2021
Version 1.21.1231 (December 31, 2021)
Enhancements
Imaging: Ability to add tags to drivers as well as add multiple drivers to the driver’s group.
Applications: Settings for custom Apps and Scripts can now be edited.
Fixes
Cloud Agent
40462 Resolved an issue where services were showing as 'Expired' due to expired license even though contract is still valid. (Case No. HCV-609-48064, TYE-785-28452)
Version 1.21.1217 (December 17, 2021)
Fixes
Software Updater Service
41912 Resolved an issue where custom applications supposed to be installed through UNC path using customer credentials failed to install.
Version 1.21.1215 (December 15, 2021)
Fixes
41868 Resolved an issue with the Status column in the Computers page displaying 'Offline' status for Mac computers where it should be empty.
Version 1.21.1210 (December 10, 2021)
Enhancements
Execute custom scripts and applications as a specific user.
Online/offline status for computers are now visible under Computers page.
Imaging: Ability to inject the drivers into the boot.wim file through Imaging Server.
Fixes
Applications
40769 Resolved an issue where, even after setting the filter category for displaying computers, the Cloud console did not display the correct list of computers. (Case No. GHA-935-11422)
Version 1.21.1206 (December 6, 2021)
Fixes
MDM Service
4075 Resolved an issue where, after adding apps (available only in Canada), the apps were not getting displayed under MDM Apps when trying to sync.
Version 1.21.1117 (November 17, 2021)
Fixes
Software Updater Service
40544 Resolved an issue where upgrading TeamViewer failed due to incorrect link.
Version 1.21.1103 (November 3, 2021)
Fixes
40452 Resolved an issue where computers could not boot into Windows due to an issue with Secure Boot. (Case No. OXS-744-88762, JSQ-485-26611, DQC-584-12993, VKO-435-21353)
Version 1.21.1029 (October 29, 2021)
New Features
Deep Freeze and Cloud Agent support for Server OS: Option now available to select Windows Server when downloading the Cloud Agent and creating policies for Server Operating Systems.
Quickly perform Reboot Frozen, Reboot Thawed, and Reboot Thawed Locked actions for Deep Freeze under the Computers page.
New details and links to the Reports page now available in the Computer Details page for the following services:
Maintenance Status: Start and End Times of the last maintenance performed as well as the Status, with a link to the Maintenance Period Status Report.
Usage Stats: Last Login User/Time, and a link to the Computer Usage Report.
Deep Freeze: Link to the Workstation Task Summary Report.
Version 1.21.1026 (October 26, 2021)
New Features
Support for macOS Monterey 12.
Notes (starting from macOS Big Sur):
The Apple Software Update option in the maintenance schedule has been disabled on Apple Silicon Macs.
Command line installation of configuration profiles is no longer supported. Configuration profiles will need to be installed manually.
For Intel-based Macs, a 3-hour timeout has been introduced after the Maintenance modes where the computer will be forced to restart, should it fail to restart once the Apple Software updates are completed. Issue escalated to Apple.
Fixes
Deep Freeze Mac Service
36275 Resolved an issue with having an SD card inserted in the computer causing Freeze/Thaw/Uninstall operations not being permitted.
35992 Resolved an issue where trying to install Deep Freeze or Cloud Agent on Apple Silicon Macs that do not have Rosetta installed resulted in the system asking to install Rosetta.
Version 1.21.1022 (October 22, 2021)
Fixes
40336 Resolved an issue where the certificate included in the metadata caused issues when setting up SAML with an in-house provider. (Case No. QAI-538-25271)
Version 1.21.1008 (October 8, 2021)
Fixes
40245 Resolved an issue where the Operating System was not displayed properly to reflect Windows 11 version.
Version 1.21.1001 (October 1, 2021)
Enhancements
Remote Connect Only Administrator: New permission type under User Management to provide users the ability to only remote into computers within designated sites/groups.
Optional VNC User Permission: New option in Remote Connect policy to ask for user permission when trying to remotely access the computer using VNC.
Version 1.21.0923 (September 23, 2021)
Fixes
MDM Service
40069 Resolved an issue with being unable to enroll an iOS 15 device via DEP. (Case No. IUK-238-83563)
Version 1.21.0909 (September 09, 2021)
Fixes
Remote Connect Service
39879 Resolved an issue where non-admin users were not able to Remote Connect to the target computer.
Version 1.21.0827 (August 27, 2021)
New Feature
Introducing the Inventory feature in Deep Freeze Cloud.
Get a quick overview of your hardware inventory in a smart grid view where you can add or remove columns as preferred.
Import Microsoft System Information (msinfo) of computers across the network.
Easily add or update warranty information for multiple computers in your network.
