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This
page shows the revision history of DriveSitter. It reads from bottom
to top.
Note that the revision history of the latest changes of DriveSitter
is also included in every installation package. You can find it in
the installation directory named "revisions.txt" or by clicking
on "Revisions" in the "Help" menu of DriveSitter.
| v1.6.1.0
(02/17/2009) |
-fix:
entering low or critical temperature in temperature test options
does not select whole edit box content while entering
-fix: removal of abandoned drive through options manager drive
options lead to a crash
-fix: clean-up of stock data sometimes did not work (ensured proper
re-initialization)
-fix: background color of text area of tip control was not always
properly set
-fix: attribute list in test options does not incorrectly preserves
settings anymore
-fix: reworked device removal detection to not rely on certain
messages being properly sent
-chg: added line numbers to debug log
-chg: escape do not close the alert notification message box anymore
-fix: showing main window from alert notification dialog does not
lose input focus anymore if modal windows are open
-fix: UxTheme::IsThemeActive() function call occasionally hung
on some test systems; used workaround
-fix: failure to open drive session (e.g. service communication
failure) when polling SMART or temperature was not reported
-fix: tip control draws headline separator line with minimum thickness
visible on high DPI displays
-fix: waiting for threads does not flash the dialog every 5 seconds
to avoid distraction and ensure accessibility
-fix: waiting for threads now immediately ends after the last thread
ended even if the dialog has already been displayed and discarded
-fix: help topic related to the Tip of the Day was sometimes wrong
-fix: occasional crashes in temperature tray icon creation after
DriveSitter missed detection of removed USB drive
-chg: completely reworked drive and volume arrival and removal
detection
-fix: drive arrival conceptually separated from volume arrival
-chg: show volumes of drive in title of time series graph (also
in FirstGlance temperature tips)
-chg: reworked tray icon handling
-chg: option changes to the tray icon in "Visibility" options
are applied life
-fix: buffer overflow when querying S.M.A.R.T. Self-Test Logs
-chg: reworked Windows version detection
-fix: manual removal of downtime from temperature stock reported
removed downtimes on empty temperature stocks
|
| v1.6.0.9
(12/10/2008) |
-chg:
reworked informational text on T.E.C. options dialog
-chg: drive fitness and performance will not be calculated and
displayed if not at least 2 relevant attributes are found
-chg: at least 2 attributes must be considered for Fitness or
Performance calculation
-chg: optional ignoring mask of found devices by registry (IgnoreDeviceMask)
-fix: draw default toolbar background drawing if theme drawing
fails
-fix: update temperature icons even if temperature did not change
to prevent Windows from considering the icons inactive and hiding
them
-fix: bulletproof option loading by explicitly avoiding 0-size
chunk processing
-add: suppress update if full-screen application is detected
-chg: reworked sending of network messages
-fix: set default values for properties that are not loaded from
the options
-fix: replaced hack for storing tray temperature font options
with a proper solution
-add: improved robustness of options save function by use of
temporary files
-fix: manually close the archive and flush the file when storing
options to avoid corruption
-fix: use message position for tracking tooltip of graph window
-chg: report dialog accepts files up to 1MB size
-fix: report dialog properly reports errors and invalid paths
-chg: SMTP errors are now much more speaking. WSA error definitions
are no longer used
-add: new SMART attribute descriptions
-fix: device details displays minimum correct "enhanced
security erase time"
-fix: bug in file decryption/crc calculation
|
| v1.6.0.7
(05/24/2008) |
-add:
unlock information can be loaded from special key files that
will be delivered to new licensees
