• Fixed another crash of Microsoft MMC3 which is caused by a malformed registry entry (Thanks Microsoft for keeping us busy...)

• Fixed a crash of Microsoft MMC3 which is caused by a long filename of a Direct I/O module.
• Fixed an path resolution issue occurring with Microsoft Softgrid Beta.

• Disallowed installation under Vista because Direct I/O is not compatible anyway.

• Fixed driver start behavior when running on machines with PAE extensions enabled.

• Changed display of network path loggings in the event log from error to warning (which are not stored at all under default settings).

• Fixed IRQ event security problems when running under a non-privileged account.
• Improved parallel port IRQ handling on ACPI systems.
• Fixed system lockups caused by entering a process path pointing to an absent removable storage device.

• Enhanced Forced Uninstallation Mode to handle damaged installations caused by user intervention (deleting files or editing registry).

• Fixed uninstallation errors where locked files prevented successful re-installation.
• Fixed BSOD occurring under very rare cases at end of installation.

Note: Builds 260 and 261 have been replaced without further notice because of heavy file compression errors in the installation package.

• Created custom install option to allow customized installs.

• Fixed ACPI problem (see Q700005).
• Enhanced error reporting using Event Log.
• Improved detection of terminated 16 bit processes.
• Fixed handling of local prefix for application paths.
• Fixed a bogus subsystem assumption in VDD.

• 'True Serial Port Sharing' under Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
• Allowed double quoted paths in SETUP.INI file.

• Enhanced 'True Parallel Port Sharing' for ECP Printer Ports.

• Fixed Kernel Write Protection Bugcheck (STOP: 0x000000BE) on systems with 128 MB memory or less (see Q100005).

• Memory resources handled correctly in 16 bit processes.

• LPT IRQ's work for ACPI systems too.
• Path parsing problem of allowed processes fixed.
• No event log errors for invalid paths.
• Driver startup mode "System" functional.

• Adapted to Windows XP.
• Problem Reporter included in installation package.
• Added samples TestIo32 and IrqMon.

• Switching from fullscreen to windowed mode does not remove I/O permissions anymore (see Q700001).
• Shareware reminder dialog only displayed for allowed processes.

• Long pathnames allowed for process names (see Q400002).
• Legacy I/O support for 32 bit applications.
• Allowed process distinguishes between 16 bit applications too.
• Introduced event logging for easier support.
• True parallel port sharing (see Q500003).
• 32 bit Installer/Deinstaller with Industry Standard installation package.
• Forced uninstall option in Installer.
• Event log support with selectable error logging level.

• Special characters allowed in process names.
• Process names limited to 15 characters (see Q400002).
• VDD issues more detailed error messages.

• Updated online help documentation (see Q400001).

• Port access problem after opening the driver has been fixed. No delay needed anymore.
• Uninstall problems fixed.
• Licensing problems due to old system DLLs fixed.
• Driver early startup problem removed.

• Adapted to Windows 2000. See README.TXT when installing.
• Revised online help file.
• Made license values editable from within Control Panel.