Version 1.21.0825 (August 25, 2021)
Fixes
Cloud Sync
39652 On Windows 7: Resolved an issue where trying to download from Cloud Sync OneDrive failed. (Case No. LDU-809-26186)
39693 Resolved an issue where attempting to sign in to Cloud Sync OneDrive with a business account failed and displayed 'User Does Not Exist Message'. (Case No. UMC-321-74151)
Version 1.21.0820 (August 20, 2021)
Fixes
Deep Freeze Service
39629 Resolved an issue where incorrect Deep Freeze status and Deep Freeze version were displayed in the Deep Freeze Cloud Connector site under Computers page.
Version 1.21.0810 (August 10, 2021)
Enhancements
Imaging Service
Added USB Media Creator functionality for creating an installation USB drive.
USB Creator Package: Select from existing Deployment Packages and Policies to create a boot utility that can be used for creating a bootable USB flash drive.
Ability to inject the drivers into the boot.wim file.
Task Status
Tasks can no longer be deleted. Instead, executed tasks older than 30 days will be archived and kept in history for up to 365 days. You can download archived tasks through the Task Status page.
Fixes
General
39607 Resolved an issue with being unable to access the User Voice portal. (Case No. TEI-495-55183, ZBX-680-38870)
Cloud Agent
36276 Resolved an issue where computers were not coming out of Maintenance Mode. (Case No. RZM-722-74405)
36821 Resolved an issue where, in a particular condition, Cloud Agent did not get installed on the computer after Image Deployment.
Software Updater Service
36771 Resolved an issue where Custom Scripts that were executed did not show under Software Updater Activity Logs.
Version 1.21.0805 (August 5, 2021)
Fixes
Anti-Virus Service
39588 Resolved an issue where Anti-Virus detected 'CDBurnerXP' application as threat and prevented the application from being installed on the computer. (Case No. IXS-123-13053)
Version 1.21.0729 (July 29, 2021)
Fixes
Deep Freeze Service
31717 Resolved an issue with being unable to uninstall Deep Freeze from a computer with nComputing vSpace installed.
31754 Resolved an issue with being unable to lock the mouse/keyboard on a Lenovo Touchpad laptop.
33107 Resolved an issue where Windows 10 computers randomly hung when Deep Freeze was in Frozen state while an older Windows Xbox driver is installed.
33350 Resolved an issue with being unable to install on-premise Deep Freeze Enterprise after uninstalling Deep Freeze Cloud Agent and vice versa.
34781 Resolved an issue where Deep Freeze computers could not boot Frozen when Windows Update system history had permanent entries with Staged status.
Version 1.21.0723 (July 23, 2021)
Fixes
Anti-Virus Service
39435 Resolved an issue where, on Secure Boot enabled computers, Active Protection could not be enabled after upgrading Anti-Virus to the latest version. (Case No. UIT-845-46820, PEM-449-25235)
Version 1.21.0714 (July 14, 2021)
Enhancements
Anti-Virus: Fix for potential issue with Windows 10 version 21H2 release.
Fixes
39338 Resolved an issue where applications blocked by WINSelect (for ex. Explorer) were allowed to be added to Kiosk Mode. (Case No. MES-511-84395)
Version 1.21.0629 (June 29, 2021)
Deep Freeze support for Windows 10 version 21H1
Deep Freeze 8.62 supports Windows 10 up to version 21H1, which has been extensively tested without any known issues detected.
Version 1.21.0623 (June 23, 2021)
Enhancements
TLS 1.2 support for Cloud components such as Active Directory Import, Anti-Executable Data Import, Deployment Utility, AD Authenticator, and Usage Stats cloud service
Version 1.21.0616 (June 16, 2021)
Fixes
MDM Service
37193 Resolved an issue with error '404 Page not found' when trying to generate a CSV list of Apple iPad devices from the MDM 'Devices' Tab. (Case No. QUI-789-46805)
Version 1.21.0514 (May 14, 2021)
Fixes
Anti-Virus Service
36933 Resolved an issue where the Policies screen indicated the old (legacy) Anti-Virus was installed in some computers even though it was not the case. (Case No. TAE-216-69422)
Version 1.21.0513 (May 13, 2021)
Fixes
Anti-Executable Service
36596 Resolved an issue with being unable to select multiple line items at a time to approve the reported policy control list. (Case No. ERL-370-78903)
Version 1.21.0426 (April 26, 2021)
Fixes
MDM Service
36796 Resolved an issue where Deep Freeze MDM application did not install when enrolling devices through afw#deepfreeze (for Android devices). (Case No. QWM-588-49369)
Version 1.21.0416 (April 16, 2021)
New Feature
Image Caching allows storing the image on the local drive so that the computer does not have to connect to the Imaging Server to download the entire image during the actual imaging process.
Fixes
Imaging Service
36586 Resolved an issue with an invalid character in the time zone settings (for example, Germany) resulted in being unable to capture images using Deep Freeze Cloud Imaging. (Case No. GPD-870-57702)
Cloud Agent
36651 Resolved an issue where Maintenance Mode did not appear to be running according to the assigned schedule on some computers. (Case No. PZF-341-92102)
General
35841 Resolved an issue where having a leading or trailing space when performing a computer search resulted in Deep Freeze Cloud filtering out the computer name and not finding a match. (Case No. JKQ-990-83331)
Version 1.21.0326 (March 26, 2021)
Enhancements
Removed support for Campus Affairs.
