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SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition Changelog

What's new in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 2022.09.1

Sep 6, 2023
  • Various updates to the built-in VNC viewer
  • The trial period has been reset

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 2022.07.1 (Jul 11, 2022)

  • SmartCode VNC Deployment Wizard has been updated to deploy UltraVNC v1.3.8.1
  • NEW Changed minimum required .Net version to 4.7.2

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 2022.03.1 (Mar 13, 2022)

  • SSH and Telnet: Extended maximum scroll back buffer value to 50,000 lines
  • Copy Registered Computer command was losing custom properties

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 2021.11.1 (Nov 21, 2021)

  • Support for Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022
  • FIX SSH client: Scroll back buffer value was ignored
  • FIX SSH client: Upon disconnect, window (or tab) was not automatically closed

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 2021.8.1 (Aug 29, 2021)

  • SSH client: Support for the latest ciphers
  • NEW Remote Exec: Several improvements have been implemented when executing a command via SSH
  • NEW Improved support for Windows 10 20H2

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 2021.4.1 (Apr 16, 2021)

  • NEW RDP: New setting that allows specifying the program that will be launched upon connection (Remote Clients RDP Programs)

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 2020.4.2 (Oct 11, 2020)

  • Due to changes in RealVNC licensing, the support for remote RealVNC server deployment has been deprecated.
  • Fixes related to WMI columns.
  • SmartCode VNC Manager 64-bit crashes when attempts to send a file to a remote UltraVNC server.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 2020.4.1 (Apr 11, 2020)

  • NEW:
  • TeamViewer connection will use registered computer host address if the Partner Id setting is empty.
  • FIX:
  • Stability fixes to support effient and problem free remote work.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 19.6.1.2 (Dec 25, 2019)

  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of TightVNC v2.8.27.
  • FIX System user accounts were included in the logged on users list if the Registry Scan method was used.
  • FIX Stability fixes addressing the most commonly reported crashes.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 19.6.1.0 (Jul 1, 2019)

  • SmartCode VNC Manager may become unresponsive when the application is closed while multiple network scans are in progress.
  • FIX Numerous stability fixes.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 19.5.1.0 (May 6, 2019)

  • SmartCode VNC Deployment Wizard has been updated to deploy UltraVNC v1.2.2.4
  • FIX VNC viewer: Stability and security fixes

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 18.8.1.0 (Aug 20, 2018)

  • NEW Implemented the ability to configure default settings for a registered computers groups (via Tools Options).
  • NEW Added ability to launch Intel AMT web interface
  • NEW SmartCode VNC Deployment Wizard has been updated to deploy UltraVNC v1.2.2.2
  • NEW SSH and Telnet clients: Improved handling of Ctrl+C combination.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 18.5.1.0 (May 28, 2018)

  • NEW:
  • Ability to associate with and launch ".rdp" files.
  • RDP client: Added support for the following settings: Remote audio recording, Enable auto reconnect, Redirect video playback, Redirect DirectX, Redirect USB devices.
  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of UltraVNC v1.2.1.7.
  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of TightVNC v2.8.11.
  • RD Session Manager: A password prompt is shown if the user's credentials do not have rights to send message or logoff or disconnect a session.
  • FIX:
  • Management tools may fail to use a computer's login credentials if the computer inherits its settings.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 18.4.2.0 (Apr 27, 2018)

  • VNC and RDP viewers weren't correctly positioned in the full screen mode.
  • FIX Fixed the "Fit Window to Viewer Size" command.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 18.4.1.0 (Apr 22, 2018)

  • NEW VNC viewer: The ability to align remote screen within the viewer window boundaries.
  • NEW VNC viewer: The NTLM login window is pre-initialized with the current user name and domain if no credentials have been specified.
  • FIX Numerous optimizations and stability fixes to the remote management tools.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 18.3.1.0 (Mar 24, 2018)

  • Remote Exec has been improved to allow capturing of PowerShell scripts output.
  • Remote Exec: Added PowerShell tool type that allows to simplify execution of PowerShell scripts.
  • Amazon S3 confiugration profiles: Migrated to AWS S3 v3.x runtime. This should result in speed and security improvements.
  • Amazon S3 configuration profiles: Added support for the missing S3 regions.
  • Various interface optimizations and bug fixes.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 18.2.2.0 (Mar 5, 2018)

