What's New !

Exporter Pro Improvements

Numerous changes have been to the interface of Exporter Pro to make it easier to view and modify export settings.  We've also updated the documentation.  For a complete list of the changes to Exporter Pro v2.0, included with Hyena v6.7, see the Exporter Pro help file.

Adding Custom Active Directory Attributes to AD Queries

When creating or modifying Active Directory queries using Object Manager (File->Manage Object View->AD Queries), Hyena uses an external text file (ad_schema.dat) to control the display of the Active Directory attribute names and to categorize them by object type. This is done because Active Directory lacks any simple, fast, and flexible way to show all of the attributes for a given object type. Moreover, the majority of AD attributes are named in a very user-unfriendly way and the majority of them are not useful or undocumented.

Hyena's approach was worked well over the years but has one drawback : There isn't a readily apparent way to add custom, new, or specific attributes that are not part of Hyena's built-in attribute list (schema). Hyena now includes a mechanism to add new or custom attributes to any AD query. To access this feature, click the dropdown combo box labeled Attribute Category on the AD queries dialog in Object Manager (after selecting the query that you want to modify). Select the "Other (specify attribute)" category. The resulting dialog will prompt for the name(s) of the attributes to add. To add multiple attributes, separate each attribute with a comma ( , ), or a new line by pressing Control-Enter.

Using Home Directory Templates when Modifying Users

By default, if a user's home directory path is changed, Hyena will prompt after updating the user if a home directory template should be used to set the home directory security.

A new option has been added to the user Profile and Terminal Server Profile dialogs to select a template. When a template is selected through the Use Template... button, Hyena will update the profile path, logon script (non-Terminal Server profile only), drive connection, and home directory path with the values from the template. The template values will only be used if the settings to be replaced are currently empty.

When the user is updated after clicking the OK button to close the User Properties dialog, Hyena will apply the security settings, if any, from the template on the user's home directory; Hyena will not re-prompt for the home directory template again, as its assumed that the template selected previously should be used when setting security options.

This new option has been added for instances where it is desirable to have an existing user get a standard set of Profile values without the need to manually enter the settings, and potentially cause problems if typographical errors are introduced.

This new option is not available when adding users or performing multi-user updates.

Entering Active Directory Alternate Credentials

Active Directory lacks a domain-level 'logon' capability other than logging in as a particular user or running an entire application under a particular security context ('Run As'). Instead, Active Directory allows an application to provide a username and password each time any directory object is accessed. Previously, Hyena would let Windows use the current username and password for any directory operation. Now, an optional different set of credentials can be provided for any domain in Hyena's console.  For more information about how to use an alternate set of credentials when managing Active Directory, see the Using Alternate Credentials topic.

Hyena Windows XP Manifest File

Some time ago with the release of Windows XP, Microsoft created a little-known mechanism for developers (or users) to get their applications to use the newer Windows XP 'look' by using a specially formatted XML file called a 'manifest'. Hyena now includes a manifest file in its installation. The file is named hyena.exe.manifest and will be installed into the application directory. You can view the contents of the file if you want; its in XML.
 

What the manifest file essentially does is forces Windows to use the newer v6.x of comctl32.dll, which is available on Windows XP.

Hyena has nothing to do with this mechanism and should not be affected by the changes in the GUI that result when using a manifest file.

Using a manifest also fixes a problem if you have installed the newer Windows 2003 administration tools and are trying to use the Microsoft Shell Properties dialog for an OU.  If you have the Windows 2003 Admin Tools loaded, the Group Policy tab on the Properties dialog for OUs will have a hotlink to the newer GPMC tool. Without the manifest, this tab won't function properly if you click on it. With the manifest file present, it works as expected.  Note that all 'Shell Properties' are not Hyena functions per-se, but are Microsoft-created mechanisms.

If you prefer the 'older' look of Hyena when run on Windows XP, simply rename the hyena.exe.manifest file to something else.  Note that it will be re-installed when installing updates or patches.

Visual Studio 2003 Conversion

Hyena and Exporter Pro have been rebuilt using Microsoft Visual Studio 2003, including using new MFC and runtime 'C' libraries. Due to this change, a new installation program is included, which copies new library (.dll) files.
 

These new .dll files are named mfc71u.dll, msvcp71.dll, and msvcr71.dll

Visual Studio 2003 is also referred to as the .Net architecture.

New Features in Hyena v6.6

Support for Active Directory Shell (MMC) Property Page and Context Menu Extensions

Hyena can display the Active Directory shell (MMC) property sheet for any directory object when the "Shell Properties" or "Properties" option is selected. This dialog will appear the same as it would in any MMC snapin for the same directory object. Generally, property page extensions are used to add additional functionality to the Properties dialog for a directory object, such as adding a fingerprint identification page for user identification. In additional to 3rd party extensions, Microsoft also will add the Group Policy page (tab) to many directory objects as well.
 

Hyena will now attempt to determine if a particular directory object has MMC property page extensions, and add these to the standard shell property pages. The same mechanism that is used to display the property page extensions is also used to add context menu extensions, which appear on the Shell Functions sub-menu.

For more information on this feature, see the Active Directory Property Pages and Menus topic.

Replaceable Parameters in 'Manage Directory Attributes' Function

The Manage Directory Attributes feature for Active Directory objects has been modified to allow the existing value of a directory attribute to be used when modifying other directory attributes. This new feature provides way to update, even for multiple objects, the value of one attribute to include all or part of an existing attribute's value, without the need for complex scripting.

For more information on this feature and its usage, see the Active Directory Attribute Management topic.

Other New Features

• Added new dialog when opening backup event files. Hyena will now prompt for one or more backup event files which can be opened, provided that they are the same event log type. Hyena has no way of knowing what type of event log is stored in the files, so this information must be manually entered; the selection of event log types is loaded from the currently selected computer. The event description will now correctly be displayed for backup logs as well.
   

