TweakVI for Windows Vista - Version History (C) 2006-2010 by Totalidea Software http://www.totalidea.com http://www.tweakvi.com ------------------------------------------- Legend: [ + Added feature ] [ * Improved/changed feature ] [ - Bug fixed ] [ ? Known issue ] [ X Major change to existing feature] ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1170 - April 1st 2012 * Service release including several minor fixes and improvements ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1162 - October 6th 2011 * Service release including several minor fixes and improvements ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1160 - June 16th 2011 + Portuguese (Brazilian) language files Added * Several plugins of the free edition and the subscriber edition(s) updated and optimized * Updated setup engine ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1155 - March 12th 2011 * Service release including numerous minor fixes and changes * New setup engine ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1151 - January 11th 2011 * Service release including several improvements and minor fixes ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1150 - December 20th 2010 * Improved start up procedure speeding the whole process up * Improved main application for better performance * Lots of minor changes and improvements * Several changes to the system auto optimizer ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1145 - October 7th 2010 - Several changes and fixed related to a problem causing TweakVI to start up extremely slowly on some machines * Lots of internal optimizations related to the cause of a slow startup * Updated setup engine ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1140 - August 17th 2010 * Service release including several changes and fixes ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1135 - July 17th 2010 - Fixing a few issues that were related to one of the latest Vista updates * A few improvements to the main application * Updated tweaking and registry engine ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1130 - June 3rd 2010 *RECOMMENDED UPDATE* * Heaps of internal changes and optimizations to almost all features and plugin * Several enhacements to the auto system optimizer * Several changes to the applications setup ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1126 - April 20th 2010 * Some updates to a few code sections of the main application for more stability and better overall performance * Fixing a few minor issues ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1125 - April 3rd 2010 * Several improvements, optimizations and updated tweaks * Updated language files * Updated tweaking engine ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1120 - December 19th 2009 * Service release fixing a few minor issues * Updated main executable including a few optimizations and improvements * Updated setup engine fixing a few minor setup issues * Several improvements and optimizations ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1115 - July 31st 2009 - Some changes and fixes in the 'Desktop tweaks' plugin * Several changes in the main application related to the fixes in the 'Desktop tweaks' plugin * Several minor improvements and fixes ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1110 - June 6th 2009 - A few minor fixes in relation to SP2 of Vista * Several internal changes and optimizations ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1105 - January 30th 2009 * Lots of technical improvements * Several changes to the memory optimization (subscriber edition only) * Better plugin management, improved plugin engine ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1100 - November 28th 2008 * Several changes to the 'Subscription Manager' of the subscriber edition - Several minor issues fixed where some of the desktop tweaks were not activated properly ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1090 - September 28th 2008 * Heaps of internal changes and improvements * Several minor issues fixed where some of the system tweaks were not activated properly * Improved plugin engine * Improved setup engine * Once again improved compatibility with Vista security features ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1088 - August 20th 2008 * Lots of improvements to several tweaks and functions * Better UAC compatibility * Better compatibility to the Vista system security features + Added Swedish language files + Improved setup and uninstaller ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1085 - June 16th 2008 * Several changes and minor fixes to a few plugins and the main application * Updated help file * Several changes to the setup for better performance and convenience during an update installation + Added Danish language files ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1081 - April 2nd 2008 - Service release fixing several minor issues in some plugins ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1080 - March 12th 2008 - Several minor fixes of some very rare issues that occurred on Vista SP1 * Some code optimizations in the main application for better performance ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1075 - December 5th 2007 - Fixing a bug in the 'Outlook' plugin where some system folder settings were not read from the registry properly - Fixing a bug in the 'Registry Cleaner' plugin where system files and hidden files were not recognized by the scanner as existing files * Several changes to the setup to fix a few rare problems with the registration of required system files * Updated system files in relation to the above problems caused during installation of TweakVI * Updated resource files for better performance and stability ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1072 - October 9th 2007 + Nederlands language files added - TweakVI's user interface can now be switched to Nederlands + Added a tweak to the 'Windows Update tweaks' section of the Miscellaneous Tweaks II plugin to control system reboots after applying Windows updates - Fixing a bug where under certain circumstances installing an update through the 'Subscription Manager' did not start automatically after uninstalling the current version and restarting the