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After several months of beta testing, the final build of KillProcess 2.41 was released yesterday evening.

The idea was to synchronize this release with the release of Windows Vista, but that didn't happen because of a number of reasons...

The main difference change with this release is the changes made to support the UAC model in Windows Vista. There is however still some work to be done here, since the application is not digitally signed yet. This is however a problem for me, since I don't make any money on this product I find it hard to cough up money to digitally sign my applications each time I make an update. This would of course not be an issue if more people donated some money for the development, but until that happens I don't think I can afford the extra cost of the digitally signing process.

This was done to support Windows Vista:

• The application will try to achieve the highest privilege when started and prompt for access to Administrator privileges if available.
• The application is now fully compliant to the Windows XP Logo demands, which in short state that applications may not in any way write to: C:\Program Files\ , C:\Windows, or the HKLM registry hive. All application data therefore now stored on the users roaming profile and registry stuff in HKCU instead.

These are the known issues with Vista when UAC is enabled:

• The application will not be run automatically at startup since Windows cannot verify the digital sign (since there is none)
• The application cannot replace the Task Manager properly

Enjoy this new release!

Best Regards
/ Roger Persson

# posted by Roger : 9:45 AM