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AISBackup: Version History 1.0 to 2.3.

Changes in version 2.5

AISBackup Build 309 Version 2.5  (21 November 2007)
3.08 MB (3,235,368 bytes)

Fixes:

  • Build 308 was available on the web site for about 2 hours, this contained an error which results in backup failure owing to a missing animation resource. The fault should only have affected Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.
  • FTP job: Delay in some FTP accesses removed, e.g. a short delay between deleting files on FTP server.
  • Windows Vista temporary file folder is created after a Windows Vista restore (if it was not on the backup) as this is required by some processes, e.g. Right click / Run as administrator and installing some programs. See Microsoft Knowledge Base article 932142.
  • Backup to LAN devices whose underlying file system does not support file listing using pattern matching fixed. This rare problem caused the following options did not work: Manage Backup / Validate Backup, Manage Backup / Reset Backup, Manage Backup / Remove Backup Job with Delete Backup and Tools / Open Job from Backup Media. Please note that it is not possible to backup from these network drives using a Files of Type backup job.
  • Server 2008 was not properly identified in the session information tab of backup's.

Release AISBackup Build 307 Version 2.5  (5 November 2007)
3.08 MB (3,231,464 bytes)

Pre-Release AISBackup Build 306 Version 2.5  (29 October 2007)
3.07 MB (3,226,656 bytes)

Fixes:

  • New Job, FTP type: AISBackup would hang when clicking Next after testing FTP settings.

Pre-Release AISBackup Build 305 Version 2.5  (26 October 2007)
3.10 MB (3,254,872 bytes)

Changes:

  • Enable FTP stall time to be adjusted.
  • Short-cut icon shown on reparse junction folders.

Fixes:

  • Re-connect to FTP if connection lost prior to uploading backup.

Pre-Release AISBackup Build 304 Version 2.5  (18 October 2007)
3.09 MB (3,248,320 bytes)

  • File selection forms: Show shortcut overlay icon on Reparse Junctions to indicate that the folder is a link to another physical folder
  • File selection forms: Show shortcut overlay icon on Reparse Junctions to indicate that the folder is a link to another physical folder.
  • The FTP stall timeout may be user set using the Manage Backup / Change Backup Job Settings / FTP Stall Timeout button, it is recommended that this value is not less than 30 (seconds).
  • Manage Backup / Auto run this job (MS Task Scheduler): The non-advanced option introduced in version 2.5 now displays the Remove deleted files from destination option for copy and synchronise jobs.
  • Auto run and short cut disk to disk copy: Additional log messages.

Fixes:

  • The Complete FTP Transfer button was not displayed if no files were uploaded to the FTP site.
  • In FTP backup jobs the Abort button did not abort the current FTP upload.
  • The Run Once Per Day flag may have been set in error on auto-run jobs (MS Task Scheduler).

Pre-Release AISBackup Build 304 Version 2.5  (12 October 2007)
3.09 MB (3,248,320 bytes)

Changes:

  • A pop-up is now displayed if you have elected to be notified of new releases of AISBackup. The pop-up may be permanently discarded if you do not want to upgrade yet, however, the ‘Upgrade Available’ caption will flash for a few seconds when AISBackup starts to bring your attention to the new version availability.
  • If the estimated size of backup exceeds the destination free space a warning is displayed.
  • It is now possible to change the local disk location of FTP backup jobs.
  • The local disk location of FTP backup job's may now be changed.
  • Editing Boot Menu: The vista boot menu may now be edited from Windows XP. Old versions of Windows option to allow booting from Windows XP, 2000, 2003 on a Vista dual boot system has been implemented.
  • Simplified Schedule Backup option with access to previous options via an Advanced button.
  • Cross checking of Reparse Point Junctions to ensure that the data folders have been selected. Auto select data folders option added.
  • Updates to enable backup of Windows Server 2008.
  • Display optional message if files and folders selected for backup are no longer on disk.
  • AISBackup has been updated to use task scheduler 2.0 on Windows Vista and Windows Vista 2008.

Fixes:

  • Disk to disk copy and synchronize jobs: If a file name is selected for backup and the file subsequently deleted from the source folder the file would not be selected for deletion from the destination folder. If a folder is selected for copy and then deleted from the source the destination files would not be selected for deletion, or in the case of both way synchronization jobs new files in the destination folders (of the deleted source folder) would not have been selected to copied from the destination to source folder.
  • Some of the AISBackup captions may have been truncated if large a font size has been selected for Windows.
  • Some protected folders may not have been created with the correct short name. If full logging is selected the creation of folders was incorrectly logged in the history log as an error and should have been logged as INF (information).
  • When selecting a folder for backup which only contained folders it was not always possible to remove the selection by clicking the folder in the tree view pane, however it was possible to de-select the folder in the list view pane (or by de-selecting each of the child folders in the list view pane)
  • If a large number of old sessions were manually removed from a backup job the Sessions tab would incorrectly label the session date, however, the shown actual date of backup is correct.
  • Possible error when opening FTP Backup from FTP server owing to the SSL encryption flag been set in error.
  • Resume FTP upload button is now shown on the jobs list form when an FTP job which has not finished uploading is displayed.
  • Improved log display where long lines did not display correctly.

Changes in version 2.4

Build 303 AISBackup version 2.4  (4 June 2007)
3.44 MB (3,617,400 bytes) Changes:

  • Added ability to add Previous Windows Versions to the Windows Vista boot menu.

Fixes:

  • Fixed problem with networked File Access Manager.

Build 302 AISBackup version 2.4  (25 May 2007)
3.44 MB (3,615,072 bytes)

Fixes:

  • Fixed first Quick Job start problem under Windows Vista for new users of AISBackup.
  • Fixed backup calculation display: AISBackup would only display the backup calculation for the first backup job run.

Build 301 AISBackup version 2.4 release candidate (21 May 2007)
3.38 MB (3,552,064 bytes) The version number of AISBackup has been changed to 2.4 to reflect the large number of changes made for the Windows Vista operating system. Changes:

  • The drag and drop restore files preview has been fixed.Improvements to the display and handling of backup jobs which require to run in Windows Vista Administrator mode.The Microsoft Recovery Console is not a feature of Windows Vista so the restore and help file has been updated to give Windows Vista specific instructions when restoring the Vista operating system.

    When is not possible to restore the Windows Vista operating system 'over the top' then Windows Vista may be booted to a recovery 'command prompt' option from where AISBackup's restore may be completed.Improvements to the handling of NTFS reparse points.AISBackup now displayed the 'Aero' miniature form on the task bar in Windows Vista.
  • AISBackup now uses the default system fonts on all forms.

Fixes:

  • Fixed restore problem with some double characters that Windows detects the same as single characters in some languages, e.g. the German "ß" and "ss" are seen to Windows as the same character, so the filenames "Fußball.txt" and "Fussball.txt" are the same.

Changes in version 2.3.2

Build 300 AISBackup version 2.3.2 release candidate (17 April 2007)
3.36 MB (3,527,456 bytes)

Changes:

  • AISBackup now recognises that Windows Vista supports backing up direct to CD and DVD.AISBackup now displays the correct Windows Vista Task Scheduler when using the Tools / Show MS Task Scheduler option.
  • Some program options that are not allowed when running in Windows Vista Least Privileged mode are now disabled and shown with the 'no entry' icon. 

