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SoftPerfect Network Scanner Changelog

What's new in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.2.1

Mar 5, 2024
  • Added: Enhanced device recognition through online queries.
  • Added: Instant multi-value matching filter implemented as regex.
  • Improved: Shorter timeouts for FTP probing, host name resolution, and WMI.
  • Improved: Retention of host names post-IP conversion.
  • Improved: WQL editor shows sample WMI data for root namespaces and children.
  • Improved: Main window title now shows current user's admin status.
  • Fixed: Issue with assigning friendly names for multiple keys.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.2 (Nov 3, 2023)

  • Added: User-configurable toolbar.
  • Added: Column grouping for enhanced main view organisation.
  • Added: Splitting of multi-value cells into rows in CSV and TXT exports.
  • Added: Direct access to multi-value column entries in device properties.
  • Added: New PowerShell, SSH and WQL editors with highlighting and execution features.
  • Improved: Multi-value cells are now marked with an icon for quick recognition.
  • Improved: Double-click functionality on multi-value cells for viewing contents as a list.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.1.8 (Oct 10, 2023)

  • Added: Support for the Linux platform.
  • Added: Support for ARM64 architecture.
  • Added: Search functionality within settings.
  • Added: Geolocation capabilities for public IP addresses.
  • Improved: Provided extended error information when login to WMI fails.
  • Improved: Warnings about non-writable locations in portable Windows builds.
  • Improved: Bookmarks and dynamic menu items are now accessible in the navigator.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.1.7 (May 19, 2023)

  • Added: scan progress bar for each IP address.
  • Added: pending operation time in device properties.
  • Improved: dark mode appearance on Windows.
  • Fixed: sorting by remote time due to time-zone string.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.1.6 (Mar 6, 2023)

  • Added: users can now link associated data to MAC or IP addresses, such as device location and asset tag, to aid in tracking and management.
  • Improved: importing previously exported data has been improved with a choice of merge with, append to, or replace existing data.
  • Improved: several minor user interface elements have been redesigned to enhance the user experience and streamline workflows.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.1.5 (Jan 5, 2023)

  • Added: custom regular expression patterns for matching and highlighting the data displayed in columns.
  • Added: the ability to set and clear custom row highlighting for faster distinguishing of important information displayed in rows.
  • Added: credentials tags for efficient identification and use of saved credentials within scripts and in external applications.
  • Improved: redesigned credential manager, with added columns and sorting functionality.
  • Improved: Network Scanner EXE files are now dynamically based, which ensures their compatibility with Data Execution Prevention (DEP).
  • Fixed: index of bounds error and subsequent crash that occurred at re-scanning of a single column.
  • Fixed: incorrect MAC addresses that were displayed when scanning external subnets.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.1.4 (Apr 29, 2022)

  • Added: automatic SMTP settings.
  • Added: fetching SSL cert details.
  • Added: import/export of credentials.
  • Fixed: crash in HTTP banner detection.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.1.3 (Jan 27, 2022)

  • Added: dark theme support on Windows 10/11.
  • Improved: showing new device count in icon overlay.
  • Improved: reading installed apps from 32-bit registry.
  • Fixed: missing V3UserName in SNMP script object.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.1.2 (Oct 5, 2021)

  • Improved: portable version can be safely shared over network.
  • Improved: fonts can be set separately on columns and data.
  • Improved: sort order is maintained at all times.
  • Improved: incrased number of user filters to 10.
  • Fixed: importing CSV files with unquoted values.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.1.1 (Aug 3, 2021)

  • Added: basic filter editing for saved filters.
  • Fixed: reading non-Latin chars from console programs.
  • Fixed: rare crash when deleting nodes with enabled Live Display.
  • Changed: minimum OS version is now macOS 10.8 or Windows 7.
  • Changed: removed dependency on OpenSSL for sending e-mails.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.1 (May 24, 2021)

  • Added: WS-Discovery support to locate services in a local network.
  • Added: separate setting for maximum number of threads in live display.
  • Added: scan result export to SQLite database for further processing.
  • Improved: UPnP discovery allows to scan detected devices and shows device type.
  • Improved: scanning for shares on macOS detects disk space, writability and security.
  • Fixed: filter display in the recent list if only one filter was defined.
  • Fixed: applications sorting order when a new item is added.
  • Fixed: resolution of non-ASCII computer names.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.0.2 (Apr 21, 2021)

  • Improved: list headings appearance on macOS.
  • Fixed: search speed regression when finding text.
  • Fixed: importing configuration files from version 6.x.
  • Fixed: lost settings after minimisation to the notification area.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.0.1 (Mar 11, 2021)

  • Fixed: IPv6 addresses are now quoted in brackets for external apps.
  • Fixed: opening of applications using keyboard hot keys.
  • Fixed: sorting of applications and unintended duplication of items.
  • Fixed: missing applications for browsing shared folders (with %1).

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 8.0 (Feb 1, 2021)

  • Added: macOS support, the application is now almost entirely cross-platform.
  • Added: new SMB library for accessing shared folders independently of Windows API.
  • Changed: new JSON, XML and regex parsers may use slightly different expression syntax.
  • Changed: significant internal changes and optimisations, faster application start and operation.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.3.0 (Nov 10, 2020)

  • Added: SNMPv3 support in router MAC address discovery.
  • Added: option to include/exclude ports in Nmap scans.
  • Added: new menu for creating instant filters from scan results.
  • Added: active filter applied during scanning.
  • Fixed: vanishing shares when saving and excluding unrelated columns.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.2.9 (Jul 14, 2020)

  • Added: quick device search in WOL manager.
  • Added: auto-collected host names in WOL manager.
  • Improved: startup time and overall scan performance.
  • Fixed: odd controls alignment issue on high resolutions.
  • Fixed: crash if live display log pointed to an invalid location.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.2.8 (Mar 23, 2020)

