What's new in RollBack Rx Professional 12.5 Build 2708962800
Jul 26, 2023
- Fix on BSOD issue after setup on some select PCs
New in RollBack Rx Professional 12.5 Build 2708923714 (Jul 4, 2023)
- General:
- Minor GUI tweak(shield.exe)
- Redesign how RollBack Rx Pro works with Windows Updates(shield.exe
- Bug fix in the installer(x64.exe)’s detection of system being encrypted by Bitlocker.
- Bug fix in the uninstaller(shdserv.exe)’s failure to remove driver files
- Add new command line switch shdcmd.exe /Getfile(shdcmd.exe).
- Add new setup parameter to exclude the system from EPM screen lock(setup.ini).
- Renew security certificate for digital signing.
- Check RollBack Rx release against Windows service pack installation for compatibility support(setup.exe).
- Bug fix disable and re-enable RollBack Rx Pro demo setup could reset the demo time(shdtray.exe).
- Bug fix kernel mode setting is hidden when switching from the FRM to the SSM (shdserv.exe).
- Add vsncache configuration option in the installer(setup.exe).
- Encrypt user password in Setup.ini file(Setup Configuration Wizard.exe).
- Bug fix in driver(shield.sys) logging flush.
- Support 4K sector HDD(Shieldf.sys).
- Kernel Driver:
- Bug fix in processing disk dirty flags in 4K sectors disk(Shieldf.sys).
- Bug fix in processing IOCTL_DISK_GET_DRIVE_GEOMETRY_EX in shieldm fails if sector size is 4096 bytes(Shieldm.sys).
- Bug fix in processing FixupTrueSectorForEncrypt failure if sector size is 4096 bytes(Shieldm.sys).
- Bug fix in FindTrueSectorW_COW for disk sector size is 4096 bytes(Shdbus.sys).
- Bug fix in BackupNtfsMft for disk sector size is 4096 bytes(Shdbus.sys).
- Bug fix in LogLevel for disk sector size is 4096 bytes(Shdump.sys).
- Support Windows 11’s partition modification by ioctl (Shield.sys).
- Pre-OS:
- Redesign the pre-OS EFI bootloader to comply with Microsoft’s new EFI code signing requirements(shdmgr.ef_).
- Pre-OS: Add debug mode for pre-OS EFI bootloader(shdmgr.ef_).
- Pre-OS: New code signing certificate for UEFI secure boot(shdloader.efi).
- Pre-OS: Bug fix in pre-OS installer for handling MBR disk marked as GPT parition(shield.efi).
- Pre-OS: Bug fix in EfiConsoleControlProtocol not found(shield.efi).
- EndPoint Manager:
- Add columns in the detailed view to show clients’ OS build number and display version(RmConsole.exe).
- Add option to show/hide the built-in groups(RmConsole.exe).
- Add scheduled task for send message(RmConsole.exe).
- Add target directory selection for send files(RmConsole.exe).
- Prevent screen lock on the system with EndPoint Manager(EPM) console(RmConsole.exe).
- Allow EPM to re-activate clients with a new product ID(RmConsole.exe, RmServer.exe).
- Allow EPM to disable client’s access to the system control panel(RmConsole.exe).
- Allow EPM to disable client’s access to the system command prompt and Powershell(RmConsole.exe).
- Allow EPM to disable client’s access to the system task manager(RmConsole.exe).
- Allow EPM to disable client’s access to the system registry(RmConsole.exe).
- Allow EPM to disable clients installing new software(RmConsole.exe).
- Display clients’ CPU information in EPM(RmConsole.exe).
- Bug fix client connection fails with Invalid network packets error(RmServer.exe).
New in RollBack Rx Professional 12.0 Build 2707819707 (Aug 4, 2022)
- Fixed issue with some/all snapshots turning red when using the encryption is set to Auto on select PCs
- Fixed issue with “OS did not shut down gracefully..” not disappearing even after it already ran
- Language file updates
- Other small bug fixes reported through tech support
New in RollBack Rx Professional 11.2 Build 2705924873 (Nov 5, 2020)
- GENERAL:
- prompt after installation to opt-in to turn off automatic Windows Updates
- prompt after installation to opt-in to allow automatic installation of Windows 10 feature updates.