Fixes:

  • This fix did not work in build 299:

    Fixed problem with some double characters that Windows detects the same as single characters in some languages, e.g. the German "ß" and "ss" are seen to Windows as the same character, so the filenames "Fußball.txt" and "Fussball.txt" are the same. AISBackup now distinguishes between both names as clearly both file names can co-exist in a directory.
  • If a file with an invalid date modified is selected for backup the backup would fail with error 100 just after the file was backed up.
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Build 299 AISBackup version 2.3.2 release candidate (6 April 2007)
3.34 MB (3,507,784 bytes)

Changes:

  • The following FTP updates are server dependant: Check the checksum of uploaded file to ensure it arrived intact. SSL encryption is supported, however, for legal reasons we cannot ship the SLL Dll's with AISBackup, these are available for free from various web-sites.
  • Remove MS schedule if backup job removed from list of backups.
  • AISBackup can be set to erase any RW disc found in the drive - use this option with care!
  • AISBackup now defaults to the last used backup job (but not the last auto-run job).
  • Maximum FTP backup (zip) file size increased from 2GB to 4GB.
  • Tools / Disk to Disk Copy option has been changed to allow drag and drop to Windows Explorer. This has the following advantages over Windows Explorer drag and drop:
     
    • The file copy does not stop as soon as an error occurs.
    • In-use, opened exclusive, may be copied under compatible Windows system's, for example a copy of an open outlook.pst file may be taken without the need to close down Outlook.

Fixes:

  • Fixed problem restoring some Unicode characters.
  • Fixed problem with some double characters that Windows detects the same as single characters in some languages, e.g. the German "ß" and "ss" are seen to Windows as the same character, so the filenames "Fußball.txt" and "Fussball.txt" are the same. AISBackup now distinguishes between both names as clearly both file names can co-exist in a directory.
  • Problem restoring a backup from a USB drive back to the USB drive unless that actual drive letter was selected for the restore destination, i.e. the default setting of restore to original destination did not work.
  • Fixed a bug with reparse points where nothing would get backed up if a reparse point was in the root of the drive been backed up.
  • Both way synchronisation did not copy new files from the source to destination if the source file was in a folder containing Unicode characters.
  • The total directory size was not re-calculated in Manage Backup / Backup Maintenance when switching between existing and deleted files.
  • AISBackup would fail in the final stages of an FTP backup if a backup (zip) file was > 2GB.

Changes in version 2.3.1

Build 298 AISBackup version 2.3.1 (5 January 2007)
3.34 MB (3,507,784 bytes)

Changes:

  • Find file option in the Tools / Find a File and Restore / Find options now support asterisk fuzzy matching, for example: *z*.v*d will find any file with a z anywhere in the name and has a file extension of v, any character, d (.vxd, .vdd).
  • FTP Backups: an option has been added to suspend the actual upload phase, this may be useful for making manual arrangements for taking the first (and often very large) backup session and copying the backup directly to the FTP folder. Please read the help on this function to ensure that the correct files are copied.

    Improved FTP file integrity checking prevents the possibility of many files been uploaded needlessly.
  • Auto run jobs may be minimized to the SysTray.
  • Improved restore from CD backups loaded over a network share when using a pre-installed environment (e.g. BartPE).

Fixes:

  • Auto run jobs to CD and DVD may not have detected the new contents added to the disc until AISBackup is restarted.
  • Folders and files selected from protected folders would not be selected for backup or copy, however, if the top most protected folder is selected for backup all sub files and folders were backed up correctly. To word this a different way: If complete disks were selected for backup or copy everything worked okay, if folder C:\Documents and Settings\Susan is protected and this folder was selected for backup everything worked okay, but if C:\Documents and Settings\Susan\My Documents was selected instead nothing got backed up.
  • AISBackup did not detect a new (or second) USB flash drive been plugged into the PC, this would cause the load media form not to detect the drive when plugged in if there was already another removable media plugged into the PC.

Changes in version 2.3.

Build 295 AISBackup version 2.3 (10 October 2006)
2.95 MB (3,096,728 bytes)
Build 293 & 294 were not generally released.

Changes:

  • Enable version 2.3 to work with BartPE: A missing Microsoft OCX file required for the new AISBackup HTML based help system is missing from BartPE (and perhaps early versions of Windows 95). AISBackup now works without this ocx file been present.
  • Added ability to backup and restore files which exceed the Windows maximum path size of 260 bytes.

Fixes:

  • Fixed problem with disk to disk copy of Server 2000 DHCP, NTFRS, WINS and Exchange. Server 2003 worked okay as this uses the Volume Shadow Copy Service.
  • Backup files over Distributed File System (DFS).
  • The filename length could exceed the maximum Windows path size owing to the fact that AISBackup used the UNC filename internally. The support added to backup files exceeding the Windows maximum file size fixed this problem.

Build 292 AISBackup version 2.3 (8 September 2006)
2.95 MB (3,095,040 bytes)

Changes:

  • AISBackup has been digitally signed.
  • Right click restore options added to Tools / Find a file.

Fixes:

  • Disk to disk synchronization: Empty folders incorrectly created when the folder should have been removed.

Build 291 AISBackup version 2.3 (29 August 2006)
2.94 MB (3,086,108 bytes) - Release Candidate

Changes:

  • Disk to disk both way synchronization: option to enable files to be deleted from the source folders if they have been deleted from the destination folder, this option is based on files existing on the source folders with creation or modified date prior to the last date of synchronize and the file not existing in the source folder.

Fixes:

  • If a network drive was mapped in the select files for backup form the drive could not be expanded and incorrectly displayed the message that the folder is a reparse point.
  • AISBackup would incorrectly display a confirmation form when running a non-interactive disk to disk copy job if there were candidates for deletion.
  • AISBackup disk to disk copy did not correctly calculate available space by taking into consideration files which are to be replaced.

Build 290 AISBackup version 2.3 (17 August 2006)
2.94 MB (3,085,779 bytes) - Release Candidate

Changes:

  • The drag and drop restore of a folder from the folder pane has been changed to drop the folder rather than the contents of the folder to make AISBackup work in a similar way to Windows Explorer.
  • The label name of a blank disc request is now shown during backup jobs which use the integrated disc writer.

Fixes:

  • The  both way synchronization change 'do not copy deleted files from destination' did not work in build 289.
  • Backups using a small stage area did not create the CD or DVD correctly if backup validation was not selected.

Build 289 AISBackup version 2.3 (8 August 2006)
2.93 MB (3,078,286 bytes) - Release Candidate

Changes:

  • A new both ways synchronization option to copy files back from the destination if they were created since the last synchronization job. This option only needs to be set if the 'do not copy deleted files from destination' option is set.

Fixes:

  • More changes required for small stage area: The stage size was not decremented by 100MB to accommodate some non-AISBackup file activity on the destination drive if the 'Always use smaller stage size' option is selected. This was likely to cause the drive to fill up and the backup fail.

Build 288 AISBackup version 2.3 (4 August 2006)
2.93 MB (3,077,254 bytes) - Release Candidate

Changes:

  • Manage Backup / Change Backup Job Parameters / Change Password button name changed to Password to reflect the options to add, change or remove passwords from a backup.
  • Updates to the help file and help file index.

Fixes:

  • The new job option could create an invalid database name if the Back button is used to go back to the Backup Job Settings form.
  • The Manage Backup / Change Backup Job Parameters / Password option was not correctly enabled for disk based backups.
  • Some updates to the load media form to better enable the choice between a blank disc and using pre-used media.

