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  1. DAEMON Tools V3.02 - New generation of CD-Protection emulation.
  2. (C)2000-2002 VeNoM386 & SwENSkE
  3.  
  4. Check our homepage at
  5.  
  6. http://www.daemon-tools.com
  7.  
  8. for all informations and new versions!
  9.  
  10.  
  11. Development/Programming      -  Andrew Naiden (VeNoM386)
  12. Support/Distribution/Webpage -  Swen Wittich  (SwENSkE)
  13.  
  14.  
  15. eMail: support@daemon-tools.com
  16.  
  17.  
  18. DAEMON Tools History:
  19. ---------------------
  20. V3.02  (January,19,2002)   - Fixed driver failure on 2000/XP systems with
  21.                              renamed 'ntoskrnl.exe'
  22.                            - Fixed installation problem on some WindowsNT
  23.                              systems with non-default root directory name
  24.                            - Fixed unit locking issue on WindowsNT
  25.                            - Fixed 'Product not installed' problem when calling
  26.                              'daemon.exe' from NT/2000/XP command prompt
  27.                            - Analog audio play stops after any command that
  28.                              reads sectors from virtual CDROM
  29.  
  30. V3.01  (January,03,2002)   - Internal beta
  31.  
  32. V3.00  (December,18,2001)  - Full DVD support added (large 2048 ISO files are
  33.                              automatically mounted as DVD)
  34.                            - Mounting of Nero (*.nrg) images is allowed if
  35.                              Nero IMAGEDRIVE is installed on system
  36.                              (thanks Ahead for permission)
  37.                            - Added support for MDS format (used by FantomCD)
  38.                              to mount CD/DVD images
  39.                            - Analog audio support for virtual drives added
  40.                            - Added support for ISO images created by Easy CD
  41.                              Creator 5
  42.                            - Name of DAEMON Tools virtual devices is now set to
  43.                              'V386 STEALTH DVD' by default and can be changed
  44.                              by user to prevent 'blacklisting'
  45.                            - Additional optimization of file I/O in Windows 9x
  46.                              systems. 'Disconnect' option in 'V386 STEALTH
  47.                              DVDROM' properties (in Windows Device Manager)
  48.                              can be turned off to activate alternative I/O
  49.                  method
  50.                            - Not supported image formats are automatically
  51.                              mounted as ISO files
  52.                            - Fixed compatibility problems with some games in
  53.                              Windows 2000 (e.g. 'Age Of Sails 2')
  54.                            - Removed 'not signed driver' warning message
  55.                              during DAEMON Tools installation in Windows XP
  56.                            - Fixed blacklisting of DAEMON Tools in latest
  57.                              Securom ('Diablo 2 v1.09c')
  58.                            - The commandline switches '-unmount' and '-mount'
  59.                              can now be used on the same image in one line
  60.                            - Minor fixes
  61.  
  62. V2.99  (December,13,2001)  - Internal beta
  63.  
  64. V2.98  (November,30,2001)  - Internal beta
  65.  
  66. V2.97  (November,20,2001)  - Internal beta
  67.  
  68. V2.96  (November,04,2001)  - Internal beta
  69.  
  70. V2.95  (November,02,2001)  - Internal beta
  71.  
  72. V2.94  (October,23,2001)   - Internal beta
  73.  
  74. V2.93  (October,21,2001)   - Internal beta
  75.  
  76. V2.92  (October,13,2001)   - Internal beta
  77.  
  78. V2.91  (October,08,2001)   - Internal beta
  79.  
  80. V2.90  (October,03,2001)   - Internal beta
  81.  
  82. V2.89  (September,29,2001) - Internal beta
  83.  
  84. V2.88  (September,07,2001) - Added support for Disc Juggler (.CDI) images
  85.                            - Enhancements to prevent 'lockups' on some
  86.                              systems after starting 'Explorer', mounting
  87.                              images or going into standby/hibernation mode
  88.                            - Fixed 'daemon.dll not found' error in MS
  89.                              Terminal Server session
  90.  
  91. V2.87  (September,05,2001) - Internal beta
  92.  
  93. V2.86  (September,03,2001) - Internal beta
  94.  
  95. V2.85  (August,29,2001)    - Internal beta
  96.  
  97. V2.84  (August,26,2001)    - Internal beta
  98.  
  99. V2.83  (August,17,2001)    - Internal beta
  100.  
  101. V2.82  (August,15,2001)    - Internal beta
  102.  
  103. V2.80  (August,05,2001)    - Fixed bug that could cause system crash after
  104.                              update from older version with Automount 'ON'
  105.  
  106. V2.79  (August,03,2001)    - Added drive letter to Phantom information
  107.                            - Fixed Windows XP problem with user switching
  108.                            - Fixed daemon.dll bug with CloneCD images
  109.                              containing more than 9 tracks
  110.                            - Fixed Safedisc 2.40.010 blacklist
  111.  
