Starting from CyberInstaller Suite 2011, with CyberUpdater it’s so easy to check for updates of your installed applications silently (eg. at your application startup), displaying a message to the user only when an update is available.
Just run CyberUpdater with the following command line:
<installation folder>\Updater\CyberUpdater_<language_id>.exe /silentchk /nochkmods
Eg.:
C:\Program Files\MyApp\Updater\CyberUpdater_ENG.exe /silentchk /nochkmods
Doing so CyberUpdater will show up to the user only if an update is available, or will close up automatically, with no notice at all, if no updates are available at the time of check. This means you need to do… nothing else! Just nice and easy with all the dirty job made for you by the updater!
Update available for CyberInstaller Suite 2011: version 1.15, updated modules Studio (7.10.882) and Installer (1.10.336). Start the “on-line updates” to upgrade now!
Changelog:
- NEW: possibility to activate the on-line uppdates directly from the "New Project" wizard
- NEW: possibility to change the copy mode of one or more selected components throught the pop-up menu (by right clicking)
- NEW: wizard to request for license activation code
- CHANGE: copy mode is automatically set relying upond the destination folder of the component (can always be modified)
- FIXED: if MSI packages are present, the following external applications are not being embedded into the package
- FIXED: the "Update wizard" does not contain .Net 4 framework in the selectable options
- FIXED: debug message when generating serial codes
- FIXED: default download url for CyberUpdater module is incorrect
- FIXED: default download url for CyberUpdater does not fit the selected language
- FIXED: impossible to use an empty drive root as destination folder
- FIXED: typos in strings (Installer and Studio modules) [English]
- FIXED: error if resizing Studio main window when panel step is very wide and hint panel is open
- FIXED: from step 6 “Files details” files moving from folder to folder does not work correctly
(full changelog on the official site page)
Start “on-line updates” to upgrade now (I remind you that you can design it from CIStudio to make your users upgrade your own applications)!
Update available for CIS 2011: version 1.1, updated modules Studio (7.10.882) and Updater (1.10.336). Start the updater to upgrade now!
Changelog on the official site page.
Start CyberUpdater to upgrade now (and I remind you that you can use it to make your users upgrade your own applications)!
Maybe…
Nothing official for now, but never say never! Are you somehow interested in?
It has finally just been released the long awaited 2011 version of CyberInstaller Suite! (05/10/2011)
After more than a year since the last version, now available the long awaited 2011 release, with full support to Vista, Seven, Server 2008, both 32 and 64 bits. In addition, with automatic online updates, it gives your users the ability to update the installed applications. All this, together with many other new features and several bug-fixes, makes the 2011 the most substantial version ever released.
Download can be accomplished from the official site or through CISUpdater of 2009 and previous versions.
Here is the changelog:
CIS 2011 - CIStudio 7.00.7850, CIPEW 4.00.510, Installer 4.997, CIExtractor 6.00.735, CUpdater 1.00.314, CDownloader 1.51.100
NEW : customizable on-line Updater to update the distributed applications
NEW : updated graphics and interface screens suitable also for wide resolutions (16:10)
NEW : support specific to Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2
NEW : adding prerequisite software wizard
NEW : the destination folder can be a registry key
NEW : possibility to create packages for modular installations, to be installed at a later time in the same folder
NEW : flag to check the existence of the destination folder and group
NEW : new "all languages" value for language setting in software prerequisite
NEW : widescreen resolutions in the minimum hardware requirements
NEW : support to Microsoft. Net 4
NEW : possibility to launch installed applications through checkboxes and by messagebox request
NEW : possibility to distinguish between a 32 or 64 bit systems as a minimum requirement
NEW : option to install files and create links only to the language chosen for the installation
NEW : documentation files (eg. license, readme, etc.) according to the language selected for the installation
NEW : basic support to Unicode
CHANGE: UPX is no longer used to avoid false positives with some antivirus
CHANGE: the Translator tool is a separate window
CHANGE: working folder edit field moved to give importance to other fields
CHANGE: adding data to the package without selecting a destination first, the destination folder will be used as default
CHANGE: added several wide resolutions for minimum requirements
CHANGE: the Pro version allows you to add a software prerequisite to the package
CHANGE: improved appearance of the installer, new icons to the best resolution
CHANGE: added ,resx file to Find Dependencies tool
