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June 29

Portlock Boot CD 5.12.0.1829 released.

June 26

Portlock License Manager 5.12.0.1825 released.

June 12

Added a new Technical Information Document: Using Portlock License Manager to receive Portlock Storage Manager images

June 3

Portlock Storage Manager version 5 released. The new version is the result of over two years of development.

Portlock SMART Suite 5.11.0.1801 released. One ISO is based upon WinPE 3.0, which is built from the Windows 7 code base. With this version of Portlock SMART Suite, a virtual hard disk (VHD) can be attached and managed.

Portlock Boot CD 5.11.0.1801 released. One ISO is based upon WinPE 3.0, which is built from the Windows 7 code base. With this version of Portlock SMART Suite, a virtual hard disk (VHD) can be attached and managed.

June 1

Portlock License Manager 5.11.0.1801 released. New in this release is: 1) Support for Portlock Storage Manager images; 2) Support for split, spanned and resource WIM images; 3) Support for proxy servers requiring authentication; 4) Portlock License Manager has been completely translated into Chinese, Japanese and Spanish. Users can change the language via File › Language.

Updated the Portlock License Manager Limitations page.

May 25

Portlock Storage Manager 5.0 BETA updated.

May 5

Portlock SMART Suite version 5.11.050509 released. This version is based on Windows PE 3.0, which is built from the Windows 7 code base. 5.11.050509 features support for VHD booting.

April 28

Portlock is now a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.

Portlock License Manager version 5.11.0.1628 released.

April 27

Added a new technical information document which describes how to add Windows Imaging Format (WIM) support to Windows XP and Windows Vista so that WIM images can be used with Portlock License Manager. Read the brief overview, or view the more detailed PDF.

April 15

Updated the WIM support in Portlock License Manager video.

April 10

Video: WIM support in Portlock License Manager.

April 9

Video: Overview of Portlock License Manager.

March 15

Portlock SMART Suite for Windows and the Portlock Boot CD have been updated to version 5.10.0.1515. Use Portlock License Manager to download the new ISO images.

February 17

Portlock License Manager released.

Portlock SMART Suite updated.

Portlock Boot CD updated.

January 16

Added Portlock Storage Manager 5.0 license installation procedure.

January 16

Video: Portlock Windows Update Manager.

January 15

Managing Windows Updates for Hyper-V Server and Windows Server Core.

January 12

Portlock Storage Manager 5.0 BETA updated.

Portlock SMART Suite 5.09 released.

Portlock Boot CD 5.09 released.

December 19

Portlock Windows Update Manager released.

Portlock Device Manager updated.

November 21

Added screenshots of Portlock SMART Suite for Windows.

November 20

Portlock SMART Suite for Windows released.

Video: Portlock SMART Suite.

Portlock SMART Suite administrative scenarios.

Portlock SMART Suite user's guide (4.6 MB PDF).

October 2

Portlock Boot CD 5.08 released; Wireless networking, Hyper-V Server support added.

Wireless LAN FAQ.

September 22

Portlock Boot CD 5.07 released; Sun VirtualBox support added.
http://www.virtualbox.org/

Sun VirtualBox Frequently Asked Questions.

September 12

Portlock Boot CD screenshots updated.

September 10

Portlock Boot CD 5.06 x64 released; UEFI support added.
http://www.uefi.org/home/

September 8

Portlock Boot CD 5.06 x86 released.

Hyper-V document updated.

August 22

Poor Man's Windows image and deployment using Portlock System Management and Recovery Toolkit (SMART).

August 14

Video: Physical-to-virtual migration.

August 11

Version 5.05 of Portlock System Management and Recovery Toolkit (SMART) (x86 and x64) is released. New in this release is VNC connectivity and the Portlock Taskbar.

Portlock Device Manager 5.05 released.

Using VNC with Portlock System Management and Recovery Toolkit (SMART).

August 1

The Portlock Boot CD (x86 and x64) has been updated. New in this release is the Portlock Email Client and a much-improved version of Portlock Device Manager.

Portlock Device Manager released.

Video: Operating the Portlock Boot CD.

Video: Installing a missing device driver with Portlock Device Manager.

July 11

Portlock Boot CD: Troubleshooting device recognition.

July 11

Portlock Boot CD: Release history and current version.

July 10

Portlock adds support for Microsoft Hyper-V.

July 9

The Portlock Boot CD 5.0 for NetWare User's Guide (3.7 MB PDF) has been updated to include instructions for the latest utilities added to Portlock SMART, such as Portlock License Manager and Portlock Boot Manager.

July 3

Dual-booting: Portlock Boot CD + NetWare (updated procedure with the new Portlock Boot Manager utility).

June 29

Portlock Boot CD 5.0 for NetWare 32-bit Edition BETA updated.

June 23

Portlock Storage Manager 5.0 system requirements.

June 21

Portlock Boot CD 5.0 for NetWare 64-bit Edition BETA updated.

June 17

Portlock Boot CD 5.0 for NetWare 64-bit edition BETA released.

June 16

Portlock License Manager eases Portlock Storage Manager license installation.

June 13

Portlock Boot CD for NetWare available in nine languages.

June 3

Using Portlock Drive Explorer to create a bootable USB drive.

May 26

Portlock Storage Manager 5.0 BETA updated.

May 23

How to boot from a USB device.

How to install Portlock Storage Manager on NetWare from Portlock Boot CD for NetWare, version 5.0.

May 19

Portlock Drive Explorer 5.01 released.