Dynamic WMI Method Execution

WMI contains a number of class methods that provide functionality that is often difficult or impossible to perform remotely through other tools. Previous releases of Hyena only provided support for a small fraction of the methods offered by WMI, since a separate dialog and software function was required for each method.

Hyena v7.1 now can access nearly any WMI method, including both class and instance methods.   This new functionality now makes it possible to access previously inaccessible WMI methods to perform actions such as network address changes, DNS updates, Exchange queue functions and more.

Other Changes

• Improved AD 'Manage Directory Attributes' function by adding an option to allow the attributes in any AD query to be selected as the attribute set. This new option, labeled 'Show all attributes defined in this Active Directory query' will by default automatically select the current query used to generate a set of AD objects, but any previously defined query can be selected from the combo box.

• Added support for new Windows Vista user rights:

  SeTimeZonePrivilege
  SeIncreaseWorkingSetPrivilege
  SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege

• Modified the checking done for RAS support when run under Vista so that all Vista RAS functions use MPR interfaces and do not require the RAS .dll file(s).

• Modified the AD user groups dialog so that any information entered in the manual group add text box will be added when closing the dialog with Enter / OK.

• Removed trailing spaces from WMI 'Where' conditions.

• Added an advanced registry setting to force Hyena to delete all AD sub-containers under a user object when a user is deleted. See the 'Advanced Registry Settings' help topic on how to configure this option.

• Added an advanced registry setting to force Hyena to NOT create a NULL IPC$ connection when an error is encountered reading user and group information, typically when listing user and group members.   This is only applicable to Windows NT or local group and user management.   See the 'Advanced Registry Settings' help topic on how to configure this option.

• Increased the number of characters available to enter the username when using the Batch Service Startup dialog.

• Modified the Shutdown dialog to support entering the shutdown timeout in any combination of hours, minutes, and seconds.