New PC Guard Software Protection System update has been released. This update is highly recommended for all PC Guard users.

What's new:

[+] Updates policy panel added to activation panel.

It is now possible to edit specific updates policy from within activation panel for each activation code without changing default updates policy in project settings.

Updates panel includes buttons for reloading default project updates policy (Reload button) and saving currently edited updates policy to project settings as default policy (Save button).

"Limit updates for activated application" and "Change active updates policy on remote computers" options will always be checked and set to read-only on updates policy panel.

Updates policy panel is automatically opened when opening activation panel if activation file feature and updates policy are enabled in remote protection project settings.

If updates policy panel is closed it can be opened again with "Edit" button located next to "Embed updates policy" option.

If "Embed updates policy" option is checked and updates policy panel is closed at the time of generation of activation file, default updates policy settings from project settings will be used as updates policy for activation file.

[+] "Embed updates policy" option added to activation file settings.

This option defines default state of "Embed updates policy" option in activation panel. (Default: OFF)

[*] "Update default updates policy" in updates policy settings has been renamed to "Change active updates policy on remote computers".

[*] Activation panel changes: 

"Embed current updates policy into activation file" option has been renamed to "Embed updates policy".

"Load" button on user info panel has been renamed to "Reload".

[+] New updates panel for checking for latest PC Guard updates.

New panel includes information about latest version, latest version release date and what's new documentation for the latest build.

If there is a new version available "Download" button can be used for accessing our online activation center.

[!] Few other minor fixes and security improvements.

New build for Activation center (ACEN) has been released.

What's new:

[+] ACEN version info control added to options page.

This control is intended for checking for latest updates of ACEN. 

If there is a new update available this control will provide information about new release version number, release date and list of changes.

Users with valid tech support and updates subscription can obtain latest build 24/7 in our online activation center.

[+] Last login date/time information added to Client and User entities.

Information about last successful login time is now logged and can be reviewed for each ACEN user and client.

[+] Admin dashboard now includes information about currently active ACEN users and clients.

User/Client is considered as currently active if it has been logged in and visiting pages on site within last five minutes.

Detailed information about currently active users and clients can be obtained by clicking on appropriate icons with numbers of currently active users and clients.

[+] GridUsers control added.

[*] Client's password value max length changed from 10 to 20 characters.

[>] UPGRADING NOTES:

Please refer to whatsnew.txt document for information about upgrading procedure for this release.

General upgrading procedure can be reviewed in product documentation.

New PC Guard Software Protection System update has been released. This update is highly recommended for all PC Guard users.

What's new:

[+] Custom buttons settings section added to customization settings.

Activation dialog custom buttons settings moved to this section.

[+] Custom buttons added to license removal and license transfer dialogs.

There are now two custom buttons for license removal dialog and two custom buttons for license transfer dialog which can be used for any purpose like opening web page, opening a document or running external application.

[+] Multilingual support for license removal, license transfer and password protection dialogs.

These dialogs will now include additional control for selecting user interface language (same as with activation dialog) in case more then one language is defined in language settings.

Up to now, these dialogs were displayed only in default language as set in project settings.

From now on, these dialogs will be displayed in default language but end user will be able to change interface language.

[+] Removal code macro (%REMOVALCODE%) added to custom buttons action string macros.

[!] Few other minor fixes and security improvements.

[*] Sample custom dialogs VS DLL C++ project with default dialogs has been updated to reflect recent changes.

[>] Interface dll has been updated. Please be sure to update existing version with this one.

 

New PC Guard Software Protection System service build has been released. This update is highly recommended for all PC Guard users!

What's new:

With this release we are further extending Windows users section with new options and features.

[+] 'Allowed users by network type' option added to Windows users settings.

Use this option to allow access to Windows users based on network (domain/workgroup) they are using:

Following values are available for this option:

1. All users

Both domain and workgroup Windows users are allowed to access protected application.

This is default value.

2. Workgroup users only

Only workgroup users are allowed to access protected application.

'User_Workgr_Required' error message ("This application can be run by workgroup users only!") will be displayed in case currently logged Windows user is domain network user.

3. Domain users only

Only domain users are allowed to access protected application.

'User_Domain_Required' error message ("This application can be run by domain users only!") will be displayed in case currently logged Windows user is workgroup network user.

[+] 'Limit number of logged in users' option added.

Use this option to limit number of logged in Windows users on remote computer. Limit can be set to any number from 1 to 99.

Protection code will check number of currently logged Windows users on remote machine and display 'User_LoggedIn_Limit' error message ("This application can not be run because too many Windows users are currently logged in!") in case it is higher than maximum allowed.

[+] 'Limit access to single network" option added.

Select this option and set network name to allow access to users from single (domain/workgroup) network only.

Protection code will display 'User_Network_Error' error message ("This application can not be run on this network!") in case current network name is different from allowed network name.

[+] Windows users settings added to protection wizard.

[#] 'Windows users access control' option has been renamed to 'Allowed users by user type'.

[>] Interface dll has been updated. Please be sure to update existing version with this one.

 

Wednesday, August 22, 2018 - 17:04

What's cooking: forthcoming PC Guard update.

With next minor update of PC Guard Software Protection System we are further extending Windows users section with new options and features!

Here are some of them:

[+] 'Allowed users by network type' option

You will be able to use this feature to allow access to Windows users based on network (domain/workgroup) they are using. Following options will be available for this option: All users, Workgroup users only, Domain users only.

[+] 'Limit number of logged in users' option

You will be able to use this option to limit number of logged in Windows users on remote computer. Limit can be set to any value from 1 to 99 users.

[+] 'Limit access to single network" option

By selecting this option and setting up appropriate network name you will be able to allow access to users from single (domain/workgroup) network only.

pc guard software protection system

Final testing of next update is underway and we expect to release new version of PC Guard software copy protection system soon. We are looking forward to your comments and suggestions!