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WinRamTurbo What's New (5-Jul-2002)
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File: WHATSNEW.TXT
WinRamTurbo ALL versions
email: Support@winramturbo.com
web: http://winramturbo.com/
Contents
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1. WinRamTurbo XP News
2. WinRamTurbo PRO News
3. WinRamTurbo LITE News
4. WinRamTurbo FREE News
1. WinRamTurbo XP News
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5-May-2002 (XP)
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WinRamTurbo XP version 1.00 released!
2. WinRamTurbo PRO News
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20-May-2002 (FREE)
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WinRamTurbo Free version 2.51 released!
Fixes:
- Fixed setup program.
20-May-2002 (LITE)
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WinRamTurbo Lite version 2.21 released!
Fixes:
- Fixed setup program.
20-May-2002 (PRO)
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WinRamTurbo Pro version 4.91 released!
Fixes:
- Fixed setup program.
14-May-2002 (PRO)
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WinRamTurbo Pro version 4.9 released!
Fixes:
- Fixed minor language bug.
03-April-2002 (PRO)
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WinRamTurbo Pro version 4.8 released!
Added:
- Added additional language support.
12-March-2002 (PRO)
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WinRamTurbo Pro version 4.7 released!
Fixes:
- WinRamTurbo Upgrade Dialog proxy bug fixed
and now allows checking for upgrades through
a fire wall.
20-November-2001 (PRO)
======================
WinRamTurbo PRO version 4.6 released!
Fixes:
- Squashed the PRO optimization timeout setting bug.
Added:
- Four new languages added to the PRO setup:
Croatian, German, Russian and Slovenian.
- New PRO Language Pack created for free download.
01-November-2001 (PRO)
======================
WinRamTurbo PRO Language Pack released!
Provides PRO language support for:
Chinese - English - German - Italian - Spanish
26-October-2001 (PRO)
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WinRamTurbo PRO version 4.5 released!
Fixes:
- Changed the memory optimization code to use a separate windows
thread for simultaneous operations to occur while an optimization process
is running.
- Optimized the TUNE RAM function.
- Optimized the context menu layout.
Added:
- Four languages available for the PRO setup:
Chinese - English - Italian - Spanish
- Graph interval control to change the PRO graph rate.
- Changed some of the user interface appearances.
- Automatic optimize when the tray icon is double clicked.
20-July-2001 (PRO)
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WinRamTurbo PRO v4.20 released!
Fixes:
- Squashed the auto optimize timeout bug.
- Squashed the save settings bug.
20-June-2001 (PRO)
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WinRamTurbo PRO v4.10 released!
Cosmetic changes.
Fixes:
- Squashed the constant flashing of the optimize splash screen when
the optimize every x minutes setting was used.
04-June-2001 (PRO)
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WinRamTurbo PRO v4.00 released!
Fixes:
- Squashed the start minimized bug.
- Improved tray icon functionality.
- Improved windows platform detection for Windows operating systems.
Added:
- Onboard resizable Web browser display for documentation (for Microsoft Users).
- A single main popup menu replaced the file/help menus, multiple accessiblity.
- New option to disable all popup tool tips.
- Made all dialogs separate to reduce resident memory consumption.
- Full custom support to add your own language file.
01-May-2001 (PRO)
=================
WinRamTurbo PRO v3.50 released!
Cosmetic changes.
Fixes:
- Squashed File Disk Cache bug (Win9x & ME).
30-April-2001 (PRO)
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WinRamTurbo PRO v3.20 released!
Fixes:
- Tips.txt was added after being left out of v3.10.
- Win95 compatibility problem resolved.
- Class Not Registered error squashed in the Trial version.
23-April-2001 (PRO)
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WinRamTurbo PRO v3.10 released!
Cosmetic changes.
Fixes:
- Squashed some minor internal bugs.
Added:
- Up to 24 languages available for installation.
- Operating languages supported: English German Spanish
More languages to be added!
- Global language changes for menus occur instantaneously upon demand.
- Faster INSTALL Utility used.
- New UNINSTALL Utility added to software package.
- Reduced size of software package below 1 meg.
08-April-2001 (PRO)
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WinRamTurbo PRO v3.00 released to Registered Users for BETA testing!
