SoftPerfect Network Scanner 6.2.1 - Change Log

CHANGELOG

What's New in version 6.2.1:

Added passing PowerShell scripts as Base-64 to wrap DOS-unfriendly symbols.
Added new expressions 'Less than' and 'Greater than' to the filter conditions.
Added conditional column highlighting if a row value meets a specific criterion.
Added a list of disregarded account names in User and Group Membership queries.

What's New in version 6.2:

Added a simple Yes/No test for file or folder existence in Remote Files.
Added large toolbar and menu icons for systems with screen DPI of 192 or more.
Fixed an issue with saving columns order as in some cases they weren't remembered.

What's New in version 6.1.9:

Added create/modify/access time retrieval in Remote Files.
Added getting host names from a DNS server for offline nodes.
Fixed quoting variables if those are used within quotes already.
Fixed the tab key to go through filters in addition to IP editors.

What's New in version 6.1.7:

Added installation package as a form of distribution in addition to the portable build.
Added workaround for using Win10Pcap in duplicate IP finder due to an incompatibility.
Added /openpass command line switch to reveal stored passwords within the UI.
Added downloading sanitised OUI.TXT from LinuxNet.CA rather than the IEEE web-site.
Fixed initialisation of NIC and port databases if they were enabled just before rescan.

What's New in version 6.1.6:

Added a last-seen time column similar to what previously was scan-time.
Added showing adapter name next to responses received from DHCP servers.
Fixed taking filter into account when automatically saving to the MRU file.

What's New in version 6.1.5:

Added choosing what columns are retained when a device goes off-line.
Added extracting serial and model from EDID descriptors in monitor info.
Added a PowerShell option that allows not to load the current user's profile.
Added showing how long a device has been on-line/off-line under Last Scan Time.
Fixed a crash message if a device was deleted from the main view while scanning.

What's New in version 3.91:

Added combined option not to scan network and broadcast addresses.
Added a progress bar when checking if device is up on launching a command.
Added showing current config name in the title bar when using an external file.
Added optional comment field to each user name in the credential manager.
Added an option to show the bookmark name that displayed IP address falls into.
Fixed maintaining row order when copying to the clipboard and creating a batch file.
Fixed string sorting in columns, which also fixes reporting TCP port numbers in order.
Fixed Live Display handling of a CIDR adress range as wrong addresses were scanned.
Fixed issues in UI: remote items selection, use the 'device' term instead of 'computer'.
Changed logged-on user retrieval from Win32_LoggedOnUser to Win32_ComputerSystem.

What's New in version 6.1.3:

Fixed a PSCredential authentication error in Remote PowerShell.
Fixed WMI parser that failed on statements containing the WHERE clause.
Fixed Live Display and Rescanning when duplicate IP addresses were present.
Added getting a list of logged-on users via WMI if all other methods fail.
Added automatic encoding detection when parsing a HTML page in Remote XML.
Added a new Rescan option to rescan both listed and undiscovered computers.
Added a Scan Comparison tool to highlight differences between any two scans.

What's New in version 6.1.2:

Added the Remote SSH feature to execute commands in a shell.
Added JSON support on command line to enable export to JSON.

What's New in version 6.1.1:

Added support of host names as a target in the WOL manager.
Added measuring round trip time for ARP-discovered devices.
Added an option to show succeeded ping type, i.e. ICMP or ARP.
Fixed text export output with aligned space-padded columns.
Fixed occasional empty MAC addresses shown in the output.
Fixed a crash if the config was corrupted, instead recreate it.

What's New in version 6.1:

Added probing UDP ports 1434-MSSQL and 1812-RADIUS.
Fixed occasional empty MAC addresses shown in the output.
Fixed painting the progress bar to make the resize grip visible.
Fixed indicating progress when rescanning a specifc column on selected devices.
Fixed minimised launch and respecting the Minimise to the Notification Area setting.
Fixed asking to download the service mapping DB when the TCP port scan option was turned off.

What's New in version 6.0.9:

Added showing column visibility setup if no columns are visible.
Added using GET method instead of HEAD for grabbing HTTP banners.
Added a CIDR-to-range button to change address range representation.
Added highlighting new devices found in live scan and scan for new devices.
Added all/v4/v6 options for the /range switch to enable automatic detection.
Fixed an Invalid Pointer Operation error when using live display for a long time.

What's New in version 6.0.8

Added CIDR notation input for IPv4 and IPv6 in addition to ranges.
Added parsing of IPv4 and IPv6 CIDR notation in IP/Hostname import.
Added Remote PowerShell support to run scripts on remote computers.

What's New in version 6.0.7:

Added an option to allow ARP outside current subnet.
Added adapter name in the auto detection dialog.
Added official Windows 10 support.

What's New in version 6.0.6:

Added menu items for nested bookmarks to apply bookmarks as a group.
Added showing the contents of a regex capture group rather than a match itself.
Added basic HTTP authentication support for Remote XML to access protected devices.
Fixed stripping control characters that could leak into columns. Improved saving columns.

What's New in version 6.0.5:

Fixed crash on systems not supporting IPv6 where IPv6 related options were enabled.
Fixed crash when launched from a task scheduler with no visible desktop and taskbar.
Fixed an issue with MAC-based friendly names during rescanning and adding new names.

What's New in version 6.0.4:

Fixed sending ARP requests outside current subnet to resolve MAC addresses.
Fixed using old IP addresses in DHCP Discovery and the IP detection dialog.
Added support for multiple ranges on the /range command line switch.
Added checkmarks allowing to show/hide third-party applications.
Added a built-in credential manager and 'try-all-logins' feature.
Added password encryption in config files (except SNMP passwords).
Added a custom font option for the main view in the settings.

