New Features in Version 2.29

Change: On XP and newer the Maximum Swap File is the system wide value.
Added: Display resolution in pixels
Bug Fix: Missing processor information (thanks Perry M.).
Bug Fix: Incorrect processor counts (thanks Stuart).
Change: List physical rather than logical processors.
Bug Fix: Updated list of Windows Editions (thanks Trevor L.).
Bug Fix: Missing logon statistics in XML output (thanks Volker S.).
Bug Fix: Incorrect characters in hard drive serial number (thanks Stephen R.).
Bug Fix: Typo 'Communiation' in the database table Display_Names (thanks Eric O.).
Bug Fix: Failure when creating SQL Server 2000 database (thanks Fabien M.).
Bug Fix: Missing error log data when run from command line (thanks Trevor D.).
Bug Fix: SQL Server database now created in auto-commit mode (thanks Greg H.).
Bug Fix: Missing SMBIOS information (thanks Christophe M.).
Bug Fix: Duplicated number of bits in operating system name (thanks Christophe M.).

New Features in Version 2.28

Finnish translation of the user interface contributed by Rami Aalto.
Bug Fix: Missing printer information in XML output (thanks Joao G.).
Added: The Operating System's bit size.
Bug Fix: Incomplete image names for HTML pages(thanks Steven F.).
Bug Fix: Missing serial number on some systems (thanks Brian G. and Tom H.).
Bug Fix: Removed duplicate software titles (thanks David R.).
Added: Find non-Windows executables.
Added: The operating system's installation language.
Added: User logon statistics.
Added: Software metering.
Added: Open Database Connectivity drivers and source names.
Added: Tabular format for export of audit to a database.
Bug Fix: Hard drive information missing on some systems (thanks Ismael S.).
Added: Added account name and file path to the Services category.
Bug Fix: System Management BIOS missing on some systems (thanks Ismael S.).
Updated: French (Belgium) translation of the user interface by Pierre Bierwertz.
Change: Some network data items now require Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4.
Updated: Turkish translation of the user interface by Nejdet Acar.
Bug Fix: Mal-formed XML output of binary data (thanks Josh K.).
Added: Command line switch to specify the maximum event log entries to be reported.
Change: Horizontal page breaks for PDF, Preview and Printing.
Change: Report only unique messages from system error logs.

New Features in Version 2.27

Traditional Chinese translation of the user interface contributed by Minson (Unicode only).
Bug Fix: Incorrect version of Spybot reported under certain conditions.

New Features in Version 2.26

Danish translation of the user interface contributed by Rasmus Bertelsen.
Slovak translation of the user interface contributed by SlovakSoft (Peter).
Updated: Korean translation (sushizang).

New Features in Version 2.25

Japanese translation of the user interface contributed by Nardog (Unicode only).
Bug Fix: Missing hard drive details (thanks Stephen R.).

New Features in Version 2.24

Thai translation of the user interface contributed by Pongsathorn Sraouthai.
Added: Security permissions on shared folders and printers (NT4+)
Added: Identification of multiple displays.
Change: Restructured the category Installed Software.
Change: Removed the Last Access Time of a file in the category Find Files.
Checked: Windows® Server 2008 Beta.

New Features in Version 2.23

Korean translation of the user interface contributed by sushizang (Unicode only).
Added: When a file was last accessed in the category Find Files.
Bug Fix: Incorrect command line timeout of 1 minute (thanks James B.).

New Features in Version 2.22

Updated: Russian translation of the user interface contributed by Valeri Kruvyalis.
Bug Fix: Programme crash in Installed Software step on Vista™ (thanks to many).
Bug Fix: Startup failure with the message 'Failed to set a property' (thanks Clever M.).
Bug Fix: Document font style error (italic/bold).
Updated: Detection of product identifers in Software Licenses section.
Change: Name changes consistent with the Common Information Model specification.
Updated: Specification updates and minor changes to System Management BIOS.
Change: Timeout on listing of updates via the Windows® Update Agent.
Typo: Fixed error on PDF dialog (thanks Hug).

New Features in Version 2.21

Portuguese (Brazilian) translation of the user interface contributed by Roman Dario Cuattrin.
Updated: Portuguese translation of the user interface contributed by Dick Spade.
Hebrew: Fixes for right-to-left word ordering

New Features in Version 2.20

Hebrew translation of the user interface contributed by Eli Ben David.
Greek translation of the user interface contributed by George Kaub.
Added: Bi-Directional user inteface.
Bug Fix: Bad font name results in empty PDF pages, print preview failure and permanently hidden menu bar (thanks Timo A.).

New Features in Version 2.19

French (Belgium) translation of the user interface contributed by Pierre Bierwertz.
Re-instate: Hard disk details in non-administrator mode on Windows® NT4, 2000 & XP.
Added: Ansi version runs in the pre-installation environment.
Bug Fix: Display capabilities missing when Extended Display Identification Data is unavailable.
Change: Report domain membership in preference to authenticating domain (Windows® 95, 98 & Me).

New Features in Version 2.18

Polish translation of the user interface contributed by Marek Kordiak.
Rollback: Incorrect build procedure causing crashes and aborts (thanks Jac H./Earnie D.).
Bug Fix: Potentially invalid XML document if unable to obtain Update Agent data.
Added: Export data to Microsoft® Access 2007 and Firebird® 2.0 databases.
Added: Report the computer's dynamic site name.
Bug Fix: Missing network information on certain systems.