- For more info on this feature please check the KB article
- Fixed small bugs and compatibility issues reported through technical support
New in RollBack Rx Professional 11.2 Build 2705882369 (Oct 16, 2020)
- GENERAL:
- prompt after installation to opt-in to turn off automatic Windows Updates and allow automatic installation of Windows 10 feature updates
- fixed small bugs and compatibility issues reported through technical support
New in RollBack Rx Professional 11.2 Build 2704515766 (Mar 21, 2019)
- GENERAL:
- Disable Windows fast startup if a snaphsot@1st bootup of the day scheduled task is present.
- Add setup switches to exclude user Desktop and Documents from restore. To exclude all users’ desktop and documents folders, you need to add the following parameters in the setup.ini file: SyncAllUserDesktop=1 //synchronize all users’ desktop from restore
- SyncAllUserDoc=1 //synchronize all user’s documents folder from restore
- Add Snapshot Validator tool.
- Add dynamic disk support.
- Fix setup problem on single larger than 2TB partition
- DRIVERS:
- Fix setup BSOD caused by setting snapshot encryption level=1.
- PRE-OS ENVIRONMENT:
- Fix the UEFI BIOS 1GB memory allocation limitation.
- Renew UEFI bootloader Microsoft digital signing.
- ENDPOINT MANAGER:
- Fix a bug in EPM scheduled task to wakeup client on LAN.
New in RollBack Rx Professional 11.1 Build 20190208 (Feb 15, 2019)
- GENERAL:
- Fix BSOD install issue with shieldf.sys
- Small bugs and compatibility issues reported by customers through technical support
New in RollBack Rx Professional 10.7 Build 2702800906 (Oct 19, 2017)
- Improved compatibility for Windows 10’s Creators Update.
- RMC – Implemented Windows Firewall exception for Windows 10 based firewall
- Small bug fixes reported by users
New in RollBack Rx Professional 10.7 Build 2702800906 (Oct 19, 2017)
- Improved compatibility for Windows 10’s Creators Update.
- RMC – Implemented Windows Firewall exception for Windows 10 based firewall
- Small bug fixes reported by users
New in RollBack Rx Professional 10.7 Build 20170504 (Sep 6, 2017)
- Fixes Secure Boot Issue for better compatibility with Windows 10 build 1607 & later
- Support Grub Linux bootloader.
- Adjusted the Uninstallation User Interface.
- Change disk space usage pie chart on the home page to red color if the free space drops below 20% total protected space.
- Add disk space usage pie chart to the new snapshot window.
- New End User License Agreement(EULA)
New in RollBack Rx Professional 10.5 Build 2702327820 (Feb 10, 2017)
- Valid snapshot condition and show as “good” or “questionable” snapshots. Display questionable (inconsistent) snapshots in red color
- Fix corrupted snapshot problem caused by creating consecutive snapshots rapidly
- Added “Flush system cache before creating new snapshot“ in program settings
- Added Fast, Complete and Auto snapshot defragmenter options – Setup.ini Switch: (opt=full, opt=fast, opt=auto)
- Fixed demo license issue
- Added License Expiration tab in RMC detailed view
- Mid-cycle UI refresh
- Fix Windows update related problem by booting from PE environment
- Fix BSOD caused by Windows 10 anniversary Update
- Resolves Secure Boot Issue
- Add encryption options to snapshots data encryption from rootkit based boot virus – Adjusted in Setup.ini (default is 2)
- Support subsystem VGA display mode 800*600
- Add Shutdown based scheduled type for Defrag Snapshots schooled task.
- Fixed many setup related compatibility problems received by customer report.
New in RollBack Rx Professional 10.5 Build 2701680652 (Feb 10, 2017)
- Change of new logo and icon.
