What's new in Deskman 11.0.0.487
Oct 2, 2023
- New restriction: "Disable Copilot"
- "Disable top menus and ribbon on File Explorer" updated to support latest Windows 11 release
- Fixed minor interface issue on Firefox
- Updated documentation
New in Deskman 11.0.0.465 (May 20, 2023)
- Fixed issue on "Block option menus on web browsers"
- Stability improvements
New in Deskman 11.0.0.452 (Apr 24, 2023)
- New restriction: "Disable taskbar"
- New restriction: "Disable drag & drop"
- "Disable system tray" now blocks access to the hidden icons menu
- The folder filter now allows access to Home by default
- Restarting Windows no longer recommended after changing restrictions, signing out is enough
- Revised texts to keep up with current Windows terminology: "sign out" instead of "log off"
- Other changes related to Windows 11 22H2 compatibility
- Updated documentation
New in Deskman 11.0.0.377 (Jan 14, 2023)
- New:
- Deskman Manager integration
- Windows 11 ARM support
- Take desktop screenshots from the dashboard
- New restriction to disable widgets for all users
- New restriction to disable chat for all users
- Improved:
- Revamped custom Start Menu with light/dark mode support
- "Disable action center" now also blocks the quick settings panel on Windows 11
- "Block administrative and command line tools" blocks Windows Terminal on Windows 11
- Better support for non-English Windows versions
- Better support for latests Windows 11 releases
- User interface has more space on mobile
- Changed:
- Revised texts following current Windows terminology
- Updated documentation
- Updated setup
- Fixed:
- Fixed bug on "Block option menus on web browsers" on latest Firefox versions
New in Deskman 10.2.0.293 (Jun 23, 2022)
- Fixed Windows 11 issue on "Disable notification area"
- Fixed Windows 11 issue on "Disable Quick access on File Explorer"
- Improved "Block ability to change apps, shut down or sign out on Start Menu"
- Fixed reporting memory bug on diagnostics
- Added product version to all pages
- Other minor changes
New in Deskman 10.2.0.269 (Jan 7, 2022)
- New folder filter
- Fixed bug on syncing limit
- Fixed bug on "Disable context menu on File Explorer and desktop"
- Fixed bug on "Disable top menus and ribbon on File Explorer"
- Fixed bug on "Disable navigation pane on File Explorer"
- Updated documentation
New in Deskman 10.1.0.227 (Oct 7, 2021)
- Windows 11 support
- Deskman Manager support
- Search logs bar relocated, always visible
- Updated documentation
New in Deskman 10.0.0.804 (Aug 16, 2021)
- "Hide the notification area" option tweaked to support recent Windows 10 updates
- "Restrict access to settings on web browsers" option revised to support recent Firefox versions
- "Enable Safe Task Manager" now makes sure the Windows Task Manager is always blocked
- Revised maintenance expiration details on License
- Setup now creates the Deskman shortcut in common folders
- Fixed potential connection issue when the web browser terminates contact
- Fixed inconsistent date/time display on Dashboard and Sync
- Fixed minor UI glitch on Sync
New in Deskman 10.0.0.751 (Mar 9, 2021)
- New:
- Completely new architecture, built for speed, ready for the future
- Brand new UI, modernized, designed for usability, safety and future updates
- New restriction to log off users when idle
- New restriction to block ability to change apps, shut down or sign out on Start
- Menu
- Exclude users from restrictions
- Weekly data backup option
- Current log view can be exported to csv
- Protect user accounts with 2-factor authentication
- Kill processes from the dashboard
- Remove installations from the syncing list
- Deny/permit applications from the UI
- Import domains from file
- Add up to 20 user accounts
- Light theme
- Designed and optimized for Windows 10
- Improved:
- Improved performance on all fronts
- Greatly optimized memory and cpu usage
- The dashboard now shows processes and more critical information
- Logs are optimized, more detailed and standardized
- The Custom Start Menu is more responsive, with better configuration options
- Syncing is faster, consistent, optimized for high data transfer
- Streamlined Sync UI with better feedback
- Changed:
- Start Menu restrictions moved to Start Menu tab
- Lock PC when idle moved to Desktop tab
