Release History
This release note includes the following topics:
- Known Issues
- Driver Manager 7.0.7
- Driver Manager 7.0.6
- Driver Manager 7.0.5
- Driver Manager 7.0.4
- Driver Manager 7.0.3
- Driver Manager 7.0.2
- Driver Manager 7.0.1
- Driver Manager 7.0
Known issues
The following are known issues in Driver Manager 7.0.7:
- 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.
ENGL Driver Manager 7.0.7 [Build 1454]
December 7, 2020
The following changes are included in this release:
- Added: Ability to update drivers using a Config Manager task sequence
- Added: Ability to export hardware inventory from Ivanti EPM
- Added: Ability to specify download timeout for DriverInstaller with Symantec DS
- Updated: Add support for "passive" as a valid "silent" installation method for setup.cfg/exe files
- Updated: Support for latest Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager updates
- Updated: Support for latest Symantec Deployment Solution updates
- Fixed: Icons missing in online documentation
ENGL Driver Manager 7.0.6 [Build 1432]
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
ENGL Driver Manager 7.0.5 [Build 1412]
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
ENGL Driver Manager 7.0.4 [Build 1397]
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
ENGL Driver Manager 7.0.3 [Build 1358]
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
ENGL Driver Manager 7.0.2 [Build 1335]
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
ENGL Driver Manager 7.0.1 [Build 1307]
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
ENGL Driver Manager 7.0 [Build 1277]
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