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Re: Windows Server 2016 support
4 days ago, by Andrew in RAM Disk Forum
Thank you for your purchase and kind words — we really appreciate it! RAM Disk version 26.1 does fully support Windows Server editions. The change in this version is that it now requires a minimum OS build of 17763, which corresponds to Windows Server 2019 or Windows 10 version 1809. This was necessary because version 26.1 uses newer Windows APIs for driver installation and running drivers from
Re: Duplicated connection name in "All connections" menu
4 days ago, by Andrew in NetWorx Forum
It sounds like due to some changes in your system, the adapter's ID has changed while the name remained the same. Unfortunately, the delete function only works for externally added adapters (such as SNMP/UPnP monitoring targets), so the duplicate can't be removed directly. However, you can simply tick one of the Ethernet 2 entries and untick the other to monitor only the active one. Alternative
Re: How to delay outgoing traffic
10 days ago, by Andrew in Connection Emulator Forum
We intentionally support correlation for latency, but not for loss, reordering or corruption, because latency is driven by a fundamentally different kind of process. Latency is primarily caused by queueing. Queues have memory: when they build up, packets are delayed in a smooth, time-correlated way, and when they drain, delays reduce gradually. Because of this, correlated latency and jitter clo
Re: How to delay outgoing traffic
15 days ago, by Andrew in Connection Emulator Forum
Like I explained above, GRE, AH/ESP and ICMP are specialised network protocols. The first two are used for encryption and tunnelling, while the latter is used for network signalling (ping, delivery issues, etc). None of these are typically used for game traffic. If IPv4 UDP works for you, just use that — game traffic is almost always UDP-based. I've heard that adding latency may give you an adv
Re: How to delay outgoing traffic
16 days ago, by Andrew in Connection Emulator Forum
GRE and AH/ESP are specialised protocols used for traffic tunnelling and encryption respectively, so unless your application specifically uses these, you won't see any effect. For general application traffic, you would typically use Any IPv4 or Any IPv6, or if you want to target just regular network traffic, IPv4 TCP/UDP or IPv6 TCP/UDP. Note that these filters will allow ICMP (ping) to pass th
Re: How to delay outgoing traffic
17 days ago, by Andrew in Connection Emulator Forum
It really depends on what you want to include in the filter. For a simple test: Choose Any as the protocol. Then, on the main screen, set Direction to Outgoing, and on the Latency tab set a fixed latency of 100 ms. Finally, ping a known local IP address, for example your router, and you will see an extra 100 ms added to the response time.
Re: Ability to change the size of image-backed RAM disks
22 days ago, by Andrew in RAM Disk Forum
We've implemented live disk resizing that works in all scenarios: image files on their own, volatile RAM disks, and persistent RAM disks backed by an image file. The only requirements are that the new size must be larger than the current size and the file system must be NTFS. However, at the moment there is an issue with Microsoft's Hardware Portal for driver signing. Once that's resolved we'll
Re: The database location is not writable or does not exist
25 days ago, by Andrew in NetWorx Forum
It should not be an issue. One simply needs to exit NetWorx correctly first, and then uninstall it via the standard uninstallation procedure in Windows. If you have multiple copies of NetWorx installed, they all need to be exited and uninstalled the same way. Once NetWorx was properly uninstalled, its messages should never appear again.
Re: Ability to change the size of image-backed RAM disks
27 days ago, by Andrew in RAM Disk Forum
We'll look into this. In theory, resizing of RAM disks and image files is possible, with expansion being easier than shrinking, so we'll likely explore that first. As for Linux versions of RAM Disk and NetGenius, there are no plans at this stage. Both products rely heavily on custom drivers tightly coupled to a specific operating system. That may change in the future if Linux market share grows
Re: Applications without descriptions are merged into a single entry
4 weeks ago, by Andrew in NetWorx Forum
We've just published an update that changes the grouping logic to use the EXE name together with the file description. With this approach, applications that have an empty or identical description but belong to different executables will no longer be merged into a single entry. Please download the latest build and update your installation. The affected entries should then be correctly ungrouped
4 weeks ago, by Andrew in RAM Disk Forum
Thanks for the suggestion! We've looked into the new Native NVMe feature in Windows Server 2025 and so far it looks like it won't benefit RAM Disk. The native NVMe driver (nvmedisk.sys) is designed specifically for physical NVMe SSDs. It eliminates the SCSI translation layer that Windows previously used when communicating with NVMe hardware, resulting in lower latency and higher IOPS for those
4 weeks ago, by Andrew in Network Scanner Forum
In that case please select any device still being scanned (any one with the question mark) and choose Properties to see which specific scan doesn't finish, and then post the details here. Again, screenshots would be very helpful.
Re: Taskbar widget shows rates or graph but not both
4 weeks ago, by Andrew in NetWorx Forum
The upload/download rates and the graph can be displayed in any combination: rates only, graph only, or both together. When the graph is enabled, it can also be shown with or without labels. From your description, it sounds like there is not enough horizontal space available for the taskbar widget. When space is limited, the widget will prioritise one element and hide the other, even if both op
5 weeks ago, by Andrew in Network Scanner Forum
Are you referring to the builds from 24 December? Please provide more details about what you do and what happens, and attach some screenshots.
