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Private WinTen Changelog

What's new in Private WinTen 0.85

Sep 13, 2021
  • Changed:
  • presets now always clean up firewall rules
  • fixed when in rule restoration mode new unsolicited rules are deleted instead of disabled
  • -- no notification is shown as no user action is to be taken
  • Fixed:
  • fixed auto undo issue
  • fixed potential crash when loading fw presets
  • fixed compatybility issue with windows insider 21H2

New in Private WinTen 0.84 (Oct 25, 2020)

  • Added:
  • Added filtering mode indicator to tray
  • Tweak change notification are not displayed in an own notification window tab
  • Added new access presets InBoundAccess and OutBoundAccess
  • Added rule hit counter
  • Added protocol filter to connection log
  • Added duplicate rule cleanup option
  • Added support for loading modern app package icons
  • Added default service icon
  • Changed:
  • Cleaned up some old code
  • Now all new connection notifications can be discarded at once
  • Moved firewall API to own library
  • Refactored the code, improved IPC structure
  • Refactored some helper functions
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed IPC issue with DNS blocklist
  • Fixed issues with programwnd
  • Fixed some app package ID's not being resolved
  • Fixed high cpu load when sorting by program column
  • Fixed potential crash in GetAppResourceStr
  • Improved verbose view sorting performance
  • Fixed issue prematurely closing the notification window
  • Fixed version numbering on service exe and api dll
  • Fixed crash bug in ruls comperation helper
  • Fixed handling issue with RibbonSplitButton
  • Fixed crash issue with presets fw rule sync
  • Fixed tray exclamation mark sometimes blinking unnecessarily

New in Private WinTen 0.83 Pre-release (Oct 20, 2020)

  • Added:
  • Added fitlering mode indocator to tray
  • Tweak change notification are not displayed in an own notification window tab
  • Added new access presets InBoundAccess and OutBoundAccess
  • Added rule hit counter
  • Added protocol filter to connection log
  • Changed:
  • Cleaned up some old code
  • Now all new connection notifications can be discarded at once
  • Moved firewall API to own library
  • Refactored the code, improved IPC structure
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed IPC issue with DNS blocklist
  • Fixed issues with programwnd
  • Fixed some app package ID's not being resolved
  • Fixed high cpu load when sorting by program column
  • Fixed potentiel crash in GetAppResourceStr

New in Private WinTen 0.82b (Oct 17, 2020)

  • Changed:
  • tray icon is now on by default
  • Fixed:
  • fied resource lea when flashign tray icon

New in Private WinTen 0.82 (Oct 13, 2020)

  • Added:
  • Added a few more tweaks
  • Added new preset control mechanism
  • Added a few for windows update
  • Added tray options to change filterming mode
  • Added rule status column
  • Added option to quickly add (pin) firewall prog sets to presets
  • Added option to quickly add (pin) tweak groups to presets
  • Added flasching exclamation mark to tray icon to indicate there are pending notifications
  • Added tweaks to disable app auto installation
  • Changed:
  • All microsoft binaries under System32 are now classifyed as system components (not only services and kernel)
  • Moved shared code to a helper library
  • Splited the project in separated UI and service components
  • Reingeniered the IPC mechanism for better performance
  • Notification window now displays all changed rules also those that changed when the client wasn't running
  • Reworked client start
  • When adding a rule from the notify window the rule window is also topmost
  • Notify window now also shows allowed connection attempts when in blacklist mode
  • Fixed:
  • List sometimes opening in the wron mode
  • Fixed issue with program and program set description resolvationo
  • Fixed some crash issues
  • Added service update to installer
  • Fixed rule list not being updated in fulscreen mode
  • Fixed some new issues with the IPC mechanism
  • Fixed issue with port ranges in firewall rules thanks@ SnikoLoft
  • Fixed issue with saving preset items
  • Fixed issue with notification window position being reset sometimes

New in Private WinTen 0.81 (Oct 11, 2020)

  • Added:
  • added a few more tweaks
  • added new preset control mechanism
  • added a few for windows update
  • added tray options to change filterming mode
  • added rule status column
  • Changed:
  • All microsoft binaries under System32 are now classifyed as system components (not only services and kernel)
  • moved shared code to a helper library
  • splited the project in separated UI and service components
  • reingeniered the IPC mechanism for better performance
  • notification window now displays all changed rules also those that changed when the client wasn't running
  • reworked client start
  • when adding a rule from the notify window the rule window is also topmost
  • notify window now also shows allowed connection attempts when in blacklist mode
  • Fixed:
  • list sometimes opening in the wron mode
  • fixed issue with program and program set description resolvationo
  • fixed some crash issues
  • added service update to installer
  • fixed rule list not being updated in fulscreen mode
  • fixed some new issues with the IPC mechanism

New in Private WinTen 0.80 Pre-release (Oct 8, 2020)

  • Added:
  • added a few more tweaks
  • added new preset control mechanism
  • Changed:
  • All Microsoft binaries under System32 are now classified as system components (not only services and kernel)
  • moved shared code to a helper library
  • splited the project in separated UI and service components
  • reingeniered the IPC mechanism for better performance
  • notification window now displays all changed rules also those that changed when the client wasn't running
  • reworked client start
  • Fixed:
  • list sometimes opening in the wron mode
  • fixed issue with program and program set description resolvationo
  • fixed some crash issues

New in Private WinTen 0.75b (Mar 20, 2020)

  • This release fixes a crash issue with the notification window.