Build 287 AISBackup version 2.3 (21 July 2006)
2.92 MB (3,066,230 bytes) - Release Candidate

Changes:

  • Added option to not display load media form when using the integrated writer if the media is already loaded.
  • Added option to include / exclude folders in the Tools / Find a file search.

Fixes:

  • Fixed some information display problems with the load media form.

Build 286 AISBackup version 2.3 (17 July 2006)
2.92 MB (3,064,665 bytes) - Release Candidate

Changes:

  • Added AES-256 bit encryption option to e-mail backup's and packages.
  • Updated to display reparse junction destination on the select files for restore screen.
  • Updates to help file.
  • Interface changes made for Windows Vista: When running in Least Privileged Mode the jobs which must be run as a system administrator are shown with a 'No Entry' icon and the on-screen buttons become disabled if one of these jobs is selected.

Build 285 AISBackup version 2.3 (13 July 2006)
2.91 MB (3,058,831 bytes)

Changes:

  • AISBackup now correctly shows on the load media form the status of a CD or DVD that has been closed. New backup data cannot be added to closed discs, previously AISBackup would have attempted to use the disc, albeit in vain.
  • The size of each folder may now be optionally shown on the Manage Backup / Backup Maintenance  for by selecting Show Folder Size.
  • E-mail backup results altered so that the results may be displayed on the PC and sent to an e-mail address.

Fixes in beta version 2.3:

  • A 'hidden' feature to rename backup discs incorrectly finalized the disc so that no more data could be written to it. 'Hidden' features should be used with care as they are not documented and usually do not completely validate user input.

Build 284 AISBackup version 2.3 (12 July 2006)
2.91 MB (3,055,617 bytes)

Changes:

  • Help system re-written as HTML help; the previous help system is not compatible with Windows Vista. Help with backup sessions and the different CD and DVD writing methods has been added to the menu option Help / How To.
  • Icons added to job list to indicate job type. A 'no entry' Icon indicates that the job must be run under a system administrator account, or under Windows Vista the AISBackup program must be run as an Administrator.
  • If a backup test fails the destination is checked to see if it is still available, if not the user is given the opportunity to correct the problem before proceeding with the backup test. If the test phase is aborted the backup is treated as okay. This change was introduced to prevent all files in a  backup been rejected if the destination is a network server which gets disconnected during the backup.

Fixes:

  • Improvements to CD / DVD backup test where a packet writing system is used: Previously an error in one file could cause the whole zip file to be rejected.

Fixes in beta version 2.3:

  • The CD or DVD disc name may have been set to the name of the volume used as the disk stage area. A hidden 'All Debug Mode' menu option has been added so that the disc names can be changed back. Please note that the disc should be renamed using AISBackup because the job's database also needs updating.

Build 283 AISBackup version 2.3 (7 July 2006)
2.53 MB (2,654,708 bytes)

Changes:

  • Backup and restore reparse point data, required for Windows Vista.
  • The Windows Vista boot menu may be edited using the Tools / Edit Windows Boot Menu option to enable the set-up of dual and multiple boot systems of Windows Vista. AISBackup may be used to clone or restore an earlier version of Windows Vista to another local drive or partition, which may then be added to the Vista Boot Menu.

    The Vista boot menu must be edited under Windows Vista while running as Administrator.

Fixes:

  • Auto-run job which deleted the existing backup incorrectly stopped waiting for user input if the destination folder still contained data.

Build 282 AISBackup version 2.3 (30 June 2006)
2.52 MB (2,650,279 bytes) Fixes:

  • Synchronize folders where the source is a network drive would cause AISBackup to select all files in the synchronization path of the local PC to be selected as candidates for deletion.AISBackup did not load when running under Windows NT4.Renamed jobs disappeared from the job list introduced in build 279 until another AISBackup process forced the list to refresh.Estimated size of backup reported as zero in build 281.
  • Files of type backup:

    Override introduced in build 281 did not work if the chosen folder contained Unicode characters.

    Individual files selected in files of type backup containing Unicode characters were not selected for backup or re-selected in the Select Files Form.

Build 281 AISBackup version 2.3 (23 June 2006)
2.52 MB (2,646,242 bytes) Changes:

  • Enable files of type selections to be overridden to enable all files from selected folders to be backed up.More changes to enable AISBackup to run in a Least Privileged Environment required for Windows Vista.
  • Remove many of the references to the proprietary huge files parameters as these are now determined by AISBackup at run time.

Fixes:

  • Create generic bootable CD failed to boot correctly; instead stated that the boot.ini file is damaged.

Build 280 AISBackup version 2.3 (14 June 2006)
2.52 MB (2,644,789 bytes) Changes:

  • Remembers 'All Jobs' sort order.FTP re-initializes if files fail to upload. AISBackup no longer waits for user confirmation after the number of re-tries have elapsed when run automatically or via a shortcut or task scheduler. Some internal changes and default file location changes required for Windows Vista.
  • Jobs which require administrative privileges are no longer displayed on the job select form when running from a restricted user.

Fixes:

  • The restore 'check files for replace' option did not work correctly if a huge file was included in the files selected for restore.AISBackup failed to register using the registration key when running as a Domain Administrator.
  • Backup type not 'passed on' to a new job based on an existing job.

Build 279 AISBackup version 2.3 (1 June 2006)
2.58 MB (2,708,377 bytes) Changes:

  • AISBackup may be used to backup the boot menu files to a bootable CD, this option has been added because of the increasing number of PC's without diskette drives. The boot menu may be used if the hard disk version becomes corrupt or in-accessible owing to incorrect 'Active Drive' settings.AISBackup no longer needs to pre-format blank DVD+RW's.Improved FTP upload restart after the previous upload is aborted.
  • 'All jobs' form moved to a main form tab option.

Fixes:

  • The disk maintenance function may have incorrectly nominated huge file segments for deletion after using the prune zip files option.
  • Extra tests to see if a CD or DVD has been swapped prior to the burn phase.

Build 278 AISBackup version 2.3 (20 May 2006)
2.57 MB (2,701,201 bytes)
(Builds 272 - 277  were not on general release) Changes:

  • The backup session comment has been moved to the start of the backup and is optional on a per job basis. If a backup is successful AISBackup returns to the main interface rather than displaying a 'Backup OK' dialogue, this will ensure AISBackup, if running unattended when the backup finishes, is able to process scheduled jobs.  Enable optional 'Eject CD' after Backup.Enable multiple FireWire drives with the same name to be used for backup, this enables additional drives to be used if the current drive becomes full. The option also enables the initial 'full' backup to be sent off-site and the following incremental sessions to be added to a new drive. This option is not compatible with jobs which 'Open Contents From Media'.Jobs which use removable media, e.g. CD or DVD may be set to quietly terminate if scheduled and the backup media has not been loaded. This enables two or more jobs to be scheduled to backup the data to different CD's or DVD's where you only intentionally load the media for one of the jobs because the others are stored off-site.Interface to an AISBackup version of Vision Works' File Access Manager to enable backup of opened exclusive files on all Windows NT style Operating Systems. This option also enables complete backup of networked PC's where AISBackup's File Access Manager is running, including the Registry, Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, Outlook Personal Folders files and any other files which would not normally be accessible.Removable drives added to USB / FireWire list to allow for inconsistencies in how Windows reports these drives. AISBackup now detects USB and FireWire connected drives and identifies the as External drives. Log History button added to main form, log display changed to allow easy access to the current job log, summary log, last manual copy log, the job properties and session information via tabs.The New Job / Backup Drive option has been removed as the option is available using the Select one or More Drives option. The Select one or more drives option now shows the drive tyoe and used space.XML run time status of each backup session is produced, this may be e-mailed as an attachment after each backup. The XML files may also be used by post run jobs for site specific post backup procedures. The file is stored in the AISBackup database folder and is called <job name>.bdb.xml. The file is replaced when the next backup session is run. If the Manage Backup / Validate (Test) Backup / Test Read Backup Files option has been updated to optionally force testing of the FTP copy of the backup rather than the local copy. Removes temporary restore folders if no longer in use. This folder is usually called *:\AISRSTR where * indicates the drive where the folder exists. Tools / Duplicate Backup Disc may be used to make a copy on an existing AISBackup CD or DVD. This option does not copy boot sectors so is not really suitable for backing up Windows installation CD's. AISBackup asks before restoring the AISBackup database files and gives the opportunity to remove these files from the restore process. This option is useful when reverting the PC back to an earlier date without causing the online backup contents files to become out-of-step with the actual backup. Session pruning will permanently delete files which no longer exist in any backup session, this is by design. It is now possible to retain the last copy of a file by selecting the new option:  Keep one copy of deleted files. This option is available at via New Job and Manage Backup / Change Backup Job Settings / Session Settings /  Keep one copy of deleted files.