Re: The database location is not writable or does not exist
5 weeks ago, by Andrew in NetWorx Forum
It sounds like the NetWorx database is corrupted. The error mentioning a ".DB" file also suggests you are using a very old NetWorx version (6.x or earlier). Newer versions use a different database structure. Normally, removing "%PROGRAMDATA%\SoftPerfect\NetWorx" allows NetWorx to recreate a fresh database automatically. However, older versions do not always recreate the full
Re: Version 25.x graph doesn't show any measurements
6 weeks ago, by Andrew in NetWorx Forum
As far as I can tell you've opened the graph for the Lan Onboard adapter, but perhaps your data is actually going via Wi-Fi or Ethernet 6? Old versions (including 5.5) combined the readings from all network cards, but the latest releases provide one graph per adapter.
Re: Option to scan all network adaptors
6 weeks ago, by Andrew in WiFi Guard Forum
We've added CIDR support and a usage example hint in the latest builds:
7 weeks ago, by Andrew in WiFi Guard Forum
A heatmap displays data intensity across a time grid using color gradients. Each day is represented by a cell, and the colour intensity indicates the frequency of device activity — specifically, how many times that device was detected/scanned that day.
Re: Version update while RAM disk is mounted
7 weeks ago, by Andrew in RAM Disk Forum
This depends on which version you're updating from and whether the driver has changed between versions. If something doesn't work correctly after the update, a second reboot should resolve it. Rebooting from the login screen should suffice.
Re: Why is the Settings button greyed out?
7 weeks ago, by Andrew in NetGenius Forum
The Settings button becomes available when you select the device you are connected to:
Re: Option to scan all network adaptors
7 weeks ago, by Andrew in WiFi Guard Forum
It probably wouldn't make much sense to scan a virtual adapter since it's part of a virtual network (virtual machines or similar running on your PC), so there wouldn't be any rogue devices to discover. However, if you still wish to scan it, you can simply specify your desired network ranges in Settings:
Re: Suggestion: Option to display disk size in GB
7 weeks ago, by Andrew in RAM Disk Forum
We've updated the UI to accept MB/GB and display the size accordingly: You can download the new build here
Re: How to hide buttons in the graph window
7 weeks ago, by Andrew in NetWorx Forum
We had to make certain compromises with the UI design and spacing as the app now runs cross-platform on Windows, macOS, and Linux with nearly identical functionality. We didn't implement a special colour for overlapping upload and download traffic because it wasn't practical—in the current implementation, both upload and download remain clearly visible:
Re: How to hide buttons in the graph window
7 weeks ago, by Andrew in NetWorx Forum
Assuming you're referring to the buttons along the top edge of the graph, you can absolutely hide those controls in v25.12. Right-click anywhere on the graph itself and select Toolbar from the context menu to toggle it off. This will remove the button bar completely, giving you the clean interface you prefer:
Re: Option for disabling automatic disk creation
7 weeks ago, by Andrew in RAM Disk Forum
The manual creation mode essentially means the disk will need to be mounted manually after a restart, as it will not happen automatically. However you are right, not mounting it immediately after addition would be more consistent. We will fix that.
Re: Version update while RAM disk is mounted
7 weeks ago, by Andrew in RAM Disk Forum
Two reboots are required because the first reboot will replace the driver's SYS files, which are otherwise locked by Windows. The second reboot will load the updated files. This is only required when upgrading. A fresh installation will work without a restart.
Re: MAC addresses are missing in scan results when max thread runtime is low
7 weeks ago, by Andrew in Network Scanner Forum
If you are scanning the current subnet, make sure the ARP query lookup method is enabled under Resolve MAC addresses on the Additional tab. Also, try enabling the Allow ARP outside current subnet option on the General tab. Normally ARP requests are not sent outside the current subnet, but if your router runs proxy ARP or forwards ARP requests and responses, this option may help detect more devi
Re: Line spacing in the scan results list
7 weeks ago, by Andrew in Network Scanner Forum
Just letting you know: we've added the Row Spacing option that allows you to choose the preferred display density. Download here:
Re: Line spacing in the main window
7 weeks ago, by Andrew in WiFi Guard Forum
We've increased the row spacing to improve readability with the icons: multiple icons per row can look quite crowded otherwise. However, we understand this presents a challenge for users with larger networks (like your 30 devices). So we've added a setting for Row Spacing in the latest builds:
Re: Conditional RegEx captures and replacements
7 weeks ago, by Andrew in Network Scanner Forum
Regular expressions and virtual columns alone cannot provide conditional output based on multiple criteria. However, this is easily accomplished with a VBScript under Options - Remote Scripting: Dim set1, set2, i Dim strLower strLower = LCase(Input.Column("Location") ' Define Set 1 strings (returns 210) set1 = Array("purchase office", "finances", "bud