What's New in version 6.0.3:

Added an option to strip domain names out of group membership output.
Added sorting and rearranging bookmarks in the bookmark manager.
Fixed XML parser error with multiple nodes in UPnP discovery.
Fixed import errors with host names that contain dashes.

What's New in version 6.0.2:

Fixed painting odd/even rows and loading in-folder config files.
Fixed transposing default WOL address when converting old config.
Added service name lookup to display a service name rather than port number.
Added a progress indicator in downloading MAC address and service definitions.

What's New in version 6.0.1:

Added DHCPv6 server discovery and their AD status.
Fixed friendly names conversion from the previous version.
Fixed application variables conversion from the previous version.
Fixed an issue when scanning for LAN group and NetBios was used.

What's New in version 6.0:

Added complete IPv6 support: a range scan and neighbour discovery.
Added authentication when enumerating shares, not only when testing writability.
Added getting a list of installed applications read from the registry.
Heaps of tweaks and fixes throughout the application.

What's New in version 5.5.12:

Added automatic OUI.txt downloading and updating for NIC vendor lookup.
Added reading registry via WMI if the Remote Registry service is not available.
Added domain names displayed with user names in local group membership query.
Added detecting external IP address from LAN address detection dialog.
Fixed reading EDID monitor info via the Remote Registry service.
Fixed freeze when launched from a task scheduler via a batch file.

What's New in version 5.5.11:

Fixed passing redundant quotes when using column name in user-prompted parameters
Fixed quoting variables and already quoted strings passed to third party applications
Fixed showing wrong glyph on Scan button under high DPI
Fixed broken UDP based services detection (DNS, TFTP, NBNS, NTP)
Fixed showing any message boxes if launched without a visible desktop
Added import/export of variables used with third party applications

What's New in version 5.5.10:

Shutdown and powering off LAN computers made multi-threaded for faster operation
Fixed reading info from the remote registry (local values were reported instead)
Fixed replacing ':' with '=' in default values for a user-prompted parameters
Fixed transposing IP address octets when when importing old bookmarks
Fixed duplicate MAC address detection (not all addresses were shown)

What's new in version 5.5.9:

Added advanced filter on share level in addition to device level.
Fixed loading share folder security information from a previously saved XML file.
Fixed checking for double-assignment for empty shortcuts in the settings.
Added comments for IP address ranges in the IP pane and the bookmarks.
Added the /merge command line switch to join output with a text file.
Added a scan for checking if a key exists in the Remote Registry.
Added copying a script to the clipboard in the batch file creator.
Added duplicate IP address discovery in the current subnet.
Added natural sorting order for strings that contain numbers.

What's new in version 5.5.8:

Added multiselection for copying and deleting third-party applications
Added reading EDID data via WMI and fixed reading it from the registry
Added reordering IP address ranges with mouse drag and drop
Added Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2 into detected systems
Added performance counters query for various live system data

What's new in version 5.5.7:

Added multiselection for copying and deleting third-party applications.
Added reading EDID data via WMI and fixed reading it from the registry.
Added reordering IP address ranges with mouse drag and drop.
Added Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2 into detected systems.
Added performance counters query for various live system data.

What's New in version 5.5.6:

Fixed a memory leak in WMI scan when obtaining unit qualifiers.

Fixed filter value disappearance when changing filtered columns.

Added reading and displaying binary data from the registry.

Added importing and exporting thid-party applications list.

Added 'OR' filters in addition to 'AND' for multicolumn filters.

What's New in version 5.5.5:

Added trimming whitespace around hyphens when importing IP address ranges.
Added a Test button in the WQL builder to facilitate quick testing of WMI queries.
Added a system beep when no audio file name is provided in the live log notifications.
Added filter by shared resource type (read only, writable, printer, administrative share).
Added regular expression filters in columns to enable partial data extraction and manipulation.
Added computing effective rights rather than share-level rights when scanning for shares security.

What's New in version 5.5.4:

Fixed incorrect row highlighting for unique/non-unique filters.
Added remembering custom LDAP URL for importing computers from AD.
Excluded x.x.x.0 address from being treated as a broadcast address.
Excluded disabled IP ranges when scanning previously undiscovered computers.
Rescanning existing entries and previously undiscovered items made cancellable.
Fixed painting custom column text colour in selected lines for better readability.
Made launching third-party apps relative to netscan's location, not the current directory.
Added displaying byte/kilobyte/megabyte values received from WMI in a readable form.
Added folding repetitions for multiple values in a column (this can be turned off if it's needed)
Added updating router MAC address cache before rescanning existing or discovering new devices.
Added import/export of friendly names and mixed friendly name mappings (IP or MAC or host name).
Fixed retaining filter to use the latest filtering condition and saving value for non-value filters.

What's New in version 5.5.3:

Added retrieving HKEY_CURRENT_USER from a remote registry.
Added double reverse lookup to check reverse/forward name resolution.
Added SID (Windows Security Identifier) lookup for logged on users.
Added a small removable ad featuring another our product Switch Port Mapper.
Filters can now refer to another column and can be preserved between sessions.

What's new in version 5.5.2:

Added remapping keyboard shortcuts for any action.
Added FTP banner grabbing in addition to HTTP.
Added importing computers from Active Directory.
Added partial rescan for a specific computer in the popup menu.
Added trivial auto completion when entering an address like x.x.x.1 and the second address is empty.
Added missing Remote File menu item.

What's New in version 5.5.1:

Replaced custom drawn toolbar controls with Windows native look-and-feel.
Added recognising Windows NT 6.2 as Windows 8/Windows Server 2012.
Added retaining even/odd row colour and filter highlight when exporting to HTML.
Added creating filters for more than one column and multicolumn highlighting.
Improved the options and bookmarks dialogs as they were made resizeable.