MONITORING SOFTWARE BLOG

• new: recording of Microsoft Exchange email sent/received in Outlook
• new: recording of secure POP3/SMTP email sent/received in Outlook (previously only non-secure was supported)
• new: recording IMAP email in Outlook
• new: recording of Skype instant messages; both sides of conversations
• new: recording of AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) chat; both sides of conversations
• new: option to constantly display a warning to monitored users in a small window in top-right corner of the screen
• new: uses less memory (RAM) and CPU resources
• new: improved reliability. If monitoring process stops due to crash it restarts automatically and monitoring continues
• new: support of Google Chrome browser for Internet monitoring
• new: check for updates button on About tab. Option to automatically check for updates weekly.
• lots of fixes and improvements

• new: recording of Microsoft Exchange® email sent/received in Outlook
• new: recording of secure POP3/SMTP email sent/received in Outlook (previously only non-secure was supported)
• new: recording IMAP email in Outlook
• new: collect of Agent logs feature now uses Windows Scheduled Tasks. This allows for unattended downloads of logs and screenshots, i.e. when Activity Monitor is not open.
• new: Agent in Aware Mode (when you want to inform users about monitoring) displays semi-transparent warning window in the top-right corner of the screen
• Windows 2000 is not supported anymore

• new: recording of Skype instant messages; both sides of conversations
• new: recording of AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) chat; both sides of conversations
• new: collect recordings from Agents by schedule without keeping Activity Monitor running
• new: View Screenshots button that allows to view all screenshots recorded for a selected computer
• new: view Agent screenshots one by one or as a slide show
• improved: no flickering of Agents list when connected to a machine with Activity Monitor via Remote Desktop
• fix: unable to type accented characters in Firefox on Winodws XP/2000 with Agent

• new: added user interface languages:
  • Italian
  • French
  • Russian
  • German
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish
  • Turkish
• improved: added Duration field for visited websites in export to Excel and CSV file
• fix: error message “The parameter is incorrect” when installing/updating Agent from Windows 2000 computer
• fix: minor fixes and improvements

SoftActivity introduces online update system for registered users of Activity Monitor. This system enables our customers to download new version of Activity Monitor software online on our website.

It requests for user’s full name, email and the registration key that was used to activate the software. It allows then to download newest version of Activity Monitor software. You will also see expiration date of your subscription to updates and support.

If your updates and support subscription has expired the system will offer an easy option to renew your subscription for 1 more year.

Registered users of Activity Monitor: Check Subscription and Download the Latest Version

• new: check for updates command in Help menu. Option to automatically check for updates weekly.
• new: automatic update of Agents to the version of Activity Monitor. Agent since version 5.2 will support automatic updates for future versions. Agents still need to be updated to version 5.2 using regular installation method as before
• new: Update/Repair Agent command that reinstalls Agent on the remote computer to fix problems with missing files etc.
• new: monitoring of Guest user accounts in Windows is supported now
• improved: saves network traffic by stopping update of screen view for invisible tabs

• fixed: remote Agent installation was in some cases installing Agent of previous version causing this error in Activity Monitor: Agent of old version is found on the computer XXX
• improved: faster start of Agent service SamSvc
• fixed: on computers with imaged systems Agent ID was not unique resulting in duplicating of computers in Activity Monitor’s list
• fixed: sometimes error 0xC000041 appeared on Win XP computers with Agent during system shutdown