EMCO Remote Installer - Release Announcements

Version 4.1.5 is available

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:55:00 GMT

Multi-host operations in the Free edition

We've changed licensing policies of the Free edition to allow managing multiple remote PCs. Now you can install, uninstall and repair up to 5 packages on up to 5 remote PCs at a time.

New and improved features

Features below were firstly introduced or significantly improved in this release:

Reworked Ribbon and context menus structure to improve user experience
Improved the remote service startup error diagnostics
Renamed tasks being executed to operations to avoid ambiguity between executed tasks and tasks saved for future execution

Resolved issues

This release contains a set of resolved issues, including most important ones, listed below:

An error while connecting to an Active Directory forest root in specific environments
An error while handling a successful result of sending a e-mail notification or test e-mail
An error while moving a mouse pointer over an auto filter row
Line feed characters are replaced by HTML line breaks tags in plain text emails
Potential dead-lock when trying to edit a task during the tasks execution
Potential critical errors when deleting snapshots during the software scan process

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Version 4.1.1 is available

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:38:00 GMT

Installation, uninstallation and repairing of EXE setups

You can remotely install, uninstall and repair installations available in the EXE format. To run such installations silently on remote PCs, you need to specify vendor-specific installation/uninstallation command-line parameters or an installation/uninstallation scenario file when configuring a remote operation.

Deployment of MSP patches

You can install, uninstall and repair MSI patches available in the MSP format. MSP deployment works just as MSI deployment, and you can use the same configuration options you use for MSI packages.

The new Quick Install option

The new option is designed to save the time required to configure a simple remote installation operation. Select target PCs where you need to deploy certain software in the Network Browser or All Machines views, and choose Quick Install on the Ribbon or from the context menu. To initiate installation, you only need to select the installation file to be deployed. The advanced installation options are not available in this case, but you can use other remote installation operations provided by the application if you need to run an installation in the advanced mode.

New Office 2013 UI skin

A new UI skin has been added that has a style similar to that of Microsoft Office 2013 and was inspired by the concepts of the flat UI introduced in Window 8.

New and improved features

Features below were firstly introduced or significantly improved in this release:

Simplified deployment packages configuration process
Newly introduced option of using an auto-generated comment for software scan snapshots,
Significantly optimized performance while creating smart packages
Improved diagnostics of deployment process errors

Resolved issues

This release contains a set of resolved issues, including most important ones, listed below:

Platform-specific transforms for Multi-Platform Windows Installer packages are applied incorrectly
Incorrect error diagnostics if Windows PowerShell or the Console Registry Tool for Windows is not installed on a remote Machine
A critical error occurs when switching from programs to updates in the Inventory view if it is not linked with the selection
A potential error while logging the results of a scheduled task

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Version 4.0.7 is available

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:18:00 GMT

New and improved features

Features below were firstly introduced or significantly improved in this release:

Introduced an option to perform Quick Software Scan
Added an option to group inventory info by the application type
Reorganized the main application actions to improve the application usability

Resolved issues

This release contains a set of resolved issues, including most important ones, listed below:

The error is reported when a new Scan Software task is created or scheduled

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Version 4.0.5 is available

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:18:00 GMT

Brand-new software audit engine

The new software audit engine allows you to retrieve the same information from remote PCs as available in their Windows Programs and Features views. The collected information is displayed by the application on the Software Inventory, Inventory Snapshots and Snapshots History tabs. On the Software Inventory tab, you can see aggregated audit info for the selected PC(s). By default, the audit info is grouped by software publisher and application name, so for every application you can see the PCs where the application is installed. You can select different groups of PCs or even the whole network to get an aggregated software inventory report for them.

Install/uninstall customization

You can customize remote MSI installation and uninstallation operations according to your needs. The application now offers the following customization options:

Deploying an MSI package with applied MST transformations
Passing custom properties to Windows installer upon installation/uninstallation
Importing registry files and running executable files, script files, Power Shell scripts and Shell commands before/after an MSI installation
Customizing the Windows Installer Log results

Install, uninstall and software scan tasks

If you need to repeat the same remote operation multiple times, you can create and configure a task once, then execute it any time when required. Tasks include all required settings, such as a set of target PCs and remote operation parameters (MSI files and customization options for remote installation, for example), so they can be executed immediately with no configuration steps required. This feature is available in the Professional edition of the application.

