DAEMON Tools V3.02 - New generation of CD-Protection emulation. (C)2000-2002 VeNoM386 & SwENSkE Check our homepage at http://www.daemon-tools.com for all informations and new versions! Development/Programming - Andrew Naiden (VeNoM386) Support/Distribution/Webpage - Swen Wittich (SwENSkE) eMail: support@daemon-tools.com DAEMON Tools History: --------------------- V3.02 (January,19,2002) - Fixed driver failure on 2000/XP systems with renamed 'ntoskrnl.exe' - Fixed installation problem on some WindowsNT systems with non-default root directory name - Fixed unit locking issue on WindowsNT - Fixed 'Product not installed' problem when calling 'daemon.exe' from NT/2000/XP command prompt - Analog audio play stops after any command that reads sectors from virtual CDROM V3.01 (January,03,2002) - Internal beta V3.00 (December,18,2001) - Full DVD support added (large 2048 ISO files are automatically mounted as DVD) - Mounting of Nero (*.nrg) images is allowed if Nero IMAGEDRIVE is installed on system (thanks Ahead for permission) - Added support for MDS format (used by FantomCD) to mount CD/DVD images - Analog audio support for virtual drives added - Added support for ISO images created by Easy CD Creator 5 - Name of DAEMON Tools virtual devices is now set to 'V386 STEALTH DVD' by default and can be changed by user to prevent 'blacklisting' - Additional optimization of file I/O in Windows 9x systems. 'Disconnect' option in 'V386 STEALTH DVDROM' properties (in Windows Device Manager) can be turned off to activate alternative I/O method - Not supported image formats are automatically mounted as ISO files - Fixed compatibility problems with some games in Windows 2000 (e.g. 'Age Of Sails 2') - Removed 'not signed driver' warning message during DAEMON Tools installation in Windows XP - Fixed blacklisting of DAEMON Tools in latest Securom ('Diablo 2 v1.09c') - The commandline switches '-unmount' and '-mount' can now be used on the same image in one line - Minor fixes V2.99 (December,13,2001) - Internal beta V2.98 (November,30,2001) - Internal beta V2.97 (November,20,2001) - Internal beta V2.96 (November,04,2001) - Internal beta V2.95 (November,02,2001) - Internal beta V2.94 (October,23,2001) - Internal beta V2.93 (October,21,2001) - Internal beta V2.92 (October,13,2001) - Internal beta V2.91 (October,08,2001) - Internal beta V2.90 (October,03,2001) - Internal beta V2.89 (September,29,2001) - Internal beta V2.88 (September,07,2001) - Added support for Disc Juggler (.CDI) images - Enhancements to prevent 'lockups' on some systems after starting 'Explorer', mounting images or going into standby/hibernation mode - Fixed 'daemon.dll not found' error in MS Terminal Server session V2.87 (September,05,2001) - Internal beta V2.86 (September,03,2001) - Internal beta V2.85 (August,29,2001) - Internal beta V2.84 (August,26,2001) - Internal beta V2.83 (August,17,2001) - Internal beta V2.82 (August,15,2001) - Internal beta V2.80 (August,05,2001) - Fixed bug that could cause system crash after update from older version with Automount 'ON' V2.79 (August,03,2001) - Added drive letter to Phantom information - Fixed Windows XP problem with user switching - Fixed daemon.dll bug with CloneCD images containing more than 9 tracks - Fixed Safedisc 2.40.010 blacklist V2.78 (August,01,2001) - Internal beta V2.77 (July,29,2001) - Internal beta V2.76 (July,25,2001) - Internal beta V2.75 (July,23,2001) - Internal beta V2.74 (June,08,2001) - Compatibility fix for 'non-standard' ISO images - Fixed crash with some EasyCD images - Fixed problem where some Video CDs were mounted as Audio CD - Direct support for ISO files created by EasyCD Creator (with empty SYNC, HEADER and ECC fields) V2.73 (May,29,2001) - Internal beta V2.72 (May,28,2001) - Internal beta V2.71 (May,27,2001) - Internal beta V2.70 (May,13,2001) - Safedisc 2 emulation enhanced - Laserlock emulation enhanced - Video CD issue fixed - Standby/Hibernation Support in Win ME added - Novell Netware Client 32 for Win 9x supported - Local and network located images (Windows 9x) are now remounted before DAEMON Manager starts after reboot - Bug fix for BWT images with DCP flag set - Automatic refresh when number of PHANTOM CDROM drives is changed in Windows 9x/ME V2.66 (May,09,2001) - Internal beta V2.63 (May,07,2001) - Internal beta V2.62 (May,05,2001) - Internal beta V2.61 (April,04,2001) - Internal beta V2.60 (March,12,2001) - New setup engine (based on MS Installer) - Improved driver installation in Windows 9x (without starting Hardware Wizard) - Left-click on tray icon directly opens 'mount menu' - Installation directory now user-selectable - Tray icons now user-selectable - Securom emulation enhanced - Support for Windows XP - PHANTOM device removal in Windows 2000/XP enhanced (Windows warning message is skipped now) - 'Digital signature not found' message during Windows 2000/XP setup is skipped now - Changed daemon.dll to circumvent bug in CeQuadrat CDROM emulator in WinNT/2000/XP (system crash) V2.53 (March,09,2001) - Internal beta V2.52 (February,24,2001) - Internal beta V2.51 (February,23,2001) - Internal