CHANGE: changed CIPEW string "This package was created by …" to remove references to SilverCyberTech for registered licenses
CHANGE: manual updated
FIXED : some common save dialog have the Open button instead of Save
FIXED : the Translator shows the progress of loading strings in the background
FIXED : the self-extracting file does not have exe after using the New Project Wizard
FIXED : the image of completed task for current step is not updated when selecting other tasks
FIXED : setting the working folder to a different folder than the temp system folder results in showing it as existant even if it is not
FIXED : summary user manual strings hard coded in Italian
FIXED : English translated strings
FIXED : unable to start RegEdit without administrative privileges
FIXED : the monitor creation package does not flow completely to the end
FIXED : Downloader is not found if you select a language other than English or Italian
FIXED : the Extractor in Italian is always selected when you select a language other than English or Italian
FIXED : if the first name contains a "&" it is not displayed correctly in the fading splash
FIXED : the name automatically assigned to the links created through the "Create links to all the executable" task fails to comply with the correct capitalization
FIXED : OutOfMemory Error launching executable packets larger than 250 MB
FIXED : link information is not updated properly after deleting a file that points to a link
FIXED : "Invalid Windows image" error when loading some libraries and ActiveX components
FIXED : default for the webpage style in Media Output step not reset with each new project
FIXED : incorporating a prerequisite into the package the executable file name of it is shown as illegal
FIXED : il controllo sulla legalità del campo "Versione" al passo 1 non avviene
FIXED : check about legality of "Version" field at step 1 does not occour
Again?! Yes, another customer of ours warned us that his antivirus thought to have found a trojan in a CyberInstaller archive.
I explained that this is only a FALSE POSITIVE some time ago, but now I want to replicate it, because it seems that many antivirus are always more paranoid and their heuristic scan is very aggressive, with the result of many false positive.
No, no trojans or any other kind of malware is contained in archives of our software, how it is demonstrated by the following logos:
"100% clean - no spyware, no adware, no viruses" by Softpedia
"Safe to install" certified by FindMySoft.com
that can be found in our Download page.
The warning from the antivirus is a false-positive, due to fact that CyberInstaller uses UPX to compress the size of the executables with a real time decompression in memory. This tool is often used by the most of the malware and so the heuristic scan from many antivirus find the UPX signature and "thinks" that the archive is malware. But it’s not!
I’m sorry if this has caused troubles. We are planning not to compress our software with UPX anymore in future releases, because of these false-positives that sometimes occur.
New video tutorial showing how to register your license of CyberInstaller Suite 2009 by using your activation code received by email.
Click here to watch the tutorial (duration: about 4 minutes)
With this new series of video tutorials I hope to make the use of CIS even more easier and immediate. If you have suggestions about new tutorials or about how to improve old ones let me know.
Have a nice watching!
Now available for download 2009 version of CyberInstaller Suite.
CyberInstaller Suite is a packetization and installation software, oriented to every kind of developer. Thus, it can be applied to any language or development environment (.Net, C++, C#, Delphi, Java, PHP, Visual Basic, etc.) and can be used either by the occasional programmer (free version), or by the professional developer (registered version).
The Free version is completely free of charge and allows you to distribute your own software in the easiest and cheapest possible way. CyberInstaller Suite (CIS) highlights itself from other installers for being very easy to use and for the many features and the great versatility offered.
Brand new 2009 version now available!! (2009/05/31)
After nearly a year from the last update, the 2009 version is finally out. It supports 64 bit (x64) systems even with more than 4 GB of RAM. The main news is software prerequirements, that offer the possibility to be downloaded on the fly during the installation process or embedded into the package. This and other functionalities are waiting for you!.
Available on SilverCyberTech official site all the details you may need to know, as complete list of all fixed bugs and of all added features.
Resources:
download page
full list of news and fixed bugs
details about registered licenses and price list
community forum
I hope that this new version, the first one to really support Windows Vista and 64 bit systems, that adds new and important functionalities as software prerequirements, will be appreciated and may help you to improve your developers experience during your software distribution and packetization.