  • FIX Remote Exec via SSH: Multiple optimizations and bug fixes.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 18.2.1.0 (Feb 28, 2018)

  • NEW Significantly improved rendering terminal emulation capabilities of the built-in SSH and Telnet clients.
  • NEW Hyper-V VM Manager: Ability to view IP addresses assigned to Hyper-V VMs and to establish direct VNC or RDP connection to a VM.
  • NEW Confirmation prompt is shown when before drag and drop of registered computers and groups is completed.
  • FIX When a VNC thumbnail item has re-established a connection to a VNC server it forces SmartCode VNC Manager window to become active.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 17.10.0.0 (Oct 23, 2017)

  • New version format:
  • Earlier today we released SmartCode VNC Manager version 1710. The 1710 part is not a typo. The version format has been moved to the new YYMM format. We have introduced a YYMM format to indicate the release date of each new version. For example, version 1710 was released to manufacturing in October 2017.
  • Support for Intel AMT v11:
  • SmartCode VNC Manager 1710 has gained the ability to power manage PCs via Intel AMT v11 protocol. Now you can reboot/shutdown/power cycle the PCs equipped with the latest version of Intel AMT engine.
  • The v1710 adds the ability to specify a certificate name when the TLS encryption is enabled.
  • Intel AMT power control:
  • Support WMI columns reordering
  • One of the unique features of SmartCode VNC Manager is the ability to define one or multiple WMI queries and show their results in the computers list. Prior to version 1710, WMI columns were always shown at the end of the standard columns list and it was not possible to change this position. SmartCode VNC Manager 1710 resolves this limitation. A WMI column can be customized and repositioned just as a standard column.
  • Note: If you add or remove a WMI property via the Tools Options command, the position of the existing WMI columns will be reset, and the columns will be moved to the end of the columns list. Future versions will address this limitation.
  • Columns customizations per Configuration Profile
  • Customization of computer list columns are now stored per the Configuration Profile. Each Configuration Profile can have its own unique set of standard and WMI columns. Custom columns are stored under %APPDATA%SmartCode SolutionsVNC Managersettingsgrid_regsrv_60-PROFILE-GUID.xml

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.20.0 (Sep 1, 2017)

  • Ability to set SCCM Remote Control as the default connection type for a computer.
  • NEWHyper-V VM viewer: Added "Type clipboard text" command. It is located under the Actions menu.
  • NEWHyper-V VM viewer: Added "Send Ctrl+Alt+Del" command.
  • NEWRDP viewer: Added "Reconnect with current window dimentsions" command.
  • FIX MSSQL profile: When a WMI column is deleted in the Options it is not deleted from the DB
  • FIX MSSQL Configuration Profile: Default Computer settings may be lost.
  • FIX MSSQL Configuration Profile: When settings inheritance is enabled, changes to the parent computer object may be lost.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.19.0 (Aug 7, 2017)

  • Support for SCCM Remote Control viewer
  • NEW Starting with the v6.20 build High DPI awareness turned off.
  • NEW Starting with the v6.20 build .Net 4.6 or newer is required.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.18.0 (Apr 2, 2017)

  • Remote Exec: Added ability to log output produced by a remote tool to a file.
  • VNC viewer: Improved compatibility with Xvnc server.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.17.0 (Apr 2, 2017)

  • RDSH Sessions Manager: Client Address colument no uses EndPointAddress value if the ClientAddress property is empty.
  • RDSH Settings Manager: Implemented support for configuration of additional settings (Enable Automatic Reconnection, Logons, Redirect Smart Cards, Use RD Easy Print Driver, User Permission).
  • RDSH Sessions Manager: Display bitness is shown as 1 for 24 and 32 bit sessions.
  • RDSH Settings Manager: Failure to connect to Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 computers.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.16.0 (Jan 9, 2017)

  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of UltraVNC v1.2.1.2.
  • NEW VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of TightVNC v2.8.5.
  • NEW Built-in VNC viewer optimizations.
  • NEW Improved handling of scenarious when a folder with configuration profile settings is missing.
  • FIX SQL configuration profile: Active Directory computers that were dragged and dropped to a Register Computer folder weren't saved.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.15.0 (Jan 9, 2017)