- Change of product version to 10.5.
- UI enhancement.
- Add “Send Message” features through RMC to client workstation.
- Add “Uninstall” options via the RMC.
- Add the ability to have multiple instances of RMC install.
- Add Asynchronous mode to the device drivers to allow faster boot-up and better performance on multiple hard disks based systems.
- Fix BSOD caused by Windows WRE (Windows Recovery Environment).
- Support M.2 SATA
New in RollBack Rx Professional 10.4 Build 2701484045 (May 17, 2016)
- What's New:
- Fixed Japanese language not showing correctly after Rollback Rx installed.
- Fixed "Remove all the other unlcoked snapshots after rollback" feature within the Tash scheduler.
- Fixed "Daylight saving" issue showing on the Remote Managament Console (RMC).
- Fixed "Remote Desktop Connection" (RDP) not working on Windows 10 operating system.
- Fixed SSD hibernation issue.
- Fixed slow subsystem defrag issue.
- Added "Force shutdown or restart" on RMC when sending a restart command to the workstation applications are still running.
New in RollBack Rx Professional 10.4 Build 2700918799 (Dec 28, 2015)
- Added "Windows 10 Clients" Group in Remote Management Console.
- Fixed "Setup.exe" won't start problem caused by problem in GPT partition structure.
- Modify the subsystem to handle large RAM on UEFI based system
- Re-design drivers security to stop security cracks.
- Added tooltip to create new snapshot, use VSS checkbox.
New in RollBack Rx Professional 10.4 Build 2700722190 (Oct 9, 2015)
- Supporting Windows 10.
- Added an option on the new snapshot screen to create new snapshot using Windows Volume Shadow service.
- Added UseVss=1/0 switch in the setup.ini to set the VSS option.
- Moved entire license activation process from the Windows service to the subsystem to avoid cracking.
- Added a check in the subsystem to automatically defrag snapshot when free space is below 10GB.
- Fixed various compatibiltiy issue reported by customers.
- Added Turkish language support.
New in RollBack Rx Professional 10.3 Build 2700650506 (Aug 25, 2015)
- Fix Windows BCD boot error
- Fix setup problem on system starts with Disk 2
- Fix Windows BSOD by shield.sys
- Add Swedish Language
New in RollBack Rx Professional 10.3 Build 2700482570 (Jun 10, 2015)
- Fix the setup failure due to fragmented bitmap table
- Fix the setup VerifyProtectedDisk Failed error due to read partition error
- Fix the setup conflict with Samsung's fast startup software
- Fix Remote Management Console activation issue with workstation has no internet connection
New in RollBack Rx Professional 10.3 Build 2700298253 (Mar 24, 2015)
- What's New:
- Change the program name from Rollback Rx PC to Rollback Rx Professional
- A totally re-designed client communication module to work with the new Remote Management Console (RMC)
- Add Tree View to the snapshot window
- Add a check for updates feature
- Check if the subsystem has been removed by 3rd party antivirus scanner when system is shutting down or restart
- Expand RAM usage by the subsystem when updating baseline
- Support multiple hard drives with different partition styles (MBR, or GPT)
- What's Fixed:
- Fix the problem that installer does not recognize the drive letters same as Windows explorer
- Fix the problem that setup fails with insufficient disk space due to NTFS MFT table are not continuous
- Fix the problem that license activation fails on UEFI subsystem
- Fix the BSOD cause by bootmgfw.efi
- Fix the problem that tray icon does not show up after a reboot due to "MySearchString" is too long
New in RollBack Rx Professional 10.2 Build 2699751435 (Nov 10, 2014)
- Fixed laptop powers down due to low battery life and Rollback Rx did not have enough time to save the snapshot index to disk
- Add file filter driver to check changes to the EFI file in the unprotected system reserve partition
- Add a check of the Master Boot Record (MBR) to prevent it from been removed by 3rd party MBR scanning utility
- Add a settig to scheduled tasks to delete the snapshots
- Modify Russain language files
New in RollBack Rx Professional 10.2 Build 2699597837 (Aug 25, 2014)
- Changed setup64.exe to x64.exe
- Fixed some typographical errors in the application GUI
- Fixed the subsystem freeze problem when "Shift" or "Caps Lock" key is pressed
- Fixed the SetAutoSetup.exe problem for Windows 64 bit depolyment
- Encrypt Administrator password in the setup.ini
- Removed the compatibility check option in setup
- Removed the commit changes to the hard disk before creating a new snapshot
- Added Russian and Japanese language files
New in RollBack Rx Professional 10.2 Build 2699483149 (Aug 25, 2014)
- Fixed the BSOD problem during installing caused by the driver signature not signed properly.