  • Added: wildcard support in Equal/Not Equal filters.
  • Added: new regex filter for advanced filtering of results.
  • Added: new menu item to remove all inactive devices at once.
  • Improved: discovered devices can now be deleted during scanning.
  • Improved: a number of smaller enhancements in the user interface.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.2.7 (Feb 11, 2020)

  • Fixed: occasionally OIDs fetched via SNMP had erroneous characters in them.
  • Fixed: using SNMPv3 to retrieve data occasionally failed with division by zero.
  • Added: New repetitions display setting: As Is, Fold or Hide repetitions.
  • Added: strong ciphers support in SNMPv3: AES-192 and AES-256
  • Changed: Windows 7 is now the minimum required OS version.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.2.6 (Oct 14, 2019)

  • Added: searching alternate paths in remote registry wildcard queries.
  • Added: built-in registry browser for quick path and parameter lookup.
  • Added: a navigator under Help menu to quickly find a setting or command.
  • Improved: new system-independent implementation to access HTTP and HTTPS.
  • Improved: suppress messages about domain resolution when using command line.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.2.5 (Aug 21, 2019)

  • Fixed: column regex was not used when referring to scripting columns from a script.
  • Fixed: trailing commas are no longer wrriten to a CSV file at the end of each line.
  • Added: a button in the save dialog to choose exported columns for text, CSV and HTML.
  • Added: variables %0 (IP address) and %1 (MAC address) whose bytes can be used in SNMP OID.
  • Added: built-in SNMP scripting object for custom queries to any SNMP-capable device.
  • Added: mDNS and SNMP are used to resolve device names if anything else fails.
  • Added: full UTF8 support in SNMP responses can now handle non-Latin characters.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.2.4 (Jul 29, 2019)

  • Added: quick filter in friendly names, bookmarks and display filters.
  • Added: secure WMI connection support to access restricted namespaces.
  • Improved: downloading mappings file OUI.TXT for NIC vendor lookup.
  • Fixed: columns lost hidden status when their settings were changed.
  • Fixed: crash when closing and aborting scan and Live Display was on.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.2.3 (Jul 5, 2019)

  • Added: quick filter in credential manager and third-party applications.
  • Added: quick filter in Remote WMI, SSH, SNMP, etc and virtual columns.
  • Added: command to start/stop background scan (Live Display) on demand.
  • Added: export of results to a file upon completion of each Live Display round.
  • Improved: permit device deletion when Live Display is running.
  • Improved: saving/loading multi-clause filters and their UI layout.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.2.2 (Jun 10, 2019)

  • Added: frozen columns support under the View main menu item.
  • Added: XPath Query Builder for Remote XML and Nmap Integration features.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.2.1 (Apr 17, 2019)

  • Added: multiline display mode for long strings.
  • Added: incremental search across output columns.
  • Added: process class in scripting for handling output of console applications.
  • Added: integration with Nmap with OS detection, vulnerability scans and much more.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.2.0 (Feb 18, 2019)

  • Improved: virtual columns can now be used as keys for mapping friendly names.
  • Improved: expanded live notifications to four types (online, offline, new MAC, changed IP).
  • Added: custom sender e-mail in e-mail settings.
  • Added: draw configured background colour and text colour in column headers.
  • Improved: retain column metadata and width when changing multi-column items.
  • Improved: make output of scripted columns available to scripts themselves.
  • Improved: MAC address resolution via SNMP: added SNMPv2c and IPv6 address support.
  • Improved: up to 50 columns of each type (previously 10). The /maxcols switch removed.
  • Improved: when rescanning a column in multi-column group, limit rescanning to that column.
  • Added: drag-n-drop of computers from Windows Explorer under Network icon to main view.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.1.9 (Jan 4, 2019)

  • Implemented [*] as array index in JSON query.
  • Added regex replacement support for column data.
  • Added support for NPcap without WinPCap compatibility installed.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.1.8 (Oct 25, 2018)

  • Added a configurable delay between live display rescan rounds.
  • Added a setting to show filtered/online/offline devices in status bar.
  • Added a MIB browser for easy OID selection in SNMP queries.
  • Added official Windows Server 2019 support.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.1.7 (Sep 25, 2018)

  • Added Remote JSON feature for retrieving and parsing JSON responses from network devices.
  • Added access to Redfish Scalable Platforms Management built on top of Remote JSON.
  • Added Portuguese (Brazil) as a supported UI language.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.1.6 (Jul 16, 2018)

  • Added HTTPS protocol support in Remote XML.
  • Added WMI monitor information example script.
  • Added scripted DNS resolver object for VB scripts.
  • Added Dutch and Swedish UI languages.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.1.5 (May 23, 2018)

  • All graphics and icons are now vector images and scale to any DPI on high-resolution displays.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.1.4 (Feb 26, 2018)

  • When a startup error if non-English user interface was selected.
  • Fixed an issue when loading a config with higher than standard column count.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.1.3 (Jan 29, 2018)

  • Added UI languages: French, Norwegian, Italian.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.1.2 (Nov 27, 2017)

  • Fixed a software exception on Windows XP.
  • Added displaying Time to live (TTL) for ping.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.1.1 (Nov 20, 2017)

  • Added filter management with favourite filters.
  • Added an option to lookup NetBIOS names only.
  • Added UI languages: German, Czech, Chinese, Japanese.
  • In console mode show UI messages and prompts in the console.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.1.0 (Oct 23, 2017)

  • Fixed occasional "Cannot register tab" error.
  • Added synchronous I/O cancellation for faster thread stopping.
  • Added multilingual user interface support (more languages to come).

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.1.0 (Oct 23, 2017)

  • Fixed occasional "Cannot register tab" error.
  • Added synchronous I/O cancellation for faster thread stopping.
  • Added multilingual user interface support (more languages to come).

