VNC® Personal Edition 4.2 - release notes
Below are the release notes for version 4.2. You can also read the release notes for versions 4.1.x and earlier.
VNC Enterprise Edition 4.2.8
VNC Enterprise Edition for Windows Changes
- VNC Viewer now disables local IMEs by default.
- FIXED: Guest login was not available in version 4.2.7.
- FIXED: VNC Server could quit unexpectedly on logoff/user-switch under Windows Vista.
- FIXED: VNC Server configuration applet failing to open under Windows Vista.
VNC Personal Edition 4.2.7
VNC Personal Edition for Windows Changes
- VNC Viewer now defaults to the current username if required.
- Improved VNC session interactivity while transferring files.
- FIXED: Saving .vnc files from the Connection Details dialog works.
- FIXED: Files sometimes transferred as zero length.
- FIXED: File transfers taking longer than five minutes cause the connection to be dropped.
VNC Personal Edition 4.2.6
VNC Personal Edition for Windows Changes
- Connection authentication is now logged for all authentication methods.
- Viewer shows the server signature when it is missing or mismatched.
- VNC Server's Add New Client option now reports detailed error messages.
- FIXED: Potential memory corruption when rendering cursor outlines.
- FIXED: Connections dropped due to errors are now always logged.
- FIXED: NT4 excessive desktop-switch log messages.
- FIXED: Memory leak under XP with Terminal Services Service not running.
- FIXED: Potential VNC Server shutdown in response to screen capture errors.
- FIXED: Potential deadlock in viewer when copying files from server.
VNC Personal Edition for Java Changes
- FIXED: VNC Viewer reports use of RA2ne security type correctly.
- FIXED: VNC Viewer reports the same identity-hashes as native viewer.
VNC Personal Edition 4.2.5
VNC Personal Edition for Windows Changes
- FIXED: Server memory leak when used on Windows 2000 systems.
VNC Personal Edition 4.2.3
General changes
- FIXED: Security vulnerability
VNC Personal Edition 4.2.2
VNC Personal Edition for Windows Changes
- VNC Viewer applies server clipboard text immediately, when it has focus.
- FIXED: More robust file-transfer directory-enumeration algorithm.
VNC Personal Edition for Java Changes
- FIXED: Full-color is now disabled on JREs prior to version 1.5, to ensure compatibility.
VNC Personal Edition 4.2.1
General Features and Improvements from VNC Personal Edition 4.2
- FIXED: Potential server-crash when using QueryConnect.
- FIXED: Disconnect issue when using RFB 3.3/3.7 with no authentication and QueryConnect enabled.
VNC Personal Edition for Windows Changes
- FIXED: Unable to connect to server on Windows 2000 without Terminal Services.
- FIXED: Potential viewer-crash when performing chained file transfer.
- Connection access can only be changed if local user has server config rights.
- Increased trial period to 30 days.
VNC Personal Edition for Java Changes
- FIXED: Full-color not working on JREs prior to version 1.5.
VNC Personal Edition 4.2
General Features and Improvements from VNC Personal Edition 4.1.3
- Queried connections can now be accepted view-only.
- Improved connection logging, particularly for blacklisted connections.
- Improved update-handling for slow connections.
- VNC Server now support new "guest" login.
- VNC Server now provide full integrated connection management.
VNC Personal Edition for Windows Changes
- Added file transfer.
- Added partial support for alpha-blended cursors.
- VNC Server: Add New Client menu item can be disabled.
- VNC Server: Improved support for Fast User Switching under Windows XP.
- VNC Server: QueryConnect timeout behaviour is now configurable.
- VNC Viewer: Full-screen mode can span monitors on a multi-monitor system.
- VNC Viewer: Full-screen mode can set viewer's monitor resolution to match server's.
- FIXED: Relative-Pointer mode does not work correctly on multi-monitor server systems.
- FIXED: VNC Server does not work correctly with power-saving modes.
- FIXED: Scrolling VNC Viewer window does not behave correctly.
VNC Personal Edition for Java Changes
- Added support for full-color, low color and very low color modes.
- Improved hextile encoding efficiency.
- Enable Tab key on systems that support it.
- Server identity cache format is now the same as for platform native VNC Viewers.