• Added new dialog when copying window information to the clipboard that can control the columns copied and other options.  Previously used options are also automatically recalled.
   

• Added new buttons on the OU toolbar for displaying and controlling the behavior of the Active Directory 'Find' dialog. The 'Find' dialog is the same dialog you would get by selecting the Find button on the OU context menu.  The 'Append Find' button can be used to add (append) the results of the find operation to the current window.
   

• Added new registry options for renaming registry keys and saving registry key values to an external file.

Other General New Features and Bug Fixes

General New Features

Bug Fixes

New Features in Hyena v6.5

Active Directory Attribute Management

One of the drawbacks to the conventional method used by Hyena and nearly all Microsoft applications when managing Active Directory objects, is the presentation of a dialog box to request user input.   Some of the disadvantages to the standard GUI dialog for managing Active Directory include:

• Active Directory offers many more additional properties (attributes) than can be displayed on most GUI interfaces.

• Limited options exist for managing the attributes for multiple directory objects at the same time, resulting in lost time performing one-by-one updates.

• Extended schema attributes will not usually be available in Microsoft or 3rd party utilities.

• Tools for direct access to AD attributes such as ADSIedit are difficult and clumsy to use.

• Scripting solutions offer only a non-interactive method of updating directory objects.

Hyena's new Active Directory Attribute Management functions are designed to overcome these limitations and provide new capabilities for direct access and manipulation of AD objects.  By utilizing advanced techniques and optimized directory access functions, this new capability will greatly enhance AD management, especially where multiple attributes need to be modified on a large collection of directory objects.

For more information on this powerful new feature, see the Active Directory Attribute Management topic.

Viewing and Exporting Indirect Group Members
 

Both Hyena and Exporter Pro have been modified to support viewing and exporting indirect group members.  Indirect groups are groups that are included (nested) in another group.  For example, the Domain Admins group is typically part of the Administrators group.  Now, you can view, export, and manage any member or group that is included in another group without having to hunt and search for the included group.  To visually view the indirect members of a group in Hyena, right click on the group, and select View Group Members->View Direct and Indirect Members.  Hyena will show indirect members hierarchically indented under their parent group.
 

To export indirect group members, select the "Include Indirect (nested) Group Members" option by clicking the Set Options button on any Active Directory Group-object export template.

Multi-Object Deletion Confirmation

When multiple objects are selected and the Delete option is chosen, Hyena will display a Delete Confirmation dialog showing the objects selected for deletion.  To aid in the selection of items in Hyena's right window, we recommend enabling the "Highlight Entire Row" and "Show Gridlines" options under Hyena's Tools->Settings->GUI dialog.  Restart Hyena after enabling either of these options.

Active Directory (Windows 2003) Undelete Support

Microsoft has added (minimal) support for undeleting Active Directory objects in Windows 2003.  A technical article describing the mechanism to 'undelete' can be found in MSDN under the title "Restoring Deleted Objects".  Hyena implements the 'undelete' functionality exactly as documented by Microsoft in this article.

For more information on how to undelete AD objects and any limitations, see the Undeleting Directory Objects topic.

Using Multiple Filter Search Criteria

Hyena's right window filtering functions (available when the green filter toolbar button is clicked) has been modified to support multiple filter search criteria.  To specify that you want to search for multiple items, enter each item separated by a ';' character.  To indicate that the string is a multi-filter search, also put a leading ';' at the start of the string.  For example, to filter for only strings that contain "user" or "marketing", enter:

;user;marketing

See the General Improvements and Bug Fixes sections below for other improvements and corrections.

New Features in Hyena v6.3 / v6.2

Improved Event Log Filtering Options

The Event filtering properties dialog has been modified for more functionality:

• An option has been added to include/exclude event IDs.  

• Some dialog controls and sizes have been rearranged for viewing all/more event log names.

• The event log list box now supports multi-selection of the event logs to view.  Together with the capability to view event logs from multiple computers, you can now view any combination of events from multiple event logs.

• A new option to save and recall the event filtering settings has been added.

Support for Exchange 2003 Query Based Groups

Support has been added for Exchange 2003 Query Based Distribution Groups.  These groups will appear with a new icon, and can be seen under Universal Groups.  There is also a new option to create these types of groups as well.  Exchange 2003 must be installed to create query-based distribution groups.

SystemViews (tm)

Hyena's SystemViews is an innovative feature that allows for fast and easy recalling of previous views of the right list window.  This feature will be especially important to those users who need a method of easily going back to a previous display or that have a large number of objects (for example, domain user accounts) that take an extremely long time to retrieve and are needed for administration throughout the day.  These views can now be retained and restored with the click of the mouse or through a keyboard shortcut.

For more information on SystemViews, see the Managing Multiple Views topic.

Improved Shared Settings Support

Previous versions of Hyena supported sharing Hyena's configuration settings with other users.  However, this feature required that nearly all of the settings be shared, even if it was desired to only share particular pieces of a configuration.  Hyena v6.2 now supports sharing any portion of a configuration.  See the updated Sharing Configuration Information topic for more information.

More Filtering Options

The filtering option in Hyena's right window has been improved.  New options for filtering for blank values, exact matches, and 'not' equals searches have been added. See Filtering Data for more information.

Managing Non-Windows Devices

Hyena's Object Manager (File->Manage Object View) can now be used to add non-Windows devices (routers, hubs, Linux computers, etc.) to Hyena's views.  Hyena does not offer any functionality for these devices, but will populate and show the tools menu when these objects are right-clicked on.  The two different object types are the Router/Switch and the Network host/Device.  The only difference between the two different types are the icon used to show the object in Hyena's windows.

Exporter Pro Improvements

Exporter Pro v1.7, included in Hyena v6.3, now supports exporting of locally logged on user information, plus file and directory exporting options.  The new file/directory exporting options also allow exporting of NTFS security information.  For more information, see the SystemTools Exporter Pro help file (stexport.chm) in the Hyena installation directory, or use the shortcut for this file under Start->Programs->Hyena.

