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Service Account Manager Changelog

What's new in Service Account Manager 5.60 Build 091029

Jan 14, 2010
  • Added: Can now set service credentials to run as NT AuthorityNetwork Service
  • Added: Can now set service credentials to run as NT AuthorityLocalService
  • Added: Support for changing clustered services
  • Updated: Support of Vista and later operating systems
  • Fixed: Pre and post run operations may use incorrect account credentials
  • Fixed: Countdown timers were not visually updating in terminal services
  • Fixed: Browse option when changing service executable path
  • Fixed: Incorrect licensing of systems
  • Fixed: Changing service description updated service name instead of description
  • Removed: shell browser for Vista and later operating systems

New in Service Account Manager 5.04 Build 070214 (Jan 14, 2010)

  • Added: can set service security permissions (DACL)
  • Added: can set service auditing settings (SACL)
  • Added: can change service dependencies
  • Added: can change service executable path
  • Added: can change service description
  • Added: can change service startup error control
  • Resolved: During launch of SAM, app would occasionally crash
  • Resolved: SAM would crash if too many systems and services were refreshed at once
  • Resolved: SAM would allow the use of a blank username when setting a service credential
  • Resolved: Data store configuration dialogue displayed incorrect settings if anything other than registry was selected
  • Resolved: SAM and UMP could not run at the same time

New in Service Account Manager 5.01 Build 060531 (Jan 14, 2010)

  • Added: scheduled service info refresh
  • Fixed: issues with dynamic group updates causing problems with system and service display
  • Updated: email settings

New in Service Account Manager 4.12 Build 060221 (Jan 14, 2010)

  • Fixed: issues with dependant services service during restart operations
  • Changed: improvements to appearance and organization of menu items

New in Service Account Manager 4.10 Build 050622 (Jan 14, 2010)

  • Fixed: Problems with service account set when run from deferred processor
  • Minor bug fixes to program operation

New in Service Account Manager 4.07 Build 050208 (Jan 14, 2010)

  • Added: A new Active Directory browser enables the selection of an AD path for OU based dynamic groups
  • Added: Explicit include/exclude lists for dynamic groups can now be imported and exported
  • Added: Dynamic Group updates are now logged, and a menu option displays the update log for each dynamic group
  • Changed: The IP Scanner dialog now displays a flag next to IP addresses that were skipped in previous scan
  • Updated: Fixed bugs in deferred stop/uninstall for VNC
  • Changed: By default, dynamic groups will not refresh systems added dynamically except for IP ranges (performance optimization)
  • Fixed: problems with local account change during service account update
  • Fixed: problem with stability on some systems
  • Fixed: problem with setting recovery options for services
  • Fixed: Problem with renaming managed groups
  • Fixed: Changed the format of ICMP packets to resolve conflicts with virus detection products
  • Fixed: Display of dates in operations that utilize the database
  • Fixed: Improved stability when running remote registry operations
  • Fixed: Retrieval of MAC address cross-subnet
  • Fixed: Problems browsing for systems in Windows Server 2003 domains when the user was not a Domain Admin
  • Fixed: Problems parsing filenames during some operations

New in Service Account Manager 4.05 Build 040909 (Jan 14, 2010)

  • Internal code improvements and minor bug fixes
  • Improved: Better support for machine names longer than 13 characters

New in Service Account Manager 4.00 Build 040526 (Jan 14, 2010)

  • Added:
  • Integration with VNC and Terminal Server for complete remote control of workstations and services
  • Fixed:
  • Issues with adding rights to an account during service set
  • Minor bug fixes to the logging dialog

New in Service Account Manager 3.94 Build 040511 (Jan 14, 2010)

  • Various bug fixes to the Scheduler (especially scheduled reboots) and Logging options.

New in Service Account Manager 3.91 Build 040209 (Jan 14, 2010)

  • Fixed issue that in very rare instances caused the program to immediately exit on its own after starting.