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.0.9 (Aug 8, 2017)

  • Added "Mark All/None" in visible columns setup.
  • Added configurable font styles in column display settings.
  • Added support of column reference in column value highlight.
  • Fixed poor drawing performance issue in older 7.0.x versions.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.0.8 (Jun 6, 2017)

  • Added terminal sessions enumeration under the Additional tab.
  • Added a choice of "all", "selected" and "displayed" devices to save.
  • Added shared folder comment display next to workstation comment.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.0.7 (Apr 20, 2017)

  • Added [Eye] button to reveal passwords and removed the /openpass switch.
  • Added faster multi-threaded live scan to replace old single-threaded one.
  • Fixed a display issue with apps user prompts and MAC address SNMP settings.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.0.6 (Apr 12, 2017)

  • Added built-in Telnet object that can be used in scripting.
  • Added key-based authentication for Remote SSH connections.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.0.5 (Mar 1, 2017)

  • Added a way to choose custom colours in row and column highlight.
  • Added a way to disregard names among logged users or user accounts.
  • Added a way to access column values from a script and a usage example.
  • Added JScript support in addition to VBScript under Remote Scripting.
  • Added auto-complete features in the script editor (Ctrl+Space to invoke).
  • Added improved script debugging with user input prompted on the go.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.0.4 (Feb 13, 2017)

  • Added keeping sort order when a device is discovered in Live Display.
  • Added quick access from columns related to the global settings.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.0.3 (Feb 3, 2017)

  • Added virtual columns to manipulate values from other columns.
  • Added exporting per share security information in HTML report.
  • Added wildcard support in remote registry for broad value search.
  • Added quick access to column queries (right-click column heading).
  • Added looking up MAC addresses through WMI.
  • Added SNMP Context Name support in SNMPv3.
  • Improved display of SNMP v1/v2c/v3 responses in a uniform way.
  • Improved free-form IP address input now accepts reversed ranges.
  • Fixed sorting that didn't take into account regular expressions.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.0.2 (Jan 3, 2017)

  • Fixed showing tree context menu when the key was used instead of mouse.
  • Fixed choosing visible columns in Scan Comparison with reordered columns.
  • Enhanced Visible Columns dialog to show formatting and reorder multiple columns
  • Enhanced public IP address detection to obtain both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
  • Added showing highest IP address for input in CIDR notation.
  • Added copy command in Detect Address dialog.
  • Added entering scan information from a string.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.0.1 (Nov 24, 2016)

  • Added Remote Scripting - execute VBScript against remote devices
  • Added default items for uptime in Remote Performance and WMI
  • Minor user interface fixes for systems with high DPI screens

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 7.0.0 (Nov 10, 2016)

  • Added viewing and saving discarded lines to a file during IP address import.
  • Added automatic caching of successful logins to speed-up scanning.
  • Added preview and customisable filters for Active Directory import.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 6.2.1 (Oct 18, 2016)

  • Added passing PowerShell scripts as Base-64 to wrap DOS-unfriendly symbols.
  • Added new expressions "Less than" and "Greater than" to the filter conditions.
  • Added conditional column highlighting if a row value meets a specific criterion.
  • Added a list of disregarded account names in User and Group Membership queries.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 6.2 (Oct 13, 2016)

  • Added a simple Yes/No test for file or folder existence in Remote Files.
  • Added large toolbar and menu icons for systems with screen DPI of 192 or more.
  • Fixed an issue with saving columns order as in some cases they weren't remembered.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 6.1.9 (Sep 5, 2016)

  • Added create/modify/access time retrieval in Remote Files.
  • Added getting host names from a DNS server for offline nodes.
  • Fixed quoting variables if those are used within quotes already.
  • Fixed the tab key to go through filters in addition to IP editors.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 6.1.7 (May 20, 2016)

  • Added installation package as a form of distribution in addition to the portable build.
  • Added workaround for using Win10Pcap in duplicate IP finder due to an incompatibility.
  • Added /openpass command line switch to reveal stored passwords within the UI.
  • Added downloading sanitised OUI.TXT from LinuxNet.CA rather than the IEEE web-site.
  • Fixed initialisation of NIC and port databases if they were enabled just before rescan.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 6.1.6 (Apr 28, 2016)

  • Added a last-seen time column similar to what previously was scan-time.
  • Added showing adapter name next to responses received from DHCP servers.
  • Fixed taking filter into account when automatically saving to the MRU file.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 6.1.5 (Apr 7, 2016)

  • Added choosing what columns are retained when a device goes off-line.
  • Added extracting serial and model from EDID descriptors in monitor info.
  • Added a PowerShell option that allows not to load the current user's profile.
  • Added showing how long a device has been on-line/off-line under Last Scan Time.
  • Fixed a crash message if a device was deleted from the main view while scanning.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 6.1.4 (Mar 21, 2016)

  • Added combined option not to scan network and broadcast addresses.
  • Added a progress bar when checking if device is up on launching a command.
  • Added showing current config name in the title bar when using an external file.
  • Added optional comment field to each user name in the credential manager.
  • Added an option to show the bookmark name that displayed IP address falls into.
  • Fixed maintaining row order when copying to the clipboard and creating a batch file.
  • Fixed string sorting in columns, which also fixes reporting TCP port numbers in order.
  • Fixed Live Display handling of a CIDR adress range as wrong addresses were scanned.
  • Fixed issues in UI: remote items selection, use the "device" term instead of "computer".
  • Changed logged-on user retrieval from Win32_LoggedOnUser to Win32_ComputerSystem.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 6.1.3 (Feb 29, 2016)

  • Fixed a PSCredential authentication error in Remote PowerShell.
  • Fixed WMI parser that failed on statemements containing the WHERE clause.
  • Fixed Live Display and Rescanning when duplicate IP addresses were present.
  • Added getting a list of logged-on users via WMI if all other methods fail.
  • Added automatic encoding detection when parsing a HTML page in Remote XML.
  • Added a new Rescan option to rescan both listed and undiscovered computers.
  • Added a Scan Comparison tool to highlight differences between any two scans.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 6.1.2 (Feb 18, 2016)