Exporter Pro can also now be used to export account and audit policy (under Other Exports) for both domains and individual workstations.  The storage of active templates (Active Directory, Registry, and WMI exports) has also been moved to the export configuration (.INI) file, allowing for easier management of multiple export configurations.

Other Changes

See the General Improvements and Bug Fixes sections below for other improvements and corrections.

Hyena v6.0

WMI Support

WMI support has been added to Hyena.  Hyena can display any WMI property from any WMI class and also provides access to common WMI methods.  Hyena also supports modification of most writable WMI instance information on one or multiple instances from one or more computers. To help in understanding WMI and how it is integrated into Hyena, see the WMI topic.  WMI exporting options have also been added to Exporter Pro.

Exporting Selected Active Directory Objects

Hyena now supports exporting information on selected Active Directory objects.  Previously, only domains, computers, and OUs could be selected for exporting.  For example:

• Display a list of Active Directory objects from an OU, such as users, in Hyena.

• Select as many objects as needed.

• Select Tools->Exporter Pro->Export Selected Objects.

• Select the Directory templates to export and select Start Export.

Tool Grouping

Hyena now allows tools to be grouped into submenus.  Hyena will automatically transfer all existing custom tool settings to a file named TOOL_CMDS.DAT, which can be found in the same location as other Hyena configuration files.  This new tool command file provides a structure that permits the tools to be grouped and displayed on submenus.  To assign tools to groups, see the User-Defined Tools topic.

Microsoft Exchange Public Folders

Support has been added for displaying Microsoft Exchange Public Folders as well as access to the shell Properties dialog for these directory objects.

Access to Microsoft Hotfix Information

The Computer Properties->Hotfix dialog has been modified to support viewing the online Microsoft Hotfix Support database.  Either double-clicking on any 'Q' or 'KB' hotfix, or clicking the View Hotfix Information button will access the Microsoft Support web site.

Hyena v5.7

Originally introduced in Hyena v5.5, Exporter Pro has been enhanced with more options for easier administration and customization.  Exporter Pro v1.2, included with Hyena, also now supports exporting 'true' last logon information for both Windows NT and Active Directory domains.  Hyena also now has tighter integration with Exporter Pro, providing simple and easy selection of objects in Hyena to be immediately sent to Exporter Pro.  See the Exporting topic for more information on Hyena's new Exporter Pro integration.

Improved Active Directory Shell Integration - Hyena v5.7 can now display the standard Active Directory shell context menu functions for most objects in addition to the full shell property pages.  Need access to a 3rd party shell extension or Exchange Task functions?  Click here for more information.

Wake-On-Lantm (WOL) - New integration with industry-standard WOL-enabled computers has been added in Hyena v5.7.  What is WOL ?  Quite simply, it is a technology that allows a computer that is turned off to be remotely turned on.  See the Wake-On-Lan (WOL) topic for more information.

Improved Active Directory 'Find' Integration - Previous versions of Hyena could display the standard Active Directory 'Find' dialog, but were limited to what could be done with the results.  Hyena v5.7 supports selecting and returning the resulting objects back into Hyena.

Viewing Share Security - While previous versions of Hyena could display the share security for all shares through the View All Access Rights option or for a single share through the Share Properties dialog, Hyena v5.7 can now display share security information for any range of selected shares through a new View Share Security function.

Service Installation - Hyena can now install services on one or more computers using a simple wizard-based service installation process. For more information, see the Installing Services topic.

Hyena v5.5

Exporting Improvements

Hyena v5.5 now includes a separate and more powerful version of the exporting software, Exporter Pro.  All Hyena v5.5 licenses include free Exporter Pro licensing!  Exporter Pro provides for many improvements to the previous exporting options found in Hyena, including exporting of Active Directory information, registry, scheduled tasks, and more.  See the Exporting topic for more information.

Timeout (Ping) Protection Options

Hyena can now be optionally configured to initiate a ping to any computer before attempting a remote operation, preventing long delays in waiting for a timeout error to be returned.  For more information about this feature, see the Ping Options topic.

Support for adding Containers/OUs through Object Manager

Containers and Organizational Units (OUs) can now be added directly in Object Manager.  A browse button was also added to assist in creating the paths for Containers/OUs and Windows 2000/2003 domains.

Hyena v5.2

Active Directory Shell Properties

Hyena can now display the standard shell property pages for all Active Directory objects.  This provides for 100% full Microsoft functionality for Active Directory objects, while at the same time leveraging Hyena's ease-of-use and easy navigation through Active Directory.  Specifically, these changes allow Hyena to:

• Support security management for all Active Directory objects.

• Provide fully functional Exchange 2000 mailbox management.

• Provides access to the exact same property pages as found in MMC for Active Directory objects.

For some objects, such as users and computers, the Account Functions (users) or Directory Functions (computers) menus provide direct access to the Shell Property pages and the Security Property pages.  Other objects, such as foreign security principals, contacts, printers, and shares use the Shell Property pages by default when managing object properties.

The default property pages for user and group objects can be changed under Tools->Settings->Active Directory settings.   The user and group objects, Hyena can either continue to display its own customized set of property dialogs, or use the standard shell property pages.

Additionally, to force the display of the integrated shell property pages for a user or group object, hold the SHIFT key when using the Properties function (toolbar, or double-click). To force the display of Hyena's internal property pages for a user or group object, hold the ALT key when using the Properties function (toolbar, or double-click).

Active Directory Security

In addition to the standard Security dialog that can be accessed either through the Security tab on any Properties dialog or through the new Security Properties... option, there is also a new List Directory Security option to the context menus for all Active Directory (AD) objects.  This option will generate a display of the security settings for any selected AD objects.  To view the security for multiple objects, select them from the right window.