    The deleted files are displayed in the restore option All Sessions with a Generation Number of Del and a new session called Deleted Files. Deleted files may be displayed on their own in the Backup Maintenance option to simplify the physical pruning of unwanted 'retained' deleted files.
  • A Dial-up session may be invoked for a backup job to enable AISBackup to automatically connect to a Virtual Private Network. For existing jobs use the Manage Backup / Change Backup Parameters / VPN Settings tab, for new jobs click the set-up form Connect VPN button.

Fixes:

  • Auto run jobs and shortcut jobs may not have run on Sunday's or Monday's if any additional parameters were set.Fixed inaccurate file counter when backing up to FTP.Correct FTP not asking for password when the password is not stored.Tools / Find a File did not load archives containing found files.

  • Backup Maintenance: Improved performance removing multiple individual files.

  • If the Manage Backup / Validate (Test) Backup / Test Read Backup Files option was toggled many times during the test it was possible for all files within a zip file to fail. To correct this a validate would have to be run again with the Test Read option set.

    The Tools / Program Options and Settings / First Destination Drive option should be set to the first non-diskette drive letter, setting to another value would disable some drives been displayed in some file selection dialogues, e.g. Quick Job. This option has been restricted to A, B and C.

    AISBackup would not run on restricted XP accounts. The cue card would not load on restricted XP accounts.

  • There were some internal errors if the default file extension was set to 'nothing', i.e. blank. AISBackup no longer allows blank file extension, however, some common procedures have been made to work with a blank file extension. For your information: Restore always worked okay. 

Changes in version 2.2.

Build 271 AISBackup version 2.2 (1 March 2006)
2.48 MB (2,608,891 bytes)
(Build 270 was not on general release)
Cumulative Change Summary:

Optionally remove files from destination not on source in Synchronization Jobs; Backup of Opened Exclusive files on Windows XP, Server 2003 and Vista;  Anti-stall FTP Interface; Auto Run without password; Performance improved; Duplicate backups in 'Files of Type' style backup fixed; Cue card close button; Local backup then copy to destination to improve performance of some packet writing systems.

Changes:

  • Improved create folder performance creating folders where the short name must be preserved under Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
  • The backup preview option to remove files from the backup enables files to be permanently removed from the backup, this option is file based and not folder based. If a folder containing a large number of files was selected then each file is individually added to the exclusions list: This is by design. AISBackup would appear to hang with 10% CPU utilization during some file exclusion operations, the following updates have been made:
     
    • The unpacking of the file exclusions is now very much quicker.
    • A warning is given not to permanently exclude the files if more than 500 are selected as it is often more efficient to use a combination of file end folder exclusions directly from the Modify Files and Folders form.

      A work around for those where there are thousands of exclusions is to open the Modify Files and Folders form and use the right click / Ignore Files and Folders option wherever possible.
  • Some of the data files have been given "AISBackup Data" Icons.
  • Update to allow the operating system to be copied (disk to disk) from partition A to Partition B while running Windows 2000, 2003 or XP from drive C.

Fixes:

  • Both way synchronization where the Do not copy deleted files from destination is not selected: The synchronization calculation did not work correctly if individual files were selected for synchronization in a folder. For selected folders (and all other copy and synchronize jobs) the calculation worked correctly.
  • Range Check Error if a file over 2GB was found during the backup calculation: This problem lead to no files been found for backup. This error also prevented the Select Files form from displaying correctly.
  • Possible error message if bug report e-mail is successfully sent has been removed.

Build 269 AISBackup version 2.2 (24 February 2006)
2.48 MB (2,607,307 bytes)
Fixes:

  • The day of week parameters for shortcut jobs did not work correctly if at least one day was excluded, the days would be shifted down by one and no backup would be done on Saturday.
  • Disk based backups were not deleted if re-set or deleted from disk. The work-around was to manually delete the backup using Windows Explorer (My Computer). The CD and DVD pre-stage area was correctly removed after burning each disc. Undo-backup operations also worked correctly.
  • Improved support for backing up from some NAS devices, e.g. BYTECC LANDISK.

Build 268 AISBackup version 2.2 (13 February 2006)
2.47 MB (2,600,540 bytes)

Fixes:

  • Problem when copying or synchronizing outlook.pst if outlook is running and outlook.pst is on a NTFS drive. (Note: This update was omitted from build 267).
  • Problem with no files selected for removal fixed from build 266.
  • Problem with restore button enabled where the backup job had not been run.

Build 267 AISBackup version 2.2 (11 February 2006)
2.47 MB (2,599,097 bytes)
Fixes:

  • Problem backing up outlook.pst if outlook is running and outlook.pst is on a NTFS drive.

Build 266 AISBackup version 2.2 (10 February 2006)
2.47 MB (2,599,351 bytes)
Updates:

  • Right Click / Remove from Exclusions option on add remove files from backup to facilitate the easier removal of folders from the excluded folders list.
  • Improved restore of different Windows Operating system over the top of the current running operating system for Windows 95, 98 & ME i.e. it is possible to restore Windows 98 over the top of a running Windows ME system.
  • Select files and folders changed to make the parent folder partially selected if all child files and folders are selected (Select Par), the actual folder must be clicked to make it a fully selected folder (Select All). This change was made as too many files may be selected for a backup or synchronization job. This change allows all objects in a folder to be selected without any new objects been automatically selected for backup or synchronize (unless you click the parent folder to make it Select All).

Fixes:

  • Some issues backing up opened exclusive files fixed where the file may not be re-selected if the job is re-run because the file did not appear to change between backups.
  • The identification of protected system files during a restore may not have always worked correctly under Windows ME.
  • It was possible for some files to be selected more than once for restore. These files may have been selected more than once if the parent folder tree only contained files within multiple folders which do not contain files, e.g. c:\contains one folder and no files\contains the files\file.txt.

    This problem increased the time of restore, however, the restore was correct.
  • Load job from FTP Server did not work correctly if the job was not re-instated and the destination folder name contained spaces.
  • Load job from backup media did not work correctly if a FireWire / USB job was reinstated over a network share. The job is now re-instated as a network job with the 'load contents from media' flag set.