- License moved to its own section
- Diagnostics moved to Export data in Settings
- Profiles renamed to Presets
- Account renamed to Profile
- Control Center renamed to Sync
- Sync Hub renamed to Syncing Bridge
- Default suspension hotkey is now ctrl-shift-0
- Deprecated:
- Ability to take desktop snapshots
- Internet Explorer support
- Windows 7 support
- 32bit support
- Accept weak password option
- Store logs option, substituted for automatic weekly backup option
- Brand option
- Proxy server option
- Language option
- Disable left mouse button restriction
- Internet Explorer kiosk mode restriction
- Hotkey selection, now limited to a predefined list
- Web analyze option
- Resync option
- Startup section
- Log off from Sync
- Fixed:
- Fixed bug that prevented Custom Start Menu application icons from being shown properly under certain screen resolutions
New in Deskman 9.0.7720.34769 (Feb 21, 2021)
- Fixed bug when parsing unusually high volumes of logs
New in Deskman 9.0.7660.34402 (Jan 4, 2021)
- Improved Alt-Tab restriction to block also Ctrl-Alt-Tab
- Fixed issue on notifications that would not show the icon properly
- Fixed issue when restricting access to web browsers that would block new tabs on Google Chrome
- Fixed issue that prevented "Restrict access to settings on web browsers" from working properly on Firefox
- Fixed issue when disabling the task view button
New in Deskman 9.0.7539.44419 (Aug 24, 2020)
- Fixed issue that could misconfigure the proxy server on Windows 10
New in Deskman 9.0.7499.31923 (Jul 21, 2020)
- Fixed bug when blocking access to settings on recent Edge versions
- Memory usage optimizations
New in Deskman 9.0.7437.37138 (May 17, 2020)
- New features:
- Added system restriction to lock the PC when user's idle for X minutes
- Added system restriction to block access to option menus on web browsers
- Added option to extract a data backup, including logs, from Settings
- Added ability to set the session timeout from Settings
- Added full support for the new Microsoft Edge
- Improvements:
- Added support for native notifications on Windows 10
- Added option to Lock PC in Custom Start Menu
- Activity log keeps track of locked/unlocked PCs
- Activity log now shows parent process when blocking apps
- "Hide action center" reinforced and renamed to "Disable action center"
- "Disable context menu on File Explorer and desktop" now also applies to open/save dialog boxes
- "Disable top menus and ribbon on File Explorer" now also applies to open/save dialog boxes
- "Disable navigation pane on File Explorer" now also applies to open/save dialog boxes
- Tweaked license section in Settings
- Changes:
- Instead of starting/stopping maintenance, restrictions can now be suspended/resumed, same functionality
- Default session timeout set to 30 minutes
- Reorganized restrictions in System, for clarity
- "Disable search and run and Cortana" renamed to "Disable search and run on the Start Menu"
- Executables signed with new certificate
- Revised documentation
- Multiple minor changes
- Bug fixes:
- Fixed password issue with certain unicode characters
- Fixed profile and group issue with certain unicode characters
- Multiple minor fixes
New in Deskman 8.0.7248.63420 (Nov 8, 2019)
- Improved support for Windows 7 and Windows 10 when using language packs
- CPU/memory bars return to the dashboard, optimized and documented
- Other minor changes
New in Deskman 8.0.7177.61561 (Aug 30, 2019)
- Restricting access to settings on Firefox and Chrome is now tighter, also blocking DevTools and Incognito Mode
- Winkey restriction tweaked to avoid potential glitches and improve effectiveness
- Added initial support for new version of Microsoft Edge (Chromium)
- Fixed bug when changing passwords from Account
- Updated diagnostics
- Updated documentation
New in Deskman 8.0.7072.31961 (May 27, 2019)
- New features:
- Profiles, to help you manage multiple configurations
- User accounts, to help you create multiple permission-based accounts
- New restriction to disable media keys
- New restriction to disable edge swiping using touch
- New restriction to disable Quick access on File Explorer
- New restriction to remove special folders from This PC
- Health check endpoint for monitoring
- Support for latest Windows 10 release