Graphic look retouched for new version of CIS (CyberInstaller Suite), almost ready to be released, that meets the new Windows Vista and Aero GUI requirements (the previous version, 2008, was compatible only).
Let’s see the most interesting changes in CIS graphic user interface (screenshots in Italian, but final version available in English too):
1) thumbnail in task-bar even when application is minimized:
2) supported 3D tab applications switching:
3) fonts are system ones, varying upon Windows version installed. Eg.: for XP system font was Tahoma 8, while Vista uses the Segoe UI 9 (also size changes):
4) like fonts, messageboxes suit the Windows version in use:
5) again, dialog windows (Open, Save, etc.) depends on current Windows version (new functionalities under Vista):
6) tree-views are Vista-style under this Windows version:
7) lists appear with the new Vista graphic look:
These and other features will make CIS 2009 fully integrate in Vista and in the next Windows 7, thanks to full compatibility with the graphic API used by the new Microsoft operating systems.
For more advanced functionalities of CIS 2009 more articles will follow, please stay on-line!
Here are some photos about my brand new PC (I was talking about it in this post). I must admit that I couldn’t wait for showing them!
Summing up, because many of you have asked me, here is the hardware configuration:
Case: Antex Twelve Hundred
Power suppl: Antex SG-650 da 650 W (80 Plus Bronze certification)
Motherboard: Intel Desktop Board DP45SB ATX
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad 9550
RAM: 8 GB DDR3 1.333 MHz, Kingston
Hdd 1: WD VelociRaptor 150 GB (10.000 rpm)
Hdd 2: WD Caviar Black 1 TB (7.200 rpm)
GPU: AMD Radeon Sapphire HD 4870-780 Toxic, 512 MB RAM GDDR5 (overclock to 820 MHz for clock and 1200 MHz for memory)
Burning ROM: CD/DVD: Plextor PX-800A
CD/DVD player: Samsung SH-D163B
Keyboard and mouse: Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 3200 Laser
Operating system: Windows Vista 64 Ultimate
I must admit (once again!) that working with such a machine is really satisfying, even the most heavy job is quickly accomplished and the PC never seems to choke. And Vista 64 simply flies… 
Finally I decided to buy a new PC, it was since 1996 that I hadn’t bought one (thern in 2003 I bought a used P3 that I modified some components to). And here is the final configuration:
Case: Antex Twelve Hundred
Power supply: Antex SG-650 da 650 W (80 Plus Bronze certification)
Mother board: Intel Desktop Board DP45SB ATX
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad 9550
RAM: 8 GB DDR3 1.333 MHz, Kingston
Hdd 1: WD VelociRaptor 150 GB (10.000 rpm)
Hdd 2: WD Caviar Black 1 TB (7.200 rpm)
GPU: AMD Radeon Sapphire HD 4870-780 Toxic, 512 MB RAM GDDR5 (overclock at 780 MHz for clock and 1000 MHz for memory)
CD/DVD burner: Plextor PX-800A
CD/DVD reader: Samsung SH-D163B
Keyboard and mouse: Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 3200 Laser
Operating system: Windows Vista 64 Ultimate
Now finally I should be able to work quickly, smoothly and with the last software tecnology at proper speed. I look forward to receiving my brand new PC!!
While Windows 7 gets prepared for its first public release at the PDC at the end of October, rumors talk about it more and more and a clear revolution is rising, starting from the inside but that keeps a back-compatibility with Windows Vista for drivers and applications.
CPU technological evolution push toward the advanced multi-core direction, that will result in 32 simultaneous cores, a little too much for the home based operations that are targeted by Windows 7. The new Microsoft OS will have to support always more cores and to do that it needs an "inner revolution". […]
Complete article here.
My opinion: it’s the very right moment to buy a quad core, now they cost really a little, compared to the features they offer (I suggest the new Q9xxx series, eg.: Q9450, Q9550, Q9650, bades on Penryn: 12 MB L2 cache, 1333 fsb, 45 nm).
Have you ever wished to know if and how much you working day has been productive? How long have you been distracted by email? By your instants messaging contacs? By browsing on your favourite web sites or by your beloved videogame? How much time have all this kept you off from your work? Well, CyberTaskTimer perfectly answers to this need!