beta V2.47b (March,09,2001) - 'No free resources' problem during Windows 2000 setup fixed V2.47a (January,22,2001) - Fixed a bug in daemon.sys causing a crash when trying to uninstall under Windows 2000 V2.47 (January,16,2001) - Preliminary Safedisc 2.0 support for non-perfect copies (see info on our Homepage) - emulation of bad sectors and pregap - Laserlok support of non-perfect copies added - Enhanced Securom support - Securom crash problem (especially in Diablo2) on some CDROMs fixed - Support for latest Safedisc 1.0 loader (e.g. used in AoE 2: Conquerors) added V2.46 (January,14,2001) - Internal Beta V2.45 (January,11,2001) - Internal Beta V2.43 (January,04,2001) - Internal Beta V2.41 (October,24,2000) - Added daemon.dll incorporating all API to control mounting/unmounting, emulation options etc. Now it is possible for 3rd party developers to create their own utilities or even write a full featured GUI frontend for DAEMON Tools. DLL operation can be locked to prevent access by malicious programs - Minor fixes V2.40 (October,17,2000) - Internal Beta V2.30 (September,29,2000) - BWT image format added (multisession with sub info) - Some additional problems with PSX CDs fixed (XA Audio MODE2 sectors) - Automount option added - Green taskbar icon turns red if all emulations are disabled V2.21 (September,19,2000) - PSX video streaming problem on PHANTOM virtual CDROM drive fixed - Changed Virtual DAEMON SCSI Bus configuration in Windows2000 due to bug in Adaptec ASPI layer (blue screen when number of Phantoms was changed) V2.20 (September,14,2000) - Up to 4 PHANTOM drives supported - All PHANTOM drives can be disabled - New command line options: -unmount, -safedisc and securom - Setup improved for Windows2000 - no reboot required - PnP support for Windows2000 - full support for 'Stand By' and 'Hibernation' modes - Some small bugs fixed and enhancements made V2.11 (September,12,2000) - Internal Beta V2.10 (September,10,2000) - Internal Beta V2.00 (September,05,2000) - CloneCD image format (.ccd) with full subchannel info supported - ISO image formats 2048/2352 added (auto-recognized) - All Safedisc/Securom and image settings remembered in registry and restored upon reboot - Relative path 'FILE' commands allowed in CUE file - Emulation support for latest Safedisc version - Securom support improved - Mount command line switch introduced - Windows2000 write protection is not disabled anymore V1.80 (September,03,2000) - Internal Beta V1.70 (September,01,2000) - Internal Beta V1.60 (August,25,2000) - Internal Beta V1.50 (August,13,2000) - Included Virtual CDROM support. Allows mounting of images with CUE-sheet as virtual CDROM drives! - Full support for latest Securom version V1.10 (August,09,2000) - Internal beta V1.04 (July,28,2000) - Internal beta V1.03a (July,09,2000) - Emergency bug fix for Win2000 setup! Only setup.exe was changed. It disables memory write protection on Win2000 systems which don't have SoftICE installed. DAEMON Tools will not work without it! Thanks to Jim Schott! V1.03 (July,03,2000) - Added 'fast dump' feature! If you run the Safedisc protected game and then launch any CD dump software (DiscDump, for example, or Blindread) all bad sectors will be skipped in about 10 seconds - Virtual DAEMON will generate them automatically for the dumping software and dramatically lessen the dumping time, especially on bad CD readers. This feature also allows to create perfect copies from 1:1 copies that contain no 'errors'. Refer to our homepage for details - Added 'autostart' and 'taskbar icon' options - Added Setup Support for Win 95B and above V1.00 (June,15,2000) - The first official release with Safedisc and Securom support. 'DAEMON Tools' is further development of Generic Safedisc Emulator, but now it runs in global mode as SCSI miniport driver! History of Generic Safedisc Emulator releases: V5.2 (April,09,2000) - Interactive dialog added asking user to specify the target application in case it was incorrectly specified! You may select shortcut files too. Shortcuts may be automatically updated with path to emulator - Safedisc emulation optimized - all C-Dilla checks for bad sectors are skipped (simulated) - no physical access to CDROM, faster loading - Rayman2 fixed - earlier versions worked only if rayman2.exe was specified on the command line, but not Ubisetup.exe V5.1 (March,20,2000) - Full Windows 2000 support for latest C-Dilla loader - it uses additional API functions in W2K - 'Might and Magic VII' support fixed. - Startup code corrected to allow running 'safedisc' without specifying '.exe' extension (thanks go to Antranig Basman) V5.0 (March,09,2000) - Yes, new major version indeed! Almost all code has been rewritten to comply with new ideology - Emulation is now supported on processes that were spawned by the target application - HalfLife Opposing Force was a big pain in the ass - now it runs from backup like hell...;-) V4.1 (March,06,2000) - Universal support for new C-Dilla (Age Of Empires, Unreal Tournament etc.) V4.0 (March,03,2000) - The first official release after many "internal" versions