system * Several internal improvements to the main application - better stability and better performance * Updated language files ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1070 - August 4th 2007 + 'Premium' and 'Ultimate' versions only: added a feature to the 'File Tools' plugin to remove file type associations to the 'File Tools' plugin + 'Premium' and 'Ultimate' versions only: added a feature to the 'File Tools' plugin to create additional context menu commands for the file/folder right click menu + 'Premium' and 'Ultimate' versions only: Added an option to the 'Autostarts' plugin to de-activate registry autostarts + All versions: Added an option to the 'Outlook tweaks' plugin to allow setting a default path for .pst and .ost files * Several minor changes and fixes to the main application * Some very minor changes to the 'Windows Utilities' plugin * Some improvements to the 'File Tools' unnecessary file search feature * Quite a lot of internal improvements to most premium and ultimate plugins * Changes to the uninstaller to allow saving snapshot files and other TweakVI configuration files on uninstallation * Updated language files * Updated help file - Updated snapshot feature: Outlook 2007 settings were not saved under certain conditions - Some fixes to the new subscription manager - Fixing a few issues in the 'Desktop tweaks' plugin - Some minor setup issues fixed + some improvements ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1065 - June 17th 2007 + Spanish language files added - TweakVI's user interface is now completely available in Spanish + A new 'Subscription Manager' feature added to the main application + Completely re-designed online update feature for our subscribers of TweakVI ultimate and premium + A few new Intel CPUs added to the CPU tweaks plugin - Fixing a bug in the 'Restore settings' feature causing an improper reset of one tweak in the 'Visual tweaks' section * Quite a lot of changes to the main application's executable * Heaps of changes and improvements to the setup * Subscriber editions only: the setup now downloads additional subscription information for the registered user to keep him informed on the subscription expiration date ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1060 - May 25th 2007 + German language files added - TweakVI's user interface is now completely available in German * A few changes and improvements to the setup * Heaps of internal optimizations and improvements - Fixing an issue where a password protected TweakVI crashed after installing a new version. Now, once a new version is installed, or once TweakVI is re-installed, the current password is deleted. The password protection must be re-enabled if required. - Fixing a bug where TweakVI did not respond if there was no internet connection available when checking for a new version - Fixing a minor cosmetical issue in the 'File Tools' plugin - Fixing a few minor issues in the 'Desktop tweaks' plugin ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1052 - March 21st 2007 + Russian language files added + Italian language files added * Several changes and improvements related to the 'Password protection' of TweakVI * Subscriber editions only: Improved registry cleaner engine - Subscriber editions only: Fixing an issue with the password protection feature where it was impossible to remove an active password protection - Subscriber editions only: fixing a bug in the 'Password Generator' plugin that prevented changing the number of generated passwords and their length - Subscriber editions only: some thrird party registry cleaners damaged the TweakVi installation. We have added some code to TweakVI that checks for corrupted registry keys and re-writes them in case they were missing, or damaged - Subscriber editions only: Fixing a bug in the 'Software and Updates' plugin where it was impossible to remove uninstall entries from the 'Installed software' list - Fixing a bug in the 'IE tweaks' plugin where two tweaks were not working properly - Fixing a few bugs in the 'Outlook tweaks' plugin where some settings where not applied properly to Outlook 2007 ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1050 - February 14th 2007 + French language files added - TweakVI's user interface is now available completely in French - Fixing a bug in the FireTune plugin that caused the plugin not to detect Firefox properly on 64bit systems - Fixing a bug in the 'Miscellaneous tweaks' plugin where one tweak was activated correctly, but the tweak's state was not reflected - Fixing a bug in the 'Shortcut Overlay Icon' plugin, where the path to a custom icon file was not retreived from the icon selection dialog - Fixing a bug where admin rights were not properly detected during setup under certain circumstances - Several fixes in relation to missing translations * Updated setup engine * Several changes to the setup of both the free edition and the subscriber editions ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1046 - January 23rd 2007 - Fixing a few language file issues where some features were not loaded properly from language files - A few fixes and changes to the 'English' language files * Updated and improved setup engine ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1045 - December 21st 2006 + Totalidea Software is proud to announce a partnership with Neosmart Technologies - Neosmart's EasyBCD, an award winning freeware boot configuration tool for has been integrated to TweakVI to offer all TweakVI users an easy and secure way to configure boot configurations * Several changes to the setup related to the optional EasyBCD download and installation * Several changes to the main application related to the integration of EasyBCD * Some changes to the setup related to Vista detection * Some changes to the setup for 64bit systems * Several other changes and optimizations to the setup and the uninstaller * Some minor code optimization * Updated language files * Updated help file - Fixing an issue on 64bit systems where the 'Software' plugin was not listing installed applications properly ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1040 - December 17th 2006 X TweakVI now supports the 64bit editions of Windows Vista (except for the RAM Drive