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Windows Data Collector Update Published - 0.9.6
We've just published a update to the Windows Data Collector. Have fun - and let us know of any issues you find.
0.9.6.78 - 2007/10/21
Bugs Fixed
- Numerous changes to support additional national date and time formats
- Fixed crash which was specific to Turkish language settings
- RescueTime will now gracefully handle situations where there is no default browser defined in the system
- Fix for duplicate logs being generated
- Fixed issue where the status for "Send Update Now" would report successful when it was not
New Features
- URLs in FireFox should now work with more languages
- URL resolution now supports Netscape Navigator. Opera and Safari URL resolution is still being worked on :(
- Preliminary support for HTTP proxy servers
- Added the ability to change the HotKey character to assist when the default CRTL+ALT+L was conflicting
- Added preference to enable double clicking on the system tray icon to take you directly to your dashboard
- Update checks during startup will now run in the background getting rid of that annoying update window. Manual update checks will still show the status window
0.9.6.78 - 2007/10/21
Bugs Fixed
- Numerous changes to support additional national date and time formats
- Fixed crash which was specific to Turkish language settings
- RescueTime will now gracefully handle situations where there is no default browser defined in the system
- Fix for duplicate logs being generated
- Fixed issue where the status for "Send Update Now" would report successful when it was not
New Features
- URLs in FireFox should now work with more languages
- URL resolution now supports Netscape Navigator. Opera and Safari URL resolution is still being worked on :(
- Preliminary support for HTTP proxy servers
- Added the ability to change the HotKey character to assist when the default CRTL+ALT+L was conflicting
- Added preference to enable double clicking on the system tray icon to take you directly to your dashboard
- Update checks during startup will now run in the background getting rid of that annoying update window. Manual update checks will still show the status window
I’m excited
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Inappropriate?Update failed on my pc - here's the log:
Logging started
Permission Manager Service is active
Date: 10/23/07, 19:32:01
Client: 3.8.0.143
OS: Windows XP
Command line: CheckNow
CheckNow mode detected
Language: 0
Locale : 2057
Execution #: 1
Check frequency: 1
AutoUpdate+ is registered to: RescueTime.com
Downloading files to: D:\DOCUME~1\Dunx2\LOCALS~1\Temp\AutoUpdateFiles
Checking for updates...
-> Config file source: http://www.RescueTime.com/updates/Upd...
-> Update files source: http://www.RescueTime.com/updates
Checking requirement for update
Current version: 0.9.5.1
Remote version : 0.9.6.78
Processing...
Checking file: C:\Program Files\RescueTime\RescueTime.exe
Client file CRC matches server. File will not be downloaded.
Checking file: C:\Program Files\RescueTime\RescueTimeStart.exe
File added
Checking file: C:\Program Files\RescueTime\UpdateServer.ini
File added - not on user system.
Downloading files
No. file requests: 2
Download file: RescueTimeStart.exe, 770048
File download success: RescueTimeStart.exe, 3903879879
Download file: UpdateServer.ini, 26
File download success: UpdateServer.ini, 27912599
File transfer status: Success
Terminating main application: RescueTime.exe
Moving files to directories
Copy to destination
Error moving file: D:\DOCUME~1\Dunx2\LOCALS~1\Temp\AutoUpdateFiles\UpdateFile1
File destination: C:\Program Files\RescueTime\RescueTimeStart.exe
AutoUpdate+ is registered to: RescueTime.com
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Inappropriate?Can you verify that your RescueTime.exe file is still at version 0.9.5.1? I looks like it thinks the versions are the same between what you have on your system and the update server. We've seen some caching issues that I'll have to dig into if this is the case.
Another option is to uninstall the current version of RescueTime and download the new installer from www.RescueTime.com/download. If you choose to do a re-install, make sure you exit RescueTime before running the uninstall. The new installer/uninstaller will check is RescueTime is running, but the older version did not.
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Inappropriate?my update uses between 24 and 32 mb of ram and makes firefox EXTREMELY slow - surfing impossible.
please change something.
using win xp with a dual processor.
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Inappropriate?The memory use between the 0.9.5 and 0.9.6 data collectors changed about 5mb on average, so it shouldn't be too much more than what was running before.
As far as the Firefox slowdowns, that is bothersome. RescueTime only does checks during the Scan Interval, which is defaulted to every 5 seconds. The changes made to the Firefox scans are a bit more intensive than the previous version, but on all of our test systems we were not able to tell the difference between the two versions.
Some things to check:
What is your Scan Interval set at? Default is 5 seconds and that is usually a good place to start. You could also try to set this up to see if that makes a difference for you
What language version of Firefox are you using? We haven't tested all languages, so it is possible that the new search routines are slow on certain language versions of Firefox.