Fixes
Windows Update Service
36711 Resolved an issue where the Windows Update Dashboard did not display the list of missing patches of vulnerable machines. (Case No. URH-856-18426)
General
30178 On Safari browser: Resolved an issue where Deep Freeze Cloud displayed black checkboxes, resulting in users not being able to see whether they were enabled or disabled. (Case No. EYP-109-35958)
36684 Resolved an issue with being unable to remove the REMOTE CONTROL column in the Computers page. (Case No. FEV-469-52511)
Version 1.21.0317 (March 17, 2021)
Fixes
Software Updater Service
36625 Resolved an issue where custom scripts cannot be executed from the Applications page. (FWP-147-92891)
Version 1.21.0316 (March 16, 2021)
Fixes
Anti-Virus Service
35985 Resolved an issue where Anti-Virus service is partially removed from the target computer when executing uninstall command.
Version 1.21.0308 (March 08, 2021)
Fixes
Software Updater Service
36595 Resolved an issue where the latest software list did not load properly and returned a 'Run Time Error' screen.
36492 Resolved an issue where after setting up a Custom App in Software Updater, the application cannot be downloaded. (Case No. PLY-922-97162)
Version 1.21.0304 (March 04, 2021)
Fixes
WINSelect Service
36562 Resolved an issue where changes made to WINSelect Kiosk Mode were not being saved in any existing policy that has WINSelect enabled. (Case No. LJI-956-29935)
Version 1.21.0301 (March 01, 2021)
Fixes
Cloud Console
36532 Resolved an issue where computers were not showing up under the Computers page in Deep Freeze Cloud (French language).
Version 1.21.0226 (February 26, 2021)
Enhancements
WINSelect Service
Users can now disable the session timer. When disabled, user sessions are not limited in duration and remains logged into the computer.
Added Windows+G option in the pre-defined list of hotkeys.
Ability to block Xbox Game Bar (Windows 10 only).
Supports larger text size when adding a program or Weblink to the WINSelect Kiosk.
Supports RunAs option when Kiosk is enabled.
MDM Service
Supports disabling Wi-Fi spoofing on devices running iOS 14.
Fixes
WINSelect Service
33228 Resolved an issue where WINSelect restrictions were not reverted back to original when uninstalling or disabling WINSelect. (Case No. XYC-643-79060, RDF-774-14942, MVH-839-21524)
31702 Resolved an issue where Microsoft Teams app was not installed in the universal directory, resulting in WINSelect being unable to launch the app.
30248 (On Mozilla Firefox browser) Resolved an issue where, when disabling Internet browser settings, navigation buttons were not being disabled. (Case No. NRV-977-14933)
Version 1.21.0219 (February 19, 2021)
Enhancements
MDM Service
Supports larger size limit for uploading .ipa files up to 25 MB.
Fixes
Applications
36458 Resolved an issue where trying to use Custom URL for installing Custom App did not work, resulting in being unable to install the Custom App. (Case No. MMI-912-54806)
Remote Connect Service
36472 Resolved an issue where Deep Freeze Remote Connect failed to update to the latest version and/or install fresh. (Case No. GJA-388-30899, GLK-702-37854)
MDM Service
36460 Resolved an issue with being unable to upload custom .ipa file to Deep Freeze Cloud. (Case No. XUG-684-88984)
Version 1.21.0215 (February 15, 2021)
Fixes
Mobile Administrator
36410 Resolved an issue where Deep Freeze Administrator for Android devices crashed when QR Code Scanner is launched. (Case No. LOW-296-52857)
Version 1.21.0212 (February 12, 2021)
Enhancements
Enhanced Remote Control
Deep Freeze Cloud can now set user permission when trying to remotely control systems with VNC or RDP.
Fixes
Software Updater Service
36344 Resolved an issue where using double quotes (") for a software package resulted in being unable to access Software Updater Service. (Case No. NVV-572-79276)
Version 1.21.0208 (February 08, 2021)
Enhancements
Support for macOS Big Sur on Apple Silicon Macs
Version 1.21.0129 (January 29, 2021)
Fixes
Software Updater
36297 Resolved an issue with having duplicate entries for Inkscape after updating the app using Software Updater.
Version 1.21.0128 (January 28, 2021)
Fixes
Cloud Agent
36207 Resolved an issue where the Cloud Agent or Cloud services disappeared during upgrade, resulting in computers not reporting to the console. (Case No. BIE-481-22678, BQA-230-89103)
Version 1.21.0115 (January 15, 2021)
Enhancements
Software Updater: Added support for Microsoft Edge.
Cloud Agent version 2.21 will not install on Windows 7 if code signing support for SHA-256 is not installed.
Fixes
Software Updater
36134 Resolved an issue where the Software Updater Custom Package would not install. (Case No. OIO-215-69969)
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