-fix: background of tip of the day icon was not solid (best seen
on Windows Vista)
-fix: spelling of "occurred"
-chg: use 8bpp bitmap in options manager
-fix: use new close icon in options manager
-fix: corrected electronic contact links (to contact form)
-fix: checksum comparison of different ini files failed for certain
file sizes
-chg: changed the default OleMessagePending timeout interval
to 30 seconds which should be sufficient even on slow systems
-chg: added some error reporting to the installer |
| v1.6.0.5
(05/12/2008) |
-fix:
options manager did not preserve the last selected options
page
-fix: redraw and control enabling in temperature test options
-fix: temperature test options complained about invalid minimum
temperature even if test was disabled
-fix: reset of temperature test options disabled the test and
silently invalidated temperature attribute
-chg: default volume separator is a comma (before, the default
was empty)
-fix: installer ensures dll unloading after unregistration
-fix: installer shutdown of DriveSitter left proxy dll loaded
-fix:
statically link atl registrar code also to DriveSitter.exe |
| v1.6.0.2
(04/28/2008) |
-fix:
color tooltips sometimes disappeared and immediately reappeared
again
-fix: columns in attribute data dialog were not properly fitted
when switching from and to temperature attribute
-fix: typo on installer "news" page
-fix: invalid elapsed time displayed shortly after start of self
test on some systems
-fix: internal library: undefined return type of RAII object
deleters
-add: optional Ole message filter configuration by registry
-fix: service executable version information
|
| v1.6.0.0
(03/30/2008) |
-add:
Windows Vista readiness
-add: DriveSitter operates under the system account
-add: Self-Test can be queried and Self-Test Logs can be seen
from normal user account
-add: Device volumes and partition information can be seen from
normal user account
-chg: changed application icon
-fix: estimated Self-Test time was displayed even if drive does
not support any self-test
-chg: removed "View Temperature Bar" option from "Drive" main
menu
-add: added "View Self-Test Log..." and "Execute
Self-Test..." in drive list context menu
-add: added "View Debug Log" in "Reports" main
menu (if started with /log switch)
-chg: changed debug log information for SMART values and thresholds
-fix: debug log information for suppressed and unsuppressed drive
identification failures
-add: added debug log information for QueryStatus and EnableSmart
-add: added debug log crc information for identification, attributes
and thresholds
-add: added note to identification failure message box that the
error can be suppressed in the options
-chg: reworked tray animations
-chg: icon: keys
-chg: icon: buy
-add: allow y-resize of options manager
-add: allow more colors for temperature tray icon elements
-chg: reworked temperature tray icon options
-fix: font of temperature tray icons if clear-type is enabled
-fix: transparency of temperature tray icon elements if color
near mask color is chosen
-chg: cross temperature tray icon if auto-polling of SMART attributes
is disabled
-add: temperature tray icons show temperature graph in tooltip
-add: DriveSitter tray icon shows drive summary in tooltip
-fix: shareware reminder shows singular "day" instead
of plural "days" for 1 day left
-fix: tray popup menus use the message position instead of the
current cursor position now
-add: button to remove absent drives from options and stock
-add: Counter Increase test
-fix: reshow tray icons when explorer taskbar is created
-chg: display disabling parent in options manager as link with
alert icon
-chg: underline links
-add: ability to clear selected sound file in play sound action
options
-chg: switched some items to 256 colors
-fix: added alternate function to open web pages in case first
attempt failed
-chg: small performance improvements in list header control drawing
-add: highlight critical interpreted raw values in attributes
pane
-chg: stock deletion confirmation does not request holding down
CTRL+ALT while clicking anymore
-chg: changed attribute flag abbreviation for Error Rate from
'r' to 'e'.
