=============================================================== README O&O DEFRAG V4 PROFESSIONAL EDITION O&O Defrag V4 SERVER EDITION VERSION 4.0 BUILD 508 =============================================================== CONTENTS: --------- 1) RELEASE NOTES 2) INSTALLATION NOTES 3) VERSION HISTORY 4) SUPPORT & CONTACT --------------------------------------------------------------- 1) RELEASE NOTES ---------------- * Please report bugs and/or errors to our technical support staff. Contact information is provides at the end of this ReadMe-file. * O&O Defrag V4 Professional Edition works with the following operating systems: + Windows NT 4.0 Workstation (SP5 or higher required) + Windows 2000 Professional + Windows XP Home Edition + Windows XP Professional Edition >>THE PROFESSIONAL EDITION CANNOT BE INSTALLED ON SERVER >>OPERATING SYSTEMS. PLEASE USE THE SERVER EDITION INSTEAD! * O&O Defrag V4 Server Edition works with the following operating systems: + Windows NT 4.0 Workstation (SP5 or higher required) + Windows 2000 Professional + Windows XP Home Edition + Windows XP Professional Edition + Windows NT 4.0 Server + Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition + Windows 2000 Server + Windows 2000 Advanced Server --------------------------------------------------------------- 2) INSTALLATION NOTES --------------------- * This release can be installed with or without integration into the Microsoft Management Console. If you have selected this integration during setup, Microsoft Management Console 1.2 or higher is required to use O&O Defrag. * You need Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher for correct functioning of O&O Defrag. In addition, it is required for diplaying the on-line help. This is due to the nature of the new, compiled HTML help, which only can be displayed when certain library files of Internet Explorer are present. * To uninstall O&O Defrag, you may remove the entry "O&O Defrag Professional Edition" or "O&O Defrag Server Edition" using "Add/Remove Software" from the control panel. * Installation directories Some files, i.e. the commandline utility "OODCMD.EXE", are not installed into the user defined installation directory, but into one which contains shared files of + O&O Defrag V4 Professional Edition + O&O Defrag V4 Server Edition On a "standard" Microsoft Windows XP system this would be "C:\Program Files\Common Files\OO Software\Defrag" * You cannot install O&O Defrag V4 in parallel with an older version of O&O Defrag. O&O Defrag V4 Server Edition also includes the current release of O&O Enterprise Management Console. All older versions must be uninstalled. --------------------------------------------------------------- 3) VERSION HISTORY ------------------ CHANGES IN V4.0 BUILD 508 ------------------------- * FIX: Performance issues when connected to the GUI fixed. NEW FEATURES COMPARED TO RELEASE 3.5 ------------------------------------ * Compatible with: + Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition + Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition * Completely re-designed user interface, support for new visual styles and features of Windows XP. * STEALTH defragmentation method This method is optimal for large volumes and volumes with a high file count, as often given e.g. on file servers. The STEALTH method has a significantly lower requirement regarding system resources and free space on a volume. * COMPLETE/Date Access method COMPLETE/Date, as present in release 3.5, has been split into two different defragmentation methods: + COMPLETE/Date Modification + COMPLETE/Date Access COMPLETE/Date Modification is similar to that of release 3.5: files are sorted by the date of their most recent modification. The method COMPLETE/Date Access re-orders files by their most recent access time. This method improves access to files that are recently used in a read-only manner. * New "O&O Activity Guard Pro" "O&O Activity Guard Pro" significantly improves the file defragmentation in the background. The resource usage has been optimized again and can now be adjusted in the range of 0-100% hard disk load, thus the user is less disturbed during his daily work. * Automatic defragmentation of exclusively locked files Exclusively locked files can now be automatically added to boot-time defragmentation without user interaction. * Installation without Microsoft Management Console by choice Now, if specified by the user, installation without the MMC is possible. * Control from command line interface O&O Defrag is now shipped with a new command line utility, that enables to control the defragmentation on a local system without the graphical user interface, e.g. out of batch files. * Automatic defragmentation in the background For each volume, a fragmentation threshold and an analysis interval can be specified, so that when a user-specified fragmentation ratio is reached, the background defragmentation of a volume is launched. Combined with O&O ActivityGuard Pro, the computer can be permanently kept on a constant performance level without disturbing the user in his daily work. * User-definable duration of analysis data Now, the duration of analysis/ClusterView data kept in memory by the agent can be defined by the user. Particularly on large volumes a longer duration is often needed in comparison to the default of release 3.5 (approx. 12 min). * Enhanced output during the boot-time defragmentation The output in the boot-time screen of Windows NT/2000/XP has been significantly extended: + File names are being displayed + improved output of status/error messages In addition, a detailed logfile in %systemroot%\system32 is being generated what enables a latter diagnosis ("OODBS.LOG") * The defragmentation of MFT can be skipped The whole boot-time defragmentation and just the defragmentation of the MFT can be skipped by pressing a key. --------------------------------------------------------------- 4) SUPPORT & CONTACT -------------------- If you have any problems or questions regarding our products, please contact us. O&O Software GmbH Office: Am Borsigturm 48 D-13507 Berlin Germany Tel.: +49-(0)30-430343-00 Fax: +49-(0)30-430343-99 Sales: sales@oo-software.com Support: support@oo-software.com Info: info@oo-software.com Internet: http://www.oo-software.com