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- WHATSNEW.TXT: New WinU Features
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- WinU Version 4.0, released September 8, 1997
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- True file-system access control, Ctrl+Alt+Del blocking, Windows/Apps keys
- blocking, much better Dial-Up Networking control, CD-door locking, a new
- "window monitor" which can manipulate or close any window when it appears
- (even set Open/Save dialogs to that userÆs proper directory), per-user
- default desks, an enhanced inactivity monitor, screen saver control, much
- stronger "third party window" control, cloner has been built into the main
- WinU program, new Display Restrictions mechanism to specify the WinU
- computers on which a particular button or desk should appear, can monitor
- the number of pages printed from each computer, reporting per-printer if
- desired, new "summary logging", remote control Apps Button, new add-on
- companion programs.
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- WinU Version 3.2, released March 5, 1997
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- Systemwide Time Limits and Remote Time Manager, simultaneously run more than
- one DUN-using program, set the font and spacing of desktop buttons, first 35
- buttons can have letter/number hotkeys, full use of tiled and actual-size
- bitmaps, enhanced remote update testing, activity monitors can now oversee
- Explorer features and the new Windows keys, context menus disabled in browsers
- and other windows, Explorer's "find" dialogs disabled, set number of seconds
- until password screen vanishes, "kill companion app" feature enhanced, "soft
- close" feature, audio Warning Time message, more.
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- WinU Version 3.1, released December 2, 1996
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- License meter management, dynamic configuration update, disables the Common
- Dialog delete key and right-click context menus, strengthened "third-party
- window" processing, button label text no longer required, added the
- PrevDesk button type, wallpaper bitmap can be displayed at actual size, can
- tile the background bitmap, loop the desk logon sound, new interface for
- the Clone Setup Builder, more elements now encrypted, password dialog times
- out in 30 seconds, can deny use of the boot-time startup menu, enhanced
- remote password options, added minutes per logon cumulative time test,
- optional case-insensitive passwords.
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- WinU Version 3.0, released September 16, 1996
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- Easier system administration, especially when managing a number of WinU
- machines on a network: clone-able buttons, desks, or entire installations,
- centrally managed password and timeout control, more detailed event
- logging, built-in usage reports and graphs. Inactivity timout. Cleaner
- tabbed-dialog interface. Status bar. More flexible visual interface
- options (wallpaper, button styles, show/hide the menu and status bar).
- Attach sound to WinU events. New navigation elements: DeskLink, Exit, and
- Shutdown buttons. Button options to AutoRun a program at desk logon, keep
- program running until desk logoff, and allow a program to continue to run
- after exiting from the desk it was started from. Can now run Shortcuts,
- including shortcuts to printers, Dial-Up Networking, or other Win95
- components. Ultra-robust Kiosk Mode for the most demanding public-access
- situations. Built-in Explorer window for when you need access to the full
- computer (with password control of course). Much better when tracking
- modem-using apps. Blockout periods: times when nothing on that desk will
- run (for example "Every Tuesday 9 pm to 11 pm" or "Every weekday 7:30 pm to
- 8:30 pm"). Can disable CD-ROM autorun. QuickNotes, so you can attach a
- little message to a logfile record when exiting a program (perhaps for
- billing purposes). And the proverbial Much More.
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- WinU Version 2.0, released January 31, 1996
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- Numerous new features including Super Security mode, multiple desktops,
- Administration Maintenance mode, settable background color, keyboard
- control, highlighted focus button, right-click Properties screens for
- buttons and desktops, can run multiple programs concurrently, per-button
- password protection, improved Help system, more.
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- WinU Version 1.0, released August 24, 1995
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- Initial release, on the same day that Windows 95 was released.
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