-add: color tooltips for list controls and header controls
-fix: redraw of purchase icon in unlock dialog
-chg: removed Win9x code
-chg: use registry for autostart instead of startup shortcut
-chg: do not show running DriveSitter instance if 2nd instance
is started with /autostart switch
-chg: limit report window and floating window minimum size to
avoid button control overlapping
-chg: changed method to reduce dialog control flickering
-chg: removed styleXP workaround of v1.3.1.4 and related options
-add: removed flickering of tree control and report edit controls
-chg: disabled various double bufferings for usage by remote
desktop connection to improve connection performance
-chg: reworked shutdown action: redesigned dialog
-fix: device list control column autosize in self-test and self-test
log window
-fix: system color change handling in many places
-fix: alert log report edit control now also has a h-scroll (do
not wrap text anymore)
-chg: reordered volume details sections
-chg: reworked about dialog
-chg: reworked status bar indicators for last/next poll time,
automatic polling and stock size
-add: add "insufficient data" text to the graph if
not enough data is collected to draw a traceline
-add: add colorwash capability to the graph background and graph
area
-chg: internal: graph window is initially not visible
-chg: change tab order in graph dialog to have the close button
being the first and default selected control
-chg: created an own pane for the shareware reminder window and
removed the floating one
-chg: internal: changed list control draw suspender to raii class
-chg: internal: device change messages are handled asynchronously
to work with the service
-fix: attribute list failed to handle attribute with IDs greater
253
-fix: autosize of list controls with Windows keyboard accelerator
CTRL NUM+
-chg: improved painting of progress bars in list controls
-chg: use of binary prefix for size calculations on base 2 (KiB
instead of KB)
-fix: sorting by any size (Capacity, Free, Size columns) was
incorrect if different units were in use
-add: automatic update/scroll of attribute graph (as time passes)
-fix: minimum line width in graph accounts to display resolution
-fix: mouse capture problem in graph when moving the mouse quickly
from a hotspot over another window
-chg: optimized repopulation of controls
-fix: usage of user messages
-fix: destruction of data and graph floating windows were intermixed
-chg: reimplemented window position persistance
-fix: created workaround in case the restored window is completely
off-screen
-fix: greatly improved high-contrast support
-fix: greatly improved keyboard accessibility
-fix: greatly improved screen-reader compatibility
-chg: reworked menus
-add: allow clean-up of temperature downtime, common stock and
temperature stock per device or for all devices
-add: refresh of drive list
-add: support for Western Digital USB drives
-add: device arrival and remove detection
-chg: devices are not kept open anymore when not in use to permit
removal of hotplug devices
-fix: disabling of some tests of absent devices after displayed
in options manager
-fix: temperature tray icon strike-through also if whole drive
is disabled
-chg: layout of temperature test options
-chg: layout of main menu and context menues
-fix: internet updated refreshes displayed last check time right
after check
|
| v1.5.0.4
(12/14/2008) |
-fix:
draw default toolbar background drawing if theme drawing fails
-fix: bulletproof option loading by explicitly avoiding 0-size
chunk processing
-fix: manually close the archive and flush the file when storing
options to avoid corruption
-fix: device details displays minimum correct "enhanced
security erase time"
-fix: checksum comparison of different ini files failed for certain
file sizes
-fix: options manager did not preserve the last selected options
page
-fix: redraw and control enabling in temperature test options
-fix: temperature test options complained about invalid minimum
temperature even if test was disabled
-fix: reset of temperature test options disabled the test and
silently invalidated temperature attribute
-fix: invalid elapsed time displayed shortly after start of self
test on some systems
-fix: font of temperature tray icons if clear-type is enabled
-fix: reshow tray icons when explorer taskbar is created
-fix: device list control column autosize in self-test and self-test
log window
-fix: attribute list failed to handle attribute with IDs greater
253
-fix: transparency of temperature tray icon elements if color
near mask color is chosen
-fix: temperature tray icon strike-through also if whole drive
is disabled
-fix: destruction of data and graph floating windows were intermixed
-fix: disabling of some tests of absent devices after displayed
in options manager
-fix: added alternate function to open web pages in case first
attempt failed
-fix: estimated Self-Test time was displayed even if drive does
not support any self-test
-fix: decryption and checksumming of binary file read
|
| v1.5.0.2
- 1.5.0.3 (02/29/2008) |
-fix:
font of temperature tray icons if clear-type is enabled
-fix: transparency of temperature tray icon elements if color
near mask color is chosen
-fix: attribute list failed to handle attribute with IDs greater
253
-chg: new internet updater to guarantee legacy compatibility
