WinPatrol v20.0.2011

Released today.

Changelog:
http://billpstudios.blogspot.com/2011/02/time-to-install-winpatrol-2011.html

Download:
http://www.winpatrol.com/download.html

You might get a faster response by posting to the WinPatrol support forum: http://forum.securitycadets.com/index.php?showforum=57  Corrine usually answers pretty quickly there.

For now I'm keeping v.20, and hoping for a quick fix.

I'm seeing the same as ky331 on XP Pro/sp3: KILL TASK isn't working with v.20 of WinPatrol Plus.

It works just fine on Win 7 Pro.

Nice pick up. I must admit I've never used, nor needed to use KILL TASK before.

Hernan:

It's not just you. When I attempted to uninstall WP v.20 I got the same MS alert about WP having encountered an error, and needing to shut down. I ignored it, and the uninstall was succesful. I re-installed 19.3.2010.5:19.3.2010.5, and the Kill Task now works.

Thanks to Corrine and Andy (at Security Cadets) for their help and prompt responses to sort this out.

I'm beginning to come around to ky's theory that WinPatrol is being developed for Vista and Win 7 at the expense of XP. I suppose it is even inevitable. This is not the first function of WP that I have found that no longer works with XP. For example, when I use Explorer to find an executable file in XP, a right-click on that file opens a context menu that includes "WinPatrol PLUS Info ...". Clicking on that generates a "Access is denied" alert. This does not happen in Win 7.

Joe, is there no access whatsoever to the PLUS database on Windows XP or only when using the right-click function?

Corrine:

Indeed I do have access to the PLUS database on XP executable files, but only for those listed in the WinPatrol Pro program, under various tabs.

For example, egui.exe (NOD32) is listed under the Startup Programs tab, and I can access the PLUS database for it by double-clicking on it.

But if I drill down to this file using Explorer, right-click on it, and select "WinPatrol PLUS Info...", I get the following:

I have noticed this behaviour since at least January/2010.

It seems to me that the KILL TASK function is no longer working in the new WinPatrol 2011 (20.0.2011) [at least, not for Win XP (SP3)]. When I uninstalled, and reverted to back to WinPatrol 2010 (19.x), that one is fine.

Anyone else notice this???

Ky331, this is a screenshot of Winpatrol 2011 Plus on the Dell Inspiron with OS Win XP - SP3 :

I just killed a task on Win 7, so that one works. Will try XP SP3 later.

Joe,

thanks for the confirmation.   It's definitely not working on one --- and I believe 2 --- XP SP3 systems here.   So I didn't think it could just be a "fluke" with my security/configuration.   While I don't use that feature frequently, I do make occasional use of it.

In my experience, WinPatrol seems to be more effective at (successfully) killing tasks than WIndows Task Manager.

I've tried notifying BillP via WinPatrol's e-mail, and Facebook page.

I'm wondering... so much of the new features/tweaking/repairing of WinPatrol 20 (and even the updates of 19) seem to be because of problems/fixes with x64-bit systems and/or Win7 features.  If so, I may wind-up keeping [the original] v19  around "in perpetuity".

Done.

I had actually come across that page earlier (via search engine)... but I wasn't a member, so I couldn't post.   that's why i went for e-mail + Facebook.

I just joined, and posted.