What's new in xpy 1.3.8
May 31, 2014
- added option to retrieve updates for Windows Embedded POSReady systems, even if using other
- compiled using latest NSIS 3.0 beta 0
New in xpy 1.3.7 (Jun 24, 2013)
- Ixquick (aka Startpage) is now default search engine
New in xpy 1.3.6 (Jun 21, 2013)
- improved controls to be more dpi-independent
New in xpy 1.3.5 (May 13, 2013)
- fixed bug in language selection dialog when called with language switch
- fixed bug finding computer and user name when called with language switch
- fixed bug not displaying some non-English dialogs
New in xpy 1.3.4 (Apr 1, 2013)
- fixed bug with component cleaners on 64-bit systems
- improved method to detect Windows 7 SP1
- modified /win dialog
- modified some descriptions
New in xpy 1.3.3 (Mar 29, 2013)
- added new feature:
- disable Windows 8 synchronization
- improved validation on start page
New in xpy 1.3.2 (Mar 18, 2013)
- added new browser options
- added new mail client options
- added support DuckDuckGo to search engines
- improved Firefox and Thunderbird detection on Vista (and later)
New in xpy 1.3.1 (Mar 18, 2013)
- modified shortcut dialog
- fixed German language dialog
- added new features:
- delete Windows Vista SP1 backup files
- delete Windows Vista SP2 backup files
- delete Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2 backup files
New in xpy 1.3 (Mar 18, 2013)
- added Unicode compiler warning
- added /assoc and /unassoc switches
- added install option (xpy.exe /install)
- added 48x48 icon
- temporarily removed czech and polish translations
- fixed user-name detection on pre-vista systems
- modified help dialog
New in xpy 1.2.7 (Jan 12, 2013)
- added new features:
- disable Adobe Flash Update Service
- disable Skype Update Service
- disable NVIDIA Update Service
- disable Branch Cache
- disable Adaptive Brightness Service
- fixed bug in Metacrawler selection
- fixed bug in Windows Audio Service option
- fixed bug in Bonjour Service option
- removed option to compile with Upack compression
- improved /win parameter
- improved labels for some controls
- modified help dialog
- modularized and re-structured sourcecode
New in xpy 1.2.6 (Jan 4, 2013)
- removed option to disable the windows 8 metro start menu
- removed unused language strings from source
- removed license page (due to unexpected compiling errors)
- modified help dialog
New in xpy 1.2.5 (Nov 24, 2011)
- added option to disable bonjour service
- simplified macro structure
- fixed file description for non-ixquick build
- fixed a bug in google update service setting
New in xpy 1.2.4 (Nov 24, 2011)
- added new features:
- disable superfetch
- disable disk defragmenter service
- disable superfetch service
- added option to remember languages
- increased width of “save profile” dialog
New in xpy 1.2.3 (Sep 20, 2011)
- added option to disable the windows 8 metro start menu
New in xpy 1.2.2 (Sep 16, 2011)
- fixed bug language selection in combination with parameters or file input
New in xpy 1.2.1 (Sep 16, 2011)
- re-added missing translations
- modified behaviour of language selection
- fixed firewall selection in minixpy
- fixed outfile naming in minixpy
- fixed header colors in public source
New in xpy 1.2 (Sep 4, 2011)
- merged xpy and Vispa
- added backward-compatibility for xpy/Vispa
- improved response of color indicators
- improved rdp port detection
- removed OS specific warnings
- fixed bug in WMUninstall
- fixed bug in WDSDisable
New in xpy 1.1.4 (Sep 4, 2011)
- added translation for max connections label
- added translation for rdp label
- added color indicators for rdp state
New in xpy 1.1.3 (Sep 1, 2011)
- added new features:
- modify default rdp port
- modified maximum connections setting
- modified message when no settings selected
- improved file output creation
- fixed bugs when using Ask or Altavista for default search
New in xpy 1.1.2.1 (Jul 7, 2011)
New in xpy 1.1.2 (May 5, 2011)
- added keyboard shortcuts for some commands
- added search provider info to ixquick build
New in xpy 1.1.1 (May 4, 2011)
- fixed bug in /lang parameter, not displaying help dialog
- modified some parameters to be combinable (/force, /lang, /license, /noreboot)
- modified interface colors
- modified application icon
- modified post-Windows XP warning
- improved response of color indicators
New in xpy 1.1 (Apr 26, 2011)
- added new features
- adjust for best performance of programs (windows server)
- disable internet explorer error reporting
- disable auto-completion in web forms