  • Added the Remote SSH feature to execute commands in a shell.
  • Added JSON support on command line to enable export to JSON.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 6.1.1 (Feb 9, 2016)

  • Added support of host names as a target in the WOL manager.
  • Added measuring round trip time for ARP-discovered devices.
  • Added an option to show succeeded ping type, i.e. ICMP or ARP.
  • Fixed text export output with aligned space-padded columns.
  • Fixed occasional empty MAC addresses shown in the output.
  • Fixed a crash if the config was corrupted, instead recreate it.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 6.1 (Jan 4, 2016)

  • Added probing UDP ports 1434-MSSQL and 1812-RADIUS.
  • Fixed occasional empty MAC addresses shown in the output.
  • Fixed painting the progress bar to make the resize grip visible.
  • Fixed indicating progress when rescanning a specifc column on selected devices.
  • Fixed minimised launch and respecting the Minimise to the Notification Area setting.
  • Fixed asking to download the service mapping DB when the TCP port scan option was turned off.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 6.0.9 (Nov 18, 2015)

  • Added showing column visibility setup if no columns are visible
  • Added using GET method instead of HEAD for grabbing HTTP banners
  • Added a CIDR-to-range button to change address range representation
  • Added highlighting new devices found in live scan and scan for new devices
  • Added all/v4/v6 options for the /range switch to enable automatic detection
  • Fixed an Invalid Pointer Operation error when using live display for a long time

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 6.0.8 (Sep 21, 2015)

  • Added CIDR notation input for IPv4 and IPv6 in addition to ranges.
  • Added parsing of IPv4 and IPv6 CIDR notation in IP/Hostname import.
  • Added Remote PowerShell support to run scripts on remote computers.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 6.0.7 (Jul 20, 2015)

  • Added an option to allow ARP outside current subnet.
  • Added adapter name in the auto detection dialog.
  • Added official Windows 10 support.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 6.0.6 (Apr 21, 2015)

  • Added menu items for nested bookmarks to apply bookmarks as a group
  • Added showing the contents of a regex capture group rather than a match itself
  • Added basic HTTP authentication support for Remote XML to access protected devices
  • Fixed stripping control characters that could leak into columns. Improved saving columns

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 6.0.5 (Mar 17, 2015)

  • Fixed crash on systems not supporting IPv6 where IPv6 related options were enabled.
  • Fixed crash when launched from a task scheduler with no visible desktop and taskbar.
  • Fixed an issue with MAC-based friendly names during rescanning and adding new names.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 6.0.4 (Feb 26, 2015)

  • Fixed sending ARP requests outside current subnet to resolve MAC addresses.
  • Fixed using old IP addresses in DHCP Discovery and the IP detection dialog.
  • Added support for multiple ranges on the /range command line switch.
  • Added checkmarks allowing to show/hide third-party applications.
  • Added a built-in credential manager and "try-all-logins" feature.
  • Added password encryption in config files (except SNMP passwords).
  • Added a custom font option for the main view in the settings.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 6.0.3 (Jan 20, 2015)

  • Added an option to strip domain names out of group membership output
  • Added sorting and rearranging bookmarks in the bookmark manager
  • Fixed XML parser error with multiple nodes in UPnP discovery
  • Fixed import errors with host names that contain dashes

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 6.0.2 (Dec 11, 2014)

  • Fixed painting odd/even rows and loading in-folder config files.
  • Fixed transposing default WOL address when converting old config.
  • Added service name lookup to display a service name rather than port number.
  • Added a progress indicator in downloading MAC address and service definitions.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 6.0.1 (Dec 4, 2014)

  • Added DHCPv6 server discovery and their AD status.
  • Fixed friendly names conversion from the previous version.
  • Fixed application variables conversion from the previous version.
  • Fixed an issue when scanning for LAN group and NetBios was used.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 6.0.0 (Dec 2, 2014)

  • Added complete IPv6 support: a range scan and neighbour discovery
  • Added authentication when enumerating shares, not only when testing writability
  • Added getting a list of installed applications read from the registry
  • Heaps of tweaks and fixes throughout the application

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.5.12 (Aug 22, 2014)

  • Added automatic OUI.txt downloading and updating for NIC vendor lookup.
  • Added reading registry via WMI if the Remote Registry service is not available.
  • Added domain names displayed with user names in local group membership query.
  • Added detecting external IP address from LAN address detection dialog.
  • Fixed reading EDID monitor info via the Remote Registry service.
  • Fixed freeze when launched from a task scheduler via a batch file.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.5.11 (Jun 24, 2014)

  • Fixed passing redundant quotes when using column name in user-prompted parameters
  • Fixed quoting variables and already quoted strings passed to third party applications
  • Fixed showing wrong glyph on Scan button under high DPI
  • Fixed broken UDP based services detection (DNS, TFTP, NBNS, NTP)
  • Fixed showing any message boxes if launched without a visible desktop
  • Added import/export of variables used with third party applications

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.5.10 (May 9, 2014)

  • Shutdown and powering off LAN computers made multi-threaded for faster operation
  • Fixed reading info from the remote registry (local values were reported instead)
  • Fixed replacing ":" with "=" in default values for a user-prompted parameters
  • Fixed transposing IP address octets when when importing old bookmarks
  • Fixed duplicate MAC address detection (not all addresses were shown)

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.5.9 (Apr 10, 2014)

  • Added advanced filter on share level in addition to device level.
  • Fixed loading share folder security information from a previously saved XML file.
  • Fixed checking for double-assignment for empty shortcuts in the settings.
  • Added comments for IP address ranges in the IP pane and the bookmarks.
  • Added the /merge command line switch to join output with a text file.
  • Added a scan for checking if a key exists in the Remote Registry.
  • Added copying a script to the clipboard in the batch file creator.
  • Added duplicate IP address discovery in the current subnet.
  • Added natural sorting order for strings that contain numbers.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.5.8 (Apr 10, 2014)

