LANovation's PictureTaker version 1.5 New Features Let Corporations Achieve Goal of Eliminating Windows Downtime.MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 1998-- LANovation today announced an upgrade to its award-winning PictureTaker(TM) Enterprise Edition with version 1.5. This utility lets network administrators and help desk professionals repair, update and deliver new Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. 95, 98 and NT desktop software over any network, including the Internet, from a central location. Corporations face huge costs when users spend time away from productive work. "Windows downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. " is caused by many factors including misbehaving applications, recreating lost work after Windows is reinstalled, an administrator using the PC (or an automated process taking over the PC) to install new software, someone playing a computer game or helping a colleague fix a computer problem, etc. PictureTaker takes care of all these issues. Two new features in PictureTaker version 1.5 are "search" and "un-distribute." These two features let an administrator remove, upgrade or "downgrade Downgrade A negative change in the rating of a security. Notes: For example, an analyst may downgrade a stock from strong buy to buy, or a bond rating agency may downgrade a bond from AAA to AA. " an application on every end user's PC even if the administrator doesn't know where on each PC the application is stored. For example, imagine a company that has standardized standardized pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. on Microsoft's Internet Explorer Microsoft's Web browser, which comes with Windows starting with Windows 98. Commonly called "IE," versions for Mac and Unix are also available. Internet Explorer is the most widely used Web browser on the market. It has also been the browser engine in AOL's Internet access software. version 3 (IE3) but must purchase new PCs with Internet Explorer version 4 (IE4) preloaded. PictureTaker can quickly remove IE4 and replace it with IE3 * no matter where on the workstation IE4 is loaded. Since PictureTaker updates software in the background, users can continue productive work. PictureTaker gives corporations two ways to quickly repair "broken" software. One, as PictureTaker is used to distribute new software, a corporation builds a library of applications, drivers, and more, that can easily be reapplied to a PC to quickly fix application settings, customizations, files, etc. Two, daily Pictures can be taken of users' PCs. A Picture is comprised of software and settings on a PC compressed into one file. Applying a "working-state-Picture" to a PC quickly returns that PC to its working condition. Some companies even keep users' Pictures on the corporate Intranet so users can reapply Re`ap`ply´ v. t. & i. 1. To apply again. reapply vi → volver a presentarse, hacer or presentar una nueva solicitud their Picture without intervention from the help desk. For times when you don't have the files needed to immediately repair a problem, PictureTaker helps troubleshoot To find out why something does not work and to fix the problem. Troubleshooting a computer often requires determining whether the problem is due to malfunctioning hardware or buggy or out-of-date software. See debug. the issue. Since PictureTaker captures everything that has been added, changed or deleted since a baseline Picture was taken in an intuitive interface, you can see which values or settings have been "corrupted" and put them back to their original settings. If you don't have a baseline Picture for a PC, PictureTaker can compare the workstation to another, similarly configured con·fig·ure tr.v. con·fig·ured, con·fig·ur·ing, con·fig·ures To design, arrange, set up, or shape with a view to specific applications or uses: PC to find the differences. Unlike tools that use a database of problem-resolution scenarios to troubleshoot problems, PictureTaker works on any issue * even those that no one else has encountered. And since PictureTaker distributes software, when you solve a problem on one workstation, you can distribute the fix to thousands of PCs. "By giving administrators a tool to proactively manage desktop software rather than reactively, we can significantly reduce the total cost of PC ownership (TCO (1) (Total Cost of Ownership) The cost of using a computer. It includes the cost of the hardware, software and upgrades as well as the cost of the inhouse staff and/or consultants that provide training and technical support. See ROI. )," said Kim Pearson, LANovation President. Other new features in version 1.5 include the ability for users to be prompted to enter a value during a software distribution. This makes mass rollouts of software with personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. values (like TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. addresses) straightforward. Version 1.5's enhanced version control significantly reduces problems with updating files such as DLLs. And an enhanced editor makes viewing and editing PictureTaker files even easier. Beta copies will be available from LANovation's World Wide Web site beginning April 13, 1998. PictureTaker version 1.5 will ship on April 30, 1998. PictureTaker Enterprise Edition is distributed by Innovative Software (414/964-2200). Suggested retail price for PictureTaker Enterprise Edition starts at $450 for 10 workstations. Please visit LANovation's Web site at http://www.lanovation.com or call 800/747-4487 for more information. -0- PictureTaker is a Trademark of LANovation. All other companies and products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: LANovation, Minneapolis Valerie Peterson, 612/379-3805 peterson@lanovation.com www.lanovation.com |
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