with upcoming new version
|
| v1.5.0.0
(03/23/2007) |
-add:
capability to execute SMART self-test (short, extended, conveyance)
-add: capability to display SMART self-test log
-add: drive fitness indicator
-add: drive performance indicator
-add: visual marker for certain listbox cells to indicate informative
tooltip
-add: mouse cursor change on column headers that support right-click
context menu
-add: temperature tray icon tooltip displays mapped volumes
-add: option to delay drive query on autostart with optional
delay tray animation
-add: option to suppress identify drive checksum error message
at startup
-add: option to integrate DriveSitter tray icon menu into temperature
tray icon menu (thank you, Raymond)
-add: configurable height of temperature progress bar in the
temperature tray icons (thank you, Raymond)
-add: customizable minimum temperature for temperature progress
bar calculation (thank you, Raymond)
-add: capability to configure button sounds and hand style cursor
-add: support for up to 32 devices
-add: new SMART attribute descriptions
-add: shareware reminder dialog
-add: non-profit license types
-chg: auto-select first drive in main window of DriveSitter and
wherever only one drive is present
-chg: do not display saved/buffered volumes of device if query
failed
-chg: dropped support for Win95OSR2 (sorry)
-chg: reworked menu entries and tooltips
-chg: use term "drive" instead of "device" or "HDD"
-chg: use term "Unlock" instead of "Register" wherever
appropriate
-chg: unified spelling, capitalization and punctuation of tooltips,
statusbar, toolbars, menu entries
-chg: reworked tooltips and status bar text for toolbar buttons
-chg: tooltips use up to 128 characters for v5+ of system dll "shlwapi.dll"
-chg: unified button size and spacing
-chg: enlarged default dialog size of attribute graph
-chg: display Cancel button in Yes/No message boxes only when
necessary
-chg: monitoring temperature night detection option is by default
enabled now
-chg: default storage location for alerts log is in application
data folder now (if available)
-chg: rearranged controls on "Monitoring" option page
-chg: reworked layout (mostly control positioning) of various
option pages
-chg: updater: reworked various internals to improve reliability
and security
-chg: updater: reworked spelling and capitalization
-chg: updater: improved single instance handling and bring-window-to-top
mechanism
-chg: updater: prepared for clean installation download
-chg: updater: reworked strings and labels
-chg: updater: reworked registry and system path access
-chg: updater: streamlined HTTP download engine
-chg: updater: added runtime security checks
-chg: updater: display old product version in log and new product
version in notification message box
-chg: updater: Windows version detection and logging
-chg: installer: handle security privileges correctly
-chg: internal: improved SMART attribute descriptions serialization
-chg: internal: storage of options.ini, stock.ini and last test
reports in application data folder (if available)
-chg: internal: reworked action threading
-chg: internal: improved thread pool termination (added auto-terminating
dialog box)
-chg: internal: reworked about scroller and resource handling
-chg: internal: updater, installer and DriveSitter application
manifest adaption for Windows Vista
-chg: internal: refined legality query after unlock dialog
-chg: internal: speed-up device scan and volume letter mapping
- DriveSitter starts much faster
-fix: ensured that drive sleep mode is obayed as good as possible
-fix: drive detection without admin privileges
-fix: prevent drives from being displayed twice
-fix: date representation overflow in TEC calculation (max date
is in year 2039 now)
-fix: disabled lists gray out percentage bars and icons
-fix: height of list control items were not measured on WindowsXP
systems
-fix: disable header control if list control is disabled
-fix: corrected some spelling mistakes (thank you, Raymond)
-fix: added tooltips to attribute data dialogs list control header
-fix: dialog controls focus handling issues including default
button handling
-fix: add dialog icon for attribute graph
-fix: long log file path was truncated when displayd in on options
page
-fix: spin buttons command enabling for options pages on "SMART
Attribute Limits" test, "Updates", "Monitoring
-fix: temperature threshold in "Drive Temperature" test
allowes up to 3 digits for reaumur, rankine, kelvin etc. now
-fix: polling SMART status on Win9x
-fix: updater: handle F1 key (do nothing)
-fix: updater: catch F1 key (do nothing)
-fix: updater: respects 'quiet', 'autoinstall' and 'major update'
settings only on auto-check
-fix: installer: ensure proper uninstall of registry keys
-fix: internal: some improvements and fixes in special path retrieval
-fix: internal: some improvements and fixes in shell link creation
(autostart enty)
-fix: internal: lowered security restrictions of trial period
in regard to daylight saving
-fix: internal: resource management in tip control destruction
-fix: internal: various standard library issues
|
| v1.4.0.1
- 1.4.0.3 (11/19/2005) |
-fix:
issue polling SMART status with admin privileges on some systems
-fix: display correctly scaled temperature in tooltip of attribute
time series graph
-fix: minor DriveSitter version in reports corrected.
