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+ New feature
o Minor change
!! Bug fix
Version 1.96, build #1007 û December 14, 2006
+ added Dutch - The Netherlands language (thanks to Koos van Riemsdijk)
o changed the "HDD Info Service" installation procedure. It doesn't require the OS restarting now.
Version 1.95, build #987 û November 30, 2006
o renewed Spanish language (thanks to Jeremy Mora)
!! fixed the error when HDI could not be launched displaying message "Can't load dlgres.dll resource library" under MS Windows 98/ME OS
Version 1.94, build #984 û November 22, 2006
!! fixed the error when HDI icon appears in the ALT/Tab list of running programs in case when the "Hide in system status area" option was checked
Version 1.94, build #983 û November 20, 2006
+ added Greek language (thanks to Kostas Sidiropoulos)
Version 1.93, build #978 û November 8, 2006
!! fixed the error when the main window didn't hide during the minimization procedure in case when the "Hide in system status area" option was checked
Version 1.93, build #977 û October 31, 2006
o changed the color of the description text in the "General Info" view in cases when HDD's status is not OK
o few internal procedures and algorithms improved
Version 1.93, build #975 û October 23, 2006
+ added Czech language (thanks to Jiřφ Bayer)
!! fixed the error when HDI couldn't be launched on the MS Windows 98/ME/NT 4.0 systems because of the static linking to the InternetSetCallbackStatusW function in the wininet.dll
Version 1.92, build #970 û October 9, 2006
+ added Chinese - Taiwan language (thanks to Joanna)
!! fixed the error when HDI didn't launch a program specified in the "Run program" option of the "Temperature" and in the "Run program on critical changes" option of the "S.M.A.R.T. monitoring" sections of the "Options" dialog in the case when path contained spaces or quotation marks.
Version 1.91, build #965 û September 28, 2006
o registration scheme has been changed
o some internal procedures and algorithms improved
Version 1.9, build #963 û September 15, 2006
+ Added Portuguese-Brazil language (thanks to Jesus Lopez Aros)
Version 1.88, build #954 û August 19, 2006
+ added/changed the description of many S.M.A.R.T. attributes
Version 1.87, build #953 û August 2, 2006
+ Added Ukrainian language (thanks to Sergo M.)
Version 1.85, build #950 û June 30, 2006
+ Added Arabic - Syria language (thanks to Salem Almesmary)
+ Added Vietnamese language (thanks to Vuong Do Thanh Huy)
o Identified S.M.A.R.T. attribute 190 for Western Digital disks.
Version 1.8, build #931 û May 24, 2006
+ a new registration key system. Note: if you have already bought a license for Hard Drive Inspector, contact AltrixSoft Support Team for getting a new one.
o new "Already Installed" installation page which is shown when the installation procedure is launched for the second time without uninstalling the previous version of Hard Drive Inspector
o new "HDDs are in use since" installation page. It allows you to enter the date when you have started to utilize your HDDs. When this date is set, it becomes most likely that Hard Drive Inspector will be able to make a correct prognosis right at the moment, even if you just started to use Hard Drive Inspector. It also significantly improves the prognosisÆs quality. This date cannot be later than today and earlier than 01/01/1990.
Version 1.7, build #923 û April 13, 2006
+ Added Slovak language (thanks to Miloslav Kurca)
Version 1.6, build #920 û March 23, 2006
+ Added Chinese (China) language (thanks to XiaoSD)
Version 1.6, build #918 û March 8, 2006
+ Hard Drive Inspector is now compatible with the Microsoft Layer for Unicode.
+ Added Slovenian language (thanks to Jadran Rudec)
Version 1.6, build #915 û February 1, 2006
o many code patched to be compatible with the Microsoft Layer for Unicode. The next version will be compiled with the Microsoft Layer for Unicode DLL (UnicoWS.dll).
o the prognosis algorithm corrected
Version 1.5, build #908 û February 1, 2006
+ Added Dutch-Belgium language (thanks to Geert Pirens)
Version 1.5, build #902 û January 20, 2006
!! fixed the error when focused some items, hitting the Enter key cleared the contents in the "S.M.A.R.T. details" and "Prognosis" views, "Options" dialog
!! In the "General Info" view when the "Death time" was over the message was like '-1 days left'. Changed to '1 days are past'.
