CheckQuota Version History

Our new version CheckQuota 5.2 is available for download now!

Customers of CheckQuota 5.x can upgrade for free!

Customers of CheckQuota 4.x get a discount of 30%!

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Regular download:

http://download.kosiol.com/checkquota.exe

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If you would like to upgrade from a previous version (CheckQuota 4.0 or above), please download the following upgrade:

http://download.kosiol.com/checkquota_update.exe

Version 5.1 (2011-02-01):

• IMPROVED: Log file is enabled by default now
• IMPROVED: More log entries to keep track what the program is doing
• FIXED: Problem with message that an active system service was detected is solved now
• FIXED: In some cases the icon which indicates if the monitoring process is running was not shown correctly

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• NEW: PHP Webinterface added.
• NEW: It is possible to add, modify and remove quotas and file type blockings via web browser now
• NEW: Proxy server support added
• NEW: Internet connection check added
• NEW: Interval check note added
• IMPROVED: Plenty of API interface improvements
• IMPROVED: Window 2008 64 bit server improvements
• IMPROVED: Some GUI improvements
• FIXED: Small bug fix with real time monitoring and interval check activation
• FIXED: Problem with CheckQuota service and Windows Interactive Service Detection solved
• FIXED: Small bug fix with directory selection and file type blocking
• FIXED: Minimize bug fixed
• FIXED: License activation problem in conjunction with Asien languages fixed
• FIXED: Plenty of minor bug fixes and improvements
• and many more…

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Version 4.1:

• ADD: Windows 7 support added
• ADD: notification added when CheckQuota is collecting user and group list
• FIXED: minor bugfixes with registration routine

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Version 4.0:

• NEW: Windows 2008 Support
• NEW: Interval Check
• NEW: Support for Novell Netware and Samba shares
• NEW: Update check
• IMPROVED: New e-mail functionality (supports more authentication methods)
• IMPROVED: Errorhandling if program starts up and directory cannot be read
• IMPROVED: Warning if too many files are inside a directory
• IMPROVED: Thread handling if many directories are monitored
• IMPROVED: x64 support
• IMPROVED: Errorhandling if program starts up a directory doesn’t exist anymore
• FIXED: Problems with Windows Update
• FIXED: CheckQuota service didn’t recognize if files have been deleted
• FIXED: Minor bugfixes

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Version 3.2:

• Some license issues fixed
• Minimizing issue fixed

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Version 3.1:

• Renew license dialog to fit new terms of license
• Bug fixes

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New main features version 3.0:

• 64-bit support: CheckQuota supports 64-bit operating system now. It supports Windows XP x64, Windows 2003 x64 and Windows Vista x64.
• Windows Vista support: CheckQuota supports Windows Vista now. It runs on all versions.
• Multiple file blockings at once: It’s now possible to add multiple file blockings for different directories in one step. (Advanced version only)
• Exclude files from quota: You can exclude files or file patterns from the quota restriction. So it possible that i.e. log files can be written even the directory limit has been exceeded. (Pro and Advanced version only)
• API support: API support has been added. So CheckQuota can be managed by external programs or scripts. I.e. you can give the user the possibility to change their own quota settings or you can administrate CheckQuota from a different computer. (Advanced version only)
• Sorting job list: You can sort the CheckQuota job list by directory name, limit or used disk space now.

Minor changes version 3.0:

• Changed CheckQuota profile management
• Changed CheckQuota system service behavior
• Program icon has been changed
• Minor bug fixes

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Version 2.0:

• CheckQuota kernel is completely rewritten. That means CheckQuota is faster, accurater and securer like before
• File which caused limit exceed can be made inaccessible now
• CheckQuota regards used disk space of directories now
• New adding directory wizard
• Now you can add multiple directories at once to the monitored list
• File extension blocker. Now you can specify file types which will be blocked for selected directories (i.e. you would like to prevent that user saves mp3 files in his home directory)
• Graphical bar, which shows the used space
• Redesigned interface
• %locked_file% keyword added
• HTML report changed
• Small improvements
• Bugfixes

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Version 1.7:

• Method to prevent write access has been changed
• Prevent write access for domain and Active Directory user now also possible
• Windows NT 4.0 support improved
• Small bugfixes

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Version 1.6:

• For every monitored directory an user mail address can be specified. Creating separate template for every directory not longer needed.
• %dir_mail% keyword added
• Keyboard control on wizard step 4 added
• SMTP port set to 25 per default
• Slow down user list loading; Reason: prevent resource problems with lsass process
• Splitting program in Standard an Pro version
• Now, program runs as a system service (pro version only)
• HTML report engine added (pro version only)
• User report option added (pro version only)

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Version 1.5.1:

• Test mail bug (in conjunction with SMTP password authentication) fixed
• An error occurred if one profile was active and you tried to open a new one. Bug fixed now.
• Keyboard control on test mail dialog added

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Version 1.5:

• A new (better) monitoring engine
• SMTP server with authentication are supported yet
• Time period between two notifications can specified yet
• Bug fixes

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Version 1.0:

• First version