feature). Please note that the 64bit version of TweakVI is still in beta state * All versions: lots of changes to the setup in relation to the new 64bit support * All versions: completely recoded registry access code in relation to the new 64bit support * Premium and ultimate only: several changes to most plugins in relation to 64bit support * Ultimate only: several changes to the 'Shortcut icon overlay' plugin. Added some additional overlay icons (red, green, blue, and grey arrows) * All versions: added new icons for the desktop shortcuts (Desktop tweaks plugin) * All versions: changes to the 'Desktop tweaks' plugin related to the new shortcut icons * All versions: added a new 'Glass' colorization feature to the 'Desktop tweaks' plugin * All versions: a few changes to the 'SystemInfo' plugin * A few optimizations to the setup * Updated language files - Premium and Ultimate only: fixing a minor bug in the Registry Cleaner plugin where some registry backups were not displayed properly in the backup list - Removed the 'Hide start button' option from the 'Taskbar' plugin since it was no longer working with Vista RTM ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1026 - December 6th 2006 - Fixing an issue with the 'Remove shortcut arrows' feature, where a black square was displayed above desktop shortcuts if the tweak was enabled. You must re-apply the tweak for this fix to be activated! - Fixing the above issue in the 'Shortcut overlay icon' plugin, too. - Fixing an issue with the main application where it crashed under some very rare circumstances - A few additional changes to the setup related to UAC and DEP - Some more internal changes and optimizations ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1025 - November 30th 2006 + Ultimate only: added a new plugin to freely customize the desktop shortcut overlay icons + Premium and Ultimate only: added 6 internet communication setting and restriction tweaks + Premium and Ultimate only: added a new 'Attachment security' tweak and settings section to the 'Internet tweaks' plugin + Added a tweak to the 'Desktop tweaks' plugin to control the Desktop version info display on Vista RTM + Added three 'Windows Movie Maker' restriction tweaks to the 'Miscellaneous Tweaks II' plugin + Added a feature to create BCD backups and to restore BCD backup data (Utilities plugin) + Added a new option to the main application's 'Settings' section to check for updates automatically on startup - Fixing a bug in the 'Desktop tweaks' plugin and in the main application where a wrong translation was loaded for one option - Fixing a display bug in the main application where some text items mixed up with other items under certain circumstances - Added some missing translations in the main application * The 'Remove shortcut arrow' feature of the 'Desktop tweaks' plugin was working, but damaged some 'Games' shortcuts in the startmenu. We have recoded the whole feature and now the shortcut arrows can be removed without loosing the 'Games' shortcut functionality * Added support for the new tweaks to the main application's backup and restore feature * Even more code optimization for better performance of the main application * Removed some dead debugging code from the main application * Some new icons added to the 'Desktop tweaks' plugin * Some changes to the new folder tools plugin (Ultimate only) * Some changes to the online update feature * Some changes to the 'Internet tweaks' plugin * Some changes to the setup related to DEP settings (subscriber editions only) * Some cosmetical changes to the main application * Updated language files * Updated help file ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1020 - November 25th 2006 + Ultimate version only: added a new plugin for detailed folder stats and an option to change folder icons for folders and all subfolders by one mouseclick only + Ultimate version only: added a new feature to the 'RAM disc' plugin to control the Vista ReadyBoost functionality + Premium and Ultimate version only: added a 'Privacy shortcuts' option to the 'Internet connection tweaks' plugin + All versions: Added an option to the 'Desktop tweaks' plugin to add a 'Flip3D' context menu on right clicks - Fixing a display problem in the 'Systemfolder' plugin - Fixing a serious bug where one required systemfile was not registered properly on installation and caused the setup to crash under certain circumstances * Several changes to the main application to offer more room for future plugins and features * Changes and additions to support the new plugin / plugin features * New, more 'Vista like' sounds for button mouse move and click events * Some changes to the setup for better performance * A few changes to the subscriber edition setup * Code cleanup in the main application * Updated language files * Updated help file ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1014 - November 18th 2006 TweakVI v1.0 build 1014 was successfully tested on Windows Vista RTM and was found to be fully compatible! + Added a 'Folder statistics' feature to the 'DiscDrive' plugin * Quite a few changes to the main application (performance related) - Fixing a bug in the main application where the application did not start properly under certain circumstances - Fixing a bug with a required systemfile which caused the main application as well as some plugins to crash under certain circumstances - Fixing a bug in the 'Basic' (Free) version where the plugins where not drawn properly on the screen - Fixing a bug in the setup where some plugins were not registered properly with the system - Updated language files - Updated helpfile ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1008 - September 18th 2006 * TweakVI no longer requires UAC (User Account Control) to be disabled on the target machine. It can be used with UAC fully enabled. * Manifest files are now embedded to the main application and the plugin files * Some changes to the setup due to the changes related to UAC compatibility * The setup no longer requires UAC to be turned off * Some changes to the main language file * Quite a few internal changes and code optimizations * Updated helpfile ------------------------------------------- v1.0 build 1000 - September 13th 2006 - First release