How much easier would your job be if you had total control over your Windows (tm) network?

•     * View your entire Windows NT/200x/XP/Vista network from one easy to use Explorer-style interface and make management a snap!
•     * Audit your system configuration and quickly find security holes that need to be plugged.
•     * Quickly generate reports for meetings or to use for further research to determine problem spots.
•     * Change passwords for local administration accounts on multiple computers at once.
•     * Find out which services are running and quickly show startup information; make changes to those services on all computers at once!
•     * Go beyond the limits of Microsoft's MMC and help you manage Windows 200x and Active Directory quickly and easily.
•     * Control popular remote control programs, including VNC, with one utility.

Used by tens of thousands of system administrators worldwide for over ten (10) years, Hyena is known throughout the industry as one of the top Windows management utilities available...at any price!

Hyena v8.1 New Features

User Communication Portal

The User Communication Portal is a new option available for Active Directory users.

The Communication Portal queries the known Active Directory attributes that are related to email, phone, and web addresses and displays the values. Templates can then be created for email and phone contacts, or web addresses can be visited directly.  The email communication uses the mailto:: protocol. This protocol supports specifying default values for the subject, cc:, bcc:, and message body of the email. These are all optional values and are stored into the template. By creating multiple templates, a different message type can be configured for different purposes, ie a scheduled system shutdown, company announcement, etc. 

The calling communication uses the callto:: protocol. This protocol uses a number of parameters and settings, and can be used with NetMeeting, Skype, and other communication systems.

New Update Check Utility

Hyena's older 'Check for Updates' facility has been disabled when run on Windows Vista and later, due to problems with the User Account Control (UAC) facility. In order to have greater control and UAC compatibility, we've created our own update checking system.  When executed, a small dialog is displayed which shows the license information currently being used.  This new system can be run manually from Hyena, through its own shortcut, or automatically (the default) every 30 days when running Hyena.

Exporter Pro can now be used to export Terminal Server session and process information. These new exports are available on the 'Other' export properties tab.

Exporter Pro 64-bit Version

To prevent errors caused by missing 32-bit libraries, Exporter Pro is now available in a native 64-bit version.

Hyena v7.7 New Features

Terminal Server Session Management

    For Enterprise Edition users, Terminal Server sessions can now be viewed and managed (disconnect, log off, send message). Over two dozen informational columns can be displayed for terminal server sessions; individual columns can be customized by the user. The Terminal Server 'Send Message' function has more capabilities than the standard Windows user messaging function. In particular, the icon used for the message dialog box can be customized, and an optional response can be captured from the user. As responses are received or timed out, Hyena will update the Send Message dialog; this information can be copied to the clipboard if desired.

    Processes can also be viewed and terminated on a per-session basis.

Logging Capabilities

    While nearly all Active Directory tools lack any sort of logging capability, Hyena adds this much-needed feature by logging each AD modification or object access, yet also puts you in control of what actions get logged. The log file format is a tab-delimited text file, so loading it into a database or spreadsheet is an easy task.

More User Active Directory Attributes

    A number of new properties have been added to Hyena's User Properties dialogs:

• 'Object dialog' - The cn of the 'Managed By' account is now displayed directly above the full path for easier viewing.
• 'Organizational dialog' - 'Direct Reports' has been added, plus 'Employee Type' and 'Building No'. These new attributes are already part of the Active Directory schema and have been added for ease of access.

Easier Microsoft Excel Exporting

    Hyena's existing copy mechanism has been modified to allow faster and easier exporting directly to Microsoft Excel. Any Hyena view can now be exported to Excel in as few as three (3) mouse clicks.

    The command line used to run Excel.exe can be customized (Tools->Setings->Advanced), or an entirely different application can be run instead of Excel.exe.

Other Changes

        * Additional information has been added to the Computer Properties->General dialog, showing the operating system, architecture, and features (Enterprise, Terminal Server, etc.)

        * A default sort option has been added to the Active Directory Query properties (File->Manage Object View->AD Queries). Setting a default sort does NOT sort the data at the server during execution of the query (AD does not support server-side sorting). Instead, Hyena will perform the sort after the data is retrieved, saving you the step of having to click on the column in the right results window.

        * The 'Add to Group' option on the More Functions menu for user objects has been changed to 'Add / Remove From Group'. A dialog is now displayed allowing selection of whether to add or remove the selected user(s) from the targeted group.

        * Some attributes in Active Directory allow the inclusion of carriage returns and/or line feed characters (CR/LF). Windows will usually represent CR/LF characters as a square box visually on the screen, but when the data is sent to the clipboard or output file, it can cause problems with other applications, such as Microsoft Excel. A new advanced settings (Tools->Settings->Advanced) has been added - AdCrLfReplacementString. This new value can be set to one or more characters which will replace any CR/LF combinations found in AD data.

        * When using Edit->Copy to export Active Directory data from Hyena's right window, the entire contents of columns with large amounts of data will be copied in full, instead of truncated with ...! Windows limits the amount of information that can be presented visually, but Hyena will now internally keep the entire full-length string, allowing the entire string to be copied to the clipboard or data file. This change will be primarily useful for exporting group and user membership fields.