- Improvements:
- Group feature moved to the control center with improved functionality
- Revised control center interface, now showing version, host and status icons and syncing group option
- Activity log now shows more entries, specific usernames instead of generics and multiple format and/or language corrections
- Sync response generally improved, particularly when changing groups
- Custom Start Menu button functionality improved
- Reinforced restriction "Disable top menus and ribbon on File Explorer", which now hides the ribbon when possible
- Reinforced restriction "Disallow making changes to the Start Menu", which now works better on Windows 10 tiles
- Reinforced restriction "Disable task view", which now blocks the button and the task view screen
- Updated internal data folder permissions, for increased security
- Improved support for Windows in Portuguese, French and Japanese
- Revamped interface, with new style, fonts and tons of small changes while keeping the same functionality
- Changes:
- "Protect desktop files from tampering" renamed to "Disable ability to edit or delete desktop files", for clarity
- "Disable access to All Programs list" renamed to "Hide list of installed apps in Start Menu", for clarity
- "Disable task view button" renamed to "Disable task view", for clarity
- Activity log now shows license number on licensed copies
- Revised login, removing outdated "remember me" option and updating session time
- Revised documentation
- Revised internal diagnostics
- Other minor changes
- Bug fixes:
- Fixed issue when manually resyncing that would not sync restrictions
- Fixed issue when changing interface language
- Other minor fixes
New in Deskman 7.0.6857.35216 (Oct 23, 2018)
- Optimized memory and network usage when sync is disabled
- Optimized memory usage on helper module
- Improved internal data file management
- Updated setup with high DPI support
- Updated docs
- Updated diagnostics
- Other minor changes and fixes
New in Deskman 7.0.6731.36411 (Jun 9, 2018)
- Fixed bug that blocked access to event.log
- Disabling Ctrl now also disables Ctrl-Esc
- Improved support for non-English languages when disabling Cortana and Activity Center
- Other minor changes
New in Deskman 7.0.6697.380032 (May 3, 2018)
- Fixed uncommon Start Menu bug that could disable space and enter
- Other minor fixes
New in Deskman 7.0.6667.43391 (Apr 16, 2018)
- New features:
- Single sign-on support
- Revamped dashboard, with more clarity and less clutter
- New restriction to block mail account settings on Windows 10
- New restriction to disable writing to USB drives
- New restriction to disable the backspace key
- New restriction to disable the task view button on Windows 10
- New restriction to disable navigation pane on File Explorer
- Ability to view last logon time on the dashboard
- Ability to log off, restart and shut down multiple installations from the control center
- Latest Windows 10 release supported
- Improvements:
- Improved support for Windows in Chinese, Japanese and Hindi
- Stronger internal control over interface usage permissions
- Optimized internal tasks to reduce CPU usage, specially on low security levels
- Reinforced restriction "Disable context menu on File Explorer and desktop", which now also blocks the Organize menu in Save As/Open dialogs
- Reinforced restriction "Disable access to drives on File Explorer", which now also hides disabled drives
- Reinforced restriction "Restrict access to settings on Firefox, Chrome and IE", which now also blocks file:/// and works on private mode
- Reinforced restriction "Disallow making changes to the Star Menu", which now also blocks the right-click menu on Windows 10 tiles
- Reinforced restriction "Disable top menus and ribbon on File Explorer", which now works much faster
- Reinforced restriction "Disable Control Panel and Settings", which now also blocks access to the Windows Defender Security Center
- Reinforced restriction "Hide the desktop", which now is more persistent and compatible
- Optimized safe task manager, limiting CPU usage
- Disabling copy & paste now also disables secondary keys: Ctrl-Ins and Shift-Ins
- Changes:
- Removed default presets
- License registration now available from Help menu in Settings
- Import/Export buttons moved to Tools menu in Restrictions