Build 265 AISBackup version 2.2 Beta (26 January 2006)
2.49 MB (2,616,524 Bytes)

 Fixes:

  • AISBackup may have been prevented from setting up the CD and DVD disc layout if a third party program was accessing AISBackup's files. This did not seem to be a problem with anti-virus software and has been noticed with only one product called Surf Control.

  • Windows 95 did not correctly set-up the desk top shortcut for AISBackup during an emergency system backup.

  • Windows 95, 98 and ME emergency system backups: Fixed: The zip files may have been corrupted if updated during a 'refresh' run. There was no problem creating an ESB from scratch.

  • Some files may not have been pruned from the backup if the folder containing them was removed from the backup source.

  • Folder synchronization would remove and then re-copy files if more than one individual file was selected in a folder (but not the complete folder - that worked okay).

  • Folder synchronization did not backup files as 'opened exclusive' if the file size changed during a copy. This problem may affect the synchronization of Outlook Personal folders files.

Fixes in beta 2.2:

Build 264 AISBackup version 2.2 Beta (16 January 2006)
2.49 MB (2,616,524 Bytes)
Fixes:

  • Incomplete huge file segments were created if a backup failed to complete owing to the source file becoming unavailable during the backup: These are now deleted. These segment remnants cause errors in the Manage Backup / Validate (Test) Backup option.

  • Failed to logon to network drives if a different username with correctly specified blank password is supplied.

Fixes in beta 2.2:

  • Tools / Disk to Disk Copy menu option did not work in build 263.

  • Huge files may not have been correctly added to the VSS (Backup exclusively opened files) list.

Build 263 AISBackup version 2.2 Beta (12 January 2006)
2.49 MB (2,618,365 bytes)
Changes:

  • Optionally show CPU utilization adjustment bar on auto-run version of AISBackup.

  • Updated for auto-run jobs with Maxtor One Touch version 2.

  • Various cosmetic changes.

  • Moved Troubleshoot CD/DVD Writer Problems forms away from the centre of the desktop just in case some third party prompts are shown behind AISBackup, this would give the impression that AISBackup had stopped responding.

Fixes:

  • Files where the size changed during the backup were not re-selected for backup with VSS.

  • Fixed synchronization problem where a destination file is deleted if the source file was not accessible, the destination file is now only deleted if the source file can be opened.

  • Various cue-card fixes following updates.

  • Auto run form may not have been sized correctly on some displays.

Build 262 AISBackup version 2.2 Beta (23 December 2005)
2.48 MB (2,605,644 bytes)
Changes:

  • Ask before changing a backup job to a Files of Type job.

  • Some network access improvements.

Fixes:

  • It was possible for some third party applications to access AISBackup's files prior to AISBackup finishing with them, e.g. Anti-Virus software. This could cause AISBackup to fail when attempting to re-access its own files.

Build 261 AISBackup version 2.2 Beta (30  November 2005)
2.52 MB (2,650,161 bytes)
Changes:

  • Quick Jobs: Added ability to schedule job and / or create desktop shortcut.

  • The huge file segment size has been increased to 1GB when the backup destination is disk.

Fixes:

  • Very long job names could cause auto-run jobs to hang.

  • The maximum file size that could be added to a zip file (compressed) has been increased from 2GB to just under 4GB. AISBackup supports files larger than 4GB by using a proprietary backup file format (Huge files). Most users of AISBackup would not have noticed this problem as the files > 2GB are usually backed up as huge files. Zipped files between 2GB and 4GB would have failed to test correctly.

Build 260 AISBackup version 2.2 Beta (23  November 2005)
2.52 MB (2,649,010 bytes)
Changes:

  • Allow copy jobs which backup NTFS security settings to be run from Windows 95, 98 & ME.

  • Updated start-up splash screen.

Fixes From Beta 259

  • Manage Backup / Edit Backup Job Settings for copy jobs: The style of copy jobs were displayed in the wrong position of the form.

Build 259 AISBackup version 2.2 Beta (22  November 2005)
2.51 MB (2,635,213 bytes)
Changes:

  • There may be a problem backing up using some packet writing systems that do not perform very well when performing on-the-fly read and write operations, or writing direct to a network share that is connected to a packet writing system, e.g. A network share to a DVD using INCD.

    To overcome this problem use the Manage Backup / Edit Backup Job Settings / Create Backup Then Copy To Media option, this will cause the file to be written to local disk and then copied to the backup media.

    This option is also available via New Job.

    This setting is only displayed for Direct to CD using a  packet writing system, network shares and removable media.

Build 258 AISBackup version 2.2 Beta (15  November 2005)
2.51 MB (2,632,846 bytes)
 

Changes:

Fixes from beta 257:

  • The new POP3 authentication only worked when testing with the Test button on the Options and Settings / E-Mail Settings form owing to the POP3 setting been retrieved from the registry at the wrong time.

Fixes

  • Synchronization selected all files as changed after daylight saving when comparing NTFS drives with FAT drives.
     

Build 257 AISBackup version 2.2 Beta (2 November 2005)
2.50 MB (2,624,806 bytes)
 

Changes:

  • Enable POP3 authentication prior to sending e-mails.

Fixes from beta 256:

  • Possible for an incorrect drive to be specified when setting up the AISBackup restore program during an operating system restore.

    This problem only affects multi-boot systems.

Build 256 AISBackup version 2.2 Beta (17 October 2005)
 2.5 MB (2,628,427 bytes)
 

Changes:

  • AISBackup no longer temporarily adds the restore program to the registry at the time of backup because many anti-spy-ware programs warn that this may be incorrect. (Many spy-ware programs add themselves to the section of the registry that AISBackup wants to legitimately use).

    The restore program checks that full system recovery has been executed correctly and performs post-restore actions.

    The AISBackup Restore program (AISBRSTS.EXE) is now added to the registry during a Restore which requires post-restore actions to be performed.

  • Synchronize jobs: Now optionally remove files from the destination folders which do not exist in the source folders.

  • Files may be selected for backup from excluded folders and files.

Fixes from beta 255:

  • The Advanced Sessions settings may have been removed after using the Manage Backup / Change Backup Job settings option.

  • Tools / Backup Registry may not have backed up all user registries.

Fixes from previous versions of AISBackup:

  • Fixed a problem selecting files from backup from excluded files in Files of Type backups.

  • Edit Boot Menu: Only the first additional boot menu parameter was read from the boot menu file.

Build 255 AISBackup version 2.2 Beta (17 October 2005)
 2.5 MB (2,628,427 bytes)

Changes:

  • Mange Backup Edit Backup Job Settings split into tab forms to reduce clutter.

  • Visual form 'button' effect reduced.

  • Updates to enable Windows Vista (Beta 1) registry backup and restore.

Build 254 AISBackup version 2.2 Beta (6 October 2005)
 2.5 MB (2,627,409 bytes)
(VSS was incorrectly disabled in build 253)

Changes:

  • Microsoft's Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) is used to enable backup of Opened Exclusive Files under Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista (Beta). VSS is not available under Windows NT4, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2000, Windows NT4.

    Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000 operation remains un-changed and is able to backup Opened Exclusive files from FAT drives.

    Using VSS enables backup of applications such as SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange, Google Desktop Search, Microsoft Outlook etc without the need to close down the applications prior to backup.

  • FTP stall detection after successful upload or download has been reduced from 30 seconds to 5 seconds.

  • Close button added to the cue card.

  • The menu option named Edit Backup Job Parameters has been changed to Change Backup Job Settings.

  • The menu option named Program Options has been renamed to Program Settings and Options.