For other improvements in this release, see the General Improvements section; for bugs fixed in this release, see the Bug Fixes section.

Hyena v5.0

New Organization Unit (OU) Filtering toolbar

A new toolbar has been added that allows control over object retrieval options when viewing the contents of OUs or containers.  This new toolbar is displayed automatically in the lower left corner of Hyena's window when an Active Directory container is selected.  See Using the OU Filtering Toolbar for more information.

Registry Management

Registry management has been added to Hyena.  To access the registry, expand any computer in Hyena's left window; registry functions are at the bottom of the computer object list.  Supported functions include registry navigation, creating new keys/values, key and value deletion, searching, and modification of REG_DWORD and REG_SZ data types.  For more information, see Registry Management.

Listing Group Members for Multiple Groups

Hyena can now display the members of multiple Active Directory groups in the list window.  To do this, select any number of Active Directory groups (any type) in Hyena's list window, right click and select "View Group Members".  Hyena will add the applicable group name as an additional column to the resulting display.  This feature can be used to create a complete domain-wide group membership listing.

New XP-style toolbar and menus

Hyena now uses a new full color toolbar and XP-style menus.  Also, a large button toolbar is available under Tools->Settings->GUI.  Hyena must be restarted to change the toolbar button size.

Add to Group... function for Active Directory Users

A new function, Add To Group, has been added for Active Directory user displays on the Account Functions submenu.  This new function will allow any number of select users to be added to any Active Directory group.

Viewing multi-valued Active Directory elements in Tabular Views

Hyena can now display the values for multi-valued Active Directory attributes when used in a Tabular (right window) query.  For example, the MemberOf attribute for a user's group memberships and the proxyaddress attribute for Exchange are examples of these attributes.

Since there is only one 'cell' for each attribute for the output of a tabular query, Hyena will append the values for multi-valued attributes together and separate them with the '^' character.  Windows is limited to placing a maximum of 255 characters in any cell/field in a list window, so if Hyena detects that this limit has been reached, the characters "...!" will be placed at the end of the attribute data to indicate that more data was available, but could not be displayed.

General Improvements

Hyena v6.7

• Removed the restriction to limit tools to 50.

• Added new advanced registry settings for controlling the maximum password lengths that can be entered into Hyena's dialogs for Windows NT/200x systems. See the Advanced Registry Settings topic on how to configure this option.

• Added new advanced registry setting for controlling the maximum number of tool commands (processes) that can be created at one time from items selected in the right window. The default is 20. See the Advanced Registry Settings topic on how to configure this option.

• A problem has been addressed with the new mechanism used in Hyena v6.6 to display a user's group members. Hyena will retrieve the user group members from a global catalog server using a different method than was used in the initial v6.6 release. This new functionality and method, however, will only be used if a registry setting is added and enabled. Enabling this new feature will force Hyena to retrieve a user's group members from a global catalog server using the GC:// protocol (moniker) instead of LDAP. This will allow all of the user's universal group memberships in the entire forest to be visible. Without this feature, only the user's group members in the domain will be visible. See the Advanced Registry Settings topic on how to configure this option.

• Increased the length of the output file input field on the Edit->Copy dialog to 255 characters.

• Added a feature to allow an existing Exporter Pro configuration to be copied when creating a new export configuration using the Export Selected Objects option.

• Extended the range of the year on the user account Properties dialog (Account tab) to be up to the year 2999. Previous versions of Hyena were limited to the year 2036 due to limitations in the MFC runtime library.

Hyena v6.6

• Improved the service start, stop, etc. operation to be more responsive.

• Added new Advanced registry setting option to control the number of retries that Hyena attempts when starting/stopping services. See the Advanced Registry Settings topic on how to configure this option.

• Added an error message to be displayed when Hyena cannot get a list of scheduled tasks.

• Added option to rename the samaccountname (Pre-Windows 2000 logon name) when renaming groups in Active Directory.

• Add a new option to rename registry values.

• Added new options for installing/uninstalling VNC registry entries to the SystemTools Remote Control Manager (STRCM) utility. See the included strcm.htm file for more information.

• Increased the width of the group listing controls on the User Properties (Groups) dialog so that the entire group name could be seen (using the horizontal scroll bar) when very long group names are used.

• Added the registry key path in the list (right) window title bar messages.

• Added new advanced registry entry for disabling the automatic inclusion of the group name when copying to the clipboard a groups members. See the Advanced Registry Settings topic on how to configure this option.

• When viewing the group memberships of a user, Hyena will now include any universal group memberships from domains in the forest. The DN of the non-primary group membership will also be displayed in Hyena's right window, for easier identification of groups from remote domains in the forest.

• Added support for showing both direct and indirect members of dynamic distribution list groups.

• Added new advanced registry entry for overwritting the home directory ownership (when applying a home directory template). This option only applies when the security settings are being overwritten as configured on a home directory template definition and if a non-default home directory ownership has been establish in the template definition by using the Set Owner... button. By default, if the security information on a home directory is overwritten with what is specified in a template, the existing ownership of the directory is unaffected. See the Advanced Registry Settings topic on how to configure this option.

• Added a check for determining whether an event log existed prior to attempting to read event logs. This is needed in order to work around Windows design quirk that causes Windows to return the application event log when an attempt is made to open an event log that does not exist. The likely reason for Hyena attempting to open a non-existent event log is when one or more event logs are being read on multiple computers at the same time and a non-standard log file is being opened.

• Added the name of the object to the title bar of the Manage Directory Attributes, Properties dialog.

• Added Copy to Clipboard buttons to the Modify Directory Attributes dialogs.

• Added options to view printers and user rights to computer context menus.

• Added a new option to the Win32_Process WMI class display for displaying the owners of processes.

• Enabled the add/user group selection button when managing workstation local groups to default to a combined user and group search.
   