  • Added regex parsing to the remote XML feature to parse HTML or any text output.
  • Added checking for duplicates in the WOL manager (duplicates are no longer allowed).
  • Added e-mail alerts in the live log to track joining and leaving devices.
  • Added Windows high DPI awareness for high-resolution displays.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.5.7 (Feb 25, 2014)

  • Added multiselection for copying and deleting third-party applications
  • Added reading EDID data via WMI and fixed reading it from the registry
  • Added reordering IP address ranges with mouse drag and drop
  • Added Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2 into detected systems
  • Added performance counters query for various live system data

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.5.6 (Jan 29, 2014)

  • Fixed a memory leak in WMI scan when obtaining unit qualifiers.
  • Fixed filter value disappearance when changing filtered columns.
  • Added reading and displaying binary data from the registry.
  • Added importing and exporting thid-party applications list.
  • Added "OR" filters in addition to "AND" for multicolumn filters.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.5.5 (Jan 16, 2014)

  • Added trimming whitespace around hyphens when importing IP address ranges.
  • Added a Test button in the WQL builder to facilitate quick testing of WMI queries.
  • Added a system beep when no audio file name is provided in the live log notifications.
  • Added filter by shared resource type (read only, writable, printer, administrative share).
  • Added regular expression filters in columns to enable partial data extraction and manipulation.
  • Added computing effective rights rather than share-level rights when scanning for shares security.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.5.4 (Dec 6, 2013)

  • Fixed incorrect row highlighting for unique/non-unique filters.
  • Added remembering custom LDAP URL for importing computers from AD.
  • Excluded x.x.x.0 address from being treated as a broadcast address.
  • Excluded disabled IP ranges when scanning previously undiscovered computers.
  • Rescanning existing entries and previously undiscovered items made cancellable.
  • Fixed painting custom column text colour in selected lines for better readability.
  • Made launching third-party apps relative to netscan's location, not the current directory.
  • Added displaying byte/kilobyte/megabyte values received from WMI in a readable form.
  • Added folding repetitions for multiple values in a column (this can be turned off if it's needed)
  • Added updating router MAC address cache when rescanning existing or discovering new devices.
  • Added import/export of friendly names and mixed friendly name mappings (IP or MAC or host name).
  • Fixed retaining filter to use the latest filtering condition and not saving value for non-value filters.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.5.3 (Nov 21, 2013)

  • Added retrieving HKEY_CURRENT_USER from a remote registry.
  • Added double reverse lookup to check reverse/forward name resolution.
  • Added SID (Windows Security Identifier) lookup for logged on users.
  • Added a small removable ad featuring another our product Switch Port Mapper.
  • Filters can now refer to another column and can be preserved between sessions.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.5.2 (Nov 13, 2013)

  • Added remapping keyboard shortcuts for any action.
  • Added FTP banner grabbing in addition to HTTP.
  • Added importing computers from Active Directory.
  • Added partial rescan for a specific computer in the popup menu.
  • Added trivial auto completion when entering an address like x.x.x.1 and the second address is empty.
  • Added missing Remote File menu item.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.5.1 (Oct 8, 2013)

  • Replaced custom drawn toolbar controls with Windows native look-and-feel.
  • Added recognising Windows NT 6.2 as Windows 8/Windows Server 2012.
  • Added retaining even/odd row colour and filter highlight when exporting to HTML.
  • Added creating filters for more than one column and multicolumn highlighting.
  • Improved the options and bookmarks dialogs as they were made resizeable.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.5 (Sep 9, 2013)

  • Added packet loss and ping jitter aka packet delay variation testing.
  • Added attaching to console and printing progress when running in the hidden mode.
  • Added full SNMPv3 support and user-selectable SNMP version to use.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.4.12 (Jul 26, 2013)

  • Added bookmark drag-n-drop in the bookmark manager.
  • Added a warning if closing the application while scan is in progress.
  • Added automatic saving to the most recent file in addition to automatic load.
  • Fixed passing parameters in double braces when no user-prompted parameters were present.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.4.11 (May 9, 2013)

  • Added reading MAC addresses from the ARP cache if sending an ARP request fails.
  • Made several dialog boxes suppressible with an option not to show them again.
  • Allowed to create batch files without %0 and %1 placeholders.
  • Fixed looking up friendly names and NIC vendors when using different MAC address formatting.
  • Added duplicate MAC address detection and a unique/non unique filter.
  • Added device deletion in the main view and drag-and-drop in the bookmark manager.
  • Fixed filtering out entries containing the string when an Empty/NotEmpty filter is used.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.4.10 (Feb 16, 2013)

  • Added a checkbox to enable/disable IP ranges.
  • Added assigning host names as friendly names when sending a batch of MACs to WOL manager.
  • Added a host properties dialog shown as a table where columns become rows.
  • Added multiple TCP port groups selection.
  • Fixed reading product version from remote files.
  • Fixed reading OUI file as IEEE has changed its format.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.4.9 (Dec 18, 2012)

  • Added support for host names import.
  • Added manual entering IP addresses, ranges and host names (via File - Import).
  • Added /live command line switch.
  • Added a browse button for user-prompted application parameters containing the "file" and "path" tokens.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.4.8 (Nov 22, 2012)

  • Added creating subnet specific broadcast IP address when adding a device to WOL list from scan result.
  • Added showing configurable parameters used for MAC address lookup.
  • Added a list of ports to grab HTTP banners from.
  • Added custom text colour and background colour for individual columns (right-click a column header).
  • Added variable parts in path in the remote files.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.4.7 (Oct 11, 2012)