CyberTaskTimer is a little freeware utility whose only target is to monitor any application is used, timing its using time. At system start-up it tasks place near the Windows clock (tray area) and it activates immediately.
Its user graphic interface (GUI) is simply made of two lists. One, the "applications log", is the history of all the used applications (or, more precisely, of all the windows brought to front, whose application they belong to will be automatically detected by CyberTaskTimer), reporting the executable file, title, date, start-up time and time of use. Two, the "statistics", activated by clicking on the same name tab, shows a classification of the most used applications, summing up the using times of all the windows belonging to the same application (so the using time will be grouped by application) and a chart of the most 10 used applications.
CyberTaskTimer may be also used to log all applications run on your own computer and even more, not only the applications, but all the windows that have been showed (even the screensaver and the browsed web-sites). This way you can detect improper use of your system/account and prohibited use of the account where CyberTaskTimer is installed to.
A note: CyberTaskTimer is able to deactivate itself automatically when current session is terminated, so not only when current user get disconnected from Windows, but even when he locks the session or uses the fast-user-change mode of Windows XP and above (<WIN> + <L> to activate it); the same when the screensaver activates. This way only the real use of the PC will be timed and not the inactivity time.
IMPORTANT: at any time you can deactivate CyberTaskTimer by clicking with right mouse button on its tray-icon, that will show up the control menu. A double click on the tray-icon will open up its main window.
PRIVACY NOTES:
CyberTaskTimer does not contain any malware at all and does not communicates in any way to any Internet server or in any other way.
The created database is placed in user Documents (in sub-folder "CyberTaskTimer", with "dat" extension, text-plain) and everything occurs hiding nothing to the user.
If you have any tips, implementation requests, or bug-reporting, please contact SilverCyberTech at the following email address: info@silvercybertech.com
The developing team will be happy to listen to you!
Here is how to execute a .VBS file embedded into your CyberInstaller package, without using a batch file:
- STEP 4 "Data": add your files to the packages, with the file .vbs you want to be executed
- STEP 8 "External Applications": add an external application in the list "Applications to be executed AFTER installation", by clicking on the proper "Add" button
- In the window that will appear, insert the followings parameters:
Description: VBS description
Local path: cmd.exe
Embed into package: NO
Startup folder: |$SystemPath$|
Command line parameters: /c "|$AppPath$|\filename.vbs" (do not forget quotes!)
Execution mode: syncronous
User confirmation: your choice
That’s all: if everything is correct, at the end of the installation the vbs file added to the package (in the example called "filename.vbs") will be directly executed.
Now that I’m writing CyberInstaller NG, I’m looking for an English revisor for the English strings of the English language definition file.
I write all the English strings by myself, as soon as I need them, the revisor should just read and correct them, if necessary, in perfect English language. That’s all! So it’s not an hard work, especially if done since now, when strings are a few.
Thanks in advance for the help!
CyberInstaller NG project has started.
If CyberInstaller is now a revolution, thanks to its proprietary powerful engine, CI NG will be… revolution inside revolution.
…coming soon…
We can see above the Properties window of the just compiled executable of CING. Below the current main window… I bet there’s quite a lot to work about it!
Stay tuned.
It is now available an important update for CyberInstaller Suite 2008, that adds a major functionality in Studio and Installer modules, and fixes a minor bug in CIPEW.
CyberInstaller Suite 2008 1.2 (Studio 5.20.5497, CIPEW 2.10.321, Installer 4.960, Extractor 4.00.367, Updater 2.10.343).
It is possible to download the update from SilverCyberTech site or simply by CISUpdater, tool that makes the update process automatic and transparent.
NOTE: starting Studio with the "check updates on start" option enabled, if an active connection is detected, CISUpdater will inform you about updates availability automatically.
On SilverCyberTech you will find any information you may want to look for, including the complete list of fixed bugs and all the added features, and naturally the download page.
Resources:
download page
complete list of news and bugs fixed
details about purchasing the registered licenses
forum to talk about the new version and issues
I am looking forward to receiving your feedback and I stay at your disposal for any question. Have a nice work with CyberInstaller Suite 2008 1.2!
CIS has been listed BrotherSoft home page of section Development, among the recommended downloads.