Hyena v6.5

• A 'SystemView' can be renamed by clicking the Rename SystemView toolbar button (the 4th toolbar button) and entering a new view title and/or icon image.

• A new context menu has been added for sorting.  Right clicking on any column header will display an option to sort ascending, descending, or by icon/image.

• Added support for new Windows user rights: SeManageVolumePrivilege, SeDenyRemoteInteractiveLogonRight, and SeRemoteInteractiveLogonRight.  Also added option to manually add user/group to user rights management dialog.

• Added capability to expand groups in the left window for Active Directory group member displays.   For example, if a group contains another group, you can now expand the group 'member' in Hyena's left window to reveal its members.

• Added a sort indicator when the sort by icon option was selected.  The sort indicator will be on the left side of the first column.

• Added a Copy To Clipboard button the Computer Properties->HotFix dialog.

• Added option to Tools->Settings->GUI to enable showing the active account Hyena is running under on the title bar.

• Modified controls on the Event dialog (Event Details) so that all controls accept Control-C for copying to the clipboard.

• Enabled use of new Windows Explorer context menu handling (internal) to improve integration with Explorer as well as enable future multi-file/directory context menus.

• Modified controls on the Directory and Object Computer Properties dialog to accept Control-C for copying to the clipboard.

• Added the license type and user license level to the Help->About dialog.

• Created a new confirmation dialog for purging all print jobs on multiple printer queues.  The new dialog will allow you to bypass subsequent confirmations.

Hyena v6.3

• Added support for viewing and modifying share caching options (Share Properties)

• Added support for %C1% for tool commands when used on items in the left tree window.  When used on a tree window item, %C1% will return the main contents of the label. An computer entry of "PayServer (Payroll Server)" will, for example, return "PayServer".

• Added support for a new symbol, %HOSTNAME%, for tool commands.  This symbol will return the Netbios or DNS host name, depending on the setting under Tools->Settings->Active Directory, "Use DNS Computer Paths".

• Added warning message when changing passwords on multiple user accounts (Set Account Password function)

Hyena v6.2

• The performance of retrieving Active Directory user accounts (All Users) has been improved.  This change should be most noticeable if a large number of contacts are maintained.

• Added message to the licensing message on Tools->Settings->Licensing and on the status bar indicating whether a Standard or Enterprise Edition license was being used.

• Added option under Tools->Settings->Reporting to specify a specific directory for storing Exporter Pro configuration files.

• Added a Tool Settings option under the Tools menu to more easily access the tool configuration dialog.

• Added support for the LastLogonTimeStamp Windows 2003 Active Directory attribute.

• Added the capability to specify a WMI namespace when creating WMI queries.  The default namespace will remain CIMV2.  

Hyena v6.0

• Enabled functionality on the '%G%' symbol in tools and macros when used on Active Directory group members.

• Added Send Message option to the View Logged On Users dialog.

• Enabled restoring the previous original window size and position when Hyena is closed when in a minimized state.

• Added comma separators for file size displays.

• Added a clipboard copy option for event log entry displays.

• Added a "Add To Group..." function for Active Directory contacts.

• Added a registry setting under HKCU\Software\Adkins Resource\Hyena\Advanced named "EnableAdFindOk" (REG_DWORD) that can turn off the option to enable the OK button on the Active Directory 'Find' dialog.  Set this value to a '0' to remove the OK button.  The default setting is a '1' (enable/show OK).

• Added the capability to view the contents of REG_BINARY registry keys.

• Modified event properties dialog to show user field in the "domain/username" format.

• Added option to save credential information temporarily on the Logon As... function.  Credential information is only stored internally in Hyena and will not be restored when Hyena is restarted.

• Added child domains to the domain UPN suffix listing on the User Properties->Account dialog.  

• Modified the loading of the customized hot fix file location to default to a shared configuration file location by default.  If not specified, then the installation directory will be used for the file's location.

• Enabled deletion of Active Directory computer accounts with sub-objects under their directory entries.   

• Hyena now performs a ping check (if configured) prior to sending messages to computer-type objects.

Hyena v5.7

• v5.7 'B' - Recalled last setting for "Change Password at Next Logon" when using the Account Functions->Reset Password option.

• The container selection dialog was changed to only show containers and OUs instead of all objects in a container.  This should improve performance in large environments and make it easier to select sub-containers.

• Added View FSMO Roles option to the menu for Windows 2000/2003 domains.

• Added Backup Event Log option.

• Added 'total' last logon, logoff, bad logon, and total logon count fields to the user View Logon Information dialog.

• Added double-click (Add) option to the schema attributes list on Object Manager->Queries dialog.

• Moved all Exporting options to the Tools menu.

• Added a mechanism to control the display of the hotfix information on the Computer Properties - Hotfix dialog.  See the Customizing Hot Fix Properties topic for more information.

Hyena v5.5

• Rev 'C' - Added option to File menu to run the older Exporter software found in Hyena versions prior to v5.5

• Rev 'C' - Added option to File menu to run Exporter Pro or to export selected objects from either window.  See the Exporting topic for more information.

• Added "Set Inheritance" option to home directory template to control home directory inheritance security options.

• Secondary property pages for Active Directory objects can now be displayed on Windows XP/Windows 2003 clients.  Secondary property pages are available when displaying user and group 'shell' property pages.  For users, for example, select the Member Of tab, then double-click any group member to display the 'secondary' group properties dialog.

• Added option to always show the OU filtering toolbar.  Select Tools->Settings->GUI to change this option.

• Added option to allow changing the Exchange mail alias name when creating Exchange 2000/2003 mailboxes.  To enable this option, enable the "Prompt for template and Exchange settings..." option at the bottom of the Tools->Settings->Exchange 2000/2003 configuration dialog.

• Added option to allow suppressing error messages when shutting down multiple computers

• Added option to allow suppressing error messages when copying tasks to multiple computers

• Modified Service->General dialog to display very long service executable paths.