- disable auto-completion for passwords
- hide computer name in networks
- show extension for *.lnk, *.pif, *.scf and *.url files
- added option to export to registry-file
- added /reg parameter
- added missing restore functions for GenUnSysResponse, GenUnDisableUAC and GenUnSpyNet
- fixed bug in image acquisition service
- fixed typo in log window
New in xpy 1.0.2.1 (Apr 11, 2011)
- switched to upx header compression
New in xpy 1.0.2i (Jan 7, 2011)
- added new features
- opt out Microsoft Spynet
- progress-bar in Vista/Windows 7 taskbar
- fixed bug with /lang switch
New in xpy 1.0.1 (Jan 29, 2010)
- fixed bug in GenWGA in /file mode
- fixed bug setting restore points in /file mode
New in xpy 1.0.0 (Aug 26, 2009)
- added startup warning if using Windows 7
- added bing to search engine list
- fixed header compression
- fixed lots of typos
- changed project url to http://xpy.googlecode.com/
- removed cuil from search engine list
- removed temporary dialog
New in xpy 1.0.0 Beta 4 (Aug 2, 2009)
- added support for 64-bit registry
- fixed getting username on Windows7 (and perhaps Vista too)
- fixed a bug restoring classic logon
New in xpy 1.0.0 Beta 3.1 (Jun 25, 2009)
New in xpy 1.0.0 Beta 3 (Jun 20, 2009)
- added temporary dialog (translation request)
- updated minixpy code
- modified warning when running on vispa/windows 7
- fixed /debug parameter
New in xpy 1.0.0 Beta 2 (Jun 20, 2009)
- added /force parameter
- vispa: added help dialog for /force parameter
- removed backwards-compatibility function to pre-0.9 builds
- removed wikia searchengine support
- fixed caption bug on ioPage
- fixed bug in FirstRun
New in xpy 1.0.0 Beta (Mar 26, 2009)
- added new features
- enable cd burning service (windows server)
- enable image acquisition service (windows server)
- disable shutdown reasons (windows server)
- added gui for profiles making/saving
- added installtypes for restore mode
- added server2workstation installtype
- modified commandline parameters
- optimized code (search engines)
- fixed bug in ServTelnet detection
New in xpy 0.10.8 (Aug 1, 2008)
- Delete my computer shortcut
- Delete my network shortcut
- Restore internet explorer shortcuts
- Restore outlook express shortcut
- Added support to delete default desktop shortcuts when using modern startmenu
- Added warning ITNo3rdParty installtype
- Added Cuil to search engine list
- Modified method to delete my documents shortcut
- Modified method to delete recycle bin shortcut
- Fixed internet explorer shortcut deletion
- Fixed bug in caption and sub-caption
- Fixed bugs in german translation
New in xpy 0.10.7 (Jul 18, 2008)
- added new features
- delete/restore windows messenger shortcut
- restore recycle bin shortcut
- restore my documents shortcut
- restore windows media player shortcuts
- restore windows movie maker shortcut
- restore msn shortcut
- restore windows update shortcut
- modified destructive elements warning to work on conditions
- fixed bug in german DelSamplePlaylists translation
- fixed bug in DelRecycleBinLnk and DelMyDocumentsLnk in file mode
- fixed bug displaying installtype in restore mode
- fixed spelling mistake in english LabelUnassociateSc string
- improved sourcecode documentation
- removed czech translation (temporarily)
New in xpy 0.10 (May 16, 2008)
- added new features
- disable windows security center
- disable 404 search
- create restore point prior to any modification
- reset changed themes
- added proper GUID creation for IE search engines
- added Windows Classic install type
- added second page for detailed settings
- added license switch ("xpy.exe /?")
- modified autodetection
- improved ie7/ie8 handling
- removed two installtypes
- removed .xpy association icon
- fixed bug in sound disabling when using .xpy file
- fixed bug in delete prefetch folder autodetection
- merged xpy and Vispa source-codes
- code cleanup
- licensed under a bsd license
New in xpy 0.9.8 (Jan 5, 2007)
- Added new feature
- Disable program prefetch
- Disable system start/exit sounds
- Added license display on first start
- Modified registry key name for IESearchScope
- Fixed bug in UsabFullPath restoration
New in xpy 0.9.7 (Aug 13, 2006)
- added new feature: -disable msn search (internet explorer 7)
- added petite compression to source
- added optional default search engine to source
- modified patching method of related.htm
- fixed error in firefox shortcut switch
New in xpy 0.9.6 (Jun 24, 2006)
- added new feature (disable wga notifications, disable file associations web service)