Active Administrator Updates

Active Administrator v4.x

• FIX: Updated Forest Prep utility
  
• FIX: Corrected issue with restore of AD objects where object name contained a comma

• FIX: Correct issue with domain names in Forest Prep utility


• FIX: Documentation describes how to run mail service as domain account


• ENH: New option on Tools menu to set the starting container for Offline GPO's


• ENH: License files can now be used to restrict Active Administrator's functionality to one or more Organizational Units (OUs)

• FIX: Event Notify service only loads previous 24 hours of events


• FIX: Update to EventDefinition file to handle inconsistency between Windows 2000 and 2003


• FIX: Event Log Monitor agent upgraded to version 125

• ENH: Option to restore user and computer account passwords when undeleting objects with Windows 2003 SP1


• ENH: Increased performance and efficiency of Domain Controller agent (Security Log Monitor)


• ENH: Setup dialogs provide better user feedback when configuring services


• ENH: Added check boxes in Browse tree for Restoring AD objects


• ENH: Optionally generate random passwords when restoring users


• ENH: Comments field for each GPO version in GPO History


• ENH: Temporarily disable alerts during object restore; undelete of objectsand password changes still generate alerts, but changing other attributes does not


• ENH: Added check boxes and right-click menu to attribute selection list in Object Restore


• FIX: Uninstalling the Security Log Monitor agents from Domain
Controllers broke certain other ScriptLogic products installed on the same computer

• FIX: Corrected issue where Restore Objectsgenerated an error when restoring the sIDHistory attribute


• FIX: Corrected issue during install caused by attempt to copy previous settings when Active Administrator had not previously been installed


• FIX: Corrected issue when restoring users which could result in missing group memberships


• FIX:Fixed a handle leak in the Active Template Repair Service


• FIX:Do not allow duplicate servers to be added to the Managed Servers list


• FIX:Do not allowbuilt-in security principals to be used as user accounts for the Active Administrator services

• ENH: Object-Level Backup and Restore, including recovery of object attributes


• ENH: Self-Healing Active Templates;Email Alerts on broken templates


• ENH: Offline Group Policy Repository and RSoP Analysis


• ENH: Active Directorypermissions display in a green color when they are managed by Active Templates


• ENH: Active Templates, Group Policy History, Offline GPOs and Active DirectoryObject-Level Backups are all stored in one file share

In case you have an older version of Active Administrator that you wish to update or reactivate maintenance on, please contact us.

Active Administrator v3.25

• FIX: Corrected issue where disabled policies may appear as enabled in reports.


• FIX: Windows XP Service Pack 2 ADM files now are able to be used in reports.


• FIX: Security Monitor Agent was showing exception on console.


• FIX: Changed how event for Enable or Disable account was handled in Windows 2003 Active Directory.


• ENH: User will be notified if the Windows 2000/2003 Admin Pack - which is required to implement certain AD operations - is not installed.


• ENH: Updated Domain Controller Agent to version 3.0.0.29 (Agent 29)


• FIX: Agent 29 fixes a resource leak found in Agent 22 or lower


• FIX: Updated the Group Policy History Service to fix a TCP resource leak found when running on Windows 2000 only.


• FIX: Console - fixed a bug relating to resolving GUIDs in Active Directory for viewing proper AD permissions.

• ENH: Updated Domain Controller Agent to version 3.0.0.22.

• ENH: Added Group Policy History service.


• ENH: Added Active Directory auditing feature.