• Added support for InetOrgPerson Active Directory objects.  To enable this support, check the "Enable support for InetOrgPerson objects" under Tools->Settings->Active Directory.  This feature only works when used on Windows 2003 domains.

• Added Browse button to the Local Group Properties dialog.

• Added "Add To Group..." option to Active Directory computer context menu "Directory Functions"

• Added history (last 20 previous entries) to the "View Computers" option.

• Added Print Server Properties function to the main "Printers" object for any computer.

• Modified the behavior when multiple accounts are disabled/enabled using the Enable/Disable account function.

• Added browse buttons for finding/constructing Active Directory paths for AD domains and OUs in the Object Manager.

Hyena v5.2

• Added "Enable/Disable Computer Account" to the directory functions available for computers.

• Added additional filtering buttons to the OU toolbar for filtering directory shares, printers, GPOs, and foreign security principals.

• Added option for Active Directory groups "Add To User..." which provides for an easy way to add any number of selected groups to a designated user or contact.

• Added a Properties menu option for Active Directory domain objects.

• Worked around problem when a DNS-style name was used for the "Name" of a Windows 2000 domain,  resulting in "Unable to determine domain controller" errors for some operations.

• Allowed viewing and modifying Active Directory user accounts ending with a '$'.

• Added message when Hyena detects that the Administrative Tools package (Admin Pak) is not installed when Windows 2000 domains are being managed.

• Added Open and Explore menu options to all shares and folder objects

• Added View Task Log option to the context menu for Scheduled Jobs

• Modified the computer properties (General) dialog to disallow entering more than 48 characters for the computer comment due to limitations of the Windows browser service.

• Sorted the local computer groups when adding local group security to shares.

• Added the capability to add Local Groups from a Windows 2000 native mode domain to the local groups on member servers/workstations.

• Disabled the option for a Windows NT 4.0 workstation to initiate synchronization (replication) on a native mode Windows 2000 domain (function is not supported on NT 4.0 resulting in crash of Hyena.exe)

Hyena v5.0

• Pressing Enter on the Group Properties->Notes field will now create a new line.

• Enabled saving and restoring by default the state of the last options used on the Find dialog.

• Added "Add to Object Manger" function for disk directories.

• Added the display name attribute to all group member displays, including the group Members dialog and right-window displays.

• Optimized the adding and removing of group members from the group properties dialog.

• Added Install Date to the Software Properties dialog for computers.

• Added capability to view saved (backup) event log files to the main Event Log context menu.

• Displayed inherited permissions as dimmed icons when viewing file/directory permissions.  Also, added a small 'i' after the permission list to indicate that the permissions are inherited.

• Added confirmation to Reset Computer function.

Corrections and Bug Fixes

Hyena v6.7 'D'

• Fixed problem with the memory display on Computer Properties->System tab showing a negative number when a very large amount of memory was installed.

• Fixed problem with deleting Exchange 200x mailboxes, causing Active Directory error.

Hyena v6.7 'C'

• Fixed problem with the MaxToolProcesses advanced registry option not working as expected.

• Fixed problems with the NT User Manager interface for Exchange 5.5 caused by underlying changes in v6.7

• Fixed problem ("Parameter is incorrect error") when managing users and the Hours tab is not visible/enabled.

Hyena v6.7 'B'

• Worked around problem browsing workgroups and domains under the Enterprise object when connected through a terminal server or remote desktop session.

• Modified memory display on Computer Properties->System dialog to use a larger storage buffer and decimal display.

• Modified install to allow installing from a read-only device.  The new installation software used an improper default for the storage of the UNWISE.EXE file.

• Added option to double-click on entries on the User Properties->Contact page to display the Modify Contact dialog.

• Corrected problem with modifying or adding new contact information for Active Directory objects that resulted in random disabled/greyed out settings.

Hyena v6.7

• Corrected behavior when selecting 'No' to prompt about displaying additional error messages when viewing the permissions on multiple shares.

• Fixed bug that caused failure to remove group members when remove membership function was selected after viewing group memberships on multiple groups or through View Indirect Members function

• Fixed error message formatting when deleting group members in Hyena's right window.

• Fixed problem with title bar not reflecting domain source when refreshing Active Directory views and main application bar not updating when changing from one view to the next.

• Corrected problem with using Exchange 2003 functions, ie "Missing Interface/Exchange 2003 tools" error.

• Fixed a problem with having a duplicate Active Directory attribute in a query and then using the Tools->Generate Report option, resulting in Microsoft Access not being able to create the table due to the duplicate entry.

• IMPORTANT: Fixed bug when performing multi-user changes using the 'Manage Directory Attributes' function and using a directory attribute replacement parameter (ie %samaccountname%) in the new value field.

Hyena v6.6 'B'

• Fixed problem that caused Hyena to crash when attempting to run WMI queries on a Standard Edition license.

• Fixed problem with listing local and/or global groups for users when in a multi-domain forested environment.

Hyena v6.6

• Fixed problem with international date formatting at the bottom of the output produced from File->Print.

• Fixed problem of Hyena crashing when it was unable to open (bind) to a directory object. This generally happened when another user moved or deleted an object that was already loaded into another user's GUI.

• Fixed problem with setting the user rights for service accounts when the service was running on a Windows NT 4.0 BDC.

• Fixed a problem when more than 50 AD queries were created that caused a performance query to be run instead of the selected AD query.

• Fixed a problem with the icon used on the Manage Directory Attributes function not correctly reflecting the icon of the selected object(s) in Hyena's right window.

• Fixed a problem with restoring views that came from an Active Directory 'Find' operation, having an incorrect or missing context menu

• Fixed a problem with memory leaks when the MultiView option was disabled.

• Fixed problem with the context menu not appearing when multiple computers with different object types (icons) were selected in the right window as a result of a custom object grouping.
   

