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