- App key renamed as Menu in Restrictions
- Revised documentation
- Other minor changes
- Bug fixes:
- Fixed login bug when using non-latin characters as password
- Fixed interface issue when trying to save settings with errors
- Fixed bug when analyzing unicode domains
New in Deskman 6.0.6532.41690 (Dec 15, 2017)
- Improved diagnostics
- Disabling F10 now also diables Shift-F10 menus
- Better data integrity protection and restoration
- Multiple internal memory optimizations
New in Deskman 6.0.6458.37565 (Sep 10, 2017)
- New version notification on dashboard
- Pressing hotkey during maintenance stops maintenance, after 1 minute buffer
- Activity log tweaks and fixes
- Support for recent Windows 10 updates
- Improved IE11 compatibility
- Minor bug fixes
New in Deskman 6.0.6409.36084 (Jul 20, 2017)
- Added support for unicode-based domains in web filter
- Fixed bug when checking credentials on domain-based users
- Minor UI fixes
- Updated documentation
New in Deskman 6.0.6382.39496 (Jun 28, 2017)
- Option to disable access to All Programs in Start menu now also works on Windows 10
- Fixed bug in web filter when entering domains in uppercase
- Fixed user interface disarray on certain resolutions
- Revised documentation
- Other minor changes
New in Deskman 6.0.6382.39496 (Jun 28, 2017)
- Option to disable access to All Programs in Start menu now also works on Windows 10
- Fixed bug in web filter when entering domains in uppercase
- Fixed user interface disarray on certain resolutions
- Revised documentation
- Other minor changes
New in Deskman 6.0.6339.59966 (May 15, 2017)
- Improved restriction when disabling winkey+g and other combinations
- Improved restriction when disabling ctrl key with combinations
- Removed ineffective option to block system dialogs
New in Deskman 6.0.6313.33352 (Apr 23, 2017)
- Fixed license registration bug under restrictive network settings
- Tweaked default service recovery setup
- Updated documentation
- Other minor changes
New in Deskman 6.0.6313.33352 (Apr 23, 2017)
- Fixed license registration bug under restrictive network settings
- Tweaked default service recovery setup
- Updated documentation
- Other minor changes
New in Deskman 6.0.6246.36808 (Feb 12, 2017)
- Revamped user interface
- Guest user account
- Sync hub, allowing syncing from external networks
- Startup section
- New restriction: disable control key combinations
- New restriction: block administration tools
- New restriction: block open, save and confirm windows
- Custom Start Menu is now fully configurable, multiple shutdown options allowed
- Simplified safe task manager option
- Improved activity log with restriction details and exporting
- Improved licensing system
- Improved emergency code security and validation
- Revised: presets
- Revised: disabling delete no longer disables backspace
- Revised: IE kiosk mode no longer disables multiple hotkeys
- Moved Start Menu restrictions back to Desktop
- Added deployment option in setup
- Added option to store logs
- Added support for latest Firefox and Chrome versions
- Deprecated: keep always running option
- Deprecated: boot to desktop on Windows 8.1
- Fixed custom Start Menu startup glitch
- Fixed uninstallation issue that prevented full removal
- Fixed potentially critical bug when loading logs at startup
- And many minor fixes, tweaks and improvements
New in Deskman 5.2.6096.43214 (Sep 16, 2016)
- Updated setup and executables, supporting Microsoft's signing requirements for 2017
- Updated filter exception list, allowing Windows Update
New in Deskman 5.1.5969.34918 (Jun 7, 2016)
- Fast startup on non-administrator accounts
- Fixed potential security issue
New in Deskman 5.0.5906.63446 (Mar 16, 2016)
- Brand new web filter, better and easier to use
- New custom Start Menu section
- New maintenance hotkey
- New option to hide action center and Windows 10 notifications
- Ability to activate maintenance from control center
- Revamped dashboard with fast access to shut down options
- Multiple tweaks on Windows 10
- Organization is now shown, if present, when blocking webs or apps
- Multiple advanced configuration options
- Unified sync status on control center
- Multiple internal optimizations on the application filter
- Better high-dpi screen support