-add: command line switch "nodeviceopenerrors" to suppress
error message boxes when opening devices.
-chg: updated serial blacklist
-chg: extended unlock key configuration dialog
|
| v1.4.0.0 (09/27/2005) |
-add:
support for up to 24 devices on Windows NT4/2k/XP
-add: Windows XP visual styles: styled size gripper on every
dialog
-add: Windows XP visual styles: list control header hot tracking
-add: Windows XP visual styles: use visual styles to draw buttons
-chg: Windows XP visual styles: styled main window toolbar background
-fix Windows XP visual styles: password edit boxes show asterisks
now
-fix: Windows XP visual styles: update list control header on
style change
-chg: DriveSitter style buttons creation centralized and applied
almost everywhere
-chg: fixed color of options manager toolbar background.
-add: time series graph: show tooltip for data point under cursor
and hotlight data point
-chg: time series graph: more y-axis tickmarks in zoomed mode
-add: time series graph: colored traceline to visualize incrementing/decrementing
values
-add: copy button on alert message box
-fix: temperature polling notification text corrected
-add: help (?) button in title bar of various dialogs (status
report, password entry, ...)
-chg: program help screenshots updated to reflect Windows XP
style
-chg: moved tray icon options to separate options page
-add: configurable behavior of close and minimize button
-chg: maximize button on attribute time series window
-chg: capitalization of floating satellite dialogs caption
-fix: attribute statistics floating window list control column
autosize/fit on dialog display
-add: attribute stock data viewer
-add: stock data viewer button on attribute time series graph
-chg: hotkeys for floating windows reassigned: F9 attribute stock
data, F10: volume info
-fix: minor mouse hovering issue with buttons, list control headers,
link controls and the tip of day control
-fix: do not occupy mounted volumes if minimized/invisible or
if auto-update of free space is disabled
-chg: updated manufacturer detection of Hitachi models
-chg: updated core implementation of SMART status return value
appraisal on bad SMART status
-fix: temperature tray icon did show ugly background color on
some color resolutions and systems
-chg: updated advanced device identification
-chg: removed "drive location" tooltips since the prediction
was not reliable
-fix: crash on advanced device identification when drive supports "time
limited read/write" feature
-chg: volume pane: tooltip of parent device number shows additional
information on parent device
-add: alert advisory in test reports, alert notification message
box and email |
| v1.3.5.1
- 1.3.5.5 (03/13/2005) |
-fix:
file encryption/CRC handles exceptional small files (<4
bytes)
-fix: incorporate last defrag time from norton speed disk for
WinNT/2000/XP
-fix: auto-assignment
of temperature attributes
-add: some debug log items
-fix: report on attribute limits overrides test displayed global
difference instead of overridden
|
| v1.3.5.0 (01/23/2005) |
-add:
optional automatic status report generation on every SMART
poll
-add: status report generation preserves settings now
-add: various device identification data of actual ATA/ATAPI
7 specifications
-add: display creation date/time of NTFS partitions in advanced
volume info
-fix: appearance bug of alert log "test" button in
options manager
-add: display partition information on WinNT4/2000/XP in advanced
volume info
-add: on main window, display volume letters of bootable partitions
bold and add tooltip
-add: "shutdown", "suspend" and "hibernate" action
-add: command line switch "/log" to generate a comprehensive
debug log "DriveSitter.log"
-add: command line switch "/nodde" to skip DDE communications
-add: tray icon animation when mapping volumes to devices
-fix: corrected typo in status report dialog
-add: support and information on subst'ed volumes (Win98+, WinNT4+)
-add: notification action "message box": use one central
message box instead of multiple message boxes
|
| v1.3.1.0
- 1.3.1.4 (09/27/2004) |
-add:
SMART attribute names and descriptions
-add: SMART attributes are now managed on a per-manufacturer
basis
-chg: registration dialog layout
-chg: improved build-in crash/error diagnostic
-chg: added legality confirmation request to license procedure
-fix: advanced volume info now displays cluster/sector information
of NTFS volumes
-chg: volume pane: file system is center aligned now
-add: recognizes manufacturers of some more hitachi drives
-fix: autosize of lists works if "drag full windows" Windows
display option is switched off
-fix: reduced flickering of main window when resizing floating
windows with list controls inside
-chg: changed implementation of autosize-algorithm of floating
dialogs and main window
-add: status report creation as HTML and plain-text
-chg: rearranged the main menu, added "report" menu
-fix: workaround for StyleXP "black rectangles instead of
checkboxes" bug
-add: licensing issues
|
| v1.3.0.1
- 1.3.0.5 (08/22/2004) |
-
chg: minor changes / fixes
- chg: tray icon menu item "show window" always enabled
(double-clicking always brings window to foreground) (thanks
to Karen)
- chg: lowered trial period security restrictions and grant a
new trial period
- fix: (internal) allow extended ascii characters in file names
- fix: screen update when temperature is polled through temperature
tray icon and DriveSitter is invisible.
