New plugins available

2007-12-23 | We have released several new plugins available for X-Setup Pro today. The following new options can be controlled:

Change OEM display information (in both System and Performance Information and Tools) for Vista, control auto run entries for CMD.exe and configure logging for certificate auto enrollment in XP.

We also have included several bug fixes for existing plugins.

To retrieve these updates just start Automatic Updates from within X-Setup Pro.

Vista Constant HD Activity Craziness

2007-11-17 | As it seems that more people now switch to Windows Vista, we are getting a lot of complains about the constant HD activity of Windows Vista. Since we have switched to Vista already and we got so many requests about this topic, we refer to this only as "Vista Constant HD Activity Craziness".

The obvious question from the customers were "Can X-Setup Pro be used to fix this?". So we invested some time to find out what is causing all this HD activity. Our findings, which include the programs that cause the most HD activity, what they are good for and how you can configure them, can be found on the Information Transmogrification Blog of TeX HeX. If you want to know what is going on in the background, have a look.

Since all these programs can be configured in Windows right out of the box, we have currently no plans to include extra plugins in X-Setup Pro.

Important information regarding the update protection

2007-11-8 | Please note: If you purchase an update protection, it will be attached to the previous expiring date!

For example: You purchased a license on 2nd July 2006. The expiring date would be the 2nd July 2007. If you now purchase an update protection, it will be attached to this date. The new expiring date would be the 2nd July 2008. If you purchase this update in June 2008, the expiring date would be the 2nd of July 2008, anyway! If you purchase this update in August 2007, the expiring date is over - because it would have been in July 2008.

You will not be able to update the serial and you have to purchase a new license, if you want to have a serial for a newer version. Therefore please pay attention to the reminder mails and get a new update protection in time.

X-Setup Pro September 2007 Plugins Update!

2007-9-9 | We are happy to announce that we have released several new plugins for X-Setup Pro. The following is a short summary of the plugins included:

Vista: Change Shortcut Arrow (Overlay), User Account Control (UAC) Settings, User Account Control (UAC) Secure Desktop, Fast User Switching

Windows Update: Change polling frequency, disable automatic restart if limited user is logged on, and control “Search Windows Update” if new hardware is found (Vista only)

Appearance: Added new “Common Annoyances” path and replaced “Tray Area” with “Notification Area”

Adobe Reader 8: Disable “Start Meeting” or “Send to Kinko” plus one bug fix

Misc: Control display of “Global Assembly Cache” folder, several minor changes and bug fixes.

To retrieve these updates just start Automatic Updates from within X-Setup Pro.

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