If you watch the CPU usage in the Task Manager for RescueTime.exe, you should see it sitting at 0% most of the time, during the scan interval it will jump to between 3% and 30% very briefly and then back down to 0%. Is this what you are seeing?
If you are seeing really high CPU usage with the RescueTime.exe, you might want to exit and restart the application to see if that makes a difference.
Let me know if any of that helps at all - we can always get you back to the older version while we try to troubleshoot why it is slow on your system.
Thanks!
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Inappropriate?Hmm - problem is that when I start RescueTime it tries to do the update then says it has failed and closes. So I can't get to wherever I would find the version.
I'll try the second option - but you should note the proble,.
I’m indifferent
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Inappropriate?You can check the RescueTime.exe file properties and that should give you the version number (Default c:\Program Files\RescueTime\RescueTime.exe). However, if you have restarted the update a couple of times and the same thing happens, I'm pretty sure the file you have is still the 0.9.5 version.
Let me know how the re-install goes for you and I will put this in as a bug to investigate. Thank you for helping us test! -
Inappropriate?Yeah - that installed 0.9.6.78.
But I got overexcited and just uninstalled then reinstalled without checking the version for you. I guess if it is a real bug then you'll hear from others too :-)
I’m happy
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Inappropriate?same here. however, even though RescueTime's CPU usage stays sane, Firefox's CPU usage is between 44% and 50% all the time (i.e. not only on scan intervals). this drops to 0% the moment I close RescueTime.
I have a dual-core processor, so that's the reason it stays at or below 50% and doesn't go all the way up to 100%.
oh, and below are some lines from my pending logs that don't seem quite right:
<object type="USER_LOGS" id="2">
<attribute name="start_time" type="string">2007-10-24 01:42:23</attribute>
<attribute name="app_name" type="string">MATLAB</attribute>
<attribute name="os_username" type="string">***</attribute>
<attribute name="window_title" type="string">MATLAB 7.5.0 (R2007b)</attribute>
<attribute name="end_time" type="string">2007-10-24 01:43:34</attribute>
<attribute name="end_time" type="string">2007-10-24 01:43:39</attribute>
<attribute name="end_time" type="string">2007-10-24 01:43:44</attribute>
<attribute name="end_time" type="string">2007-10-24 01:43:49</attribute>
<attribute name="end_time" type="string">2007-10-24 01:43:54</attribute>
<attribute name="end_time" type="string">2007-10-24 01:43:59</attribute>
<attribute name="end_time" type="string">2007-10-24 01:44:09</attribute>
</object>
and
<object type="USER_LOGS" id="5">
<attribute name="start_time" type="string">2007-10-24 01:44:39</attribute>
<attribute name="app_name" type="string">taskmgr</attribute>
<attribute name="os_username" type="string">***</attribute>
<attribute name="window_title" type="string">Windows Task Manager</attribute>
<attribute name="end_time" type="string">2007-10-24 01:44:44</attribute>
<attribute name="end_time" type="string">2007-10-24 01:44:49</attribute>
<attribute name="end_time" type="string">2007-10-24 01:44:52</attribute>
</object>
P.S. I replaced my hostname and username with starts, so that's not the problem =)
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Inappropriate?I'm going under the assumption that certain language versions of Firefox are not compatible with the new data collector.
While I am troubleshooting, you can get back up and running by uninstalling RescueTime 0.9.6 and re-installing from this file: http://www.rescuetime.com/installers/...
If I could get you guys to give me feedback on what language settings you have set in Windows and which language version of Firefox you are using, I will try to duplicate this issues on our test boxes. Hopefully it's a quick fix and I can get you guys back up and running with 0.9.6! -
Inappropriate?I'm running Firefox en-US 2.0.0.8.
Everything on my machine is English (US), all the settings and software, except for the region setting, which I now had to revert back to English (US) for 0.9.5. =) -
Inappropriate?I have the same issue with firefox 2.0.0.8 and the new version of rescuetime client as well. Once the client opened, the CPU usage of Firefox goes up to 100%
I’m frustrated
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Inappropriate?I'm still getting the bug with the update on my home PC, but not at work. Update fails, and crashes Rescue Time. Probably better if the default is not to automatically update - at least that way I would be able to run the old version until a new working one was in place.
It's telling me there is an update even when I just downloaded from the website. I did an uninstall of RescueTime - which left the directory in Program Files. I also deleted that. My guess is that something in the registry about the version of RescueTime is not being removed by the uninstaller, and is not updated by the installer - so Rescue Time tries to update according to that.
I’m frustrated
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Inappropriate?I have win xp in german and firefox in us english
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Inappropriate?I had made some changes to the updater with the patch last night to try and force the updates to download. Are you still getting the same error in the updater log file?:
"Checking file: C:\Program Files\RescueTime\RescueTime.exe
Client file CRC matches server. File will not be downloaded." ?
The new update patch should now be ignoring the CRC check and forcing a download.