- chg: tips dialog resized, close button has label "Close",
click question mark in caption displays help on tips dialog
- chg: improved repaint-performance on temperature query
- chg: add code for eSellerate est affiliate sales
- fix: bug in tips dialog if "new tips only" is selected |
| v1.3.0.0 (06/12/2004) |
-
fix: recognize manufacturer "ExcelStor"
- fix: tooltip of graph now labeled "temperature" only
for temperature attribute
- fix: adjusted stock poll frequency calculation to better reflect
the meaning of "frequency"
- fix: do not show poll frequencies if poll count is less than
2
- fix: show life polls count if life poll count is 0
- add: alert log file can be deleted from report dialog now
- add: extra stock and polling interval for device temperature
- add: tray icons display device temperatures
- chg: temperature attribute selection (temperature test options)
is now "protected" by a checkbox
- chg: temperature background percentage in device list asserts
minimum temperature of 15°C
- fix: use workaround to prevent flickering of tracking tooltip
in attribute time series graph with some cursor schemes
- add: downtime detection / deletion for temperature attribute
- chg: tip of the day now uses dropdown list for settings
- chg: tip of the day now displays hand cursor and plays click
sound when mouse is over links
- fix: links on dialogs now keeps working after dialog has been
moved
- fix: temperature icon colors corrected: most thermometers are
red at the bottom and blue at the top...
- chg: option report of Internet Update and Monitoring is now
smaller
- fix: does not crash anymore on some systems when trial period
expired while DriveSitter was running
- fix: temperature test ignored if threshold is not defined (modifying
options while auto-polling is carried out)
- add: optionally append 'h' to hexadecimal S.M.A.R.T. attribute
IDs
- fix: attribute IDs in test reports are also displayed in hexadecimal
if requested
- chg: optimized drawing of attribute time series graph (faster
with less memory usage)
- chg: limit minimum size of attribute time series graph dialog
- fix: recognize device of volume that is mounted while DriveSitter
is running (e.g. subst'ed)
- chg: optimized filesize of DriveSitter |
| v1.2.0.1 (04/17/2004) |
-
fix: enable capacity calculation support for HDD > 137.5GB
(thanks to users Daniel V. and Andreas S.)
- add: added number of accessible sectors with 48bit addressing
to advanced device identification
- add: optionally do not poll S.M.A.R.T. of devices that are
in power saving mode (sleep) (thanks to beta-tester Boris Dickow)
- fix: corrected some spelling mistakes
- fix: update "days ago" info for dates that (incorrectly)
lies in the future (thanks to beta-tester Michael Zettler)
- chg: check installation directory on program start (e.g. to
disallow network usage, thanks to user Martin L.) |
| v1.2.0.0 (03/05/2004) |
-
fix: keyboard accelerators now also work in floating dialogs
- add: advanced volume identification
- chg: double-click on volume opens the volume details
- fix: issue with autosized columns of attribute lists in options
(TEC, attribute limits override)
- fix: layout settings of attribute lists in options now match
layout in main window
- add: alert thresholds added for TEC test
- add: (internal) refined DDE commands
- add: setup and uninstall try to close DriveSitter if it is
already running
- fix: setup does not delete already applied license anymore
- fix: (internal) short info of test execution returned nothing
when queried for all info (instead of "alert only")
- add: alert log (alert log file, configuration options, email
attachment)
- add: volumes of devices are divided by a configurable separator
- chg: display specific title of a report in the "save as" dialog
- chg: removed some unused code
- chg: CheckDisk does not automatically close console on WinNT/2000/XP
- add: WinNT/2000/XP optionally uses local and/or remote event
logging for alerts
- chg: Notification actions user text take up to 4096 chars each
(scrolling enabled now, sorry)
- fix: crashed when closed down with floating windows opened
- fix: prevent 0-sized main window at autostart without options.ini
bug
- add: Internet-Updater
- fix: arrival of new volumes
- chg: new setup and uninstall engine provide better support
for updates
- chg: new sfx module provide better support for planned features
- add: optionally display S.M.A.R.T. attribute IDs in hexadecimal
or decimal
- chg: stronger check for ATA/ATAPI standard on display of S.M.A.R.T.