- Improved and simplified management on control center
- Revised notification system
- Simplified confirmation and information dialogs
- Revised documentation
- Less CPU usage
- And tons of minor fixes, tweaks and improvements
New in Deskman 4.2.5778.57775 (Nov 6, 2015)
- Added option to disable Alt Gr
- Updated documentation
New in Deskman 4.1.5743.60310 (Sep 28, 2015)
- Fixed random license validation issue
New in Deskman 4.1.5704.32922 (Aug 17, 2015)
- Signed uninstallation
- Improved license validation
New in Deskman 4.1.5665.60686 (Jul 22, 2015)
- Windows 10 support
- Applying restrictions manoeuvre improved
- New restriction to disable Windows Explorer bars, menus and ribbon
- Web filter improvements on multiple languages
- Fixed bug when syncing for the first time
- Fixed user notification bug when closing system tools
- Fixed login bug on Safari/iPhone
- Improved maintenance timer message
- Improved application blocking
- Improved activity logs with application paths
- Improved unattended installation
- Improved support for high resolution desktops
- Multiple usability tweaks
- Revised documentation
- And multiple minor changes and fixes.
New in Deskman 4.0.5526.63288 (Feb 23, 2015)
- Vastly improved user interface
- Restrictions are applied without logging off
- Improved control center with better synchronization
- Improved login with updated encryption
- New Activity section, with search capabilities
- New integrity check to detect tampering
- Improved import/export options
- Ability to select language
- Ability to password-protected maintenance on public dashboards
- New preset to protect browsers
- New restriction to block browser options
- New restriction to activate Internet Explorer Kiosk Mode
- New restriction to disable cameras
- Ability to allow applications by entering folders
- Ability to set unrestricted site as IE start page
- Ability to redirect to unrestricted site
- Strong password required by default
- Fixed safe taskman reappearing issue
- Ability to show organization when blocking sites
- A more configurable safe task manager now blocks system tools by default
- Improved end-of-evaluation status
- New user notifications
- IE8 no longer supported
- Wallpaper option deprecated
- CPU usage optimization
- Improved autorun parsing
- Optimized safe task manager
- And tons of user interface improvements, internal fixes and tweaks.
New in Deskman 3.0.5264.58589 (May 31, 2014)
- Brand new Control Center
- New option to stop showing user notifications
- New option to limit maintenance time, which will automatically expire, in case you forget
- New option to allow dashboard access without logging in
- Improved unrestricted sites
- Improved safe web browsing keywords, now accepting wildcards
- Faster startup
- Ability to hibernate PC from dashboard
- Ability to log off all user sessions from dashboard
- New restriction to disable copy & paste
- New restriction to set up a wallpaper
- New dropdown menu to select profiles, import/export in the Restrictions page
- Unrestricted sites are now made available on warnings
- warning and error messages are now easier to understand
- Workaround for delayed service startup issue on Windows XP
New in Deskman 2.1.5173.41708 (Mar 10, 2014)
- Faster startup
- New security profiles: basic and advanced
- Improved restriction to disable charm bar on Windows 8
- And other bug fixes and tweaks
New in Deskman 2.0.0.1716 (Dec 6, 2013)
- Simplified synchronization
- Ability to disable Ctrl-Alt-Del on all supported systems
- Import/export restrictions
- Generate safe links on desktop
- Disabling USB drives also disables iPhone access
- Boot to desktop on Windows 8.1
- And other minor fixes
New in Deskman 1.2.0.401 (Aug 26, 2013)
- Windows 8.1 support
- Internet Explorer 11 support
- Start Menu hiding improved
- Bug fixes
New in Deskman 1.1.0.501 (Jul 15, 2013)
- Multiple log and sync interface tweaks
- Improved synchronization
- Improved installation
- Fixed bug when enabling Safe Task Manager
- Revised documentation
- And other bug fixes and improvements
New in Deskman 9.0 (Nov 2, 2011)
- Internet filter
- Tweaked software filters
- Optimized satellite connections
- Many minor fixes and improvements
New in Deskman 8.3.3 (Aug 3, 2011)
- Improved satellite unattended installation.
