LogMeister Release History

For

Windows XP, NT, 2000, 2003 & Vista

Version	Release Date	Description
LogMeister v3.0.1	28th April 2008	- Added option to Text Log Wizard to deal with logs that are rewritten periodically to limit their size. This can be set on existing feeds by right-clicking on the feed and choosing "Wizard..." from the resulting popup menu. - Raised cap on notification sensitivity from 10 to 70 - Updated installer (some improvements for Vista)
LogMeister v3.0	14th Jan 2008	- Custom reports / Custom Outputting and Archiving Formats - Option to Run script, batch file or executable when scheduled report or data archive is generated. - Bulk event feed creation from an external file - New XML Feed Type - Text logs - option for close to real time updates as well as regular polls - Action notifications improved - now has Run As... to launch command under specific account - Field substitution in action notifications - Improved aggregate definition user interface - Hierarchical display and navigation of feed groupings
LogMeister v2.6.3	9th Oct 2007	- Fix: text log parser no longer breaks very long lines when reading unicode files.
LogMeister v2.6.2	19th April 2007	- Added ability to change the text that is used to assign icons to event types. - Improved compatibility with hardware DEP on Vista.
LogMeister v2.6.1	20th Feb 2007	- Changes to ensure correct icon used for German event log entries. - Compatibility fix for certain CA products.
LogMeister v2.6	1st Dec 2006	- Vista compatibility. Please see the Troubleshooting section in the help for additional configuration steps if you are attempting to retrieve event log data from a remote Vista PC (i.e. a PC other othan the one running LogMeister). - "Catch events as they arrive" is now the default event log retrieval method. In most cases it has the least cpu and network load. - Added new filter rule, allowing construction of notifications and filters that require a date/time to be within the last X hours or days.
LogMeister v2.5.5	20th Sept 2006	NOTE: This release changes the format of the Notifications.dat file. We recommend that existing users take a backup of that file prior to upgrading. For more information on taking backups, please see the Help. - Notifications can now fire when new items have not been seen within a certain time period, e.g. if a service indicates a healthy state by issuing regular information events, you can now be alerted when such events have ceased to appear. - Fix: Prevented rapid-fire poll failure notfications for event log feeds using "catch events as they arrive" method - Changes to help ensure correct app/svc synchronization at registration time
LogMeister v2.5.1	12th August 2006	- Added ability to insert placeholders for feed name, computer name etc. directly into the subject line of emailed notifications. The placeholders are replaced with the appropriate value when the email is sent
LogMeister v2.5	29th June 2006	- Added ability to set notification assignments while creating new feeds and editing exiting feeds - Can now force all displays and reports to use 24hr format (Configure menu)
LogMeister v2.4.1.0	2nd May 2006	Fix: Changes to ensure that the service's copy of the aggregate feed definition is always up-to-date.
LogMeister v2.4.0.0	12th April 2006	- Major changes to make filtering and notification rules more powerful and flexible - Improvements made to reduce memory usage when handling logs that receive new items very frequently NOTE: This version changes the format for feed definitions. Please take a backup of your existing definitions prior to installing this update - instructions on how to do this are in the Help - see the section entitled "Backing up and Transferring Settings".
LogMeister v2.3.5.0	13th January 2006	- Improved date store file handling - Improved interface for aggregate feed creation. It's now possible to select multiple feeds to populate the aggregate definition more quickly. - Assorted UI improvements
LogMeister v2.3.0.0	31st October 2005	- Added facility for quickly copying settings from one feed to many others - Now preserves German "umlaut" and other language-specific characters
LogMeister v2.2.0.0	20th September2005	- Added automated report generation for feeds. This is available only for licensed copies of the application. As this release changes the format of feed definitions, we recommend backing up your existing feeds prior to installing this update. Please see the section titled "Backing up and Transferring Settings" in the Help for more details. - Improved automated feed compaction - Improved scrolling behavior in filter dialogs .
LogMeister v2.1.7.0	3rd Aug 2005	- Improved text parsing efficiency - Improved handling of certain irregular text logs - Tray icon now automatically re-instates itself if Explorer is restarted.
LogMeister v2.1.6.0	28th May 2005	- Added the ability to re-edit existing text feeds and change column definitions - Added support for non-standard characters in Event log connection passwords - Improved validation for regular expressions.
LogMeister v2.1.5.0	30th April 2005	- Added new dialog for viewing all fields of a single item, similar to Event Viewer's properties dialog. - Added presentation of login credentials for notifications that write to network shares/drives - Added the ability to store the data folder in custom location - see section of the Help titled "Backing Up & Transferring Settings" for details - Improved handling of damaged data stores - Reduced cpu utilization in front-end app for "catch events as they arrive" feeds
LogMeister v2.1.0.0	31st March 2005	- User-defined grouping of feeds, with group enable/disable. - Logs produced by notifications can be emailed automatically according to user-defined schedule. XML logs can be converted to HTML report format if required. - XML type added for logs produced by notifications - Duplicate facility for Notifications - Full control over the text in email notifications (better for those using an email-to-SMS service) - Ability to easily transfer view settings (column selection, width ordering and filtering) to multiple compatible feeds. - Ability to view current settings for Windows Firewall and enable the firewall and logging from within LogMeister - LogMeister now retrieves the additional column in the Windows Firewall logs that shows transmissions from local applications that have been blocked. - Improvements to handling of illegal characters in text logs - File spec for text logs can now be edited from feed properties
LogMeister v2.0.1.1	7th March 2005	- Fixed non-scrolling event log selection tree. - List control displaying available computers now holds its current scroll position during network enumeration
LogMeister v2.0.1.0	16th February 2005	- Installer now accepts domain accounts, as long as they're members of the local Administrators group. - If the front-end application is launched under a different account from the service, a warning message will be displayed. - Event Log Feed wizard now allows multiple feeds to be created in a single pass. - WMI connection settings adjusted to improve compatiblity with domains containing XP/2003 computers.
LogMeister v2.0.0.0	24th January 2005	-Option to run as a service. -Support for UNICODE in text logs. -Configuration options for optimisting LogMeister for various server conditions (Previously optimised for servers with small to medium sized Event logs)
LogMeister v1.1.0.4	28th November 2004	-Fix to ensure that icons are retained when installation is moved to different PC or a different account on the same PC: -Adaptive timeout in Event Log Wizard when determining available logs; - Added minimize to / restore from tray animation
LogMeister v1.1.0.3	19th October 2004	- Self-tuning timeout used to prevent intermittent poll failure on slow PCs/large event logs. - Status bar feedback improved. - Installer includes latest version of gdiplus.dll from Microsoft to counter jpeg vulnerability (Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-028)
LogMeister v1.1.0.2	23rd August 2004	- Some changes made to WMI connection parameters to work around problems reading event logs on some Win 2000 server installations
LogMeister v1.1.0.1	11rh August 2004	- Minor Bug Fix Release
LogMeister v1.1.0.0	5th July 2004	- First Public Release

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