[APN] 26 February 2007: Windows Inspection Tool Set (WiTS) 2.0 Beta has been released. The release is supported on Windows 2000, XP and 2003. See [http://wits.magicsplat.com] for details, downloads and source. See [https://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=90123] for a sample screen shot. '''Changes since the 1.1 release''' * New event monitor - track process start/exits, network connections, new logons, system resources and more * New view for kernel drivers * Configurable list views with selectable columns * Significantly improved performance See http://wits.magicsplat.com/versionhistory.html for a complete list of changes. '''What is WiTS?''' WiTS provides you with cross-linked, filtered views of a Windows system. These views include customizable list views with optional filtering and sorting capabilities, and detailed property page views for individual objects. Where applicable, views are linked to allow for easy navigation between related objects. In addition to viewing properties, WiTS provides tools for some common tasks related to these components. WiTS also includes a configurable event monitor that can notify you of various events like new network connections, process starts and exits, service state changes, system resource exhaustion and more. WiTS starts up automatically and installs itself into the system tray in the taskbar. In addition, it can be configured with hotkey support for quick access to various views. Currently supported object types include: * Operating system and hardware * Processes * Services * Users * Groups * Logon sessions * Drives and volumes * Local and remote shares * Network interfaces * Network connections * Printers * Loaded modules * Kernel drivers WiTS is built using (amongst other packages) [Tile], [tablelist], [TWAPI], [Snit], [winico], [TkPNG] and [scrodget]. ---- [MHo], 2006/07/26: If I klick '''Remote Shares''', an error message arises: '''Invalid or unknown path format''' (running on w2ksp4). Skipping two or three error messages, the list of remote shares is displayed. [APN] Could you please send me or post the output of a "net use" DOS prompt command? Do *all* the remote shares show up after the errors or are some missing? Do any have any "N/A" text displayed in the list? Also, what is your locale? Do other list windows work fine? Thanks. [MHo], 2006/12/22: Just installed 1.1 and tested again, same result. '''net use''' gives me this (shortened...): Status Lokal Remote Netzwerk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OK J: \\s970\d$ Microsoft Windows-Netzwerk OK K: \\s970\e$ Microsoft Windows-Netzwerk OK L: \\shv1\d$ Microsoft Windows-Netzwerk OK M: \\shv1\e$ Microsoft Windows-Netzwerk Getrennt N: \\shv2\d$ Microsoft Windows-Netzwerk Getrennt O: \\shv2\e$ Microsoft Windows-Netzwerk Getrennt LPT1 \\W000-406\hdruck Microsoft Windows-Netzwerk OK \\wa101su076.prod01.hmkintra.de\c$ Microsoft Windows-Netzwerk Getrennt \\WA101SB001.hmkintra.de\ipc$ Microsoft Windows-Netzwerk Getrennt \\WA101SB003.prod01.hmkintra.de\ipc$ Microsoft Windows-Netzwerk Getrennt \\WA101SC002.hmkintra.de\ipc$ : Microsoft Windows-Netzwerk [APN] OK, I can reproduce the problem, or at least one of them. My mistake was assuming that the local device name (if mapped) must always end in a ":" (this is actually a [TWAPI] bug, not WiTS). I've checked in a fix which will be in a release post-holidays. [APN] Feb 27, 2007: I believe this is now fixed as of WiTS 2.0.1, at least the scenario I just described. Please test and see if it fixes your problem as well. [MHo]: With v2.0.1, the problem is solved! Great! ---- CJL : Mostly very nice. There's a visual glitch when expanding a 'tab' on the left side for the first time - there's a white flash as the rectangle is drawn initially too big, and then reduced to suit the size of its contents. More significant is "Error: Could not retrieve global user or group information: The user name could not be found" which occurs when I click my username listed in 'Process Summary'. I'm on a fully updated XP box, logging in to a domain provided by a Samba server. [APN]: CJL, does the message show in an error dialog with a Details button? If so, could you click on the Details button to get the errorInfo stack trace and either post it here or mail to me at apnadkarni at users dot sourceforge dot net ? Unfortunately, I do not have a domain environment for testing so the user lookups are untested in that kind of setup. The visual glitch is something else I've been trying to get rid of without much success. Without going into a whole lot of detail, I want the dropdown to fit the contents but cannot figure out how big it should be (taking into account wrapping and font size) until Tk draws it on the screen first. [APN] In 2.0.1, I've hacked around the visual glitch mentioned by creating windows offscreen, expanding the menus, closing the menus, then moving the windows back on screen. Hacky, but I haven't been able to work out any other way. [APN] Thanks for the feedback. This motivated me enough to set up a VmWare based Windows domain test environment. I've fixed the bug and uploaded a new release 1.1.1 to SourceForge. In the process, also discovered that WiTS is not particularly friendly when you belong to the domain but the domain is not reachable - it constantly shows popup dialogs complaining about this if the process list view is open. ---- ''[escargo] 26 Feb 2007'' - Somewhat against my will I have [Windows Vista] on a newly acquired laptop. I imagine that there are going to start being a lot of Windows Vista questions about various Tcl and Tk functions and applications. Are there any known issues with WITS and Vista? [APN] There are no known issues only because it has never been tested! My guess is that there will be issues with [TWAPI] which it uses and possibly with [Tile] as well. Unfortunately, I have neither a license for Vista, nor the hardware capable of running it. In case you do want to try it, the installer will refuse to install on Vista (I think), so you will need to install elsewhere and copy the wits.exe executable. Please post back with results if you do try it. ''[escargo] 27 Feb 2007'' - I put the wits.exe (along with the directories it came in) in my SanDisk Cruzer Micro 4.GB USB Flash memory device. I double-clicked on wits.exe and it errored out. Then I selected it again, but right clicked on it and picked "Run as Administrator." Then it worked. I haven't tested everything, but what I have tried has worked. It looks just like a native [Windows Aero] application. ---- [HE] 27 Feb 2007 - Why is wits distributed as msi-installer file (1.1.1) or as setup.exe(2.0 beta)? The version 1.1.1 contains an [Starpack]. This can used without any other installation (Works for me on XP, w2000, w2k-server). [APN] Both versions contain a wits.exe that can be used standalone. As to why an installer is used, it's because I want it to be as close to a conventional Windows app as possible - create shortcuts in the Start menu, show up in the Add/Remove programs, leave nothing behind when uninstalled etc. In the longer run, I also hope to add other utilities so it will not be a single executable. [HE] Perhaps it is possible additional to provide the [starkit]/[starpack]? [MHo] I see absolutely no reason for using windows installer (msi) technology in this case. To understand the misterious msi, one have to study thousands of documents over three months. In old MSDOS days, '''copy *.*''' was the prefered way, perhaps editing a little clear-text config here and there afterwords. What about an alternative installation archive (.ZIP or so) with .exe and .kit inside? ---- [Category Windows]