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Please read on for details on Prism Deploy
Packager
releases. In order to ensure the best results using Prism Deploy
Packager, we
encourage you to download and install the newest release today.
If you have not yet begun evaluating Prism
Deploy Packager, you may download an evaluation copy now by
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Current Customers: Version 9 requires
a version 9 serial number. If you do not have a valid serial number,
please
contact us to purchase an upgrade today.
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Revision Availability: |
Available online for immediate
download. Requires a version 9 serial number. |
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Who Should Install: |
Any customers who are running
Prism Deploy 9.0, Prism Asset Manager 9.0, or any Prism
Suite version prior to 9.0. |
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Module(s) Affected: |
Server, Console, Editor, and
Client |
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Feature Modifications: |
Prism Deploy Packager support 64
bit Windows environments (XP and Vista)This includes the
ability to create packages on, and deploy packages to 64 bit
computers. |
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Revision Availability: |
Available online for immediate
download. Requires a version 9 serial number. |
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Who Should Install: |
Any customers who are running
Prism Deploy Packager 8.1, or versions prior to 8.1. |
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Module(s) Affected: |
Editor and Client |
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Feature Modifications: |
New Boundary Client supports
Windows Vista (32-bit). |
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Prism Deploy Package Editor
supports Windows Vista (32-bit). |
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Broadened support for numerous
“Known Folders” on Windows Vista, XP and 2000 (such as
Program Files, Quick Launch, User Profile Documents,
Pictures, etc.). |
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Packages created by an earlier
version now display an upgrade prompt when opened in the
Editor, allowing administrators to convert them to the new
Vista-compatible format or save a copy in the legacy format. |
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Package Editor gracefully
accommodates User Account Control (UAC) on Vista and avoids
excessive UAC prompts. |
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New Boundary Client fully
supports Fast User Switching on Vista and where applicable
on Windows XP systems. |
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Improved handling of protected
resources (Windows Resource Protection). |
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Revision Availability: |
Available online for immediate
download. Requires a version 8 serial number. |
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Who Should Install: |
Any customers who are running
Prism Pack 6.0.1 or earlier. |
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Module(s) Affected: |
Editor and Client |
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What's New: |
Package Authentication -
Administrators can now apply a digital signature to Prism
Packages and ensure users only install packages that have
come from a trusted source. Administrators can only open
signed packages if they are authorized, protecting
unauthorized edits. Package authentication ensures secure
package installation. |
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Checkpoint Restart -
Prism Pack version 6 will now continue the deployment of a
package from its last previous point if a deployment is
interrupted due to a communication loss. Checkpoint restart
enhances Prism Deploy Packager's support for remote users. |
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Permissions Deployment -
Prism Pack version 6 can capture, edit and deploy registry
and NTFS file permissions on target computers. This enhances
Prism Deploy Packager's reliability, especially when deploying software
that requires changes to target users' permissions in order
to operate successfully. |
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Revision Availability: |
Available online for immediate
download. Requires a version 6 serial number. |
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Who Should Install: |
Any customers who are running
Prism Pack 5.1.1 or earlier. |
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Module(s) Affected: |
All (Editor, Client, Services,
Conflict Checker) |
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Feature Modifications:
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Self-Installing files (SIFs)
will only perform a reinstallation of the PrismXL service on
the target computer when it is necessary. |
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Revision Availability: |
Available online for immediate
download. Requires a version 5 serial number. |
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Who Should Install: |
Any customers who are running
Prism Pack 5.1 or earlier. |
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Module(s) Affected: |
All (Editor, Client, Services,
Conflict Checker) |
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What’s New: |
Prism Pack is now available in
German and French. Customers may now choose English, French,
or German versions of the program files, on-line help, and
Quick Start Guide.
Prism Pack fully supports the new privileges introduced in
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 and Windows Server 2003,
enabling software deployments to any user on locked-down
computers running these operating systems.
Administrators can now make the Prism Pack Client completely
invisible to users by hiding the Client’s task-tray icon. |
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Revision Availability: |
Available online for immediate
download. Requires a version 5.0 serial number. |
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Who Should Install: |
Any customers who are running
Prism Pack 5.0 or earlier. |
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Module(s) Affected: |
All (Editor, Client, Services,
Conflict Checker) |
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Feature Modifications: |
Prism Pack's rule expert now
provides an "<Env Var>" type that lets administrators more
easily create a rule for cusotm information on users'
computers.
The Prism rule expert now supports special non-English
characters, such as umlauts |
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What’s New: |
Microsoft SMS Integration
Administrators can now build PDFs and MIFs for seamless
integration with Microsoft SMS. The PDF option makes it
simple to deploy a Prism Package from SMS; the MIF option
ensures reporting to the SMS status and inventory reports. |
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Installation Rules
New installation rules safeguard installations by
providing an added layer of security. Build installation
rules based on the hardware, software and network
configuration of computers to ensure software only goes to
the computers it should. |
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Configuration-based Scripting
New configuration-based scripting options enable the
automation of complex distribution tasks by providing direct
and instant access to the hardware, software and network
ocnfiguration of target computers. |
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Fixes: |
Prism no longer uses the TEMP
folder to store baseline Pictures. |
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Several issues in the Editor
when dragging and dropping text files between Packages and
when performing "save as" operation on a Package have been
fixed. |
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Revision Availability: |
Available online for immediate
download. Requires a version 5.0 serial number. |
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Who Should Install: |
Any customers who are running
Prism Pack 4.11 or earlier. |
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Module(s) Affected: |
All (Editor, Client, Services,
Conflict Checker) |
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What’s New: |
Occasionally the "MSN Passport"
login panel would appear on Windows 2000 and ME systems when
taking a picture or finding changes. This has now been
fixed. |
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You can now add files larger
than 1 GB to Packages. |
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Revision Availability: |
Download the latest release of
Prism Pack. |
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Who Should Install: |
All customers and evaluators. |
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Module(s) Affected: |
All (Editor, Client, Services,
Conflict Checker) |
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What’s New: |
Windows XP Support
Additional items have been added to the Ignore Folders, Ignore
Files and Ignore Registry sections of Prism Pack's rules.ini
file to prevent capturing unnecessary information in packages
built on the Windows XP platform. |
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Command Fix
In version 4.0 certain command tasks were not handled properly.
When a command task pointed to a UNC path and the command
required the use of a switch when the command executed, Prism
Pack would incorrectly parse the command. For example, version
4.0 would interpret "\\computer\folder\program.exe /q" as
"\\computer\folder\program.exe \q". This has been fixed. |
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Prism XL Service Fix
In version 4.0, the Prism XL service would incorrectly stop when
a logoff occurred. Occasionally the timing was such that the
client would make sure that the service was running during the
time between the logoff and the service receiving notification
of the logoff. The client would then get a message that "The
Prism XL Service is not installed/started" when it would try and
gain access to a restricted resource. Prism now correctly leaves
the Prism XL service running after a logoff. |
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Revision Availability: |
Download the latest release of Prism
Pack. |
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Who Should Install: |
All customers and evaluators. |
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Module(s) Affected: |
All (Editor, Client, Services,
Conflict Checker) |
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