What's new in FireDaemon Zero 3.2.5
Apr 17, 2024
- Regular users could not run Zero due to incorrect NTFS ACLs emitted by the installer
- CLI crash after every command
New in FireDaemon Zero 3.2.3 (Dec 19, 2023)
- SBoM included in About dialog
- Changed wording in error messages for clarity: "Can't" -> "Cannot"
- Corrected registration of Eventlog message file
- Installer accidentally shipped with two Core DLL files
- Zero OEM did not register the Eventlog message file
- Correct Eventlog Category ID for "Other Logon/Logoff" events
New in FireDaemon Zero 3.2.2 (Dec 8, 2023)
- S SBoM included in About dialog
New in FireDaemon Zero 3.2.1 (Oct 10, 2023)
- FireDaemon Zero will warn you against switching to Session 0 if ZeroInput is not installed or not running properly
- Simplified Windows installer experience
New in FireDaemon Zero 3.1.0 (Oct 10, 2023)
- Support for Legacy Console Mode for the Localsystem account
- Installer dialog shows information about creating the UI0Detect service and how to download ZeroInput
- Zero Explorer would crash when launching programs such as eventvwr.exe on Session 0 from the Session 0 cmd.exe console
- Installer showed a "File in use" dialog when upgrading
New in FireDaemon Zero 3.0.4 (Oct 10, 2023)
- Replaced "old style" licensing dialog in retail installer
- Included service name in Session 0 Zero Task Tray
- Zero OEM packaged incorrect binaries
- Spurious service timeout of UI0Detect service at system startup
New in FireDaemon Zero 3.0.3 (Oct 10, 2023)
- Removed dependency on Visual Studio C++ Runtime
- Updated online documentation URL
- FDUI0Control command line binary renamed to FDUI0CLI for consistency
New in FireDaemon Zero 3.0.2 (Oct 10, 2023)
- 64-bit only
- Hardware-based code signing
- ZeroInput 0.0.0.7 extended error reporting
- Session 0 context menu changes
- Advanced Installer MSI installer
New in FireDaemon Zero 2.5.6 (Aug 3, 2020)
- New Features:
- Product has been renamed from Session 0 Viewer to Zero
- Updated installer graphics and icons
- Updated Start Menu resource links
- Zero Shell task bar is resizable. Size and location is remembered.
- FireDaemon ZeroInput aware (you can check via FDUI0Control query --fdui0input-state).
- Maximised windows are returned to their maximised state when restored from their entry in Zero Shell
- You can use the mouse wheel to scroll through the Zero Shell application list
- Zero Shell lists the Windows services associated with the process running on Session 0
- New extensive command-line help: FDUI0Control --help
- Version checking
- Zero is DPI aware on your logged-in session as well as Session 0
- Audit logging of users taking control of and kicking other users out of Session 0
- Please consult the Change Log for the list of recent improvements and fixes.
New in FireDaemon Zero 1.3.2 (Jul 5, 2018)
- Updated EULA
- Compiled on new toolchain
- License check code could get CPU intensive in trial mode
New in FireDaemon Zero 1.2.2 (Mar 28, 2016)
- Updated Visual Studio C++ 2015 runtime
- Retail installer would attempt to upgrade pre-existing Visual C++ 2015 runtime. Mayhem ensued
New in FireDaemon Zero 1.2.1 (Mar 28, 2016)
- Signed with new SHA2 certificate
- Simplified installation maintenance dialogs
- Updated installer verbiage
- Updated third-party libraries to boost 1.60 and WTL 9.1.5321
- Properly redirect output of FDUI0Control.exe to console
- Improve output of FDUI0Control.exe in case of errors
- Stream output of FDUI0Control.exe into MSI log file
- Various Visual C++ Runtime detection issues during install
New in FireDaemon Zero 1.2.0 (Mar 28, 2016)
- Tool tray tooltip notification balloons
- Command line --registration option
- SHA256 Authenticode cert
- Update and corrections to online Users Guide
- If incorrect license key is applied mouse pointer is a "X"
- Product versioning includes Git hash
- Installer would tell you you needed to reboot on upgrade when you didn't
- Task Manager doesn't work on Session 0 in Windows 8/2012 onwards so excluded from right click menu
New in FireDaemon Zero 1.1.0 (Oct 7, 2015)
- Ability to show system tray icons for apps running under other user accounts
- Display application icons next to application title in task bar
- We wrote a User's Guide!
- 32-bit and 64-bit product could be installed side by side
- If current foreground app window updated its title, Session 0 task bar loost selection
- Removed "File in use message" when uninstalling product
- Product would cover already running application windows in Session 0 when starting
- Various licensing dialogue display issues
New in FireDaemon Zero 1.0.3 (Sep 10, 2015)
- Re-enables the viewer if you repair the installation
- Mis-named MSI in x86 install
New in FireDaemon Zero 1.0.2 (Sep 10, 2015)
- InstallShield installer which deploys VS 2015 runtime
- Product trial expiry warning on both logged in session and Session 0
- Desktop graphic now says "Session 0"
- Task Manager menu item disabled on Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 10 because it won't run on Session 0
- Automatic 30 second session revert on Windows 10 as as keyboard and mouse doesn't work due to a bug in Windows 10