Fixes:

  • Fixed restore from network drives where the job is loaded using Tools / Open Job From Backup Media. Previously you would have to pre-map the remote drive.

  • After upgrade AISBackup displays the ReadMe file, this caused a problem if AISBackup was run non-interactively, i.e. it would stall and need aborting via the Windows Task Manager.

Build 252 AISBackup version 2.1.1 Beta (12 September 2005)
 2.49 MB (2,621,083 bytes)

Changes:

  • More changes to FTP interface: Improved anti-stall where AISBackup loses contact with the FTP server during a transfer.

  • Split long lines on log display.

Fixes:

  • The 'Files of Type' style backup could backup the same file multiple times, the backup is therefore larger than it should be.

  • Files excluded based on size: AISBackup did not correctly display files > 2GB as excluded, they were however, correctly excluded from the backup. The Select files form incorrectly described the file size as an integer which has a maximum positive value of 2GB, anything higher is in fact a negative number. AISBackup has been changed to use the 'proper' file size which is based on a 64 bit integer - which is tech speak for 'a very, very large file'.
     

Build 251 AISBackup version 2.1.1 Beta
 2.48 MB (2,605,402 Bytes)

Changes:

  • Changes to FTP interface to minimise the risk of AISBackup hanging: Subject to testing.

    It was found that AISBackup may hang if the FTP Server did not reply, or the reply was lost. This version of AISBackup should time out and re-set the FTP connection if an FTP Stall is detected.

  • Auto Run Jobs on Windows NT, 2000 and XP: AISBackup has been updated to allow auto-run jobs to be submitted on non-password protected user accounts. The AT style jobs have been removed from AISBackup.

    The User Account must be logged in if the non-password protected option is used.

  • Performance improved calculating a backup with many folders > 10,000.

Fixes:

  • If a folder contains many folders AISBackup would appear to hang if the folder was selected in any of the select files Windows. This problem was noticed when opening a folder containing in excess of 11 thousand folders - rare but possible.

Changes in version 2.1.

Build 250 AISBackup version 2.1 Release
 2.47 MB (2,598,370 bytes)

 Beta Fixes:

  • The Restore Files For did not re-size correctly.

  • AISBackup now identifies Windows XP Media Center Edition in Help / About. This version of Windows XP is functionally the same as XP Pro within AISBackup.

Build 249 AISBackup version 2.1 Release
 2.47 MB (2,597,604 bytes)

 Beta Fixes:

  • Restore failed if Prompt to replace in-use or system files was selected.

Build 248 AISBackup version 2.1 Beta
 2.48 MB (2,604,632 bytes)
 

Changes:

  • New: Synchronization jobs may be set-up via the Disk to Disk Copy option.

    AISBackup supports Source to Destination Synchronization (Only copies new and more up-to-date files to the destination) and Both Way Synchronization (Copies the latest version of files between the source and destination, Copies new files to the destination and optionally copies new files from the destination to the source folders).

  • Extra confirmation required before deleting disk based backups.

Beta Fixes:

  • Some zip files may have been created to small on 4GB destination.

Build 247 AISBackup version 2.1 Beta
 

Changes:

  • The Zip size parameter now indicates the total zip size rather than the pre-compressed zip size.

  • The Administrative User Account names are displayed on the MS Schedule set-up page to help when setting up auto-run jobs. This will help where the displayed username is different to the actual username which has been noticed by some AISBackup users.

  • A 'last selected history' has been added to the select folder options.

  • Preview files implemented on Disk to Disk copy jobs.

  • The default huge file size has been increased to 2000 MB when the destination is a local disk, network drive, USB drive, FireWire drive or FTP. This change is for new jobs only, existing jobs may be altered by using the Manage Backup / Edit Backup Job Parameters option.

  • Preview button added to restore confirmation. This option displays the actual list of files that are going to be physically restored from the backup media.

Beta Fixes:

  • Disk to Disk copy may have copied duplicate files if the source and destination drives were of different types.

Fixes:

  • Fixed: Changing the backup password caused the zip files not to be read by WinZip, although AISBackup could still read them.
  • Possible Out of Memory error when restoring from FTP backups which contain a large number of zip files.
  • Disk to Disk copy jobs to network drive set-up fixed. (The UNC destination was not stored correctly).

Build 246 AISBackup version 2.1 Beta
 2.45 MB (2,580,237 bytes)

Changes:

  • Generation style backups may be pruned using the menu option Manage Backup / Prune Backup Generations.

  • System Administrators may password protect or disable AISBackup options on client PC's. This option is invoked by the menu item Tools / Menu Administration.

    Users may disable AISBackup options that they do not wish to use.

    Menu access lists may be imported from another PC.

Beta Fixes:

Build 245 AISBackup version 2.1 Beta
 2.44 MB (2,569,078 Bytes)

Changes:

  • The type names of AISBackup objects are now displayed in explorer unless the file extension has already been registered to another program. These type names are removed from the registry if AISBackup is removed from the PC.

Beta Fixes:

  • Copy disk to disk where the destination file already exists: The date modified was not set to the source file's date modified.

Build 244 AISBackup version 2.1 Beta

Changes:

  • Validation Changes where the Backup Contents File is missing:

    Improved Validate: Apart from testing that a backup can be read, and therefore restored, the Validate (Test) option was designed to fix inconsistencies  between the Backup Contents File and the files contained on the actual zip files. The Validate option was not really intended to recover a backup where the backup contents file has been deleted, this is why a copy of the contents file is always copied to the backup media after each backup.

    Version 2.1 of AISBackup can now re-build a Backup Contents File from scratch, and version 2.1 is also the first version of AISBackup that can re-instate 'lost' Huge Files back into the Backup Contents File database using the previously unused huge file control files (*.aii).

    Although the validation process re-calculates backup sessions, and is reasonably accurate, they cannot be 100% accurate. However, any new backups made after re-creating the Backup Contents File will be accurate.

Build 243 AISBackup version 2.1 Beta

Changes:

  • Additional file compare warning statistics shown after backup.

  • File Compare warning messages limited to 400 of each type.

Beta Fixes:

  • Preview Backup, Exclude files did not exclude individual files from the backup after a recent beta change.

Fixes:

  • Fixed: File compare option did not work correctly when NTFS security settings were backed up.
  • The Manage Backup / Auto Run AISBackup this backup job (MS Task Scheduler) and Manage Backup / Create Shortcut for this backup job did not record the Media Prompt and Destination Deletions correctly. The Tools / Auto Running AISBackup option did record these parameters.

Build 241 AISBackup version 2.1 Beta

Changes:

  • Improved AISBackup uninstall procedure.

  • Improved Manage Backup / Validate (Test) Backup where a backup zip file was not previously known by AISBackup.

Beta Fixes:

  • Fixed: Version 2.1 changes to maximum huge file size caused pre version 2.1 to fail restore correctly.
  • Fixed: Some filenames may have been reported as been too long during restore because of the way Unicode file and folder names are held within AISBackup.
  • Copying AISBackup files with progress could cause AISBackup to always report that the backup was newer than the contents file, this was owing to the date been incorrectly set on the destination file on NTFS file systems.

Fixes:

  • Fixed: Select files for backup right click options corrected for de-selected folders.
  • Fixed: Unable to change the comment or location of archived backups.

Build 241 AISBackup version 2.1 Beta

Changes:

  • AISBackup was changed to backup if there were  only new empty folders, deleted folders or deleted files. This has been changed to backup if there are new or changed files or new empty folders.

