Software Update: Hyena 6.0

SystemTools has recently released version 6.0 of the Hyena software package. It allows you to effortlessly manage Windows NT and Windows 2000/2003 networks. Because of the many options in the package you can create, change and delete users and groups, adjust the user settings such as terminal server and Exchange, overviews of all processes running on different NT/2000/2003-based servers, network overview exports and much more. We found the following points in the release notes:

Hyena 6.0 New Features:

WMI Support
Hyena can display any WMI property from any WMI class and also provides access to common WMI methods. To help in understanding WMI and how it is integrated into Hyena, see the WMI section in Hyena’s help file.

Tool Grouping
Hyena now allows tools to be grouped into submenus. Hyena will automatically transfer all existing custom tool settings to a file named TOOL_CMDS.DAT, which can be found in the same location as other Hyena configuration files. This new tool command file provides a structure that permits the tools to be grouped and displayed on submenus.

Access to Microsoft Hotfix Information
The Computer Properties->Hotfix dialog has been modified to support viewing the online Microsoft Hotfix Support database. Either double-clicking on any ‘Q’ or ‘KB’ hotfix, or clicking the View Hotfix Information button will access the Microsoft Support web site.

Export Selected Active Directory Objects
Hyena now supports exporting information on selected Active Directory objects. Previously, only domains, computers, and OUs could be selected for exporting. For example:

• Display a list of Active Directory objects from an OU, such as users, in Hyena.
• Select as many objects as needed.
• Select Tools->Exporter Pro->Export Selected Objects.
• Select the Directory templates to export and select Start Export.

Exporter Pro 1.5
Exporter Pro, included with Hyena, has been improved to support exporting WMI information, user rights, network protocol information, and security information.