WINSelect Standard Feature History

Version 8.30 (May 2024)

  • Support for Windows 11
  • Added Windows+G option in the pre-defined list of hotkeys
  • Ability to block Xbox Game Bar (Windows 10 only)
  • WINSelect now honors the local screensaver setting to display the logon screen on resume
  • Option to log off Windows users when no session code is entered
  • Supports disabling RunAs option when Kiosk is enabled
  • Ability to block browser keys and Caps Lock key

 

Version 8.21 (October 2018)

  • Support for Windows 10 version 1803
  • Ability to run user session up to 24 hours
  • Ability to generate number of session codes up to 1000

 

Version 8.20 (June 2017)

  • Support for Windows 10 Anniversary Update and Windows 10 Creators Update

 

Version 8.10 (February 2016)

Windows 10 features that WINSelect now allows you to control:

  • Hiding Windows Action Center
  • Blocking Start Menu items:
    • Control Panel
    • Settings
    • File Explorer
    • Lock
    • Sign out
    • Most used
    • Programs and Tiles on right-hand side of Start Menu panel
    • Run
    • Shut down
    • Start Button Context Menu
    • Taskbar and Start Menu
    • Store Metro App
    • Cortana
  • Limiting functionality:
    • Uninstall of apps
    • Pinning of apps to Taskbar
    • Right-click on tiles and customization of Start Screen

 

Version 8.0 (March 2015)

  • Control Windows 8/8.1 Charms
    Block the Windows 8 Search, Share, Start, Devices and Settings Charms
  • Control the Windows 8/8.1 Start Screen
    The following options are available to control the user experience:

    • Disable the Windows 8/8.1 Application Bar
    • Disable the Windows 8/8.1 Task Switching Bar
    • Disable the right-click on Windows 8/8.1 Start Screen tiles
    • Disable the uninstall of Windows 8/8.1 apps.
    • Disable the pinning of Windows 8/8.1 apps to the Taskbar
    • Prevent customization of the Windows 8/8.1 Start Screen
  • Boot to Desktop
    Option to always boot to Desktop, instead of the Windows 8/8.1 Start Screen
  • Disable Start Button Context menu
    Disable the context menu that appears on right-clicking the Start Button in Windows 8.1
  • Disable Internet Explorer Address Bar
    Disable the Address Bar in Internet Explorer 9.X onwards (In Windows 8/8.1, the address bar can be blocked in the desktop version of Internet Explorer only)

 

Version 7.60 (February 2014)

  • Support for Windows 8.1
  • Support for Internet Explorer 11

 

Version 7.50 (May 2013)

  • Support for Windows 8
  • Support for Firefox up to version 20
  • Support for Internet Explorer up to version 10 (metro Internet Explorer not supported)
  • Support for Microsoft Office 2010 and 2013

 

Version 7.43

Support for Internet Explorer 9

 

Version 7.42

  • Support for 64-bit Operating Systems

 

Version 7.41

  • No new features—version number change to keep the build number in sync with WINSelect Enterprise

 

Version 7.31

  • Simplified Chinese localization added

 

Version 7.30

  • Support for Windows 7

 

Version 7.20

  • Support for Microsoft Office 2007
  • Support for logon scripts
  • Visual indication of menu recording status
  • Fast enable/disable via system tray icon shortcuts
  • Countdown timer that indicates the remaining user session time
  • Indicator that shows if printing is or is not allowed as well as the number of remaining pages from the printing quota
  • Warning message can be shown a pre-set number of minutes before the user session expires
  • Increased control over user session codes
  • Improved session code generation for increased readability

 

Version 7.12

  • No new features—version number change to keep the build number in sync with WINSelect Enterprise

 

Version 7.11

  • Logoff / Logon is not required while applying WINSelect parameters

 

Version 7.10

  • Installation file is now an EXE and is therefore localized in English, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish

 

Version 7.0

  • First release of WINSelect 7.x
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