  • Improvements to the network scan and Dynamic Search Folders. Implemented better handling of computers with changing IP address. Fixed several race conditions.
  • NEW Deprecated support for installing SmartCode VNC Manager on Windows XP, Vista, Windows Server 2003 and 2008. The minimum supported OSes are: Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The management tools continue to support the deprecated OSes.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.14.0 (Sep 12, 2016)

  • VNC Deployment Wizard: UltraVNC: Support for primary, secondary and max CPU settings.
  • NEW Support for sending console messages via msg.exe (see the following KB article: http://www.s-code.com/kayako/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/84/9/).
  • FIX High-DPI display related fixes.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.13.0 (Aug 8, 2016)

  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of UltraVNC v1.2.1.1.
  • FIX SQL Configuration Profile: Unable to create database if the database name contains spaces.
  • FIX Crash when the Retry button is clicked in the Configuration Profile Failed to Load window.
  • FIX Miscellaneous bug fixes.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.12.0 (Apr 4, 2016)

  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of UltraVNC v1.2.1.0.
  • FIX Several most reported app crashes have been fixed.
  • FIX Other bug fixes.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.11.1 (Jan 4, 2016)

  • Significantly improved support for high DPI displays.
  • Ability to change font size of the computers list (View->Zoom...).
  • Improved performance of the built-in VNC viewer.
  • Added support for TeamViewer v11 and Dameware v12.
  • Ftp configuration profiles: improved support for secure ftp connections. Added support for TLS v1.2
  • Improvements to the built-in SSH client.
  • Deprecated support for Microsoft Virtual Server 2005.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.10.4 (Nov 30, 2015)

  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of UltraVNC v1.2.0.9.
  • FIXWindows 10 compatibility fixes.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.10.2 (Mar 2, 2015)

  • NEW: Support for Unicode clipboard transfers when connected to UltraVNC server.
  • NEW: Improved compatibility with Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012 R2.
  • FIX: Installed Software Manager: Fixed sorting by Install Date column.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.10.1 (Jan 3, 2015)

  • NEW:
  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of UltraVNC v1.2.0.5.
  • Improved compatibility with Amazon S3.
  • Trial period will be reset.
  • FIX:
  • Failure to uninstall VNC remotely on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 based computers.
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.9.12 (Dec 22, 2014)

  • On rare occacions SmartCode VNC Manager crashes when remote server closes VNC connection.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.9.11 (Nov 17, 2014)

  • NEW External Tools: Added ($COMPUTER_NAME) automatic variable.
  • NEW External Tools: Added ($COMPUTER_DESCR) automatic variable.
  • NEW Added support for TeamViewer v9 / v10 and Dameware v11.
  • FIX Other optimizations and bug fixes.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.9.10 (Apr 14, 2014)

  • Fixed security vulnerability TLS heartbeat read overrun (CVE-2014-0160).
  • Other optimizations and bug fixes.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.9.9.0 (Dec 9, 2013)

  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of RealVNC v5.0.6.
  • NEW: VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of TightVNC v2.7.10.
  • NEW: Hyper-V related features have been updated with support for Windows Server 2012 / 2012 R2 and Windows 8 / 8.1
  • Other optimizations and bug fixes.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.9.8.0 (Oct 14, 2013)

  • Fixed many problems related to layout problems when running on high DPI displays, for example Surface Pro. The Prefferences window still has some minor layout issues;

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.9.7.0 (Jul 17, 2013)

  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of RealVNC v5.0.5.
  • NEW VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of TightVNC v2.7.7.
  • FIX Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 Preview compatibility fixes.
  • FIX Other optimizations and bug fixes.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.9.6.0 (Jan 7, 2013)

  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of RealVNC v5.0.3.
  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of TightVNC v2.6.4.
  • VNC Deployment Wizard may report that a VNC has been uninstalled but the installation remains.
  • Windows 8 compatibility fixes.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.9.5.0 (Jul 11, 2012)

