
What's New in DeviceLock 5.72 (versus 5.71)

- Beta 1: Now you can define a discrete list of accounts that are able to
  administer (install, uninstall, modify permissions and other settings, etc.)
  DeviceLock. Even users with local administrator privileges can't disable
  DeviceLock Service or remove it from their computers, if they are not in this
  list of DeviceLock administrators.


- Beta 1: The USB White List now supports devices with unique serial numbers,
  so you can now allow access to a unique device and lock out all others, as
  long as the device vendor assigns serial numbers to its products individually.

- Beta 1: You can now define a custom message to be displayed to users when a
  denied attempt is made to plug in a USB or FireWire device.

- Beta 1: Using the context menu, you can add devices to the USB White List
  from the plug-in window "Report PnP Devices".


What's New in DeviceLock 5.71 (versus 5.7)

 - Build 85: In DeviceLock Enterprise Manager you can now select computers
   from Active Directory organizational units (OUs).

 - Build 85: Now permissions are working correctly for global groups.

 - Build 85: Fixed bug in the DeviceLock driver. This bug caused BSOD with
   some USB devices.

 - Build 85: Eliminated the memory leak in DeviceLock Service on
   Windows 2000 Professional computers.

 - Build 85: The minor bug in the "Report Permissions" function is fixed.

 - A new checkbox "Enable Individual Settings" is available in the
   "Set Permissions/Auditing" plug-in of DeviceLock Enterprise Manager for
   when you want to set different permissions and/or audit rules for different
   types of devices. 
  
 - Improvements in access control features for CD burners and non-storage USB
   devices. 

 - There is now the option to "Enable access control for virtual CD-ROMs" for
   situations when you want to lock CD-ROM drives, but allow user access to
   software-emulated CDs.

 - The new audit plug-in, "Report PnP Devices" creates a report showing all
   USB, FireWire and PCMCIA devices that are or were connected to computers
   in the network.  

 - The selection of audit types has been extended to include "Full Audit",
   "Audit Read" and "Audit Write" to provide greater flexibility and resource
   conservation.

 - Two new installation parameters have been added for unattended ("silent")
   setup: you can now define audit rules for devices and accounts with
   read-only access to devices in the devicelock.ini file; and you can disable
   the adding of administrators and SYSTEM accounts to a device's permissions
   list.

 - Support has been added for the recent Windows 2003 Server Service Pack 1

 - Other internal improvements.


What's New in DeviceLock 5.7 (versus 5.62)

 - Added the new function - Auditing. DeviceLock can audit user's activity for
   a particular device type. This capability allows you to audit activities
   that belong to a certain user or user group. DeviceLock employs the standard
   event logging subsystem and writes audit records to the Windows event log so
   they can be read using any event viewer software (such as EventViewer) as
   well as with DeviceLock's built-in Audit Log Viewer.

 - The new management tool is added. DeviceLock Enterprise Manager is a new
   generation of the "Batch Permissions" function available in DeviceLock
   Manager. Based on the multithreaded engine, it speeds up all activity -
   including installation/uninstallation of DeviceLock Service, setting
   permissions and reporting permissions - making it one of the most powerful
   management systems for large networks.

 - Now you can control DeviceLock via Group Policy in an Active Directory
   domain. DeviceLock Group Policy Manager allows you to manage DeviceLock
   settings and permissions via Group Policy as an alternative to installing
   DeviceLock Manager on the server.  You can deploy DeviceLock Service and its
   settings to the entire network using standard policy management tools
   because Group Policy is a built-in mechanism of Active Directory. DeviceLock
   Group Policy Manager ships as a separate tool so you need to obtain it from
   our website.

 - The read-only access type can be set directly for USB and FireWire ports.
   However, it affects storage devices only.

 - Now you can instruct DeviceLock to use a fixed TCP port for the RPC
   communication between DeviceLock Service and DeviceLock Manager, making it
   easier to configure a firewall. 


What's New in DeviceLock 5.62 (versus 5.61)

 - Added the MSI installation package for DeviceLock Service. Using Group Policy
   you can install DeviceLock Service on target computers in a AD domain.

 - Now external USB and FireWire hard drives are recognizing as removable
   devices instead of hard disks.

 - Added support for the USB 2.0 on Windows 2000 systems with Service Pack 4.

 - Fixed problems with the "USB\Unknown" device in the USB White List.

 - Fixed several problems with the network tree in DeviceLock Manager.


What's New in DeviceLock 5.61 (versus 5.6)

 - Improved support for USB Tokens.

 - Fixed several problems in the DeviceLock driver.


What's New in DeviceLock 5.6 (versus 5.53)

 - Added support for the USB "white list". The white list allows you to
   authorize only specific devices that will not be locked regardless of any
   other settings. 

 - Added the "Report Permissions" function that allows you to generate a report
   concerning the permissions that have been set. You can see which users are
   assigned for what device, which parameters in Security Settings are
   disabled, and what devices are on the USB White List on all the computers
   across your network.

 - Now DeviceLock is able to block CD/DVD burning programs (such as Roxio Easy
   Media Creator) which are using non-standard drivers.

 - Fixed problem with USB scanners.

 - Major internal and interface improvements.


What's New in DeviceLock 5.53 (versus 5.52)

 - Now DeviceLock is able to control CDs with the UDF file system.
 
 - Improved support of Windows XP Service Pack 2.

 - Now you can disable access control for serial modems and for USB storage
   devices.

 - Fixed several problems with the Bluetooth access control on Windows XP.


What's New in DeviceLock 5.52 (versus 5.51)

 - Now you can define the read-only access type for devices (floppy, removable,
   CD-ROM, hard disk) to allow the reading of files and directories.

 - Changes in the user manual and in the help-file.

 - Major internal improvements.


What's New in DeviceLock 5.51 (versus 5.5)

 - Now you can set permissions for WiFi (802.11) and Bluetooth adapters.

 - Added the Security Settings dialog, where you can define additional
   security parameters for USB and FireWire ports.

 - Now Setup protects DeviceLock Service by allowing only members of the
   Administrators group or the SYSTEM account to stop or delete the service.

 - Changes in the user manual and in the help-file.

 - An Italian version of the user manual is available for download.


What's New in DeviceLock 5.5 (versus 5.02)

 - DeviceLock now allows you to set permissions for USB, FireWire and infrared
   ports.

 - DeviceLock Manager does not try to enumerate all your network at once.
   Instead it enumerates only requested domains.

 - Solved conflicts with applications that extensively use COM and LPT ports.

 - During the Silent setup, you can specify the user or group that should be
   added to the permissions list for a device.

 - Better scalability for networks with thousands of computers.

 - Major internal improvements.

 - Changes in the interface.

 - Changes in the user manual and in the help-file.


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