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Today’s dashboard update adds Monitoring Policies: a named, reusable answer to the question “how should this plugin notify us?”, applied to as many computers as you like. No agent update is required. This is a server-side dashboard feature, and nothing changes until you apply a Policy. Every computer starts with no Policy, which behaves exactly…
Rolling out to all subscribers starting Tuesday, May 5, 2026 (1400 UTC / 9:00 AM Central) Auto-update connectivity fix Earlier this year our load balancer infrastructure dropped support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 in line with current security standards. The Monitoring Client’s auto-updater (a third-party component compiled against .NET 4.0) defaulted to those older protocols…
Features Added support for communicating using TLS 1.2. Changes Added additional blacklist items “Fax” and “OneNote” to the Printer plugin Removed installer support for Windows XP and Vista as these OS are no longer supported This also removes support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 This will be released December 15, 2021 The auto-update process…
NOTICE Watchman Monitoring is disabling TLS 1.0 and 1.1 at the start of 2022. Starting January 2022, connections from agents, browsers, API, etc will require TLS 1.2 or greater in order to communicate with Watchman Monitoring. This windows release, version 1.5.4.1, is the last to support Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 2003 Server, and Windows…
Version 1.5.3.2 corrects an issue in which some disks were incorrectly tagged as reporting SMART failures. This will be released today, June 25, 2021 The auto-update process will apply to computers as they perform their hourly check in. Not receiving updates across your install base? How to handle out-of-date agents. A list of known issues is…
FEATURES Separated Remote Assistance and RDP connections reporting in the RDP plugin. Improved hard drive health reporting. CHANGES Updated verbiage of the Windows Update plugin summary to more clearly describe the plugin state at-a-glance Added missing “days since last scan” to BitDefender Business Added a “5 most recent reports” limit to Macrium Reflect to optimize…
Features Avast Business now reports correctly through the Avast plugin Enabling and Disabling plugins is now handled through RunClient.exe tool Changes Redirected Volumes and Root Drive information to “Physical Disks,” a new plugin. Reworked conditions to clarify “Informational” status reporting to a more accurate “All Clear” status reporting. Revised Windows version reporting to reflect Microsoft’s…
Changes Cleaned up the stock text shown at the end of installation (does not effect Custom Branded installers) Increased the limit of reported Users in the Users plugin from 5 to 10 Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where we could report the incorrect last user on remote access systems. Fixed an issue where 32-bit system…
Features Adds a new “RunClient.exe” binary. Changes Adds support for upcoming auto-update options About the content of this update: We have added a new binary named RunClient.exe. This tool can be used to perform manual updates, runs, and will provide additional options in the near future. Additional details are at https://watchmanmonitoring.com/windows-command-line This update…
Changes – Changed Microsoft Office plugin to better handle multiple installations of Office (2016, 2019, Office 365) – Windows Update will now send a one-time alert if it was previously enabled and is now disabled – Updated the System MAC blacklist to prevent reporting systems on VPNs as being duplicates – Changed Flash plugin to…
Changes The Kernel Panic plugin will add the display of the last 5 kernel panics events. Updated the Veeam backup reporting plugin to exclude unscheduled backups. Simplified the Control Panel’s display of the Specified Application and Specified Service plugin setup. Bug Fixes Fixed an issue that caused Groups with symbols (&, %, @, etc.) to…
Changes: Changed behavior of Specified Applications and Specified Services plugins to have consistent alerts for missing “Critical” items Changed behavior for Veeam plugin to allow it to read custom-named backups Bug Fixes: Fixed issue preventing automatic Microsoft .Net 4 installation on systems missing this requirement Fixed an issue where attempting to install the client after…
Features Full MSI installers are now branded. Get yours here. Changes The client has improved recovery when settings are corrupted. Bug Fixes Fixed antivirus plugin “default warn interval” setting not being saved correctly from Control Panel Fixed BitDefender Endpoint and Sophos EndPoint not loading their respective settings correctly Fixed not getting the “last logged on…
Features Shill installers now have smaller branded installers for group builds. Changes Control Panel now uses the branded name for the window title. Plugins that normally warn about issues that have occurred since the last time the service reported will no longer report about issues from a week back on the first report Users plugin…
Plugins System Crash. This replaces the Blue Screen reporting in the OS plugin. Features Added checking for Firewall group policy settings in addition to the local settings. Changes Added additional diagnosis in the SophosEndpoint plugin. Added better feedback for users when using Enabled/Disable plugins. Updated how we Enable/Disable plugins through the command line in order…
Features Added a clickable link for Splashtop Business streamers. Added additional information to Splashtop plugin Bug Fixes Fixed Windows Update not displaying the “Last Windows Update Check” metadata item correctly Fixed various small issues with Control Panel visuals Fixed issue with MalwareBytes when the plugin is unable to read scan file Fixed the limit on…
Features Added Areca Backup Client: Reports on last successful backup, last attempted backup, and last successful image backup Added ESET plugin: Reports on the status of ESET program. Checks AV, Antimalware, Firewall enabled status. Reports on last scan information including time and threats found and handled Added McAfee Antivirus: Checks for days since last run,…
Features Added setting that allows OneDrive plugin to send alerts on files/folders with characters that might prevent syncing. Added setting to allow the Windows Update plugin to skip reporting on Windows Autoupdater (useful when updates are handled by a 3rd party app). Bug Fixes Fixed issue with One Drive sometimes reporting overloading report when too…
Features Added reporting on last restore time for Veeam, CrashPlan, Macrium Reflect, and Carbonite Added being able to send the % for which CrashPlan backup will send alerts in the Computer record (default off) Added support for Casper Backup Added support for Synchronicity. Backup plugins now have individual backup warn settings. Previously, all backup software…
Features DiskIO – Checks for disk I/O errors in Windows Event logs, alerts are sent if more than one error is found in any given hour. MemoryCheck – Checks if system has swap files enabled. (Can be enabled/disabled and managed through Control Panel) If disabled, will exit with an informational warning when RAM usage passes…
Watchman Monitoring updates its windows again to avoid issues with Antivirus false positives, uninstallation artifacts, and clearer messaging.