  • VNC Viewer: Improved support for handling of so-called "dead" keys, for example accent key on Spanish keyboard.
  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of RealVNC v5.0.1.
  • VNC Thumbnails view: System.OutOfMemoryException exception.
  • AMT manager crashes if an invalid hostname is entered as a remote computer address.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.9.4.0 (Jul 2, 2012)

  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of TightVNC v2.5.2.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.9.3.0 (Jun 28, 2012)

  • Added ability to link a Logon Credentials template to a Windows Credential Manager entry.
  • Future builds of the VNC Manager will include support for popular password managers, such as LastPast, Roboform and other.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.9.1.0 (Jun 14, 2012)

  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Support for remote installation of RealVNC v5.0.0.
  • Reset VNC Server Password Wizard: Support for RealVNC v5.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.8.15.0 (Jun 8, 2012)

  • Windows 8 Release Preview compatibility fixes. Several other minor fixes and optimizations.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.8.14.0 (May 28, 2012)

  • VNC Thumbnails View: Added ability to control remote computer’s desktops from the thumbnails view. It has been made possible to switch between View-Only and Full Control modes (screenshot)
  • VNC Thumbnails View: Increased maximum item size from 500x500px to 1440x1440px
  • VNC and Hyper Thumbnails View: Now it's possible to add a new computer to the thumbnails view via the Quick Add control

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.8.13.0 (May 21, 2012)

  • When you attempt to close a VNC viewer tab or remove a VNC thumbnails view item that is in process of establishing connection to a remote computer, the VNC Manager no longer hangs and waits until the connection process is over.
  • VNC thumbnails view and VNC viewer: Fixed a memory leak.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.8.11.0 (May 11, 2012)

  • Setup: In order to reduce the start-up time of SmartCode VNC Manager, we added the ability to pre-compile the application's assemblies with ngen.exe tool.
  • Several other minor fixes and optimizations.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.8.7.0 (May 4, 2012)

  • RDP client: Added ability to enable/disable Credential Security Support Provider (enablecredsspsupport).

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.8.6.0 (Apr 2, 2012)

  • Shutdown / Restart Computer tool has been enhanced with support for multiple threads and now resides in a modeless non-blocking window.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.8.5.0 (Mar 21, 2012)

  • VNC Thumbnails View: Improved performance when VNC Thumbnails View has large number of items added.
  • Quick Filter: Filter Subgroups setting has been implemented for Virtual Connections
  • VNC Manager may crash with System.Runtime.InteropServices.SEHException.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.8.4.0 (Mar 15, 2012)

  • Licensing: Registration fails to store your serial number if the Organization field is empty.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.8.3.0 (Mar 6, 2012)

  • VNC viewer: Added support for SecureVNC v2.3 DSM plugin.
  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Information about installed VNC distribution was not stored.
  • VNC viewer: Upon establishing a connection scrollbars may not be visible.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.8.2.0 (Feb 22, 2012)

  • VNC Deployment Wizard: Updated UltraVNC deployment package to v1.0.9.6.2
  • VNC Deployment Wizard: UltraVNC deployment package has been updated to set SoftwareSASGeneration registry value to 1. On Windows 7 and newer OSes this allows Send Ctrl+Alt+Del feature to work properly.
  • SSH and Telnet clients: Added Select Windows Text and Select All Text commands.
  • Login Credentials: Added Copy Username and Copy Password commands that allow quickly copy the username or password for selected credentials template to the Clipboard. This feature has been added to the Tools \ Options \ Logon Credentials and to the logon credentials selector window.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.8.1.0 (Feb 22, 2012)

  • Added ability to register and launch LogMeIn and Windows Remote Assistance connections.
  • FIXSQL Configuration Profiles: One "WMI column" gets stored in the database.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.5.10.0 (Feb 9, 2012)

  • VNC viewer: When connected to an UltraVNC server running on Vista / Windows7, the Auto Reconnect feature has been fine tuned to better handle cases when UltraVNC server breaks connection upon user logoff.
  • NEWWMI Column feature: Minor improvements have been implemented.
  • FIXVNC Deployment Wizard fails to uninstall TightVNC 2.0.x.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.5.9.0 (Jan 12, 2012)

  • NEW: UI improvements. Made scrolling throw large management tools list much more user friendly.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.5.8.0 (Jan 3, 2012)

