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Possibly going to delete all our freeware

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Today we got an email from our webhost telling us that our website has several files infected with malware.

Every one of these files are the installers for our various freeware applications: SimpleActivityLogger, SimpleMonitorOff, PartWord, and some legacy discontinued applications.

We’re frankly tired of fighting an ongoing battle on False Positives on these files and we’re not even convinced anyone even uses these applications.

So, unless we and our host comes to some sort of arrangement, we propose to simply retire these applications.

We will update you when a decision is made.

SimpleActivityLogger v2.3.1 released

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SimpleActivityLogger v2.3.1 is now available for immediate download.

This is a maintenance release that addresses a defect report submitted by a user, and is specifically for people who want to stay with v2.x rather than upgrading to v3.x

What’s New?

  • Can now log system startup.
  • Fixed a defect where the service dependencies weren't getting registered with the Windows Service Control Manager (SCM) meaning that there was a race condition between the SAL logging service starting and the Windows System Event Notification Service (SENS) starting. In exceptionally rare circumstances, this caused SAL to report an ‘out of memory’ error with SENS.
  • The viewer now checks that the SAL logging service is running and notifies the user if it is not.
  • Minor improvements to the installer.

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The full change history is available here.

SimpleMonitorOff v2.0.0 released

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SimpleMonitorOff v2.0.0 is now available for immediate download.

What’s New?

  • Integration with SimpleActivityLogger.
  • Fixed several defects to do with Fast User Switching.
  • Guards against a startup race condition where the user logs on and immediately locks the console.

Click here to go to the product page to download it!

The full change history is available here.

SimpleActivityLogger v3.0.0 released

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SimpleActivityLogger v3.0.0 is now available for immediate download.

What’s New?

Logging service

  • A complete rewrite to use the Windows Event Log for logging events, rather than a text file.
  • Logging of System Startup, Suspend, and Restore, in addition to the existing Shutdown event.
  • Logging of Power events.
  • Logging of User Presence events and “Away Mode”.
  • Logging of activity by SimpleMonitorOff.
  • Errors and warnings encountered by the SimpleActivityLogger service are now logged to the ‘Application’ area of the Windows Event Log.
  • All events are now logged, regardless of the viewer settings (which are now a filter).
  • The Windows System Event Notification Service (SENS) is now only used to detect Screensaver Start & Stop, and Session Reconnect. Everything else now uses more modern technologies.

Viewer application

  • Updated look and feel to align with current versions of Windows, making use of the Microsoft Fluid UI and a Ribbon bar.
  • On startup, the application now checks that the service is running.
  • The About box has had an overhaul, and now displays the version of the application and the service, and also the status of the service.
  • Proper HtmlHelp throughout.
  • You can now check if there is an update available, either automatically upon startup or manually.
  • All settings are now stored in the registry rather than in the settings.ini file, and are stored on a per-user basis.

NOTE: This version drops support for Windows XP, and is compatible with Windows Vista onwards.

Click here to go to the product page to download it!

The full change history is available here.

SimpleMonitorOff v1.0.0 released

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SimpleMonitorOff v1.0.0 is now available for immediate download.

There are no release notes as this is the initial version.

Click here to go to the product page to download it!

SimpleActivityLogger v2.3.0 released

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SimpleActivityLogger v2.3.0 is now available for immediate download.

What’s New?

  • Can now log the powering off and powering on of the primary monitor (requires Windows Vista or later).
  • Updated the application icon.

Click here to go to the product page to download it!

The full change history is available here.

SimpleActivityLogger v2.2.0 released

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SimpleActivityLogger v2.2.0 is now available for immediate download.

What’s New?

  • Can now display the user’s Full Name (if set) instead of the username.
  • A “settings changed” log message is now appended to the log the moment the Apply button is clicked in the Settings dialog, rather than when the dialog is closed.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented SimpleActivityLogger v2.1.x from running under Windows XP.
  • Tweaked the service load order so that the SimpleActivityLogger service loads much sooner, and so captures the initial logon event. (Note: Not Windows XP)
  • The installer now displays the version number, and also has various other minor improvements.

Click here to go to the product page to download it!

The full change history is available here.

SimpleActivityLogger v2.1.1 released

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SimpleActivityLogger v2.1.1 is now available for immediate download.

What’s New?

  • Fixed a bug where tooltips were not being displayed.
  • Tooltips can now be enabled or disabled via a menu setting.
  • Fixed a bug where the AutoRefresh menu setting was not being persisted.

Click here to go to the product page to download it!

The full change history is available here.

PartWord v2.0.0 released

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PartWord v2.0.0 is now available for immediate download.

What’s New?

  • Completely re-written from the ground up in C#
  • Window position, and the state of the Show Password check box, are now persisted.

PartWord requires the Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5 or later in order to run under Windows.
Under Linux, the Mono libraries are required

Click here to go to the product page to download it!