Le projet VMware North Star entre dans sa deuxième phase

VMware - Thinstall

La version 3.386 introduit 2 nouvelles fonctionnalités :

  • Application Sync - Gestion des mises à jour d’applications virtualisées
  • Application Link - Liens entre applications virtualisées

L’annonce :

Key Features

This release is the second in a multi-beta release for VMware’s Project North Star. This release is focused on quality and includes a variety of bug fixes. The following new features have been added:

  • Application Sync - This feature enables you to deploy Project North Star (Thinstall) application updates. Application Sync automatically checks for and installs updates to your packaged applications. Updates might include changes such as a new version, service pack updates, or configuration changes in the package.ini file.
  • Application Link - This feature connects deployed applications. For example, you can establish a relationship between a deployed instance of Microsoft Office 2003 and a new Microsoft Office plug-in. Application Link enables you to establish a link between applications without having to encapsulate them into the same executable package.
  • Support for VMware serial numbers.
  • Added support for logging capture and runtime environment to assist with technical support.

Fixed Bugs

The following section contains bugs that were fixed for the VMware Project North Star (Thinstall) Beta 2 release:

  • MS-DOS and 64-bit child processes are created natively outside of a virtual environment (previous versions of VMware Project North Star (Thinstall) failed to create these processes). This resolves an issue in which a packaged application might not print on 64-bit systems.
  • Added the AllowUnsupportedExternalChildProcesses option under [BuildOptions] in the package.ini file. When set to 0, an attempt by the virtualized application to create a child MS-DOS or 64-bit process will fail. When set to non-zero (default), the process will be created natively outside of the virtual environment.
  • Fixed a problem in the ts_load_internal_module
  • Resolved issues in which Sandboxes were stored to the root directory of mapped drives or UNC paths.
  • Application private font files are now stored in the cache directory instead of in the Sandbox. The cache directory is located in the %LocalAppData%Thinstall directory. This reduces the amount of data transferred for roaming profiles. The VMware Project North Star (Thinstall) global cache is shared across multiple thinstalled applications.
  • Fixed a race condition in .ini file processing that can occur in Microsoft Office 2007 that leads to a system failure.
  • Implemented the runtime EULA package.ini setting. By default this is 0. Setting it to 1 will cause the EULA to be displayed. Consult your Master License Agreement to determine if you need to display the EULA or not.
  • Implemented Setup Capture GUI changes to add easy access to PermittedGroups, AppSync, Compression, SandboxPath, and Build.
  • Implemented a fix for Cisco Security Agent that has a race condition that was causing a failure when running under Project North Star (Thinstall).
  • Removed small compression. Because of licensing issues, small compression is no longer available. Packages that used small compression will switch to fast compression.
  • Fixed an issue in which Thinreg would sometimes fail to execute .vbs scripts when .vbs type association has been changed to notepad or other processes.
  • Fixed a problem that caused long delays in Vista-style open file dialogs when browsing to network shares.
  • VMware Project North Star (Thinstall) now allows surrounding spaces in section and key names for .ini files.
  • Improved support for Internet Explorer 6.
  • Fixed a problem with clip art not showing up in Word 2007 on Vista.
  • Fixed a problem that occurred when opening Word and Excel attachments in Outlook 2007 in which a .vbs script was included.
  • Fixed a problem that occurred with automatic update of Visio 2007.
  • Fixed a number of problems related to merged isolation mode of the registry.
  • Fixed a problem with connecting to a remote registry.
  • Improved support for editing of OLE embedded objects.
  • Fixed a problem with memory-mapped files that caused Autodesk Revit 2008 to crash during startup.
  • Enable window theming by applications that use SetWindowsHookex.