  • Connection History: Implemented ability to add and edit notes for connection events.
  • Ping Remote Computer may crash if an invalid address was entered.
  • Clicking F1 key while using built-in VNC/RDP/SSH viewer causes local help window to appear.
  • Multiple minor fixes and performance improvements.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.5.7.0 (Dec 17, 2011)

  • Show uptime of a remote computer. This feature can be turned on/off via Tools \ Options \ Computer Status Scan \ Runtime Inventory.
  • Computer Status Updater: Several performance related improvements have been implemented.
  • Updated with support for TeamViewer 7

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.5.6.0 (Dec 6, 2011)

  • RDP client: Taskbar may be visible in the Full Screen mode.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.5.5.0 (Nov 29, 2011)

  • Added Password Generator tool

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.5.4.0 (Nov 22, 2011)

  • Registry Editor: Added ability to browse HKEY_USERS registry branch
  • In the Tools \ Options, added ability to re-order Remote Tools
  • Upon application restart VNC thumbnails view contains entries with empty names

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.5.3.0 (Nov 22, 2011)

  • Remote Desktop Services Sessions Manager: Allows you to list and manage (disconnect / logoff /message) Remote Desktop Services sessions.
  • Remote Desktop Services Settings Manager: Implemented several usability improvements.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.5.2.0 (Nov 3, 2011)

  • NEW: Linked Active Directories: Rename, change Description and ManagedBy attributes for Organizational Units.
  • NEW: Linked Active Directories: Added CN=Computers container.
  • NEW: Ability to pass TeamViewer Partner ID and Password to an external tool. Ability to pass password can be useful if you use TeamViewer as an External Tool and want to establish a direct connection to a TeamViewer instance.
  • NEW: Team Viewer connection settings have been made "settings inheritance" aware.
  • FIX: Includes several Linked Active Directories, Settings Inheritance related and other minor fixes.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.5.1.0 (Nov 3, 2011)

  • Linked Active Directories: Ability to add an Active Directory to the VNC Manager's tree.
  • Trial period will be reset.
  • Optimizations and bug fixes.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.1.7.0 (Sep 30, 2011)

  • Dynamic Search Folders: Scanned computers ignore parent folder settings inheritance.
  • You may receive NullRefference error when you attempt to refresh an Entire Network folder.
  • Other minor fixes.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.1.6.0 (Sep 13, 2011)

  • VNC / RDP viewers: Added support for Ctrl+Alt+Break (Switch Full-screen Mode) keyboard shortcut.
  • VNC viewer: Added "Send Ctrl Key" command to the full-screen toolbar.
  • Changed behavior of the Quick Connect command. Now if the Quick Connect text box is empty, the hostname of the currently selected object will be used instead.
  • VNC / RDP viewers: Window frame is visible on an adjustment monitor when VNC/RDP viewer is used in the full screen mode.
  • VNC viewer: in the full-screen mode, when the top toolbar is pinned, it remains on top of other windows.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.1.3.0 (Aug 31, 2011)

  • NEW: VNC thumbnails view: Added ability to switch active monitor (UltraVNC only running on computers with multiple monitors).

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 6.1.1 (Aug 16, 2011)

  • NEW: VNC viewer: Added "Send Ctrl+Alt+Del Upon Successful Connection" setting. By default this setting is turned off. It can be enabled via Tools \ Options \ Common Settings \ Built-in Remote Clients.
  • NEW: Got rid of the "Please Wait…" modal window that was shown while Entire Network entries are being fetched.
  • NEW: Faster handling of configuration profiles with large (hundreds) number of registered computers.
  • FIX: Multiple bug fixes.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 5.5.26.0 (May 25, 2011)

  • NEW: VNC viewer has been updated to support UltraVNC 1.0.9.5 and newer.
  • NEW: VNC viewer: Added support for IPv6.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 5.5.25.0 (Oct 22, 2010)

  • FIX: VNC viewer stability fixes

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 5.5.24.0 (Sep 24, 2010)

  • FIX: Tools \ Options \ Defaults \ Default Registered Computer: "Default connection type" resets to VNC.
  • FIX: Reset Registered Computer Settings: Clicking the OK button results in the application crash.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 5.5.23.0 (Aug 30, 2010)

