What's New in Auto Close Idle...

Software Updates:

Note: Users who have problems using the built-in remote update, such as those who are using a Socks 5 proxy server, please follow the instructions here to avoid visiting each client's computer to perform an update.

Date

Version

Manager/Client

   Changes/Fixes

March 1, 2006

3.4.2

Both
  • In few computers with certain Office versions and certain service packs, ACI Client was showing an error at startup or using too much CPU time. This was fixed in this version.

May 6, 2005

3.4.0

Both
  • Added "Enable Remote Control" option to the client for privacy reason. By default it's disabled.

Apr 6, 2004

3.3.8

Both
  • ACI was not detecting some 3rd party applications correctly. This was fixed in this version.

Dec 15, 2003

3.3.4

Both
  • Minor fix for supporting exit messages in some applications.

Dec 11, 2003

3.3.0

Both
  • Added support for fixed exit messages, such as "Are you sure that you want to exit?".
  • Clients appear faster when you restart ACI Manager.
  • Removed group name change confirmation.

Oct 17, 2003

3.2.0

Both
  • Allows you to manage users by group.
  • Shows CPU Usage, CPU Idle Time, and the application title being monitored.
  • Reduced screen flickering when there are too many users.

Oct 8, 2003

3.1.0

Manager only
  • Some TCP/IP Error messages were not suppressed in the previous version. This was fixed in this version.

Oct 2, 2003

3.0.0

Both
  • Added Remote Control functionality to enable the administrator to interact with the monitored application remotely and respond to validation dialogs.
  • Monitors the application's CPU usage (Windows NT/2000/XP Clients) and waits until the application finishes any pending tasks.
  • Minor changes to the way ACI closes Navision.
  • Remote update now can work with proxy servers that don't require user authentication.

June 27, 2003

2.0.0

Both
  • Improved software stability.
  • Clients fail to reconnect sometimes. This has been fixed in this version.
  • Added additional checking routine to reject non ACI packets which use the same TCP/IP port as ACI.
  • Changed the server title to "Auto Close Idle Manager".

June 23, 2003

1.2.6

Both
  • "Active Application Count" was not updated when a user is deleted.
  • When "Auto Close" is set to No, the clock icon does not change back to the default non-clock icon.
  • "Idle Time so far" does not show the idle time correctly if it's over 30 minutes.
  • Switching between terminal server session and local computer resets "Idle Time so far", even if the mouse or keyboard were not used.
  • Sorting by clicking on a column's heading doesn't work when certain columns are changed.

June 20, 2003

1.2.4

Client only
  • Added support for non-English versions of Navision.

June 18, 2003

 

1.2.2

Client only
  • "Close anyway?" window in Navision is not closed if the operating system is non-English. This has been fixed in this version.

June 12, 2003

1.2.0

Both
  • Navision was not closing properly sometimes. This has been fixed in this version.
  • Added a clock like icon to show the remaining time before closing the application.
  • Added an option to prevent users from closing other users' applications if the most idle user is only idle for a short period of time. The administrator can specify this short period of time using this option.
June 12, 2003 1.0.5 Server only

  • Changed the remote update algorithm. Users who have version 1.0.2 and below will only able to see this version when checking for new updates. After updating to this version, you can update to version 1.2.0 or above.

June 05, 2003

1.0.2

Server only
  • Fixed a problem with remote update.

June 04, 2003

1.0.1

Server only
  • Added help file.

If you have the software already installed, follow these instructions to update the software to the latest version:

  1. Go to Tools, Update.
  2. Click on "Check for updates…"
  3. Check "Apply updates immediately..." if desired.
  4. Click on "Apply Updates".

Note: The server will remotely update the clients when necessary. You don't need to visit any client or restart any computer to perform an update.

Manual Update:

Please use the automatic update method above first. If you are having problems, especially those who have a Socks 5 proxy server, use the following procedure to update your software:

Updating ACI Manager manually:

  1. Close ACI Manager completely by right clicking on the icon on the task bar and then click Exit.
  2. Download this file, Unzip, and copy the unzipped file contents to where you installed ACI Manager. Replace any existing files.
  3. Continue with updating ACI Client manually before starting ACI Manager.

Updating ACI Client manually:

To avoid going to every computer to perform the update, follow this procedure:

  1. Create a folder called "cupdate" under where you installed ACI Manager. This is typically:
    "C:\Program Files\Auto Close Idle Manager\cupdate"
  2. Delete any files in that folder if it already exist.
  3. Download this file, Unzip, and copy the unzipped file contents to the above folder.
  4. Open the file "C:\Program Files\Auto Close Idle Manager\sconfig.ini" with Notepad.
  5. Change the following lines to(Represnts ACI Client v 3.4.2):
    CUVerMajor=3
    CUVerMinor=4
    CUVerRevision=2
  6. Restart ACI Manager by right clicking on the icon on the task bar and then click Exit.

The above lines in step 5 tells ACI Manager what version number is in the "cupdate" folder. Whenever ACI Client connects to ACI Manager, it provides its version number to ACI Manager, if this is older than the version listed in step 5, ACI Manager will instruct the client to update its software. All files in the "cupdate" folder will be sent to the client and then the client will run an update utility and exits to allow the ACIClient.exe itself to be replaced if needed. Once the update is complete, the update utility will run ACI Client. If the update fails for any reason, any partial update is undone and ACI Client is restarted. It's important not specify a higher version than the one contained in "cupdate", otherwise ACI Client will re-apply the update each time it reconnects to ACI Manager. Sometimes we release an update to ACI Manager only, so the client version remains unchanged. For your convenience, the lines in step 5 will always represent the latest version of ACI Client.

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