Hyena v6.5

• Fixed problem that caused an error when trying to manage the group members (Members tab) of a computer when the computer was added to the GUI through an OU search.

• Fixed problem that caused the WMI namespace to not be saved when creating a new WMI Query by using the Execute Query... function

• Fixed problem due to home directory template names being too long and causing them to be missing from the template list.

• Fixed problem that resulted in UPN suffix information to be missing when managing users through an OU added directly in Object Manager

• Fixed problem that caused WMI queries that were using namespaces other than CIMV2 to not work consistently depending on how they were executed.

• Fixed problem with viewing the primary group of a user in the left or right windows when the user's primary group RID was a very large number

• Fixed problem with viewing saved event logs; information returned on saved logs was either empty or unrelated event information

Hyena v6.3 'B'

• Fixed minor problem with some display elements being truncated on the Filter Events dialog.

Hyena v6.3

• Corrected problem with the container browser in Hyena not forcing a domain controller name in the path which resulted in errors performing some Microsoft functions which could not resolve a domain name correctly.

Hyena v6.2 'C'

• Corrected problem when using the shutdown function on computers manually entered using tcp/ip addresses; also added hourglass cursor when initiating shutdown operation.

• Corrected problem with the user 'View Logon Information' function not always calculating the last logon correctly when using the View All Controllers options and incorrectly incrementing the total logon count each time the button was clicked.

• Corrected problem when setting RAS information when copying or adding users with a username longer than 20 characters and that did not have a Pre-Windows 2000 Logon explicitly defined.

Hyena v6.2 'B'

• Corrected problem with creating Exchange mailbox when copying Windows NT user accounts

• Corrected problem with the TAB key no longer moving between the left and right windows

• Corrected problem with the Open By function for files returning empty results.

Hyena v6.2

• Added an error message (instead of software crash) when attempting to list the Domain Controllers object for Windows 2000 or later domains from a Windows NT (or earlier) client.  This operation is not supported.

• Fixed problem that caused the deleted computer account to not be immediately removed from the screen after being successfully deleted.

Hyena v6.0 'D'

• Removed the unneeded IPC$ connection established after getting any error modifying share security information, possibly resulting in Access Denied errors when using other functions.

• Added support for Ping options (Tools->Settings->View) for WMI operations.  Offline computers (computers that fail any ping) can optionally be skipped when the ping options are enabled.

• Fixed problem with missing hours separator graphic on User Properties->Hours dialog.

Hyena v6.0 'C'

• Fixed problem with deleting Exchange 2000 mailboxes when deleting user accounts.

• Fixed problem with trying to access group properties from a user's properties dialog (shell Properties only)

• Corrected problem with numeric Active Directory data types for Custom user attributes (Object Manager->AD Custom) not being retrieved and used properly.

• Corrected problem with Hyena being unable to accept a large number (typically more than 25) Custom user attributes  (Object Manager->AD Custom).

• Corrected problem where the Copy Group Members function did not function correctly when performed from Hyena's right window.

• Added checking for event log entries that were the type of EVENT_SUCCESS to be the same as informational events.  Also, unknown event types will be shown with a different icon.

• Added error suppression when using the Account Functions->Add To Group function on user's that were already members of the selected group.

Hyena v6.0 'B'

• Fixed a problem with all folder selection dialogs not displaying mapped drives and folders.

• Worked around bug in registry access functions for Performance data (possibly only on Windows 2003) that resulted in "Parameter is incorrect" error when looking at performance queries in Object Manager.

• Modified SystemTools Remote Control Manager (STRCM), included as optional installation component for Hyena, to provide support for installing VNC 4.0.

• Modified Exporter Pro v1.5, included with Hyena, to correct problem with exporting WMI information and to provide internationalized numbers in disk space exports.

• Fixed problem with deleting home directory templates when using shared settings file.

• Fixed problem with Hyena not restoring window position when used on a multi-monitor configuration (extended desktop)

• Fixed problem with WMI license warning endless loop if attempting to access WMI class on Standard Edition when viewing auto-refresh (performance, print jobs, etc.) displays.

• Corrected misleading title for User Properties dialog when copying user accounts using the shell's 'wizard'

Hyena v6.0

• The Active Directory object's Shell Functions menu will no longer be displayed if it is empty.

• Fixed problem with the Exchange 2000/2003 settings not remaining set after leaving the Tools->Settings dialog.

• Disabled the 'Account Type' option when managing Active Directory native mode domain user accounts (User Properties->Account)

• Enabled entering longer passwords for user accounts on remote Windows XP systems when using the Account Functions->Reset Password function.

• Fixed overflow that resulted in misleading information to be displayed for directory sizes.

• Fixed a problem with DISABLED Active Directory computers that are merged with the browse list (under Tools->Settings->View) having a standard offline computer icon instead of an "offline" indicator.

• Modified the More Functions->Reset Password option to allow setting passwords longer than 14 characters.  An error message is displayed when attempting to do this operation on Windows NT systems.

• Corrected problem with viewing group members for multiple (filtered) groups in the right window.

• Fixed a problem with any 'Edit' functions in non-English versions of Hyena not using notepad.exe

Hyena v5.7 'E'

• Fixed a problem with any 'Edit' functions in non-English versions of Hyena not using notepad.exe

• Fixed problem with the Exchange 2000/2003 settings not remaining set after leaving the Tools->Settings dialog.

Hyena v5.7 'D'

• Corrected problem with being unable to hide/disable the Registry entry for computer objects under File->Manage Object View->Nodes.

• Corrected problem with viewing the Exchange mailbox properties for Windows 2000 users on Exchange 5.5 systems using the User Manager Extensions interface.

• Fixed problem with being unable to delete Active Directory user and group objects when viewing the results from a tabular query run on the results of another tabular query.

Hyena v5.7 'C'

• Fixed problem introduced in rev 'B' that resulted in local computer always to be used when viewing user rights.