  • Fixed NIC vendor lookup with new MAC address formats.
  • Fixed stack overflow when application variables had similar names.
  • Added bookmark multi-selection and import/export to a CSV file.
  • Added noncontiguous IP address range import.
  • Added import IP address list into IP input controls.
  • Added most recently used filters under Quick Filter Hosts.
  • Display friendly names as early as possible during scanning.
  • Fixed stripping line breaks when reading remote registry values.
  • Retain filter value when changing filter criterion.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.4.6 (Sep 12, 2012)

  • Added referencing any column when creating a batch file.
  • Added appending/replacing and selecting multiple interfaces when detecting IP address range.
  • Added MAC address format setting.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.4.5 (Aug 8, 2012)

  • Added user-configurable CSV separator and file encoding.
  • Discover Intel AMT clients when doing HTTP banner grabs.
  • Fixed AV in the WOL manager when nothing was selected.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.4.4 (Jun 26, 2012)

  • SNMP community string and additional target routers made configurable in MAC address lookup.
  • Added UDP port 137 NetBios Name Service (NBNS) discovery.
  • Added a user warning when launching a command against hidden selection.
  • Added nested custom applications (menu items can be grouped and nested).
  • Added noncontiguous range interpretation to the /range parameter.
  • Added appending bookmarks to the current address range when Ctrl is held.
  • Non-ASCII characters in SNMP response string displayed as binary.
  • Respect user column order when copying entire line or saving to a file.
  • Added /maxcols command line switch.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.4.3 (May 17, 2012)

  • Added folder size retrieval on remote shared folders.
  • Added vendor-specific XML retrieval via HTTP and parsing.
  • Added random scan order feature (deceiving IDS/firewalls).
  • Grabbing HTTP banner from ports 80, 443 (HTTPS), 3128 and 8080.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.4.2 (Apr 5, 2012)

  • Added showing number of selected computers.
  • Fixed uptime retrieval for Vista and certain Windows Server editions.
  • Added default parameters for user prompts.
  • Added compact view for multiple IP address range input.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.4.1 (Mar 19, 2012)

  • Added asynchronous TCP port scanning as it's much faster than previous implementation.
  • Sending WOL packet to a broadcast address now works correctly on multihomed machines.
  • Sets of TCP port can now be grouped and have a description.
  • Allowed the same user-prompt parameter to be repeated more than once when launching third party applications.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.4.0 (Feb 6, 2012)

  • Added network messaging via terminal services API.
  • Added auto-resize columns on header divider double click.
  • Added a watchdog timer that kills stalled threads when max run-time is set.
  • Added on demand forced thread termination.
  • Added global variables support for third-party applications.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.3.2 (Jan 11, 2012)

  • Fixed invalid pointer operation when interrupting scan with the /auto switch.
  • Fixed saving third-party applications and other Base-64 encoded data to INI file.
  • Added wildcards support to the remote file discovery.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.3.1 (Nov 21, 2011)

  • Added an option to save login info in shutdown and suspend dialogs.
  • Added local and global group membership discovery.
  • Fixed populating 10th column when multicolumn queries are used.
  • Added rearranging objects with drag and drop (WMI, SNMP, services, files and registry entries).

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.3 (Nov 4, 2011)

  • Added 64-bit build. Now the application comes in 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
  • Added using NetBios when looking up server roles if available.
  • Fixed positioning application on an auxiliary monitor.
  • Added even/odd row colouring and filter matches highlight.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.2.3 (Oct 5, 2011)

  • Added SMB protocol probe that improves reliability when resolving host name, work group, remote time and OS type.
  • Fixed reading REG_MULTI_SZ values from the registry that ended up with garbled characters.
  • Added decoding and displaying WMI arrays rather than just displaying "Array".
  • Added name space support for WMI, so that namespaces other than CIMV2 can be used.
  • Added thread max run-time parameter to gracefully terminate stalled threads.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.2.2 (Sep 20, 2011)

  • Disabled registry redirection so that on 64-bit Windows systems a 64-bit registry view is read.
  • Added arranging user-defined applications.
  • It is now possible to specify a URL as a user-defined application.
  • It is now possible to pass values containing braces, e.g. a GUID to third-party applications.
  • Added substitute variables to have date/time values in output file name.
  • Respecting columns order specified in the /cols command-line switch.
  • Added a HTTP banner grabbing feature to quickly identify web-server software.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.2.1 (Jul 18, 2011)

  • Added a separate option to determine shared folders free and total disk space.
  • Added logging live display events to a file with all active columns contents logged.
  • Added passing live log columns values to a third-party application launched upon events.
  • Added minimisation to the notification area.
  • Added handling SNMP exceptions previously reported as unknown type.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.2.0 (Jun 14, 2011)

  • Improved File - Import IP Address List command. It now understands IP address ranges and address/mask notations.
  • Fixed failure to load a configuration file passed via command line if any other additional switch was present.
  • Not using user name and password when sending a WMI query to the local host.
  • Added UDP port scan for network time protocol (NTP) listeners.
  • Added Universal Plug and Play device discovery that detects UPnP compatible devices in your network.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.1.4 (Apr 26, 2011)

  • Added /load command-line switch to load and optionally rescan a XML resultset.
  • Added options to play a sound and launch a program in the live log.
  • Added menu items to copy and save items from the live log view.
  • SNMP query now takes into account ping timeout and retry count. This should speed up SNMP queries against not responding devices.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.1.3 (Mar 23, 2011)

  • Added the /file command line switch to source a set of IP addresses to scan from a file.
  • Fixed DHCP discovery as it failed to reuse a port if it has already been allocated to another process.
  • Improved WMI query builder performance when retrieving class example values.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.1.2 (Feb 5, 2011)

  • Fixed failure to discover DHCP servers on a Windows Vista/7 multihomed machine.
  • Entries in the WOL manager can now be edited via a popup menu.
  • Added sorting bookmarks by column header click.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.1 (Dec 21, 2010)

  • Shared resources are no longer automatically exported unless specified explicitly with the /cols switch.
  • Added auto-open the most recent file option.
  • When launching a third-party application bring up the elevation prompt where necessary.
  • Added noncontiguous IP address range scan mode (see help for details).
  • Added monitor vendor, model and serial number retrieval.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.0.4 (Nov 25, 2010)

  • Added live display log showing computers joined and left the network.
  • Fixed incorrect saving of multiple TCP ports, broken bookmark management and a few other minor issues.
  • Improved WOL manager that allows to specify a custom IP/port for each wake-up target.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.0.3 (Oct 20, 2010)

  • Fixed incorrect SNMP uptime retrieval when a target host has been running over 100 days.
  • Fixed incorrect SNMP string display where an ASCII string containing CR/LF was represented as a hex sequence.
  • SNMP uptime column is now sorted properly as a number, not as string.
  • Added multirange IP scan support (several different subnets can be scanned at once).