- Minor internal changes in Control Center.
- Fixed Control Center installation bug.
New in Deskman 8.3 (Mar 30, 2011)
- Added options to import and export profiles, configuration.
- Enhanced password security to prevent snooping.
- Tweaked satellite service recovery.
- Improved satellite response under heavy-load conditions.
New in Deskman 8.2.1 (Jan 28, 2011)
- Minor bug fixes in control center.
New in Deskman 8.2 (Oct 25, 2010)
- New content filter: Top Sites.
- New satellite "stealth" setup available.
- Updated filters.
- Updated licensing system.
- Fixed control center uninstallation bug.
- Fixed satellite bug that removed default username on logon.
- Fixed satellite bug that disabled shutdown options.
- Minor bug fixes.
New in Deskman 8.1.2 (Aug 11, 2010)
- Fixed satellite internal version.
- Minor fixes.
New in Deskman 8.1.1 (Jun 2, 2010)
- Updated documentation.
- Minor fixes.
New in Deskman 8.1 (Apr 22, 2010)
- Added content filtering.
- Added new profiles.
- Updated software filters.
- Fixed upgrading system.
- Fixed satellite installation issues.
- And other minor changes and fixes.
New in Deskman 8.0 (Feb 11, 2010)
- Official Windows 7 support.
- Internal optimizations.
- Other minor changes and fixes.
New in Deskman 7.0.3 (Nov 25, 2009)
New in Deskman 7.0.2 (Oct 12, 2009)
- Installation bug fixes and other minor updates.
New in Deskman 7.0.1 (Sep 2, 2009)
New in Deskman 7.0 (May 26, 2009)
- New remote desktop.
- New system information.
- New desktop security options.
- New thumbnail view.
- New licensing system.
- New interface.
- New user's guide, now also online.
- Added ability to import filters.
- Added cobranding in reports.
- Improved task manager.
- Enhanced satellite support.
- Fixed printer bug on Novell systems.
- Cleaned up outdated options.
New in Deskman 6.1.1 (Jul 21, 2008)
- Fixed startup bug on Control Center
New in Deskman 6.1 (Jun 24, 2008)
- Full Windows Vista compatibility.
- Enhanced authentication.
- New software filters.
- New profiles.
- And multiple improvements and fixes.
New in Deskman 5.1.2 (Nov 20, 2007)
- Fixed bug when disabling Web Filter.
New in Deskman 5.1.1 (Oct 9, 2007)
- Fixed bug in Desktop Security | Drive Access section.
- Fixed bugs when using Basic Security settings.
- Fixed installation bugs.
- Signed application.
New in Deskman 5.1 (Sep 18, 2007)
- Multiple interface improvements, changes, fixes.
- Software filters updated.
- New desktop security restriction to protect System Restore.
- Ability to edit filters, tasks.
- Ability to send reports by email and other report improvements.
- Preliminary Vista support.
- Fixed bug that prevented using the toolbar on some circumstances.
- Fixed memory bug in Web Filter
New in Deskman 5.0.1 (May 9, 2007)
- Security update, fixed auto ping on startup, and other minor fixes.
New in Deskman 5.0.1 (May 9, 2007)
- Security update, fixed auto ping on startup, and other minor fixes.
New in Deskman 4.2 (Aug 25, 2006)
- Option to stop USB drives,
- Improved filtering and reporting tools,
- Many fixes and small improvements.