New Features in Version 2.17

Bug Fix: Incorrect hard drive information (thanks I. Stern!).
Database: Export at command line via a DSN-Less connection.
Added: Display adapter/graphics card information.
Added: Printer driver details.
Added: Environment variables.
Added: Selected Regional Settings.
Bug Fix: Command line ODBC error (introduced in v2.16).
Bug Fix: Missing data when there are many items (introduced in v2.16).

New Features in Version 2.16

Indonesian translation of the user interface contributed by Teguh Ramanal.
Vista™: Implement/fix software usage, system restore and WMI authorisation.
Added: Database export via machine independent data sources (File DSN).
Added: Support for Remote Desktop/Terminal Services environment.
Added: Support for the pre-installation environment (Unicode version).
Accessibility: Visually impaired colour scheme behaviour.
Added: Popular anti-spyware software to the Security category.
Added: Display indentification to the Display Characteristics category.

New Features in Version 2.15

Serbian(Latin) translation of the user interface contributed by Pera Konc.
Vista™ ready (provisional). This operating system is being developed.
Detect Internet Explorer® 7 and Windows® Mail.
Support for Task Scheduler 2.0 .
Windows Update Agent information added to Installed Software.
Save output in compiled html (chm) format.
Bug Fix: Incorrect line colour in normal contrast mode.

New Features in Version 2.14

Save output using Media Access Control (MAC) Address.
User interface improvements.
Change: Html ouput in commmand line mode is now saved as frames.
Update: Turkish translation.

New Features in Version 2.13

Turkish translation of the user interface contributed by Nejdet Acar.
French translation of the user interface contributed by Fabrice Cherrier and Pages Ludovic.
Bug Fix: Replaced Non-ASCII characters in URI attribute of FRAME tag in html document.

New Features in Version 2.12

Hungarian translation of the user interface contributed by Viktor Varga.
User interface visual and presentational style changes.
HTML copy, bitmap compression and PNG format for images.
Scaleable fonts for PDF document.
Set translation language on command line.

New Features in Version 2.11

Dutch translation of the user interface contributed by Ivan Laponder.
Additional system wide and user account password information.
Save report in XML format with associated xml-to-html style sheet.
Disk and memory usage image filenames use the computer's name as a prefix.

New Features in Version 2.10

Russian translation of the user interface contributed by Valeri Kruvyalis.
Improved handling of non-Latin characters.
Added a facility to save diagnostic disk and storage information.
Bug Fix: Incorrect and/or duplicate disk information on certain multi-disk systems.

New Features in Version 2.09

German translation of the user interface contributed by Michael Klein-Reesink.

New Features in Version 2.08.2

Bug Fix: Missing network shares on some operating systems.
Added site name to the System Overview section.
Added discovery of 'Media Edition' for Windows® XP.
Added computer description to the System Overview section.
System restore points displayed in descending sequence of creation.

New Features in Version 2.08

Portuguese translation of the user interface contributed by Dick Spade.

New Features in Version 2.07

Czech translation of the user interface contributed by Karel Michal.
Changes: A few data item names have been modified.
Bug Fix: Missing uptime statistics in CSV output.
Bug Fix: Missing user accounts on some operating systems.

New Features in Version 2.06.x

Minor updates and bug fixes:
- Security: added programmes permitted to execute data.
- Security: added dates of system restore points.
- PDF: added bookmarks to document.
- Database: improved concurrency.
- Bugs: fixes for PDF permissions and processor numbering.

New Features in Version 2.06

Italian translation of the user interface contributed by Roberto Tresin.

New Features in Version 2.05

Added a facility to log audit messages and activity.
Added a facility for user friendly message in command line mode.
Fixed wide/international character bugs.

New Features in Version 2.04

Added processor APIC physical identification, logical count and number of cores.
Added detection of Windows® 2003 Server R2.
Added a facility to save raw processor data (CPUID) to a text file.
Corrected a System Management BIOS bug.

New Features in Version 2.03

Export report to Microsoft® SQL Server 2005 database.

New Features in Version 2.02

Added command line timeout option.

New Features in Version 2.01

Spanish translation of the user interface contributed by Juan Miguel Martí.

New Features in Version 2.0

This version of WinAudit is a significant improvement upon earlier releases. The programme reports on virtually every important aspect of computer inventory, configuration and operation. WinAudit displays results in web-page format, categorised for ease of viewing and text searching. Whether your interest is in software compliance, technical support, security or just plain curiosity, WinAudit has it all. The programme now has advanced features such as service tag detection, hard-drive failure diagnosis, network port to process mapping, network connection speed, system availability statistics as well as Windows® update and firewall settings. WinAudit is able to export audits to enterprise level databases such as Oracle®, SQL Server® and Firebird®. The programme auto-detects transaction capabilities to optimise record insertion and can be used in bulk insertion mode where concurrency and network traffic issues are important. Server side time stamping and logon authentication ensures that you have an audit trail of every audit posted to the database.

	Software licenses, usage and Windows® Installer data.
	Operating system details.
	Security settings, audit logs, open ports and updates.
	Groups and user accounts.
	Windows® networking details.
	Hardware devices and their state.
	System Management BIOS information.
	Extensive processor information.
	Physical disk detection.
	Information on services.
	List of loaded modules.
	File searching.
	Save report in portable document format.
	Enhanced printing and document previewing.
	Database export to Oracle® and SQLite.

Behaviour Changes

The programme ignores mapped drives.

The programme ignores networked printers.

E-mails are formatted text without attachments.

Saving in XML format has been removed.

The database table is now named winaudi2.

Command line requires the switches for report sections.

Change History