I don’t know how long it will stay there - a year relying upon what the editor says - but it certainly is something good for CIS and it demonstrates the effort of SilverCyberTech towards its software and the success that this software is gaining abroad.
In fact if CIS downloads from BrotherSoft and other shareware sites weren’t meaningful numbers, I don’t know if this result could be achieved in such a short time.
So… thanks to all of you, really.
A user, on a blog, has reported that his anti-virus, F-Secure, has warned that CyberInstaller Suite was an insecure software, probably carrying a trojan.
It has been years since CyberInstaller Suite was not reported as carrying a virus and, fortunately, other users in the same blog answered that F-Secure itself did not report anything to them.
So, how to unveil this mystery? It’ll be soon explained.
As often occurs for other prize-winning professional software (produced by Microsoft, Skype and even anti-malware as Spybot-Search&Destroy), it’s just a FALSE POSITIVE, that is an erroneous report from the anti-virus that identifies a virus in a completely un-harmful application. Probably antivirus software that reports this false positive has the heuristic scan turned on, option that applies more in depth scans but, to identify still unknown viruses, may report even many false positives.
I have to say that the CyberInstaller Suite module recognized as a trojan is CIPEW, that is the CyberInstaller Portable Executable Wrapper, that is the wrapper for the Setup.exe executable. Such wrapper uses advanced techniques to embed the executable and decompress it on-the-fly (it is necessary to execute some security controls over the serial numbers if used in the installation package) and probably is identified as "abnormal" from the heuristic scan of some anti-viruses. Another module that can cause a false positive, at least some versions ago, was CISUpdater, probably because it connects to SilverCyberTech site searching for updates (in a totally legal and user-aware way!).
In addition to this, all modules of CyberInstaller Suite are compressed with UPX, an utility to compress executables that does not only reduce their size without slowing down their loading (they are decompressed on-the-fly when executed in a nearly real-time mode), but also crypts all their content making it very difficult to hack and disassembling them. This utility is often used by virus-writers for these very reasons to compress their viruses and because of this an executable carrying the UPX signature is often identified as "abnormal" from the heuristic scan of a paranoid antivirus.
Finally, CyberInstaller Suite has no malware in it at all, no worms, no trojans, no dialers, no nothing. It is perfectly clean, as confirmed by the Softpedia award: "100% Clean, no spyware, no adware, no viruses".
Anyway, if you ever find false-positives with your antivirus, please contact me: I’ll try to recompile the module so that no false-positive will be reported anymore!
If you wish to definetely remove the User Access Control (UAC) from Windows Vista, enforcing at the same time the Administrator account giving it the same root rights exactly as in previous Windows versions, so that it can have complete control over the whole system, just follow this instructions:
- log-in with the account created during the installation of Vista
- from Start menu, go to "All programs", "Accessories"
- click with right mouse button on "Command prompt" then choose "Run as administrator"
- click on "Allow" from ConsentUI prompt
- in the window that will open-up, write "regedit" and press <enter>
- in RegEdit, go to key HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WinodwsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
- add a new key at that level, calling it "SpecialAccounts"
- in "SpecialAccounts" just created key, create a sub-key calling it "UserList"
- now the path is: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList
- in "UserList" just created key, create a new DWORD value (32 bit) calling it "Administrator" and set it a value of "1"
- from command prompt input: “net user Administrator /Active:yes”
- reboot system
- now it is possible to log with Administrator account with maximum root rights
I haven’t verified this instructions personally, but they seem to work properly. However, in my opinion, the Windows Vista protection system, also known as User Access Control (UAC), if used together with the limitations to user account rights, even for the administrative users, should not be disable, if you don’t want a reduced system security and potential more likely malicious attacks from installed application or from outer sources. [to be continued in a next article . . . ]
Anyway, some user feel the need to have full power over the system for their Administrator account, as in Windows 2000/XP, without being asked for confirmation or, worse, without that the system denies the execution of some critical operations. For this reason I’m giving you this information, that slightly touch the borderline with "hacking" and thus are to be executed at your own risk.
I think it was necessary to make these considerations. And to strongly hilight my opinion that disabling UAC is the worst thing a Vista user could do…
And now, I can wish you all a happy Vista experience!
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