Updated for public release v3.10 of the PRO.
Cosmetic changes.
Fixes:
- Squashed some minor internal bugs.
Added:
- Operating languages supported: English German Spanish
- Global language changes for menus occur instantaneously upon demand.
05-November-2000 (PRO)
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WinRamTurbo PRO v2.60 released!
Updated files with our new website address.
Fixes:
- Squashed some minor internal bugs.
31-October-2000 (PRO)
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WinRamTurbo PRO v2.50 released!
Added:
- Multi-Windows Platform compatibility for Win95/98/98SE/ME/NT4.x/Win2000
into one single package.
- NT2000 File Cache settings and Performance.
- Greatly reduced memory consumption when program is minimized.
- All internal settings moved to registry, no more .INI file.
Fixes:
- NT4.x and Win2000 bug fix.
- Cosmetic changes.
- Improved the memory optimization routines.
- Increased overall performance.
- Improved automatic detection of Windows version being used by WRT.
- Squashed other minor internal bugs.
23-June-2000 (PRO)
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WinRamTurbo PRO v2.00 released to Registered Users before going public!
New Software Licenses (3) have been released to clarify conditions!
1 - PRO & LITE Non-Commercial License (shareware version)
2 - PRO & LITE Commercial License (shareware version)
3 - FREE License (freeware version)
Added:
- Encrypted key registration into software.
- WEB UpGrade check to verify latest version available for download.
- A task manager.
- A means to register the same copy of orignal downloaded (PRO) software.
- Manual editing of STATUS icon ranges via INI file in install directory.
- A means to remember the Last Screen Location when WRT re-activates.
- Better looking screen displays.
Fixes:
- Reduced resource usage by removing the toolbar.
- Repaired the exit function when the exit hot key was used to quit WRT.
- Improved the memory optimization routines.
- Increased overall performance.
- Prevented WRT from optimizing under heavy load conditions via a timeout.
- Provided a smooth flow to the moving performance graph, no longer jerky.
- Made refresh rate automatic, eliminated manual setting.
- Activated an automatic disable of auto-optimization when WRT is trying
to free memory past the opt timeout limit, notifies user of condition.
- Improved automatic detection of Windows version being used by WRT.
- Squashed other minor internal bugs.
18-October-1999 (PRO)
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WinRamTurbo PRO version 1.10 released!
Added:
- New install program.
- Improved CPU monitor.
Fixes:
- Killed hotkey already in use by another program error.
26-August-1999 (PRO)
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WinRamTurbo PRO version 1.00 released!
Added:
- Full product documentation to the install.
- Sound for events.
18-July-1999 (PRO)
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WinRamTurbo adds a PRO version to it's product line!
WinRamTurbo PRO version supports the Pentium computer!
WinRamTurbo PRO ▀eta version 1.00 Released for bug testing only!
3. WinRamTurbo LITE News
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10-April-2002 (LITE)
====================
WinRamTurbo Lite version 2.2 released!
Fixes:
- CPU check box functionality fixed.
02-February-2002 (LITE)
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WinRamTurbo LITE version 2.1 released!
Fixes:
- Squashed the "Don't Optimize when > xx% of CPU Load" setting.
04-December-2001 (LITE)
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WinRamTurbo LITE version 2.0 released!
Added:
- Special graphs for memory and CPU indicators.
- Improved the memory release function.
- New look and cosmetic changes.
27-September-2001 (LITE)
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WinRamTurbo LITE version 1.35 released!
Updated documentation only. No program changes!
23-August-1999 (LITE)
=====================
WinRamTurbo LITE version 1.34 released!
An improved install program was implemented.
A cosmetic touch up of the displays was performed!
Added:
- Full product documentation to the install.
- Sound for events.
- Disable CPU Monitor function.
- Windows trackbars to replace the Mem to Free and Trigger Level
control knobs to gain extra memory.
Fixes:
- Killed the application already running dialog problem when
WinRamTurbo had to be shutdown abnormally.
- Killed the multiple popup problem which conflicted with the
topmost window state of the main window.
- Killed the WIN NT detection bug.
- Killed the redundant HOTkey problem.
16-July-1999 (LITE)
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WinRamTurbo LITE version 1.33 released!
Reduced price to $8.00 before PRO version is announced publicly.