  • FIX: VNC viewer: When using non-English keyboard layout some characters may appear as question marks.
  • FIX: You may receive System.ArgumentException exception when you attempt to open registered computer properties sheet window.
  • FIX: VNC Deployment Wizard: “DSM Plug-in \ Encryption Connection using” combo box resets to None when using saved deployment job.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 5.5.22.1 (Aug 19, 2010)

  • FIX: UI fixes.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 5.5.22.0 (Aug 12, 2010)

  • FIX: Last Used IP column fails to sort IP addresses properly.
  • FIX: You may receive System.NullReferenceException at ThreadPool.ThreadPoolManager when you close the main window when dynamic search folder scan is being performed.
  • FIX: You may receive System.IndexOutOfRangeException while Dynamic Search Folder scan is being performed.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 5.5.21.0 (Jul 29, 2010)

  • NEW: VNC Thumbnails View: Ability to switch monitor for thumbnail items that are connected to UltraVNC server running on a computer with multiple displays.
  • FIX: You may receive ArgumentOutOfRange exception when attempt to editing VNC quick deployment settings.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 5.5.20.0 (Jul 29, 2010)

  • NEW: New method of fetching logged on users. The new method can fetch users even if the client and the remote computer are members of different domains or workgroups. More info...
  • NEW: VNC viewer: Ability to establish connection encrypted with SecureVNC plug-in. More info...
  • NEW: VNC Deployment Wizard: Ability to configure SecureVNC plugin settings and deploy SecureVNC keys.
  • NEW: UltraVNC deployment package: SecureVNC plugin has been updated to v2.2.4.0

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 5.5.19.0 (Jul 29, 2010)

  • NEW: VNC Deployment Wizard: TightVNC v2.0.2 deployment support.
  • FIX: Switching between VNC Thumbnails View tabs may cause application crash.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 5.0.18.0 (Feb 1, 2010)

  • NEW: Back-ported VNC viewer component from the v5.5 branch. The new VNC viewer includes performance and stability improvements. Click here for more details.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 5.0.17.1 (Jan 11, 2010)

  • FIX: You may receive "This server does not have a valid password enabled" message when you attempt to establish connection to a VNC server that was installed by the VNC Deployment Wizard.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 5.0.17.0 (Jan 6, 2010)

  • NEW: The VNC Manager now saves the registration details so you wouldn't have to re-enter them after installing a new build
  • FIX: Several fixes related to the group folders "settings inheritance" feature

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 5.0.16.0 (Dec 10, 2009)

  • NEW: VNC Deployment Wizard: Ability to configure firewall rules!!!
  • NEW: VNC Deployment Wizard: UltraVNC 1.0.8.2 deployment support.
  • NEW: WMI Query Manager: Clicking on the Help button in the Execute Method window opens MSDN documentation page for WMI method being executed.
  • FIX: The VNC Manager crashes when you open and then close DSF properties window for a Dynamic Search Folder with active scan running.
  • Several other minor bugs were fixed.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 5.0.15.0 (Nov 27, 2009)

  • NEW: VNC/RDP/Citrix clients: Screen Stretching setting has been moved from Tools Options to the Registered Computer properties dialog.
  • NEW: VNC client settings: ZRLE encoding was added to the encodings combo box.
  • FIX: VNC Thumbnails Connection Settings window fails with System.NullReferenceException when you click the OK or Cancel buttons.
  • FIX: VNC viewer: The application crash may occur if VNC viewer uses ZRLE encoding.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 5.0.13.0 RC 2 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • NEW: Built-in client - Web Browser. It allows to open a web browser as a tab inside the VNC Manager. The built-in web browser allows manage routers, firewalls and other devices through their web management interface.
  • NEW: VNC Deployment Wizard: "Skip the post-installation validation step" setting has been added. Skipping the validation step can speedup VNC deployment by 10-30%
  • NEW: Quick Search can be repositioned to the left of the main window for faster access. This can be done via ToolsOptionsAdvancedRegistered Computers List settings page.
  • FIX: VNC Deployment Wizard: Several stability fixes.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 5.0.11.2 Beta (Oct 13, 2009)