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.0.2 (Sep 30, 2010)

  • Fixed DHCP module that mistakenly requested name server (option 5) instead of DNS server (option 6).
  • Minor user interface fixes for systems with large fonts enabled.
  • When scanning for shared folders administrative shares are no longer shown (reverted to version 4.x behaviour).
  • Fixed 'argument out of range' message when scanning for shared folders.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.0.1 (Sep 28, 2010)

  • Fixed a bug in SNMP MAC address discovery. A MAC addresses could mistakenly be understood as IP address.
  • Added showing used/free disk space for shared folders.
  • Added copy/paste in remote registry, services, files, WMI and SNMP dialogs.
  • Fixed broken authentication when running workstation scans.
  • Fixed incorrect filtering of administrative shares.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.0.0 (Sep 27, 2010)

  • Fully reworked core with full support of Unicode. Now the application should have fewer troubles in a multilingual environment.
  • Multicolumn SNMP queries. Now you can run several SNMP queries at once with results going to separate columns.
  • More reliable domain name, host name and logged user detection. If the standard methods fail, it uses NetBios to grab this data.
  • More reliable uptime retrieval. Previously it could have incorrectly displayed "None" as the uptime.
  • New command to selectively rescan certain columns on the display rather than performing a complete rescan.
  • Improved performance on large networks, although gains should also be noticeable even on home ones.
  • Reports the authorised/unauthorised status of found DHCP servers based in their registration in the Active Directory.
  • Various UI enhancements and fixes throughout the application.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 4.4.9 (Aug 31, 2010)

  • Added bookmark grouping (bookmarks can be organised in groups by using a vertical bar in its name).
  • Added product version and file CRC32 checksum to the properties retrieved from remote files.
  • Added DHCP server discovery / rogue server detection.
  • Added basic UDP port scan: DNS and TFTP servers discovery.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 4.4.8 (Jul 17, 2010)

  • Added a workaround in ARP address discovery based on querying SNMP capable gateway (some routers returned malformed data).
  • Fixed sorting by friendly name in the WOL manager.
  • if launched from a hard disk drive, but the current folder contains a XML or INI configuration file, the application will use it instead of the registry.
  • Added horizontal/vertical grid lines shown in the tree. Improved main window positioning.
  • Added F2 shortcut to quickly assign comments/friendly names.
  • Fixed ignored 'ping broadcast addresses' option when scanning previously undiscovered nodes.
  • Added parameter substitution for any column when launching third-party applications.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 4.4.7 (May 13, 2010)

  • Fixed doubling bookmarks when loading an external configuration file.
  • Fixed inability to launch 64-bit applications in %SystemRoot% such as mstsc.exe (remote desktop client).
  • Added a tool for creating batch files to run a command against multiple computers. This can be used to update files or remote registry, configure services, etc.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 4.4.6 (Mar 25, 2010)

  • Added WOL manager button on the toolbar.
  • Improved sorting in third-party applications in the options.
  • Added passing host name to a third party application as %3.
  • Added ignored IP addresses manager.
  • Added /wolfile and /wakeall command-line switches related to Wake-On-LAN. See the manual for details.
  • Added new MAC address discovery method. It works by querying the default gateway provided it is SNMP capable and enables you to determine MAC address of devices behind the router.
  • Added a configurable delay between sending two WOL packets to avoid power consumption peaks.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 4.4.5 (Jan 20, 2010)

  • Duplicated logon sessions are no longer shown as logged-on users.
  • Added an option to expand shared folders automatically.
  • Streamlined and improved WMI query mechanism (better performance and new Win32 classes).
  • Automatic naming of new WMI items in WMI manager.
  • Fixed showing security info for shared folders broken several builds ago.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 4.4.4 (Jan 7, 2010)

  • Columns with last scan time, remote time/date and uptime are sorted properly (as time rather than as text).
  • In HTML reports UNC links to shared folders now work in Firefox.
  • Added 'Paste IP' button on the toolbar.
  • Added sorting capability to WMI, remote services, files and registry managers.
  • Added host name lookup options (FQDN / RDN) plus a better name resolution mechanism.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 4.4.3 (Dec 14, 2009)

  • Column visibility is now saved between sessions.
  • Wake-on-LAN target IP address and port made configurable.
  • WMI, remote registry, file and service columns now have proper titles rather than generic names.
  • Fixed doubling WMI, remote registry, file and service records when loading an external configuration file.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 4.4.2 (Nov 28, 2009)

  • Added assigning friendly names to MAC addresses in the WOL manager.
  • Added parsing colon-separated MAC addresses in addition to dash-separated.
  • Added hibernate and suspend commands in addition to power off.
  • Dead hosts and those gone off-line are drawn in gray for better readability.
  • Added option to leave host information shown when it goes off-line.
  • MAC address is now discovered and shown prior to other slower lookups.
  • Faster termination of live display threads on rescan and shutting the application down.
  • Filtered resultsets can now be saved excluding items not shown.
  • Windows 95, 98, ME and NT are no longer officially supported.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 4.4.1 (Nov 15, 2009)