New in Private WinTen 0.75 (Feb 18, 2020)

  • Added:
  • when a firewall rule gets changed a new notification pupup gets displayed
  • notification window has now tabs
  • added tab with rule changed notifications
  • notification window can now be opened/closed by single clicking on the tray icon, without discarding contents
  • Fixed:
  • settings backups names dont longer contian ':'

New in Private WinTen 0.70 (Dec 16, 2019)

  • Added:
  • added process monitor using ETW events to capture paths of processes that terminate quickly
  • added missing localization to all the new UI elements
  • added todal up/down-load per socket and per program columns
  • improved the DNS Inspector
  • added uplpad/download per domain
  • added listing of unresolved IP's
  • added udp endpoint logging
  • Changed:
  • improved text filters
  • Fixed:
  • fixed issue with reverse dns in dns inspector
  • fixed issue with etw event tracking for UDP traffic

New in Private WinTen 0.65.2 (Dec 13, 2019)

  • Fixed:
  • fixed crash when deleting program items
  • fixed issue with program cleanup ribbon bottons
  • fixed issues with manual blocklist update
  • fixed inconsistencies with access mode filter
  • fixed issue installer was instaling to "Program Files(x86)" instead of "Program Files", uninstall and re install to fix the path
  • fixed some translation strings

New in Private WinTen 0.65.1 (Dec 10, 2019)

  • Added:
  • added a propper setup
  • added setting for using reverse DNS
  • Changed:
  • changed drive letter resolcong cache strategy
  • Fixed:
  • fixed service not proeprly terminating
  • fixed issues with service status querying
  • fixed issue with notification window oppening unnececerly on a delayed hostname update

New in Private WinTen 0.65a Beta (Dec 5, 2019)

  • added new program view mode a verbose program tree, that auto enables when the program column ist stretched wider
  • added program context menu
  • added additional program options to the ribbon toolbar
  • added view modes fill screan, full height, full screen
  • dns query log context menu with options to whitelist and blacklist entries
  • double clicking a domain in the whitelist/blacklist view copys it to the entry edit for editing

New in Private WinTen 0.60.1 (Dec 1, 2019)

  • Added:
  • added upstream dns diplay to the dns proxy page
  • Fixed:
  • fixed critical hang issue when not using the system event log
  • issue where a custom upstream dns would not be displayed
  • fixed issues with copying text from datagrids

New in Private WinTen 0.50b (Nov 5, 2019)

  • Added:
  • compatybility with old 32 bit platforms
  • Fixed
  • when rule guard is not enabled all rules were marked as changed

New in Private WinTen 0.1h (May 1, 2019)

  • Added:
  • Compatybility with windows 8.1 and server 2012
  • first seen date for programs
  • Fixed:
  • diagtrackrunner.exe and AeLookupSvc tweak are not longer offered to win10 users as on win 10 thay are not present
  • crash when adding new category

New in Private WinTen 0.1g (Jan 10, 2019)

  • Added:
  • notification window has now path label clickable and opens explorer in the files directory
  • issuing cleanup now also resets teh error flag
  • Changed:
  • disabled autoresize for Name column
  • open from tray trayicon now only react to left mouse button double click
  • notification window direction stings are nor more clear
  • allowed lan connections are now logged blue
  • allowed multicast connections are now logged turquoise
  • Fixed:
  • notification window next/previouse buttons now peoeprly enable/disable
  • fixed crash when listing a not longer existing service
  • fixed issue when resolving special adress ranges

New in Private WinTen 0.1f (Jan 10, 2019)

  • Added:
  • italian translation by garf02
  • prevent starting of multiple instances inside the same user session
  • add option to block/unblock internet access from tray
  • Fixed:
  • not showing proepr "any protocol" string in lists
  • rule violating actions are not colored yellow
  • fixed ptiv10 failed to start when firewalls ervice was disabled
  • Changed:
  • poer and Ip columns doesn't autoresize anymore

New in Private WinTen 0.1e (Jan 10, 2019)

  • Fixed:
  • localization string screwup in firewall page
  • englich fixed by ViVek
  • Added:
  • polish translation by ViVek

New in Private WinTen 0.1d (Jan 10, 2019)

  • Added:
  • save last open page and open it on restart
  • all setings can now enabled when running not as dmin, wne a admin only seting is to be chaged the cleint prompts fo a restart
  • finish localizations upport
  • Fixed:
  • fixed issue in retriving service by PID
  • UAC bypass messing with -autorun argument
  • Changed:
  • improved emabling and disabling of execution as service

New in Private WinTen 0.1c (Jan 10, 2019)

  • Added:
  • buttons in the firewallwindow get enabled/disabled based on list selection
  • rule validation for the rule window
  • Fixed:
  • not setting properly local port and address when creating a rule from the notification window
  • fixed a bug in ip matching when a subnet was present
  • rule window not saving position
  • crash issue under windows 7 related to non existent app list
  • Changed:
  • changes the way service names and PIDs are resolved

New in Private WinTen 0.1b (Jan 10, 2019)

  • Fixed:
  • Possible crash when loading the list off installed uwp apps