  • NEW: Built-in Citrix ICA client.
  • NEW: Dynamic Search Folders: Ability to discover Citrix ICA servers.
  • NEW: Usability enhancements in the Registered Computer properties sheet.
  • FIX: Execute Remote Command: "psexec.exe like" method fails to execute command on a 64 bit computer with "File couldn't be found error".
  • FIX: Built-in clients: F10 key-presses now passed to the viewer. Previously F10 click would activate the VNC Manager's menubar.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 5.0.9.0 Beta (Sep 17, 2009)

  • NEW: Registry Editor: Redesigned to support management of multiple computers using single window.
  • NEW: Registry Editor: Ability to import registry file (.reg file) to multiple remote computers at once.
  • NEW: Registry Editor: Added full featured hex editor for editing of binary values.
  • FIX: Registry Editor: "Registry Find" feature was always searching through HKEY_CURENT_USER branch even if HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE branch was specified.
  • FIX: Hyper-V features: Added support for Windows Server 2008 R2

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 5.0.8.0 Beta (Sep 2, 2009)

  • NEW: Task Manager: Redesigned to support management of multiple computers using single window.
  • FIX: Minor bug fixes

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 5.0.7.0 Beta (Sep 2, 2009)

  • When running in the “Time-interval” update mode, a thumbnail item can display a progress bar showing when the next screen refresh will occur. The progress bar can be configured via Tools->Options dialog.
  • FIX: Minor bug fixes

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 5.0.6.0 Beta (Sep 2, 2009)

  • NEW: Thumbnails View for Microsoft Hyper-V Server Virtual Machines
  • NEW: Registered Computer: Added new default connection type - Pass-through RDP connection to Hyper-V virtual machine.
  • NEW: VNC Deployment Wizard: Updated UltraVNC deployment package to v1.0.6.5
  • NEW: Ability to showhide the textual description next to the "status" icons via Tools->Options->Registered Computers List->"Show textual description next to "status" and "inheritance" icons" checkbox.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 5.0.5.0 Beta (Sep 2, 2009)

  • NEW: VNC Deployment Wizard: UltraVNC 1.0.6.4 deployment support.
  • NEW: Installed Software Manager: Redesigned to support management of multiple computers using single window.
  • NEW: External Tools: Added ($LAST_USED_IP) substitution variable.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 5.0.4.3 Beta (Jul 7, 2009)

  • FIX: VNC Deployment Wizard: UltraVNC graphic driver fails to install on Vista based computers

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 5.0.4.2 Beta (Jul 3, 2009)

  • FIX: Remote Exec: Clicking on the Cancel button has no effect.
  • FIX: Dynamic Search Folders: “Ping” scan crashes if it encounters 0.0.0.0 IP address.
  • FIX: VNC viewer: Reduced number of artifacts when appears if "screen stretching" mode is used.
  • FIX: VNC viewer: In a multi-monitor configuration, "Enter Login Credentials" window was always displayed on the primary monitor.
  • FIX: VNC viewer: Mouse cursor may disappear when hovering over scrollbars.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 5.0.4.0 Beta (Jun 30, 2009)

  • NEW: Detect version (including the build number) of the installed VNC distribution. The scanner can detect if more than one VNC distribution is installed on a remote computer.
  • FIX: Incorporates numerous bugfixes and optimizations.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 5.0.3.0 Beta (Jun 9, 2009)

  • NEW: Ability to establish RDP connection to a Virtual Machine trough the Windows 2008 Hyper-V host computer
  • NEW: "Detect installed VNC distribution" feature now supports Mac OS X VNC server
  • FIX: Entered logon credentials with non-ASCII characters may be lost when you re-open VNC Manager
  • FIX: Scanning for online SSH servers may result in the application hang
  • FIX: Online status of VNC servers was falsely reported as "Invalid response"

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 5.0.2.0 Beta (Jun 4, 2009)