status query results
- fix: WinNT/2000/XP occasionally displayed HDDs twice on different
IDE ports (primary/secondary)
- add: x-resizeable options dialog
- add: options tree remembers expanded items and last selected
item
- add: shareware reminder floating dialog
- chg: layout of registration dialog; add eSellerate BUY NOW
button
- chg: reports and disclaimer text background color is now standard
window color (commonly white)
- add: toolbar is customizeable now
- add: support of WinXP themes
- chg: size-gripper added to every resizable window
- chg: attribute statistics window uses common list handling
(no total autosize)
- add: autofit on size for all floating satellite window's lists
(SHIFT overrides, CTRL executes autosize+autofit)
- add: autofit on size for main window (SHIFT overrides, CTRL
executes autosize+autofit)
- add: context help for floating satellite windows, registration
dialog
- chg: buttons on floating satellite windows display frame on
keyboard focus
- add: updated many helpfile topics
- fix: maximized window states are preserved now
- fix: tab-focused buttons on non-focus parent windows now clickable
- add: tip of the day
- chg: renamed "SMART query" to "SMART poll"
- add: help file index
- fix: errata: limits test difference may range from 0 to 252
(instead of 253) now
- chg: action run programs: move entry up/down buttons now feature
repeat function
- chg: action play sound: button for deleting actual soundfile
added (to use default build-in sound)
- add: attribute time series graph: y-axis is zoomable now
- fix: attribute time series graph: temperature display mode
will be remembered now |
| v1.1.1.0 (12/05/2003)
- IMPORTANT BUGFIXES! |
-
fix: saving of stock and options on logoff on Win2k
- fix: display raw vs. interpreted values setting was not preserved
- fix: attribute with thresholds=0 can not be enabled for TEC
testing if this is disabled in global TEC options
- chg: implementation for initialized and uninitialized TEC test
configuration
- fix: correction of invalid TEC test selections if test of attributes
with thrs=0 is disabled |
| v1.1.0.0 (12/01/2003) |
-
add: refined crc test on device identification. now reports
ok, non-standard ok, unsupported, failed
- add: temperature scale conversion for fahrenheit, kelvin, rankine,
reaumur
- add: display of life statistics
- add: 2 attribute visualizations based upon life statistics:
LifeStart, LifeMax
- add: some identification details: log.sec. >256 words, size
of log.sec.>256 words
- add: requery of device identification from device identification
floating dialog and menu
- add: WinNT4/2k/XP: all SMART features accessible for non-administrator
users. you do not need administrator privileges anymore to use
DriveSitter!
- fix: statusbar info on SMART query used false enumeration for
some hardware setups
- chg: WinNT4/2k/XP: autostart installs links for all users instead
of active user only
- chg: setup creates program-group, desktop icon etc. for all
users instead of active user only
- chg: if EULA was accepted in setup, it will not be asked by
DriveSitter anymore
- fix: display only interpretable raw values (if not in hex mode)
- add: optional display of raw SMART values in hex (default)
- fix: corrected raw SMART attribute value unit for attribute
197/198 (from "times" to "sectors")
- fix: corrected 64bit WWN and 128bit WWN presentation
- add: various text on T.E.C. date forecast in help file and
F.A.Q. |
| v1.0.0.0 (11/18/2003) |
-
first release version of DriveSitter |
|