New in Service Account Manager 3.85 Build 030714 (Jan 14, 2010)

  • Reorganized logging messages

New in Service Account Manager 3.80 Build 030321 (Jan 14, 2010)

  • Added some logging messages to aid diagnostics

New in Service Account Manager 3.78 Build 030312 (Jan 14, 2010)

  • Added minutes to run time for deferred processes

New in Service Account Manager 3.69 Build 030103 (Jan 14, 2010)

  • Changed system color in browse dialogs to green
  • Added ability to use alternate-admin accounts while browsing network to add system
  • Added more logging in set pipeline

New in Service Account Manager 3.67 Build 021212 (Jan 14, 2010)

  • Changed search and replace to only affect services which match replace filter

New in Service Account Manager 3.64 Build 021126 (Jan 14, 2010)

  • Incorporated fixed for crashes when doing operations using alternate admin accounts

New in Service Account Manager 3.62 Build 021024 (Jan 14, 2010)

  • Incorporated new graphics, about box.

New in Service Account Manager 3.54 Build 020913 (Jan 14, 2010)

  • Added event logging for operations.

New in Service Account Manager 3.10 Build 011010 (Jan 14, 2010)

  • Added Role and revised Platform fields in Domain and Network system browse.
  • New fields displayed when clicking on "Platform?" button.

New in Service Account Manager 3.07 Build 010506 (Jan 14, 2010)

  • Added Windows 2000 Active Directory support

New in Service Account Manager 3.00 Build 010208 (Jan 14, 2010)

  • Automatic end of job success/failure tabular report
  • Automatic retry of systems found off-line
  • Retry interval can be set
  • Specific errors on retry can be ignored
  • Schedule changes of services at pre-determined time and date
  • Scheduling can be one-shot or repetitive (useful for periodic restarts of one or more
  • services at specific times/dates)
  • Rewrite remote logon cache when the service account is changed. This is useful for
  • laptop users that disconnect yet need domain account access from services.
  • Logging of interactive jobs, deferred jobs and job manager
  • Rights granted to service accounts now editable (includes W2K rights)
  • Group memberships granted to service account now editable (include W2K rights)
  • Context menu (right mouse click) provides convenient access of common actions
  • Options include controlling maximum time to wait for services to start/stop
  • Statistics provided of maximum start and stop times and services with maximum
  • times recorded
  • Ability to skip password retrieval for rapid status reports (10X or more faster)
  • Control of end of job display of success/failure and handling of failures
  • Display mode (view) now moved to menu pull-down. Most uncommon options now
  • moved to pull-down menu for cleaner interface.
  • Add systems dialogs are now multithreaded for faster checks of remote platform online
  • and platform information
  • Impersonation rewritten to support unlimited number of UserName/Password pairs
  • (multiple passwords for same UserName is now supported)
  • Ability to determine which machines are on-line and which credentials (alternate
  • impersonation) provide access using multithreaded code
  • Access report can be dumped into a spreadsheet or report
  • Logon cache updates can be program for the logon type, provider and number of
  • logons to perform. Test mode allows interactive pretest of credentials before shipping
  • cache updates to remote systems.
  • New license key system allows license tokens to be auto-assigned to machines and
  • removed manually at will.
  • Internal components can be checked for revision dates
  • Current logon information with rights can be displayed via help menu option

New in Service Account Manager 2.00 Build 990622 (Jan 14, 2010)

  • Added ability to administer more than one service in a group
  • Added filter to control which services are administered/displayed
  • Added processing order control to affect order of service processing on each system
  • Added search and replace to allow for global replacement of accounts based on user
  • name, password, or both.
  • Added Install/Remove service capability with service file copying
  • Added network browse support for system list additions
  • Moved manual system add to its own dialog box
  • Added verification of platform type on PDC and Browse dialogs
  • Added impersonation support for browsing
  • Revised account dialogs to allow inhibition of addition of account to administrators
  • group and addition of right to logon as a service.
  • Corrected handling of Interact with Desktop check box so that it only takes effect
  • when using the System Account (LocalSystem).
  • Increased maximum threads to 1000
  • Added icons to service and system icons to identify type of item
  • Adding resizing on the main window

New in Service Account Manager 1.20 Build 990201 (Jan 14, 2010)

  • Added ability to save and restore list of servers to ASCII text files.
  • Added ability to change service startup parameters.
  • Corrected problem with local accounts not getting correct memberships and rights.
  • Windows were made smaller to accommodate lower resolution screens (800 x 600).
  • Main window now automatically minimizes when activating group.
  • Service Group Management window can now be minimized.
  • Lazy select options added to Get and Set options. Lazy option means that all entries
  • in the list will be selected if none are highlighted. The reboot option still requires
  • specific selection/highlight of systems to reboot.
  • Window close is now done through control menu or close button in upper right part
  • of screen.
  • Recompiled under VC98