  • Some jobs delay between the Backup Complete message and AISBackup been ready for use. This is because the database files were been copied to the backup media. The progress bar is now enabled, so you can see something is happening

Fixes:

  • Permanently excluding files from the backup using the Preview Files form would exclude a folder if all files from a folder were selected. AISBackup will now only exclude files from the preview files form, even if a folder is selected.

  • Restoring back to a previous date did not display any files which were candidates for deletion.

Build 240 AISBackup version 2.1 Beta

Updated and New Features:

  • Folder size displayed in backup preview to aid the location of large files, if these are to be excluded.

  • Files may be permanently excluded from the backup via the preview form.

  • The maximum individual file size that can be backed up has been increased from 4GB to about 97GB.

  • Backups to CD or DVD where the files are not recognised by Windows immediately after creation may now have the test phased skipped until AISBackup is restarted.

    It has been found that in the majority of cases the discs have been created correctly even though AISBackup cannot read the files until AISBackup is restarted.

  • Remove empty folders from the backup: Use the Manage Backup / Backup Maintenance / Remove Empty Folders. Empty folders are defined as folders that contain no files, they may contain empty folders.

  • AISBackup will now recognised external CD and DVD drives after they have been connected to the PC, without having to restart AISBackup.

  • Access given to the normally hidden, NTFS Alternate Data Streams (ADS).

    • ADS may be displayed on the select files form.

    • ADS may be opened, deleted, renamed, saved to a 'normal' file via the select files form Right Click options.

    • ADS are visible on the restore files form and may be opened or restored to a 'normal' file via the Right Click options.

    • The main data stream cannot be restored without ADS, but the ADS may be deleted after restoring using the Select Files form options.

  • AISBackup now give a warning if a restore to a folder will cause any file to exceed the maximum filename size of 255 characters. AISBackup will suggest the maximum restore path size. There is also an option to skip the files whose path name exceeds the maximum limit.

  • Improved folder session management.

  • Option to get AISBackup to ask before restoring in-use or protected files.

  • AISBackup can be set to Hibernate or Suspend after a scheduled backup or backup run via a shortcut.

  • Changes to restore: If a backup only contained say, one folder, e.g. C:\MyThings and the drive was selected for restore in the tree view, e.g. C: then all existing files on drive C: would be candidates for deletion. AISBackup now checks what has been backed up and bases the candidates for deletion on complete folders backed up. In any event AISBackup would not have deleted any file without permission.

  • Web Check: AISBackup can now check the web-site for upgrades. No information is sent to us when this option is activated or used. We recommend that this feature is switched on, especially when using beta or pre-release versions of AISBackup..

Fixes:

  • Tools / Open Job From Backup Media  may have caused the backup to incorrectly ask for a password.

  • The Recovery Console installation does not work properly post XP Service Pack 2: The instructions have been changed to show users how to update the XP installation files to Service Pack 2, this process is called Slipstreaming. Once the installation files have been updated the Recovery Console may be installed using the installation media.

  • If the size of a zip file exceeds 2GB AISBackup did not correctly find files stored over the 2GB boundary, even though the zip files were created correctly. AISBackup now correctly handle files up to the zip file limit of 4GB.

  • Fixed problems re-instating Archived Backup's as Backup jobs.

    • Spaces were incorrectly removed from the job name.

    • Restore was not possible after re-instating as a backup job.

    A work-around of Opening the backup from the backup media did work correctly.

  • Select files for backup right click options were incorrect if the files in the selected folder have been excluded. Excluded files should have no menu options pertaining to the backup job.

  • Quick jobs where the destination is set-up as a USB/FireWire drive did not work. The job keeps asking for the drive to be connected. The work around was to use New Job to create the backup job instead.

  • Backup Session Log (View Backup Log): The summary check box incorrectly set the view back to the first record in the log file. While Summary is checked selecting a multi-log-page session showed page 1 of n this should be 1 of 1.

    Long log file messages could not be displayed on-screen, these are now wrapped into multiple lines.

  • Backup Maintenance: After physically removing files from a backup AISBackup correctly disables the Cancel button on the Backup Maintenance form. However, the standard Windows cancel button (The X on the Top right of a form).

  • Restore Button: Occasionally the restore button may be left disabled until the job is reselected.

  • Copy Backup to CD: This option failed to allow a continuation of the copy backup on the last CD used.

Changes in version 2.0.

Builds 236-238 AISBackup version 2.0
 Changed build numbers for different affiliates.

Updated

  • Although AISBackup can close down and restart any program during a backup; to make the feature easier to use AISBackup will automatically invoke a simple dialogue if either Microsoft Outlook.pst files or Google Desktop Search are selected for backup.

Pre-release build 235 AISBackup version 2.0

Updated
 

  • Add ability to save e-mail backup attachments to enable individual attachments to be re-sent if the backup was not completely received.

  • Improvements to network share and access rights handling.

Beta Builds 224-234 AISBackup version 2.0

Updated

  • Improved session  pruning.

    AISBackup may be set to retain a limited number of Each Day's, Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Dated backups. This option reduces backup space usage while keeping important backups. If this auto-pruning is not flexible enough, individual backup sessions may have the auto-prune disabled via the Main Form / Sessions Page Tab / Right Click / Disable Auto-Prune option.

    Advanced session pruning may be set-up on existing jobs by using the Manage Backup / Edit Backup Job Parameters / Advanced Session Management option.

  • Undo Backups. (Manage Backup / Undo Backups (Prune Backup sessions))

    Previous versions of AISBackup could only prune backups from the end or beginning of a backup, from version 2 any backup session may be pruned.

  • Improved backup to multiple FireWire / USB devices.

    A list of FireWire / USB Volume names may be assigned to  a backup job. Whichever drive is connected AISBackup will; make a backup based on the connected drive contents. If more than one drive belonging to a backup is connected during a non-interactive session the drive with the oldest backup is used by default.

    Up to 3 Network connected FireWire and USB drives may also be used by specifying the share name instead of the disk volume name.

  • Auto run jobs cannot run concurrently, in prior versions of AISBackup this meant that a job scheduled to start while AISBackup is running was skipped.

    From version 2 jobs are added to a queue and executed when the current job has finished. If AISBackup is running interactively the job is queued and run after any current program activity, confirmation is required, but the default, after 120 seconds, is run the queued job.

  • The Job page of the main form now shows when the job is next scheduled to be run via Microsoft Task Scheduler.
     

  • Automatic offline backup of WINS and DNS added to Server backups.

    Note: Any service can be set to close for the duration of a backup and then restarted after the backup, see Manage Backup / Task Manager.

  • Saved Disk to Disk Copy jobs are upgraded to regular backup jobs of type Disk to Disk. Disk to Disk copies may now be set-up to run via the Microsoft Task Scheduler and Shortcuts.

    The Tools / Disk to Disk Copy option is now only used for initiating immediate copies.

  • Some menu options are now available directly from the Job properties page of the main form.

  • Server Backups: AISBackup displays a list of file selections that will require the suspension of NT services to enable the backup. The list is displayed after file selection and not at run time. Services include: MS Exchange, WINS, DHCP and NTFRS.

  • Improved Backup form Auto-Selection under Windows 2000, 2003 and XP: AISBackup finds documents and settings that have been moved to another drive, and backup up the User Settings (Registry) from non-system drives.

  • AISBackup makes a note of the computer name and volume names after each backup session to ease identification of files on different computers.