Windows Client 1.0.3.1 – Carbonite, Arcserve, Malwarebytes, Windows Defender, and Report Reboot plugins.
Windows Client 1.0.2.0 – Bitlocker, Macrium Reflect, and more
Be the first to know when critical computers go offline with Watchman Monitoring’s Beacon Reporting.
Features Support for Beacon Reporting Custom Plugin support added Printer Plugin – New plugin that reports on available printers, their current job counts, error states, and if any documents have been stuck in queue. Control Panel – Added ability to start the Monitoring Client service when it is either paused or stopped through the Control…
Features Control Panel – Added visible display of MonitoringClient service status CrashPlan – Added metadata for the percent of a backup set completed Added automatic updating of version number on Update to install/uninstall window Changes Removed leftover error handling code in plugins that is now being handled by the generic error handling class Removed metadata…
Features WinSxS – New plugin that checks Windows WinSxS folder for folder size, last cleanup and recommendation on next cleanup CrashPlan – Plugin displays more information including backup set sizes, backup locations, completion of backups, and reporting on multiple CrashPlan installations. Office Suite – New plugin that checks for installed versions of Microsoft Office. Reports…
Features Added support for automatic Custom Branding image updates Added support for Alt + click on the Control Panel icon to visit the Dashboard Added support for TeamViewer 12 Changes Added new method for uninstalling with the /remote flag ServiceControl now looks for “Monitoring Client” (previously “Watchman”) Additional error handling to service actions Reworked how…
Features Control Panel icon added to Custom Branding Control Panel Support URL prefix added to Custom Branding Updated TeamViewer Integration Support for Liquid Markup in the Contact Menu Changes Adds more padding to the Control Panel icon Spelling fixes Adds new signing certificate Windows update no longer runs full check on first run Reworked ConnectWise…
Features Support for Screenconnect Support for Bomgar Add system shutdown detection and reason reporting Adds solid state drive detection and reporting Now sends a one-time alert after a system restore has been performed Adds the version number to the control panel Group name now shown in the control panel and can be changed by an…
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Windows beta 64 closes a number of issues, and streamlines the Contact Menu.
Beta 61 brings more feature parity to the Windows agent: Remote Removal, Asset ID storage, simple uninstall, and brings WMI reporting fixes.
With a focus on cleaning up output for the official release, beta 59 of the Watchman Monitoring agent improves output, improves Windows Update notification, and focuses WMI error notifications on core issues.
Beta 58 of the Watchman Monitoring Windows agent proposes to be the last before graduation from beta. We’re quite excited, of course! Here’s an overview of key fixes and features, the full list is below: Reports WMI corruption. (Learn More in our support site) Adds support for Windows Backup Plugins that use WMI check for connectivity prior to running Fixes a…
Just a simple update regarding our new Windows Beta release Features – Support custom package names – An offline cache of the status is now created to provide better stability when internet drops – Firewall plugin now supports multiple firewalls – Includes new flash plugin -currently this checks for the latest version from the client Bug Fixes –…
Watchman Monitoring releases the Windows Contact Menu. Proactive Support is cross platform, for consultancies of all sizes.
Just a simple update, in response to a new vulnerability, and a request from our Community Forum. Feature Detects and reports the presence of the vulnerable Superfish certificate. What we love about this is that it’s a fairly simple test, and one that’s not normally going to covered by the average anti-malware or anti-virus, as a faulty…
Features Updated digital signing removes the Watchman Monitoring brand from the install process. Custom .RTF file now used for pre-install message (see Custom Branding) Add post-install dialog (Support for custom RTF summary is planned) More efficient reporting, with support for report retrying failed reports Changes Better builder log messaging Fixed issues with builder file deletion…
Features Can accept group changes from the server More logging datapoints Bug Fixes No longer shows batteries for desktops Status issues no longer stall reports Updated SMART logic Changes Agent now has protection for reporting too frequently if stopped/started rapidly Better detection of blank data being sent Better trimming of unneeded carriage returns Now creates…
Watchman Monitoring’s Windows agent reports the state of available windows updates. A number of bugs were harmed in the making of beta 30.
Features – Adds BackBlaze plugin – Additional Mozy checks Bug Fixes – Fixes issues with log trimming – No longer sends unneeded plugin results to server – Removes internal size limits – Fixes an issue where the version was not correctly updated Windows development is coming along nicely, with version 1.0 pending an improved GUI…
OneDrive plugin no longer falsly alerts on non-sync’d drives that Updates Activation plugin for use with 2k3/xp Internal misc bug fixes Adds support for SCSI drive failures
Watchman Monitoring for Windows gets reporting for OneDrive status and added CrashPlan details.
Windows agent development continues as CrashPlan reporting is added, and new features refined. https://watchmanmonitoring.com/sign-up
New Features BSOD/Crash reporting on the 1st, and every subsequent 3rd crash (customizable) (OS plugin) Bad block reporting (Volumes plugin) Controller error reporting (Volumes plugin) Misc paging error reporting (Volumes plugin) Updated predicted drive failure reporting (Volumes plugin) Filesystem corruption reporting (Volumes plugin) Transaction log error reporting (Volumes plugin) Bug Fixes Fixes issue where status…
Beta 19 adds TeamViewer ID reporting, primary IP address and many updates. Start a risk-free trial to find out more.