- Added the command line to switch ProtectMBR=1 option
New in RollBack Rx Professional 10.2 Build 2699462673 (Aug 25, 2014)
- Fixed the compatibility check during the setup
- Fixed burning CD/DVD while Rollback Rx is installed
- Added a flush cache option when taking snapshot
New in RollBack Rx Professional 10.2 Build 2699380749 (Aug 25, 2014)
- Fixed Windows 8 / 8.1 and update 1 hibernation problems
- Fixed critical problem caused by Microsoft DDK 7600 compiler's incompatibility with the aforementioned systems
- By Default "setup" the sub-system screen is shown
- Changed the setup to NOT protect Windows system reserve partitions and any other hidden partitions
New in RollBack Rx Professional 10.2 Build 2699300877 (Aug 25, 2014)
- Fixed Windows 8 / 8.1 hiberation file inconsistency error
- Fixed shutdown problem on Lenovo machines with fastboot
- Fixed setup on disks with invalid GPT signature
- Fixed "Load TSR failed error
New in RollBack Rx Professional 10.2 Build 2698813454 (Aug 25, 2014)
- Setup detects and prompts if the product ID entered is for Drive Vaccine or an earlier version of Rollback Rx or a misspelled v10.2 ID
- Fixed a bug that Rollback subsystem is not able to detect Windows 8 system coming back from hibernation (shutdown)
- Fixed a subsystem bug in setup on multiple disks and the OS is not on the 1st hard disk
- Updated the client communication module with the RMC for better crossing network communication
- Added a command line switch for opening Rollback driver for windows cloning
- Added a subsystem command for resetting Rollback subsystem after restore a backup from system backup such as Acronis backup
- Serbian, Croatian, & Vietnamese language added
New in RollBack Rx Professional 10.2 Build 2698745870 (Nov 27, 2013)
- Fixed password recover when subsystem is in text model
- Fixed subsystem setup problem on Win 7 & 8 dual boot
- Fine tune drivers for Windows delay writes
- Fixed bugs with scheduled tasks
New in RollBack Rx Professional 10.2 Build 2698698769 (Oct 29, 2013)
- Fixed the subsystem setup problem due to memory conflict with 3rd party bootloader
- Fixed the "Load Image Failed 0XE" error
- Fixed the subsystem "InitProtectSystem failed" error
- Fixed mounting a snapshot caused Windows BSOD bug
- Fixed power interruption during update baseline problem
- Fixed registry exclusion bug on Windows 8 GPT
- Add new command line switches
- Add auto detection of boot partition in muiltiple disk configuration
New in RollBack Rx Professional 10.2 Build 2698663954 (Oct 12, 2013)
- Fixed the repeated uninstall and reinstall without rebooting overwrites the original EFI bootloader bug.
- Fixed the setup failure caused by protecting over 5 partitions including hidden partitions.
- Fixed the setup failure with error message"invalid system data magic" error.
- Fixed the error "system data not found" after running update baseline.
- Fixed restore at restart scheduled tasks won't start problem.
- Fixed the file recovery warning message box pop up after each reboot problem.
- Fixed access the virtual drive for a snapshot getting "the disk needs to format" error.
- Fixed setup problem on big disk with high fragmentation.
