2021 History

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Version 2.3.2.2        December 30, 2021




Renewed the SSL signing certificate.



Minor enhancements to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.3.2.1        December 26, 2021




Improvements to the UTC time calculation routines.






Version 2.3.2.0        December 17, 2021




Minor enhancements to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.3.1.9        December 13, 2021




Refreshed the GNU Grub boot time help files to the latest level.

The Korean language help file has been substantially enhanced.






Version 2.3.1.8        December 5, 2021




Minor enhancements to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.3.1.7        November 20, 2021




Improvements to the statistics collection routines.






Version 2.3.1.6        November 11, 2021




Minor enhancements to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.3.1.5        November 8, 2021




Grub2Win setup now checks to see if the installed release is old.

Setup then checks for old incompatible configuration files.


If the old release is not compatible, a warning message will appear.

With user approval, a clean install of Grub2Win will then be performed.


The old incompatible C:\grub2 directory will be saved as C:\grub2.archive.


Configuration files from recent Grub2Win releases will still be migrated.



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Fixed some errors in the import scan routines.






Version 2.3.1.4        November 3, 2021




Enhancements to the FTP transfer routines.

These are used for transferring diagnostics and statistics.






Version 2.3.1.3        October 26, 2021




Corrected a bug in the BCD parse routines.

This rarely caused crashes in certain unusual circumstances.






Version 2.3.1.2        October 16, 2021




Added a button on the theme customization screen.  

This opens a dialog to manage your background image files.


Minor enhancements to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.3.1.1        October 4, 2021




Grub2Win now supports Windows 11.


Minor enhancements to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.3.1.0        September 23, 2021




Added limited support for EFI partitions on USB flash drives.

The drive must be MBR style with a letter assigned.

The partition type in the MBR must be “EF” per standards.


See the Grub2Win help topic “EFI Partition Info and Tips”.






Version 2.3.0.9        September 22, 2021




Added a warning if no OS boot menu entries have been defined.


Updates to the getpartition function help.


Note: Your Grub2Win EFI partition modules will be refreshed to level 150.






Version 2.3.0.8        August 25, 2021




Minor enhancements to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.3.0.7        August 20, 2021




Allow Grub2Win to run on Windows 11 beta systems.


Windows 11 is not yet supported by the AutoIt compiler.

Grub2Win is written in the AutoIt language.


A warning message will be issued if Windows 11 is detected

at setup time. Severe errors may occur if the install is allowed.


The user is given the choice to accept the risk of errors and

continue the install, or to cancel the installation.






Version 2.3.0.6        August 12, 2021




Minor enhancements to the GUI, syntax scanner and help files.






Version 2.3.0.5        July 29, 2021




****  This release changes the format of certain Grub2Win .cfg files.

****  If you revert to an earlier release, you must restore all of

****  your .cfg files from the earlier release.  

****

****  The easiest way to do this is to simply restore the C:\grub2

****  directory from your earlier release.

****

****  Please retain a backup copy of your C:\grub2 directory

****  before you upgrade to version 2.3.0.5 or later.





Re-worked the custom code format. This will let you view

custom code at boot time via the GNU Grub “e” command.


Other minor changes to the GUI and support files.






Version 2.3.0.4        July 12, 2021




When the Quiet parameter is invoked, suppress setup messages.


Several enhancements and fixes to the GUI.






Version 2.3.0.3        July 6, 2021




You can now install Grub2Win to exFAT formatted partitions.

Grub2Win cannot be installed to a flash drive.



Note: Your Grub2Win EFI partition modules will be refreshed to level 149.



Updates and enhancements to the Boot Time Utilities.



The Windows build number is now included in the diagnostics.






Version 2.3.0.2        June 27, 2021




Added a boot time utility to test Grub2Win screen resolution settings.

You can then set the default screen resolution as desired.



Fixes and enhancements to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.3.0.1        June 17, 2021




Several small enhancements to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.3.0.0        June 9, 2021




***  This is a major release  ***


Grub2Win now boots and contains the new GNU Grub 2.06 kernel and libraries.


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The following info is from the GNU Grub news file:


New in 2.06:


* GCC 10 support.

* clang 10 support.

* SBAT support.

* LUKS2 support.

* Drop small MBR gap support.

* Xen Security Modules (XSM/FLASK) support.

* The lockdown mechanism similar to the Linux kernel one.

* Disable the os-prober by default.

* Many backports of GRUB distros specific patches.

* BootHole and BootHole2 fixes.

* ...and tons of other fixes and cleanups...


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Minor enhancements to the GUI and help files.







Version 2.2.2.2        June 6, 2021




Minor enhancements to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.2.2.1        May 28, 2021




Screenshots can now be included in the Grub2Win diagnostics file.






Version 2.2.2.0        May 18, 2021




Minor updates to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.2.1.9        May 5, 2021




Removed the Additional Drivers option from EFI firmware systems.

These GNU Grub drivers are only valid on systems using BIOS firmware.






Version 2.2.1.8        May 1, 2021




Minor updates to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.2.1.7        April 23, 2021




An alternate download FTP server site has been added.

If a SourceForge download fails, the alternate server will be used.






Version 2.2.1.6        March 30, 2021




Improvements to the EFI firmware boot order setting routines.


The uninstall now attempts to restore the former EFI boot default.


Minor fixes to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.2.1.5        March 25, 2021




Minor improvements to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.2.1.4        February 28, 2021




Improved detection of Bitlocker encrypted partitions.


The “Install To EFI Partition” option will now only be

allowed if the normal target partition is encrypted.






Version 2.2.1.3        February 2, 2021




Enhancements to the EFI partition scan routines.






Version 2.2.1.2        January 24, 2021




Minor fixes to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.2.1.1        January 18, 2021




Further enhancements to the diagnostics routines.



Minor fixes to the GUI and help files.



Additional help for EFI partition issues.



Enhancement to the EFI firmware detection routine.







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