Release History

This release note includes the following topics:

The following are known issues in Driver Manager 7.0.6:

Issue
Driver Manager integration with Ghost Solution Suite (GSS) may fail on a new install.

Workaround
Restart the Driver Manager Query Service and integration will work as normal.

March 27, 2020

The following changes are included in this release:

Updated: Driver analysis is delivered with driver search results
Updated: Enhanced driver extraction process
Updated: Driver Manager will no longer install on x86 platforms or Windows 7/8.x
Updated: Driver installation will treat batch files (.bat and .cmd) as valid installation types
Updated: DriverInstaller will report the "downloading" state if it is downloading a package from ITMS
Updated: Support for installation on Windows 10 1909
Fixed: Dell drivers may fail to download
Fixed: Driver Manager may crash when loading a driver pack
Fixed: Command line parameters are lost when install drivers with a batch file

October 15, 2019

The following changes are included in this release:

Updated: Restrict temporary workspace to a local drive
Updated: Display manufacturer and model information and count of machines when searching for drivers
Updated: Minimum WMI information from DMscanner required when importing hardware inventory or searching for drivers
Updated: Improve performance of log view
Updated: SCCM integration will log the path if an existing package folder is found
Updated: Improve OS and platform identification when installing INF drivers
Updated: Network availability check will skip "loopback" devices
Fixed: Lenovo driver extraction may fail resulting in incorrect analysis result
Fixed: Empty Driver Package may be created during SCCM integration if no valid drivers are found
Fixed: Driver analysis fails for newer Surface Pro driver packages

June 25, 2019

The following changes are included in this release:

Added: Support for Windows 10 1903
Updated: Support for latest Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager updates
Updated: Support for latest Symantec Deployment Solution updates
Updated: Support for latest Symantec Ghost Solution Suite updates
Updated: INF Driver Installation OS/Platform validation must handle DirID values
Updated: INF drivers that do not require a function driver are handled correctly
Updated: Driver download will handle drivers served by .aspx pages
Updated: Handle Surface Pro drivers to avoid uncontrolled reboots
Fixed: Driverpacks are not refreshed automatically after a driver search
Fixed: Driver Manager may not re-enable menu items if no drivers require download after a driver search
Fixed: Unable to deploy a machine where name differs by a 'space' character

December 14, 2018

The following changes are included in this release:

Added: HTTPS support for Driver Manager Query Service
Added: DriverInstaller accessing driver content over wireless networks
Added: Microsoft SQL Server 2017 support (DMQS)
Added: Support for Server 2019 (Admin machine)
Updated: Support for latest Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager updates
Updated: Support for latest Symantec Deployment Solution updates
Updated: Support for latest Symantec Ghost Solution Suite updates
Fixed: DriverInstaller will fail if not run with Administrator rights
Fixed: DriverInstaller may fail to download driver content
Fixed: Panasonic FTP downloads fail when behind a proxy server
Fixed: Lenovo driver analysis may not generate the correct command line
Fixed: Automatic Machine identification mode may allow multiple driver packs to be active

August 14, 2018

The following changes are included in this release:

Added: Ability to download multiple drivers concurrently
Added: Support for NTLM proxy authentication
Added: Simplified SCCM driver installation using DMQS
Added: Ability to update Symantec DS packages
Updated: Driver analysis applies to a driver across all driver packs
Updated: Support for latest Microsoft Deployment Toolkit updates
Updated: Support for latest Symantec Deployment Solution updates
Updated: Support for latest Symantec Ghost Solution Suite updates
Updated: Support for latest Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager updates
Fixed: Dell mup.xml analysis failed to correctly set the command line
Fixed: INF driver may be incorrectly filtered out

February 27, 2018

The following changes are included in this release:

Added: Support for Windows Server 2016 driver search
Added: Status window for DriverInstaller
Added: DriverInstaller will perform an audit following driver installation
Updated: Driver analysis process will attempt to retrieve CVA files for HP drivers
Updated: Driver analysis process will attempt to retrieve SU file for Lenovo drivers
Updated: Support for latest Microsoft Deployment Toolkit updates
Updated: Support for latest Symantec Deployment Solution updates
Updated: Support for latest Symantec Ghost Solution Suite updates
Updated: Support for latest Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager updates
Updated: Multiple driver download will continue if an error occurs
Fixed: MDT setting are not correctly populated
Fixed: Updated drivers may not display in a driver pack
Fixed: Fujitsu driver may fail to extract correctly
Fixed: Driver analysis enabled before file copy completed for imported/replaced drivers

November 24, 2017

The following changes are included in this release:

Added: Support for any task-based OS deployment solution
Updated: Support for latest System Center Configuration Manager updates
Updated: Support for latest Symantec Deployment Solution updates
Updated: Driver analysis for Panasonic "one-click bundles"
Updated: Driver analysis for "Lenovo Driver install" packages
Updated: Driver analysis for "AMD Software" packages
Fixed: Hardware inventory information missing when creating a driver pack
Fixed: Incorrect command line created for certain Dell Update packages
Fixed: INF type drivers may fail to install if the driver pack does not contain any software drivers
Fixed: "Open in explorer" menu option is not available for manually imported drivers
Fixed: Non-driver INF files (oemsetup.inf and autorun.inf) should be ignored