New in RollBack Rx Professional 10.2 Build 2698586131 (Sep 17, 2013)
- Add "Yes" box to the uninstaller
- Modified installer to auto detect setup on multiple disks
New in RollBack Rx Professional 10.2 Build 2698569740 (Aug 29, 2013)
- Change version # from 10.1 to 10.2 in Add/Remove Programs
- Add a Setup INI wizard (in "Support" folder") for generating setup.ini file
- Removed the screen output message during bootup
- Update with a new build number
New in RollBack Rx Professional 10.2 Build 2696419340 (Aug 8, 2013)
- Fully support Windows 8 compatibility
- Totall re-designed Shield6 kernel and subsystem
- Supports GPT partitions
- Supports multiple hard disks
- Supports up to 64TB size hard disk
- Supports UEFI secure boot with Microsoft certification
- Compatible with Anti-Virus rootkit scanning
- Supports multiple language interface (Spanish, Portuguese, & Simplified Chinese)
- Subsystem supports Unicode languages
- Uninstall to the current system without rebooting
- Make scheduled tasks modifiable
- Supports multiple event-based scheduled task
- Adds compression to snapshot structure which makes faster to restore a snapshot, also faster to create a new snapshot and mounting snapshot
- New licensing system
- Supports Windows 8 Fastboot
New in RollBack Rx Professional 10.0 Build 2698096657 (Jan 31, 2013)
- Windows 8 compatibility.
- Supports UEFI BIOS.
- Supports Advanced Format Disk.
- New Application Console, Tray Icon, and Subsystem interface.
- Allows Application Console program interface to resize.
- Gives upgrade switch option for upgrading from v9 to v10.
- Setup takes product IDs in blocks as requested by users.
- Supports setup on systems with more than 4 hard disks.
- Supports Windows XP 64bit OS.
- Allows unattended setup reading program settings from clear text based setup.ini, so 3rd party applications can programmatically set program settings in the setup.ini before unattended setup.
- Improved Setup speed.
- Adds a text based subsystem for systems that require faster subsystem load times.
- Adds command line switches to switching the subsystem from various VGA modes to Text
- Allow users to set registry keys to be excluded from being rolled back
- Adds command line options to manage scheduled tasks.
- Adda a subscription-based license option.
- Move background snapshots defragmenter into the service SHDSERV.
- Move Windows portion of the uninstaller from the shieldtray.exe to the service SHDSERV.
- Move snapshot synchronization from shieldtray.exe to the service SHDSERV.
- New “Restore from snapshot” context menu program.
- New “Rollback system” program for the tray icon menu.
- New “Take snapshot” program for the tray icon menu.
- Allow users to setup wild cards for event-based scheduled tasks.
- Add “Age” column for snapshot properties which shows how many minutes, hours, or days ago the snapshot was created.
- Add “Show snapshots from last week” filter.
- Add “Show snapshots from last month” filter.
- Add connector for Drive Cloner Rx to backup snapshots data structure.
- Customized Rollback to automatically take a new snapshot before user sets up a program.
- Zip Rollback snapshot data structure tables for better performance.
- Redesigned the module that loads snapshot data structure for mounting snapshots.
- Setup checks if the system is on the 1st hard disk.
- Changed setup.exe run permission from require Administrator to as Invoker.
- Rollback Rx Client:
- Fixed Dell BIOS A08 compatibility problem.
- Fixed subsystem loading font library memory overflow problem.
- Fixed subsystem setup freezes on loading graphic driver.
- Fixed mounting snapshot with network share problem.
- Fixed the problem that scheduled tasks cannot enter install.exe and install.msi at same time.
- Fixed memory leaks in ps.dll
- Fixed “getvolumebitmap” bug in snapshot defragmenter
- Fixed subsystem freeze issue on highly fragmented memory problem
- Fixed “network share fails” error to correctly detect shared network path.
New in RollBack Rx Professional 9.1 Build 2697670671 (Jan 7, 2013)
- miscellaneous bug fixes
- Fix all Dell PC & Laptop with installation problems