, the service name and the service display name. The icon of the binary file has been removed as well. This is a security subject and contributes to the activity becoming even less noticeable, when this is a requirement. Of course, the latest AWRCAC release is still able to detect and stop regular AWRC builds.
  • AWRC supports manual (the default) and automatic updates. When an update exists, and the user accepts to proceed with it, the new software is installed directly from the web with no need to run any setup or install program.
  • AWRCAC has been updated in order to deal with cases where the service name and binary name have been changed.
  • Fixes:
  • When connecting to a Windows XP remote, usually the first keystroke was not transmitted.
  • "Initialization at stage..." errors where not adequately fixed in release 4.7. This was more evident when you disconnected then started a new connection to the same system within less than one minute.
  • The exception at 0x00403038, which appeared occasionally during the disconnect stage, has been fixed.
  • Corrected remote Operating System identification of Windows 2003 Enterprise, Standard and Web variants and Windows NT4 SP6 vs SP6a.