  112. V2.78  (August,01,2001)    - Internal beta
  113.  
  114. V2.77  (July,29,2001)      - Internal beta
  115.  
  116. V2.76  (July,25,2001)      - Internal beta
  117.  
  118. V2.75  (July,23,2001)      - Internal beta
  119.  
  120. V2.74  (June,08,2001)      - Compatibility fix for 'non-standard' ISO images
  121.                            - Fixed crash with some EasyCD images
  122.                            - Fixed problem where some Video CDs were mounted
  123.                              as Audio CD
  124.                            - Direct support for ISO files created by EasyCD
  125.                              Creator (with empty SYNC, HEADER and ECC fields)
  126.  
  127. V2.73  (May,29,2001)       - Internal beta
  128.  
  129. V2.72  (May,28,2001)       - Internal beta
  130.  
  131. V2.71  (May,27,2001)       - Internal beta
  132.  
  133. V2.70  (May,13,2001)       - Safedisc 2 emulation enhanced
  134.                            - Laserlock emulation enhanced
  135.                            - Video CD issue fixed
  136.                            - Standby/Hibernation Support in Win ME added
  137.                            - Novell Netware Client 32 for Win 9x supported
  138.                            - Local and network located images (Windows 9x) are
  139.                              now remounted before DAEMON Manager starts after
  140.                              reboot
  141.                            - Bug fix for BWT images with DCP flag set
  142.                            - Automatic refresh when number of PHANTOM CDROM
  143.                              drives is changed in Windows 9x/ME
  144.  
  145. V2.66  (May,09,2001)       - Internal beta
  146.  
  147. V2.63  (May,07,2001)       - Internal beta
  148.  
  149. V2.62  (May,05,2001)       - Internal beta
  150.  
  151. V2.61  (April,04,2001)     - Internal beta
  152.  
  153. V2.60  (March,12,2001)     - New setup engine (based on MS Installer)
  154.                            - Improved driver installation in Windows 9x
  155.                              (without starting Hardware Wizard)
  156.                            - Left-click on tray icon directly opens 'mount menu'
  157.                            - Installation directory now user-selectable
  158.                            - Tray icons now user-selectable
  159.                            - Securom emulation enhanced
  160.                            - Support for Windows XP
  161.                            - PHANTOM device removal in Windows 2000/XP enhanced
  162.                              (Windows warning message is skipped now)
  163.                            - 'Digital signature not found' message during
  164.                              Windows 2000/XP setup is skipped now
  165.                            - Changed daemon.dll to circumvent bug in CeQuadrat
  166.                              CDROM emulator in WinNT/2000/XP (system crash)
  167.  
  168. V2.53  (March,09,2001)     - Internal beta
  169.  
  170. V2.52  (February,24,2001)  - Internal beta
  171.  
  172. V2.51  (February,23,2001)  - Internal beta
  173.  
  174. V2.47b (March,09,2001)     - 'No free resources' problem during Windows 2000 setup
  175.                              fixed
  176.  
  177. V2.47a (January,22,2001)   - Fixed a bug in daemon.sys causing a crash when trying
  178.                              to uninstall under Windows 2000
  179.  
  180. V2.47  (January,16,2001)   - Preliminary Safedisc 2.0 support for non-perfect
  181.                              copies (see info on our Homepage) - emulation of bad
  182.                              sectors and pregap
  183.                            - Laserlok support of non-perfect copies added
  184.                            - Enhanced Securom support
  185.                            - Securom crash problem (especially in Diablo2) on some
  186.                              CDROMs fixed
  187.                            - Support for latest Safedisc 1.0 loader (e.g. used in
  188.                              AoE 2: Conquerors) added
  189.  
  190. V2.46  (January,14,2001)   - Internal Beta
  191.  
  192. V2.45  (January,11,2001)   - Internal Beta
  193.  
  194. V2.43  (January,04,2001)   - Internal Beta
  195.  
  196. V2.41  (October,24,2000)   - Added daemon.dll incorporating all API to control
  197.                              mounting/unmounting, emulation options etc. Now it
  198.                              is possible for 3rd party developers to create their
  199.                              own utilities or even write a full featured GUI
  200.                              frontend for DAEMON Tools. DLL operation can be
  201.                              locked to prevent access by malicious programs
  202.                            - Minor fixes
  203.  
  204. V2.40  (October,17,2000)   - Internal Beta
  205.  
  206. V2.30  (September,29,2000) - BWT image format added (multisession with sub info)
  207.                            - Some additional problems with PSX CDs fixed (XA
  208.                              Audio MODE2 sectors)
  209.                            - Automount option added
  210.                            - Green taskbar icon turns red if all emulations are
  211.                              disabled
  212.  
  213. V2.21  (September,19,2000) - PSX video streaming problem on PHANTOM virtual
  214.                              CDROM drive fixed
  215.                            - Changed Virtual DAEMON SCSI Bus configuration
  216.                              in Windows2000 due to bug in Adaptec ASPI layer
  217.                              (blue screen when number of Phantoms was changed)
  218.  