!! fixed the GUI resources leaks and errors
Version 1.5, build #895 û January 8, 2006
!! fixed the error when the up and down scroll bar was not displayed even if the contents became too long on the advanced info view. This happened when there was one HDD in the PC.
!! fixed the problem of writing to the Application Event Log of incomplete information
Version 1.5, build #893 û November 26, 2005
+ Added new feature to send mails through SMTP (see "Options" window topic)
+ Added Spanish language (thanks to Sergio Gustavo Rambaud)
Version 1.4, build #877 û October 5, 2005
+ Added French language (thanks to Jean-Noδl Brandenburger)
o added # column with the S.M.A.R.T. attribute's number to the S.M.A.R.T. details table to lighten the searching procedure of attributes in the Help
Version 1.4, build #873 û September 8, 2005
+ Added German language (thanks to Jⁿrgen Tomasi).
Version 1.4, build #870 û August 24, 2005
o help file, some internal procedures and algorithms improved
Version 1.3, build #848 û July 14, 2005
o fixed an error in the T.E.C. date prediction algorithm. It causes that Hard Drive Inspector tells about a near hdd's death time even if the "HDD is in use" date was entered correctly.
Version 1.3, build #847 û June 14, 2005
+ Added Italian language (thanks to Nicola Lazzaris).
Version 1.3, build #846 û May 31, 2005
o help file, some internal procedures and algorithms improved
o there's no more support of MS Windows 95 OS
Version 1.3, build #844 û April 27, 2005
!! fixed a bug applying to "Hard Drive Inspector is not able to deal with your hdd models now..." message under MS Windows 95 OSR2 / MS Windows 98 / MS Windows ME.
Version 1.3, build #842 û April 8, 2005
!! fixed a bug applying to "Hard Drive Inspector is not able to deal with your hdd models now..." message under MS Windows 2000.
Version 1.3, build #840 û March 14, 2005
+ a more realistic T.E.C. date prediction algorithm
o The 'X' button minimizes to tray now. The only "Exit" menu exits the program.
!! many errors corrected:
- the program disabled window contents display on movement, despite global Windows user settings;
- temperature meters in the tray stopped being updated after some time;
- in "General Info" temperature graph link and label for the second hard disk disappeared after some time;
- SMART was updated only once on program start-up, despite the request of updating once an hour
- and others.
Version 1.2, build #825 û February 23, 2005
+ Added Norwegian (Bokmel) language (thanks to Eddie Johansen).
Version 1.2, build #824 û February 5, 2005
!! fixed a serious error which may arise under Windows 95/98/ME with two messages: 1) "The ...\HDInspector.exe file appears to be corrupt. Reinstall the file, and then try again."; 2) "Windows cannot run this program because it is in an invalid format.".
Version 1.2, build #823 û January 13, 2005
+ ability to operate with up to 32 hard disk drives on the Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 OS now (before only up to 4 disks)
+ detection of HDD's arrival/removal in the hot-swapping mode
+ a new registration key system. Note: if you have already bought a license for Hard Drive Inspector, contact AltrixSoft Support Team for getting a new one.
o the installation will not start until you have administrative rights on the local computer. It also won't run if you don't have MS Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher installed.
Version 1.1, build #807 û November 29, 2004
o many internal procedures and algorithms improved.
Version 1.0, build #759 û October 11, 2004
+ The first release.
Version 0.9, pre-release û November 17, 2003
+ many features added
!! some major and a lot of minor bugs fixed
Version 0.2, first beta-version û December 25, 2002
The first beta-version.
Version 0.1, first alpha-version û January 7, 2002
The first alpha-version.