  • Multiple queries to remote registry, files and services are displayed in individual columns.
  • Multiple simultaneous WMI queries support added (up to 10 at a time).
  • Added quick visible column setup accessible via View - Visible Columns.
  • Added advanced filtering panel allowing to show/hide computers on the main display.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 4.4.0 (Nov 7, 2009)

  • Bookmarks can now be copied/pasted.
  • Added 'Wake Selected' command in the WOL manager.
  • Applications can be sorted in the editor.
  • When host goes off-line its friendly name remains shown (was cleared before).
  • Fixed an access violation error after searching the list.
  • Multi-column sort implemented (hold Ctrl and click the columns).
  • Faster rescan of individual computers in the list.
  • Added MRU list for recently saved/loaded results.
  • Added user account enumeration.
  • Added remote service query support.
  • Added server type/role lookup.
  • Several minor bug-fixes and enhancements.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 4.3.5 (Oct 21, 2009)

  • Showing friendly names in the Wake-on-LAN manager if mapping MAC-to-friendly name is turned on.
  • Option to load initial configuration.
  • Several usability enhancements (hotkey to start scan, sort/copy/paste in friendly names, etc).
  • User-prompt parameters in third-party applications.
  • All actions can now be launched against multiple computers at once.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 4.3.4 (Oct 6, 2009)

  • Added Wake-On-LAN address manager for mass wakening.
  • Added an option to clear or append to the current display when loading a file.
  • Added import of IP address list from a file.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 4.3.3 (Sep 20, 2009)

  • Improved external application management.
  • Added remote disk drive enumeration.
  • Added uptime retrieval, plus minor optimisations.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 4.3.2 (Sep 11, 2009)

  • Bookmarks can be sorted.
  • Fixed problem with message 'invalid integer value' when loading some resultsets.
  • Enhanced thread scheduler should work better with many threads (over 50).

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 4.3.1 (Aug 22, 2009)

  • Quick mapping to friendly names (usability enhancement).
  • Extra check for netscan shown off-screen on multi-monitor configurations.
  • Rescanning of previously undiscovered nodes either when loading a XML file or on command.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 4.3 (Aug 9, 2009)

  • Added '/config' command-line switch allowing to load a specific XML configuration file on startup.
  • Added 'Open as Secure Web (HTTPS)' command.
  • Added remote time-of-the-day discovery.
  • New live display discovery modes. Either scanning for previously undiscovered nodes only, or rescanning those already discovered, or both (old behaviour).
  • Enhanced search dialog (bidirectional now).
  • Added IPv6 address discovery (Windows Vista and above).
  • Minor code optimisations and GUI enhancements.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 4.2.2 (Jun 26, 2009)

  • Fixed broken remote registry scan (local registry was scanned due to a bug).
  • Added several extra predefined registry keys related to Windows information).

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 4.2.1 (Jun 21, 2009)

  • Maximum possible number of threads raised up to 1000.
  • Implemented Drag-n-Drop to rearrange MIB OIDs in the SNMP OID manager.
  • Added Mark All/None button in registry and remote file scan. Default items are initially unmarked.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 4.2.0 (Jun 14, 2009)

  • Added remote registry scan. The application can connect to the remote registry of remote PCs running Windows and retrieve useful information.
  • Added remote file scan. Likewise, provided the administrative shares are enabled and accessible, you can pull out information about a specific file on remote computers.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 4.1.1 (May 30, 2009)

  • Fixed showing host properties as they failed with an AV error.
  • Fixed showing shared folder properties as they did not work.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 4.1 (May 28, 2009)

  • New feature: NIC vendor lookup based on the first three octets of a MAC address.
  • Added Windows 2008 R2 / Windows Seven detection in remote OS lookup.
  • Enhanced ability to copy value from any visible column to the clipboard (previously only 4 predefined columns were available).
  • A set of operations such as Wake-on-LAN, network messaging, remote shutdown and remote poweroff can now be performed against a set of computers rather than on a one-by-one basis.
  • Fixed saving to CSV if data contained quotes or commas.
  • Removed the redundant word 'Open' shown in the list of open ports.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 4.0.1 (May 20, 2009)

  • Fixed overlapped toolbars when large fonts are enabled.
  • If an error occurs while sending a network message, the application prints error code and description.
  • Check whether a host is up and running before accessing it is made configurable.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 3.9 Build 193 (Mar 30, 2009)

  • Added saving favourite IP ranges as bookmarks.
  • Added preliminary shared folder security scan (reading permissions for the user "Everyone").
  • Added a feature to send network messages to a remote host.
  • The scanner now logs in with user-specified credentials used in a scan when exploring a shared folder

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 3.9 Build 191 (Mar 22, 2009)

  • User interface enhancements: Improved the status display, showing a number of visible/total computesr, and a number of threads separately.
  • Columns made draggable allowing the user to arrange them in a convenient way.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 3.9 Build 190 (Mar 1, 2009)

  • Ping ICMP requests are now sent with a 32-byte payload. Previously they were sent without any payload, which some routers handled incorrectly.
  • Added 'Last Scan' column with a scan timestamp useful for long running or continuous scans.
  • Fixed an issue in which computers being scanned have been wrongly hidden if a filter was applied.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 3.9 Build 188 (Feb 12, 2009)

  • Fixed a tiny problem with icon showing scan progress.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 3.9 Build 186 (Jan 29, 2009)

  • Added a 'Rescan all computers' command that lets you re-scan all the computers shown in the list (filtered or not).
  • Added a quick check whether a host is on-line before attempting to explore shared folders. This is to prevent the network scanner from being unresponsive while attempting to explore a shared folder on an off-line host.

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 3.9 Build 185 (Jan 5, 2009)

  • Enhanced the on-line auto update feature

New in SoftPerfect Network Scanner 3.9 Build 184 (Jan 5, 2009)

  • Added a menu item to copy the complete path to a shared folder to the clipboard.
  • Added automatic online version checking with user notification if a newer release is available.