November 16th 2010 - Version 8.1.2.1809/1810

• New: [WebGUI] Improved object selector (used in map editor and for dependency setting), now supports search by name, tag, device or group.
• New: If an incompatible version of IE is installed on the server PRTG will warn the user when PDF generation may fail.
• Changed: [Installer] When installing an update after accepting the license terms the complete installation process (stopping services, copying new files, restarting services) runs without interaction in order to minimize downtime.
• Changed: [Web Server] PRTG web server now only accepts HTTPS connections using SSL 3.0 (SSL 2 will not be accepted because it has security issues), see Why don't I get an SSL connection to the PRTG web interface? "This webpage is not available."
• Bugfix: [WebGUI] Some flyouts of the main menu were shown "below the fold" and were not accessible

November 10th 2010 - Version 8.1.2.1775/1776

• Bugfix: [Webserver] Removed a potential deadlock
• Bugfix: [WinGUI] Fixed connection problems with code (bug was introduced in build 1760)
• Bugfix: [WinGUI] Fixed various smaller bugs
• Changed: [Notifications] MSN notification now works with multiple comma-separated addresses
• New: [Sensors] New custom sensor "Demo EXE - Returns user of process.exe" returns the security context of the custom sensor for debugging (usually the same as the Probe Service)
• Bugfix: Plus more than 20 minor fixes and changes

November 3rd 2010 - Version 8.1.2.1760/1761

• New: Finalized English manual
• New: Added Spanish translation of the user interface
• New: Improved German translation of the user interface
• New: [Sensors] sFlow sensor now supports VLANs
• New: [Sensors] Auto-Acknowledge option for Ping sensor (if sensor goes in to ALARM it will automatically switch to ALARM (Acknowledged)). This is a useful feature for devices that are shut down from time to time
• New: [Maps] Added multi-graph mapobjects for 2/30/365 days
• New: [Help] Added manual search function to help center and manual pages
• New: [Cluster] Added a dedicated cluster log
• New: [Cluster] Todos are now synced between nodes
• New: [WebGUI] Added a feedback link to the web interface (can be hidden in the system/website settings)
• New: [WebGUI] Copyright string in graph PNG files (bottom left) can be changed by setting registry string key " HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Paessler\PRTG Network Monitor\V7\Server\Webserver\GraphExtraText"
• New: [API] Image URLs (/graph.png) accepts graph background URL in “&bgcolor=” parameter (e.g. #ffffff, value must be URL encoded)
• Changed: [Sensors] Improved packet handling for QoS sensor
• Changed: [Sensors] Improved account impersonation for Custom EXE sensor
• Changed: [Notifications] No more "summarization" for EXE / HTTP Notifications
• Changed: [Monitoring] “Pause until” setting now survives a core server reboot
• Bugfix: [Reports] Fixed a bug in reporting that a few users reported
• Bugfix: [Help] Search returned incorrect results for manual pages
• Bugfix: [Cluster] Improved configuration health and synchronicity checks for cluster nodes (if a failover node is unexpectedly out-of-sync it will be re-synced automatically and you will receive a ToDo email)
• Bugfix: [Reports] Internal report data cache is now limited to 500 MB to avoid out of memory errors when many reports, historic data or sensor data API calls were processed in a short time
• Bugfix: [Maps] The multi-graph map object did not work properly for public maps.
• Bugfix: [Sensors] Packet sniffer sensor showed incorrect in/out direction of data streams in some scenarios
• Bugfix: [Notifications] Fixed a bug that caused incorrect display of non-ASCII characters in email notifications
• Bugfix: [Sensors] Fixed WMI Vital sensors in custom device templates
• Bugfix: [WebGUI] Web interface "Logout" link did not work properly on Opera
• Bugfix: [WebGUI] With certain access right settings the object selectors did not show all objects which should be accessible (for non-admin users only)
• Bugfix: Plus more than 50 minor fixes and changes

October 19th 2010 - Version 8.1.1.1695/1696

• Updated Manual
• New: Added German Translation
• New: Added SSH Inode Sensor
• Bugfix: When uninstaller was run the PRTG services and the registry keys were removed from system even when user clicked "Cancel"
• Bugfix: Toplist pie charts did not work when web server ran in "speed mode"

October 14th 2010 - Version 8.1.0.1675/1676

• Updated Manual
• Changed: Unknown sensor status is now listed in logs
• Bugfix: [Sensors] WBEM ESX Host sensor did not work for some users
• Bugfix: [WebUI] “Select All” checkbox was missing in the web based UI for some user account
• Bugfix: [WebUI] Cloning/moving an object into the cluster probe created an error message
• Bugfix: [Reporting] Some reports threw an access violation error under certain circumstances
• Bugfix: [Reporting] Some reports contained incorrect data when schedules were used
• Bugfix: [Reporting] Report “List of sensors” did not work for cluster installations
• Bugfix: [Reporting]Some graphs had incorrect labels
• Changed: Custom EXE sensor has a setting “write results to disk” (for debugging)
• New: Maps now have a “security context” setting (in previous versions the map always used the creator’s account)
• Changed: [Upgrading from V7] Inheritance for “HTTP proxy” setting now set to “false” when an HTTP Advanced sensor already had a proxy setting

September 29th 2010 - Version 8.1.0.1627/1628

• Updated Manual
• Bugfix: „port“ setting of SSH sensors did not work properly
• Bugfix: Removed “Dependency” setting for rootgroup
• Bugfix: Sensortree object selector did nor work when an object had “ in the name
• Bugfix: Cluster info page did not work when a node in the nodelist was inactive
• Bugfix: In some situations WBEM sensors did not work
• Bugfix: Several minor bugfixes

September 27th 2010 - Version 8.1.0.1621/1622

• New: "Sensors by type" list cascades now, if too many sensor types are used and the list would not fit onto screen
• New : Multiedit-Checkboxes in tables are not shown any more if user does not have write rights to the corresponding object
• Bugfix: Cancel Button on "Edit Usergroup" page did not work
• Bugfix: 404 error if user clicks "back" after "add sensor" fails
• Bugfix: "Settings" tab of the WinGUI sometimes did not work when IE8 was installed
• Bugfix: Cloning of NetFlow sensors did not work for "toplist diskstorage" (hidden feature)
• Bugfix: "Username" edit box of WebGUI's login dialog did not have focus by default.
• Bugfix: Object-Connectors in maps did not work on /showmap.htm page
• Bugfix: For a short moment two data tables were shown in the browser window when toplists are refreshed
• Bugfix: In the XL view of the sensor tree the "show sensor by state" hide/display feature did not work properly
• Bugfix: On the notification delivery settings page the "twitter" settings had not been removed
• Minor Changes

September 22nd 2010 - Version 8.1.0.1607/1608

• New Major Version, Initial V8 Release

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