  • NEW: VNC Thumbnails View: Support for multiple thumbnail tabs
  • NEW: "Add to Thumbnails View" command activates the Thumbnails View tab" setting was added to the OptionsThumbnail Screen settings page.
  • NEW: VNC Deployment Wizard: UltraVNC deployment package has been updated to the v1.0.5.6.
  • NEW: Terminal Services Manager: Updated to support Windows 2008 Terminal Server settings.
  • NEW: Ability to configure the following RDP connection settings: Font smoothing, Desktop composition and 32bit color support.
  • NEW: Added setting to maintain "Logged on Users" column data. Tools->Options->Advanced->Registered Computers List
  • NEW: Added keyboard shortcuts for switching between Registered Computers (Ctrl+Shift+1), Thumbnails (Ctrl+Shift+2) and Output (Ctrl+Shift+3) tabs.
  • FIX: When upgrading from Windows Vista to the Windows 7 RC some customers have complained of VNC Manager license access errors.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 4.5.9.1 (Jun 4, 2009)

  • FIX: VNC status updater returns Invalid Status for online servers.
  • FIX: Entered logon credentials with non-ASCII characters may be lost when you re-open VNC Manager.
  • FIX: When upgrading from Windows Vista to the Windows 7 RC some customers have complained of VNC Manager license access errors.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 4.5.9.0 (May 26, 2009)

  • NEW: VNC Deployment Wizard: UltraVNC deployment package has been updated to the v1.0.5.6.
  • FIX: When upgrading from Windows Vista to the Windows 7 RC some customers have complained of VNC Manager license access errors.
  • FIX: Minor bug fixes

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 4.5.8.2 (Mar 31, 2009)

  • FIX: RDP Viewer: Fails establish connection to a TS server with Network Level Authentication enabled.
  • FIX: Dynamic Search Folders: Discovered SSH servers appears as a separate registered computer with " :0" name postfix

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 4.5.8.0 (Mar 10, 2009)

  • NEW: TightVNC 1.3.10 deployment support.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 4.5.7.0 (Feb 26, 2009)

  • FIX: Under certain circumstances the VNC Manager could crash if the Themes service is not running.
  • FIX: VNC viewer stops rendering screen updates after UltraVNC file transfer window is closed.
  • FIX: "Show Confirm reload file list" checkbox resets to its default value after the VNC Manager restart.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 4.5.6.0 (Feb 5, 2009)

  • NEW: Ability to edit listening VNC viewer connection settings. Support for incoming connections with DSM RC4 encryption.
  • FIX: Disconnect from Telnet button is visible in RDP, VNC, and SSH viewers.
  • FIX: Quick Connect dialog doesn't initialize the Address field with select computer address.
  • FIX: Closing Ping window while ping is in progress causes application crash.
  • FIX: Cannot open more than one VNC viewer window with DSM encryption enabled.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 4.0.14.0 (Nov 6, 2008)

  • FIX: VNC viewer fails to repaint itself properly when screen stretching mode is turned on.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 3.6.17.0 (Apr 4, 2007)

  • NEW: VNC Thumbnail Screenshots: Added "create subdirectory for each thumbnail item"
  • FIX: VNC Thumbnail View asks for password during restore.

New in SmartCode VNC Manager Standard Edition 3.6.16.0 (Mar 16, 2007)

  • It is now compatible with Windows Vista.
  • Inheritable registered computer properties. While the previous versions of the VNC Manager had this feature partially implemented, in the v3.6 we took it to the next level. In the v3.6 all registered computers can be inherited from a parent folder or from the global settings.
  • Integrated Windows Registry Editor that allows editing registry on a remote computer.
  • Secure logon credential templates.
  • VNC Thumbnail view performance optimizations.
  • It�s now possible to select high-quality and low-quality rendering modes for the thumbnail items. With the low-quality mode taking about 15-20% less CPU.
  • The update of thumbnails no longer starts updating at the same instant. So the CPU hit when several thumbnail items start fetching remote screen is gone.
  • Faster application start-up. The VNC Manager starts up to 70% faster than the previous versions.
  • UltraVNC Select Single Window support.
  • External Tools and Action scripts allow to specify optional user logon credentials (RunAs functionality).
  • User-defined properties that can be assigned to a registered computer. These properties can be used as a variables in the External Tools.
  • The new Quick Filter feature allows you to easily filter the registered computers list content.
  • Computer Status Scan enhancements.