Remote operations scheduling

You can create remote installation, uninstallation and software scanning tasks and schedule them for automatic execution by the application. You can schedule tasks either for one-time execution at a specified date/time or for recurrent execution, for example, every day at a specified time. You can, for instance, schedule recurrent execution of software scanning tasks to always have up-to-date software inventory info. This feature is available in the Professional edition of the application.

Dynamic targets for remote operations

Now it's possible to use both static and dynamic targets for remote operations. Static targets mean a list of PCs where the operation should be executed. The newly introduced dynamic targets mean dynamic sets of PCs that satisfy specified conditions. For example, you can execute a remote operation on all PCs that belong to a particular Organizational Unit in AD. You can specify a condition (it's called Machine Query) to target all the PCs that satisfy this condition. You can use Machine Queries to define targets for remote operations and tasks in the Professional edition of the application.

MSI uninstallation from multiple PCs

Using the Professional edition of the application, you can uninstall one or multiple MSI packages from one or multiple remote PCs in scope of a single operation. For example, you can uninstall a particular application installed as an MSI package from all the PCs across a local network.

Advanced MSI installation options

There are also some new installation options that can be helpful in different cases of software deployment in enterprise networks:

You can distribute the installation to be deployed from the PC where the application is running or from a network share. Distribution from shares can help you to save the network bandwidth and optimize the deployment time.
In the Professional edition of the application, you can use the advanced options to install different MSI files on remote PCs depending on the Windows platform (x86 or x64) they run.

New and improved features

Features below were firstly introduced or significantly improved in this release:

An improved network enumeration engine that can collect network information from Active Directory
Improved logging to generate detailed error messages in case of problems and provide troubleshooting information

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Version 3.10.6 is available

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:19:00 GMT

New and improved features

Features below were firstly introduced or significantly improved in this release:

Added support of Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 operating systems

Resolved issues

This release contains a set of resolved issues, including most important ones, listed below:

Wrong website and e-mail links in the application user interface
The application is displayed incorrectly on wide screen monitors
Some of the application dialogs are displayed incorrectly

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Version 3.10.5 is available

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:47:00 GMT

New and improved features

Features below were firstly introduced or significantly improved in this release:

Introduced Windows 7 and Windows 2008 support

Resolved issues

This release contains a set of resolved issues, including most important ones, listed below:

Buttons alignment on the toolbar

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Version 3.10.4 is available

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:35:00 GMT

Improved software inventory report

Software inventory report was reworked to improve labels, layout and data representation.

Resolved issues

This release contains a set of resolved issues, including most important ones, listed below:

Loose saved scans for Entire Network after closing of application
Hang up after clicking on See log file link in case of error
Potential Access Violation on PCs or domains deletion from the Machine Tree

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Version 3.10.3 is available

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:12:00 GMT

Improved network scan performance

The overall time required to make a network scan and retrieve information about installed applications was reduced on 10-15%. Also application installation and uninstallation mechanism was optimized.

Path to the Log file

If you would like to change the path to the Log file, now you can use Save As dialog that points the current log file location.

Resolved issues

This release contains a set of resolved issues, including most important ones, listed below:

Representation mode switching in Preferences has no influence on the list of displayed PCs
Incorrect work of the Registry conditions

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Version 3.10.2 is available

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:20:00 GMT

Large Fonts (120 DPI) Support

All application dialogs and forms were updated to have a good look when Small and Large Windows Fonts are used on desktop.

Separate Credentials for Groups/Domains

Now it's possible to set credentials separately for every domain/workgroup. During a network scan credentials are prompted once for a domain/workgroup and applied for access to all PCs in the group.

Resolved issues

This release contains a set of resolved issues, including most important ones, listed below:

Potential access violation during a network scan
PCs can't be removed from the Machines Tree
Failure during a search for installed applications

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Version 3.10 is available

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:56:00 GMT

UI improvements

Few visual improvements were applied, including forms polishing and using of new icons set.

Add multiple computers to the Favorites tree

Set of options for adding computers to the Favorites tree was extended. Now Add computers dialog includes new option Group of Computers that allows adding multiple computers in one step if they have regular names.

For example, if computers named like ws001, ws002, etc., their names consist of the same base name and sequential numbers, and you can add all these computers to Favorites in one step by selecting Group of Computers option. When this option is selected, you have to enter base name and range of numbers. In this case computer names will be generated automatically and placed to Favorites tree.

Resolved issues

This release contains a set of resolved issues, including most important ones, listed below:

Potential access violation during enumeration of installed applications.
Invalid Row Access error happens sometimes when selection on the Installed Application grid is changed.

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