Hyena v5.7  'B'

• Modified behavior of the Send Message function when used on some Active Directory user accounts.

• Fixed problem with Hyena being unable to find the host name in the WOL file when using the Wake Up function.

• Fixed problem with resolving the user name on some event log events.  Previously, the user name would be displayed as "Unknown" instead of a known user account.  In cases where Hyena cannot resolve the user account for these events, Hyena will now also display a text representation of the SID.

• Fixed problem with new builtin NT AUTHORITY-based accounts on Windows XP interfering with modification of the startup information for services.

• Fixed problem with incorrect handling of the referenced server when managing rights for domain accounts.

• Fixed handling of the Enter/Return key when a registry key was selected in the right list window.

Hyena v5.7

• Fixed problem with saving the "Use Netbios Names..." ping option.

• Fixed problem Hyena crashing when handling blank and missing fields in the WOL Configuration File.

• Fixed problem with viewing Tabular queries for Active Directory shares, printers, and contacts.   

• Fixed problem when managing users, groups, etc. on Windows NT domains that resulted in RPC failure message.

• Added mechanism to prevent an attempt to create new users in an Active Directory domain with the samaccountname attribute set longer than 20 characters (resulted in AD error message).

• Fixed problem with modifying the service rights database when modifying the service startup account for services on backup domain controllers.

Hyena v5.5 'D'

• Fixed problem with resolving the user name on some event log events.  Previously, the user name would be displayed as "Unknown" instead of a known user account.  In cases where Hyena cannot resolve the user account for these events, Hyena will now also display a text representation of the SID.

• Fixed problem with new builtin NT AUTHORITY-based accounts on Windows XP interfering with modification of the startup information for services.

• Fixed problem with incorrect handling of the referenced server when managing rights for domain accounts.

Hyena v5.5 'C'

• Added mechanism to prevent attempting to add a new user into an Active Directory domain with a default samaccountname attribute set to a value greater than 20 characters, resulting in a difficult to understand Active Directory error message.

• Fixed problem with modifying the rights database when modifying the service startup account name on backup domain controllers.

Hyena v5.5 'B'

• Corrected problem that when using DNS computer paths (Tools->Settings-Active Directory) and using the 'Show Logged On' function would try to resolve a domain name from a computer name due to Windows internal use of Netbios names.

• Added SeImpersonatePrivilege and SeCreateGlobalPrivilege rights to the Manage Rights function.  These are new rights added in Windows 2000 SP4.

Hyena v5.5

• Corrected problem that caused the 'Remove From Domain' option to be ignored when viewing Active Directory computers from a Tabular Query.  

• Corrected problem whereby a Tabular query run from a filtered result set would not return any results.

• Corrected problem with viewing scheduled jobs which contained at large amount of data in certain parameters.

Hyena v5.2 'D'

• Fixed problem with adding members to the "Member Of" listing for new groups that were not replicated yet to other controllers resulting in errors when saving the information

• Modified the 'Find' feature for logon scripts to use the same method of determining the directory to start the search in as the 'Edit' button.

• Corrected problem with the 'Open Backup Event Log' option not using the correct file name.

• Enabled cut and paste capability when editting items in either of Hyena's main windows.

• Corrected problem with the "Exchange Properties" button on the General user Properties dialog not functioning correctly when the directory name did not match the Pre Windows 2000 Logon name.  This problem only affected Exchange 5.5 installation on Windows 2000 Active Directory.

Hyena v5.2 'C'

• Added support for generating Microsoft Access table output for Active Directory security and registry views

• Added option to enter drives 'A:' and 'B:' for Windows NT user profile drives.

• Corrected problem with showing the shell property pages when selecting multiple users properties and the "Always show shell property pages for user objects" option was enabled.

• Added option to suppress/skip further error messages when viewing scheduled jobs on multiple computers.

• Corrected problem with displaying the shell property pages for user objects resulting in the loss of mouse and Hyena application termination under certain circumstances.  This problem only affects Windows XP and Windows 2003 clients.

Hyena v5.2 'B'

• Fixed problem with the UPN suffix list not showing correctly the first time the user Properties dialog was displayed for domains with only a single root suffix.

• Fixed problem with the local groups object being visible for non-native mode Windows 2000 domains when managing local groups.

Hyena v5.2

• Fixed problem with Hyena crashing when an empty REG_MULTI_SZ registry entry was viewed.

• Fixed problem with viewing and saving dialup information when used on Windows 2003.

• Fixed problem with the share name still being displayed for printers that were no longer shares.

• Fixed problem with viewing older NT-style permissions on the View NTFS security option.

• Fixed problem with Hyena crashing if a service .exe name and path were longer than 255 characters.

Hyena v5.0 'B'

• Corrected problem with being unable to display the context menu for shares whose underlying directory did not exist.

• Added Active Directory path to the error message when Exchange mailboxes could not be created and added message to status bar when mailboxes are successfully created.

• Corrected problem with the Exchange Functions menu not appearing correctly on the user context menu.

• Fixed problem with Copy Group function not properly copying members from the existing group.

• Sorted registry key names in the left tree window.

• Fixed problem with registry search function crashing Hyena under certain conditions.

• Fixed problem with displaying garbage (instead of blank) for registry values under certain conditions.

• Fixed problem with the Edit button (User Properties->Profile) not finding the logon script file.

• German Release Only: Fixed problem with the 'go back' option to view shares when viewing files

• Fixed problem with Hyena crashing when searching or modifying empty registry values of type REG_MULTI_SZ.

Hyena v5.0

• Corrected problem with the View Logon Information function failing when an NT 4.0 domain contained a '.' (dot), making Hyena think that it was a Windows 2000 domain.

• Fixed problem with files/directories with Full Control appearing as Special Access.

• Fixed problem with adding members from trusted domains outside of the forest to groups.