Trial period has been set to 14 days in ALL versions of WinRamTurbo.
Added:
- Added a manual disable of the automatic detection
"Screen Size Changes" popup dialog when running applications
(such as games) that utilize different screen sizes that was
causing multiple popups to occur as each change of screen size
was being detected during runtime.
- Added hot link in Help Menu for sending email to the author
via your Email Client.
- Added hot link in Help Menu for submitting Bug Reports to the
author via your browser.
- Included 800 number in registration dialog for the Official
Online Store.
- Added 3 web site submission processes for:
submitting Bug Reports
requesting Tech Support
submitting Web Site Problems
Fixes:
- Fixed multi-instances bug where program thought it was running
more than one instance after the program shutdown and was
restarted.
15-June-1999 (LITE)
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WinRamTurbo LITE version 1.31 has been uploaded to Simtel.Net.
See Try or BUY Download page for the link.
14-June-1999
============
Added alternate FTP download links for Reg Site if primaries are busy!
See Try or BUY Download page for the links.
10-June-1999 (LITE)
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WinRamTurbo LITE version 1.31 released!
Added:
- All features have been made available in this version along with
a 21 day limited-use Trial period.
Previous versions did not have ALL the features available.
Fixes:
- Improved the file and disk cache settings for even better
performance!
09-June-1999
============
Online Store finally got version 1.30 posted correctly!
Three days had gone by with an old version being downloaded for
our newest release at our third party Online Store!
We apologize to everyone who had experienced this problem!
A closer monitoring of our third party Online Store is in order!
06-June-1999 (LITE)
===================
WinRamTurbo LITE version 1.30 released!
ALL file downloading from this website is being transferred to the
Online Stores which can handle the increased server loads!
Added:
- A CPU Monitor.
- Safe optimization based on CPU load.
- True-type fonts.
- Unloading of unused DLLs.
- Automatic Disable of Free Resource Monitor when application is
minimized to diminish CPU load when resources are not being
monitored.
Fixes:
- Killed font display problem with higher monitor resolutions.
Fonts were being squeezed together at higher resolutions.
- Killed the Win98 Access Violation problem.
02-June-1999 (LITE)
===================
WinRamTurbo LITE version 1.21 released!
Opened Official WinRamTurbo Online Store!
Added:
- Improved exception handling for errors.
28-May-1999 (LITE)
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WinRamTurbo LITE version 1.20 released!
Fixes:
- Killed Floating Point error which only occurred in some versions
of Windows 95.
25-May-1999 (LITE)
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First public release of WinRamTurbo LITE version 1.0!
4. WinRamTurbo FREE News
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28-April-2002 (FREE)
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WinRamTurbo FREE version 2.50 released!
Fixes:
- Added international language support.
27-September-2001 (FREE)
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WinRamTurbo FREE version 2.20 released!
Fixes:
- Squashed the disabled optimize button problem when
optimization was finished and the button stayed disabled.
- Added option to incrementally release ram.
07-September-2001 (FREE)
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WinRamTurbo FREE version 2.01 released!
Fixes:
- Squashed stay on top window bug which caused the
main window not to show on the desktop when this
setting is disabled.
12-August-2001 (FREE)
=======================
WinRamTurbo FREE version 2.00 released!
Cosmetic changes.
30-November-2000 (FREE)
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WinRamTurbo FREE version 1.40 released!
Cosmetic changes.
18-October-1999 (FREE)
======================
WinRamTurbo FREE version 1.30 released!
New install progam and bug fixes.
07-October-1999 (FREE)
======================
WinRamTurbo FREE version 1.20 released!
Added totally new graphical look.
22-August-1999 (FREE)
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WinRamTurbo FREE version 1.12 released!
01-August-1999 (FREE)
=====================
WinRamTurbo FREE version 1.11 released!
Added Helper utility for additional functionality.
26-July-1999 (FREE)
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WinRamTurbo FREEware version 1.10 released!
The FREEware version will NOT be supported except for bug reports!
25-July-1999 (FREE)
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WinRamTurbo adds a FREEware version 1.00 to it's product line!
- Prices, terms and conditions are subject to change without notice -
Copyrighted ⌐ 1999-2002 Dale Robbins - All Rights Reserved