  219. V2.20  (September,14,2000) - Up to 4 PHANTOM drives supported
  220.                            - All PHANTOM drives can be disabled
  221.                            - New command line options: -unmount, -safedisc and
  222.                              securom
  223.                            - Setup improved for Windows2000 - no reboot required
  224.                            - PnP support for Windows2000 - full support for
  225.                              'Stand By' and 'Hibernation' modes
  226.                            - Some small bugs fixed and enhancements made
  227.  
  228. V2.11  (September,12,2000) - Internal Beta
  229.  
  230. V2.10  (September,10,2000) - Internal Beta
  231.  
  232. V2.00  (September,05,2000) - CloneCD image format (.ccd) with full subchannel info
  233.                              supported
  234.                            - ISO image formats 2048/2352 added (auto-recognized)
  235.                            - All Safedisc/Securom and image settings remembered
  236.                              in registry and restored upon reboot
  237.                            - Relative path 'FILE' commands allowed in CUE file
  238.                            - Emulation support for latest Safedisc version
  239.                            - Securom support improved
  240.                            - Mount command line switch introduced
  241.                            - Windows2000 write protection is not disabled anymore
  242.  
  243. V1.80  (September,03,2000) - Internal Beta
  244.  
  245. V1.70  (September,01,2000) - Internal Beta
  246.  
  247. V1.60  (August,25,2000)    - Internal Beta
  248.  
  249. V1.50  (August,13,2000)    - Included Virtual CDROM support. Allows mounting of
  250.                              images with CUE-sheet as virtual CDROM drives!
  251.                            - Full support for latest Securom version
  252.  
  253. V1.10  (August,09,2000)    - Internal beta
  254.  
  255. V1.04  (July,28,2000)      - Internal beta
  256.  
  257. V1.03a (July,09,2000)      - Emergency bug fix for Win2000 setup! Only setup.exe
  258.                              was changed. It disables memory write protection
  259.                              on Win2000 systems which don't have SoftICE installed.
  260.                              DAEMON Tools will not work without it!
  261.                              Thanks to Jim Schott!
  262.  
  263. V1.03  (July,03,2000)      - Added 'fast dump' feature! If you run the Safedisc
  264.                              protected game and then launch any CD dump software
  265.                              (DiscDump, for example, or Blindread) all bad sectors
  266.                              will be skipped in about 10 seconds - Virtual DAEMON
  267.                              will generate them automatically for the dumping
  268.                              software and dramatically lessen the dumping time,
  269.                              especially on bad CD readers. This feature also
  270.                              allows to create perfect copies from 1:1 copies
  271.                              that contain no 'errors'. Refer to our homepage for
  272.                              details
  273.                            - Added 'autostart' and 'taskbar icon' options
  274.                     - Added Setup Support for Win 95B and above
  275.  
  276. V1.00  (June,15,2000)      - The first official release with Safedisc and Securom
  277.                              support. 'DAEMON Tools' is further development of
  278.                              Generic Safedisc Emulator, but now it runs in global
  279.                              mode as SCSI miniport driver!
  280.  
  281.  
  282.  
  283. History of Generic Safedisc Emulator releases:
  284.  
  285. V5.2   (April,09,2000)     - Interactive dialog added asking user to specify the
  286.                              target application in case it was incorrectly
  287.                              specified!  You may select shortcut files too.
  288.                              Shortcuts may be automatically updated with path
  289.                              to emulator
  290.                            - Safedisc emulation optimized - all C-Dilla checks
  291.                              for bad sectors are skipped (simulated) - no physical
  292.                              access to CDROM, faster loading
  293.                            - Rayman2 fixed - earlier versions worked only if
  294.                              rayman2.exe was specified on the command line, but
  295.                              not Ubisetup.exe
  296.  
  297. V5.1   (March,20,2000)     - Full Windows 2000 support for latest C-Dilla loader -
  298.                              it uses additional API functions in W2K
  299.                            - 'Might and Magic VII' support fixed.
  300.                            - Startup code corrected to allow running 'safedisc'
  301.                              without specifying '.exe' extension (thanks go to
  302.                              Antranig Basman)
  303.  
  304. V5.0   (March,09,2000)     - Yes, new major version indeed! Almost all code has
  305.                              been rewritten to comply with new ideology
  306.                            - Emulation is now supported on processes that were
  307.                              spawned by the target application
  308.                            - HalfLife Opposing Force was a big pain in the ass -
  309.                              now it runs from backup like hell...;-)
  310.  
  311. V4.1   (March,06,2000)     - Universal support for new C-Dilla (Age Of Empires,
  312.                              Unreal Tournament etc.)
  313.  
  314. V4.0   (March,03,2000)     - The first official release after many "internal"
  315.                              versions
  316.