Lansweeper 4.1 RC 1(updated 27/01)

[Hemoco]

Beta testing is closed!

Please post problems and bugs in this forum.

Changes (27/01)
-Fixed https security warning in IE.
-Several small lsmanage.exe bugs fixed.
-Fixed toner reports.
-Fixed "scan now" button for devices with an empty scan server.
-Fixed several small installer issues.

Changes (19/01)
-Added chrome plugin installation to installer.
-Manual plugin install: http://www.lansweeper.com/kb/custom-actions-in-chrome.aspx
-Fixed a problem with wrong eventlog dates in some time zones.
-Fixed a timeout problem in the configuration tool.

Changes (13/01)
-Fixed a problem which caused the CPU to take 100% when doing IP range scanning
-Fixed IP scans that hung on FTP/HTTP scanning
-Fixed several installer bugs
-Installer can now run on workgroup computers with empty passwords.
-Fixed time-out issue on event viewer web page.
-Increased scanning aborted from 30 to 60 minutes.
-Fixed crashing of lsmanage.exe when browsing for OU's.
-Fixed several small bugs in lsmanage.exe.
-Fixed "Mailing Operator '=' is not defined" problem when upgrading.
-Fixed "Row cannot be located for updating" problem.
-Fixed: Computers not being reset to active.
-Added "configuration summary" to web interface, this can detect some common configuration issues.
-Fixed a problem with duplicate eventlog records when servers are in different time zones.
-Fixed: lsclient does not save logon history.
-Several small bugfixes in the web interface.
-Updated database documentation.


What's new (29/11)

Updated documentation

Service
-New and faster scan engine (less database hits)
-File scanning now scans files last changed dates
-Printer toner volume, printed pages, serial number scanning
-Optional Success and Information eventlog scanning & reporting
-IPnumeric: numeric ip address field which can be used for report sorting
-Support for %programfiles(x86)% in file scanning
-Active scanning for workgroups

Configuration tool
-New design
-Support for antivirus reports
-Batch rescan computers & devices
-New cleanup option: remove disabled users
-New cleanup option: remove or make non-active disabled computers
-Support for SMTP server authentication
-Support for grouping by ip range (IP locations)

Web interface
-Computer & Device hover box
-Lasttried field added to computer scanning.
-Rescan & Full scan computers & devices from the actions page
-Rescan and full rescan buttons for all computers in a report
-Full history timeline of changes
-Timeline of changes per computer
-SMBIOSAssetTag search
-added {mac} as a device action parameter
-Added support for yyyy-mm-dd date format
-Ip Location naming based on subnets

New reports
-List of all software applications installed on each computer
-All workstations with anti-virus software
-All servers with anti-virus
-All workstations without anti-virus software
-All servers without anti-virus software
-Software changes in the last 24 hours
-Software changes in the last 7 days
-Servers by type (enterprise,R2,...)
-Computers by install date
-Computer: New computers found in the last 7 days
-Computer: New computers found in the last 24 hours
-Device: New devices found in the last 7 days
-Device: New devices found in the last 24 hours
-Computer: IP Address list
-Device: IP Address list
-Device: Printer status
-Device: Printer out of toner
-Device: Printer Toner level
-Device: Printer almost out of toner
-Computer: Memory changes
-IP Location: IP Address list
-Services: Non standard accounts
-Users: All user pictures

[Hemoco]

BullGates wrote:
Just a few thoughts during my upgrade:
1 - the password stored in the file "Lansweeperservice.exe.config" is reset so the service won't start properly until I re-set it manually
2 - I have a Webserver where I have the service, I'm prompted for the IP scan, since I only install the web part, this does not make sense. I was not prompted for this on the Service installation part.
3 - I just want to upgrade the files structure and do not mess with IIS pools or IIs, so this is not ideal for me. Can you add an option "copy web structure to directory" or something similar?

1&3) what steps did you take to do this? Did the installer detect the upgrade?

[Anonymous]

Lansweeper wrote:

BullGates wrote:
Just a few thoughts during my upgrade:
1 - the password stored in the file "Lansweeperservice.exe.config" is reset so the service won't start properly until I re-set it manually
2 - I have a Webserver where I have the service, I'm prompted for the IP scan, since I only install the web part, this does not make sense. I was not prompted for this on the Service installation part.
3 - I just want to upgrade the files structure and do not mess with IIS pools or IIs, so this is not ideal for me. Can you add an option "copy web structure to directory" or something similar?

1&3) what steps did you take to do this? Did the installer detect the upgrade?

I've just run setup.exe on both servers where I have the LS service and the IIS service; I've chosen the respective components accordingly. During the setup it did found the service, stopped it, and tried to start it. It also found the database and converted properly.
This installation is quite old from version 2.x I think, maybe that was the case.

[Boo]

Will purchase Lansweeper ASAP. Any planned releasedate for V4.1 ?

Sincerely

[Hemoco]

Boo wrote:
Will purchase Lansweeper ASAP. Any planned releasedate for V4.1 ?

Sincerely

Most likely somewhere in January (if there are no bugs found)