  • Enabled restore from CD and DVD based backups via a network connected disc drive. This option is only available if the job is loaded via the Tools / Open Job From Backup Media option. Previous versions of AISBackup would try and access the backup via a locally connected CD drive rather than the network share.

  • Change or Remove Password option for disk based backups. This option is not supported for backup to CD jobs.

  • A backup job may be set to require the password for the Manage Backup menu options. Use this option to prevent un-authorised users from updating the backup job parameters.

  • Improved error messages when it is not possible to backup or restore files.

  • Microsoft AT scheduler option added for Windows 20000 and XP as an alternative to standard scheduled jobs.

    AT jobs do not require the Username or Password but they are not suitable for any backup job using network shares.

Problems fixed in version 2.0 (these faults are not in previous versions of AISBackup):

  • AISBackup failed to start if unexpected scheduled tasks date information was encountered.

  • Pruning generation style backups: The list was not sorted into zip file order.

  • Main Form Next Schedule display: Failed if any one job is scheduled to start at Windows start-up.

  • Possible for USB / FireWire backup filenames to be corrupted if the job was updated when the drive was not connected.

  • Fixed AISBackup integrated CD writer jobs: Cannot re-use partially used CD when it contained only huge file segments from segment 2.

  • The advanced session pruning did not work correctly in builds to 229 to 231, prior builds and builds since 232 work correctly.

    To see if a job is affected view all sessions from the restore form, if none of the replaced multi-generation files are marked as deleted (as indicated by the D2, D3, D4 ... in the sessions column) then the job file is corrupt.  To repair the job file run the Manage Backup / Validate (Test) Option, there is no need to load any file, just keep clicking Next until the validate phase is complete. AISBackup will remove all redundant files net time a backup is run.  

  • The new destination of moved FireWire / USB backups was not set after using Change Backup Destination prior to build 232.

  • Folder names containing UNICODE characters were not displayed correctly.

Problems fixed in version 2.0 (these faults were in previous versions of AISBackup)

  • Disk to disk copy option did not re-compress compressed destination files.

  • Some drag and drop restore operations did not work correctly with folders containing UNICODE characters.

  • A large number of sub-folders may have given the impression that AISBackup had hung in the Select Files Form.

  • Sys Tray tasks may be stopped and re-started via the task manager, previously only visible applications may be closed.

  • Possible for very long delays closing Services.

  • AISBackup may not have correctly identified the Windows directory after installing Terminal Services.

Changes in version 1.10.

Build 223 AISBackup version 1.10.3

Updated
 

  • CPU usage may be limited when running under Windows NT, 2000, Server 2000, Server 2003 and XP.

Fixes

  • Manage Backup / Validate (Test) Backup  of backups that only contained huge files failed. 

Build 222 AISBackup version 1.10.3

Updated
 

  • Extra post backup e-mail options include attaching the backup session log in either text, HTML or RTF format, optionally compressed in zip file format. See: Manage Backup / Edit Job Parameters / E-mail Log Options.

  • Improved performance calculating backup under Windows 95, 98 & ME.

Fixes

  • B.S.O.D. in APIX.VXD when backing up to second CD under Windows 95 when using original ASPI files.

  • Multiple session DVD-RAM under all Windows operating systems.

  • Fix date display for some languages, e.g. Swedish.

Build 221 AISBackup version 1.10.2

Fixes

  • Fixed: New AISBackup install Microsoft Recovery console did not boot if installed on NTFS disk.

Build 220 AISBackup version 1.10.2
(build 219: Was not released)

Fixes

  • AISBackup may have failed to restore under Windows 95 and 98 if more than 40,000 were selected for restore in one session. All other version's of Windows were not affected by this problem.

  • After upgrading to Windows XP Service Pack 2 it is not possible to install the Microsoft Recovery Console directly from the Windows installation CD. AISBackup enables Microsoft Recovery console to be installed under Windows XP SP2 on most PC's.

Build 218 AISBackup version 1.10.1

Updated

  • Services are listed in the Manage Backup / Task Manager.

  • Cosmetic changes to Disk to Disc Copy option.

Fixes

  • it was possible for some folders containing punctuation marks in the name not to be displayed on the restore files form.

  • Emergency System Backup: The registry was not included in the automated restore batch job, however it was on the backup and can be restored manually.

Build 217 AISBackup version 1.10.1

Updated

  • Enable On-the-fly FTP backup's to test the backup prior to upload.

  • Allow the automatic removal of the User Settings Registry entries from restores of the folder Documents and Settings.

Build 216 AISBackup version 1.10.1

Updated

  • New User supplied Pre and Post run job handling, these jobs enable processing just prior and straight after a backup job is executed.

  • On-the-fly upload and download of FTP backup files to reduce local disk usage. However, if the backup job is set to test the backup AISBackup will need to download the files just prior to the test as the backup files are removed from the local disk immediately after upload. 

Builds 214/215 AISBackup version 1.10.1

Updated

  • NT Services may be stopped during a backup then restarted when the backup completes. This is achieved by setting the Program parameter to the service name within square brackets in the Manage Backup / Task Manager option. Example:

        [MSSQLSERVER]

    Note that MS Exchange services are automatically stopped and restarted if any of the Exchange database (Information Store) files have been selected for backup.
     
  • Hidden files and folders are now displayed with the correct image, i.e. slightly faded.

Fixes

  • Drag and drop file restore on slow PC's running Windows 95, 98 or ME may not have completed successfully.

  • The ASPI driver troubleshooting search routine did not work correctly.

  • Windows 95, 98, ME Emergency System Backup: The CD was not made bootable.

  • CD drive speeds may not have been correctly identified.

  • New backup sessions could not be added to pre-used CD-R under Windows 95, 98 or ME. This restriction should have only been made for DVD±R.

  • AISBackup would not run under Windows 95.

  • On slow PC's AISBackup may go into a loop when first registering. This 'loop' made it virtually impossible to stop AISBackup without switching off the PC. AISBackup would run correctly after re-boot - Not a very good first impression of AISBackup either!

  • Pre-assigned network drives that are not available are designated free drives by Windows. This caused a problem when running a job with an un-mapped drive as this 'free' drive could not be used. AISBackup now cycles through all the free drives until a successful mapping is established.

  • Restore problem with backup destination filenames consisting of more than one file extension, e.g. backup.xxx.yyy.

Known problems:

  • DVD write speeds: On some drives only the maximum speed is detected.

Build 213 AISBackup version 1.10.

Updated

  • Improved integrated disc writer DVD support. 

    Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000, Server 2003 & XP support for multi-session DVD±RW.

    Windows XP multi-session DVD support for DVD±R.

    AISBackup will also allow a disc stage area to be less than the capacity of a disc, AISBackup will simply write multiple sessions to the same disc until it is full. This is not possible for DVD±R except when running Windows XP.

  • Disc writer restart possible: Occasionally the disc writer may fail to recognise the contents of a disc until AISBackup has been restarted or the PC has been re-booted. AISBackup is now able to restart from this situation.

  • New backup to e-mail option. Existing disk based backups may also be e-mailed. Optional additional security is provided by using AES 128bit encryption.

    Backup's are automatically split to user defined attachment sizes to prevent the e-mail's been rejected by the e-mail service provider. A maximum backup size setting prevents the e-mailing of large backups.

  • New Package Backup option, runs the e-mail package phase to enable backups to be packaged and encrypted using AES 128bit encryption. This option may be useful for transporting confidential backups on USB flash drives by a courier or postal service.

  • Drag and drop file support for backup contents file, e-mail backups, registration key file and packaged ba