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This page displays an up-to-date listing of changes to our customer support Web. We'll also place notices here regarding product updates, scheduled releases, or problems and workarounds that may affect all customers. When we fix bugs that have been reported by our customers, we will place a notice here, along with an estimate of when the fix will be shipped.

February 13th, 2008
2007 HP Product Bulletin version 6.8 released

Update path modifications

January 29th, 2008
2007 HP Product Bulletin version 6.7 released

Save path for PDF file generation
Adjustments to interface when Large Fonts selected
Error with Favorites popup window fixed
Typo fixed

September 18th , 2007
2007 HP Product Bulletin version 6.6 released

Search Indexing Bug Fixed
Update Bug Fixed
Find Dialog, Favorites Dialog and Message Dialag changed to Stay On Top

August 22nd , 2007
2007 HP Product Bulletin version 6.5 released

Microsoft Vista compatibility improvements
Fixed bug when using Save Photo
Fixed Minor Errors

June 26th , 2007
2007 HP Product Bulletin version 6.41 released

Fixed Update bug

June 25th , 2007
2007 HP Product Bulletin version 6.4 released

Microsoft Vista compatibility improvements
Added HP Worldwide Product Datasheets Data Source
Minor cosmetic changes

April 2 th , 2007
2007 HP Product Bulletin version 6.3 released

Microsoft Vista compatibility improvements
Minor cosmetic changes

February 6th , 2007
2007 HP Product Bulletin version 6.2 released

Microsoft Vista compatibility
Minor cosmetic changes
Added quick reference list of part numbers that had previously been looked up (right click on the part number in Internet Price Lookup dialog)
Fixed minor errors

July 7th , 2006
2006 HP Product Bulletin version 6.1 released

Preferences updated for setting button size on the main toolbar
Preferences for Animation Effects, Progress Bar, Skinning, Screen Friendly Font etc.
Preference setting "Prompt before Auto Updating" added
Search and Updated/New Highlighting with adjustable color setting added
History Feature added
Fixed bug in Document Section Button
Fixed bug with trying to run multiple instances of the application
Fixed Search Shortcut
Fixed bug in painting of Quick Quote
Fixed bug for some links not opening in the default browser
Fixed bug with Proxy Username and Password
Fixed bug when pasting Part Number into Price Lookup
Minor cosmetic changes

April 6 , 2006
2006 HP Product Bulletin version 6.01 released

Minor update fix
Minor cosmetic changes

March 31 , 2006
2006 HP Product Bulletin version 6.0 released

New User Interface
New file structure (one third the size of the previous)
New update engine (improved speed and reliability)

September 8, 2005
2005 HP Product Bulletin version 5.3.3.0 released

Update Changes

June 29, 2005
2005 HP Product Bulletin version 5.3.2.0 released

Minor Cosmetic Changes

January 27, 2005
2005 HP Product Bulletin version 5.3.1.0 released

Minor Cosmetic Changes

September 27, 2004
2004 HP Product Bulletin version 5.2.0.0 released

Fixed update bug

August 11, 2004
2004 HP Product Bulletin version 5.1.0.0 released

New HP Branding

April 7, 2004
2004 HP Product Bulletin version 5.0.0.0 released

Added File Subscription ability - User can select which files to subscribe to
Fixed Search Bug
Fixed Preferences Form Closing Bug
Improved File Checking Speed

September 8, 2003
2003 HP Product Bulletin version 4.9.2.0 released

Corrected Updating Issues

July 18, 2003
2003 HP Product Bulletin version 4.9.0.0 released

Improved hyperlink jumps between QuickSpecs

May 5, 2003
2003 HP Product Bulletin version 4.8.0.0 released

Add support for exporting Quick Quotes to
Microsoft Word, Excel and HTML formats.
Several Cosmetic Updates

March 27, 2003
2Q HP Product Bulletin version 4.7.5.0 released

Minor Cosmetic Changes

December 6, 2002
4Q HP Product Bulletin version 4.7.3.0 released

Changed Links within Helpful Links

October 10, 2002
4Q HP Product Bulletin version 4.7.0.0 released

Minor Cosmetic Bug Fixes

July 15, 2002
3Q HP Product Bulletin version 4.7.0.0 released

HP branded Product Bulletin
Minor Cosmetic Bug Fixes

May 14, 2002
2Q Compaq Product Bulletin version 4.6.1.0 released

  •  Quick Quote - several cosmetic improvements and enhancements
  •  Quick Quote - view quote image file
  •  Quick Quote - copy quote image file or image to the clipboard added
  •  Quick Quote - replace logo image by clicking it
  •  Quick Quote - added spell checking

April 30, 2002
2Q Compaq Product Bulletin version 4.6.0.1 released

  •  Quick Quote and Internet Price List forms - Application minimize error fixed
  •  Search Hits - ability to view the list by clicking on hit count label on main form
  •  Typo fixed within message dialog

April 24, 2002
2Q Compaq Product Bulletin version 4.6.0.0 released

  •  Quick Quote feature added - User can configure/build quotes using Internet Price List
  •  Search Hits - ability to view the list of files matching the Search settings
  •  Update slow start bug fixed
  •  Startup application available delay bug fixed
  •  Internet Price List - added support for users currency settings for conversions

January 28, 2002
1Q Compaq Product Bulletin version 4.5.0.4 released

  •  Updating bug fixed

November 6, 2001
4Q Compaq Product Bulletin version 4.5.0.2 released

  •  Internet Price List bug fixed
  •  Proxy Login bug fixed in Gateway

September 8, 2001
4Q Compaq Product Bulletin version 4.5.0.0 released

  •  Interface Improvements
  •  Improved update capabilities
  •  Several minor bugs fixed

August 21, 2001
3Q Compaq Product Bulletin version 4.2.0.1 released

  •  Update bug fixed - updated files security permissions were not being set correctly

June 15, 2001
3Q Compaq Product Bulletin version 4.2.0.0 released

  •  Improvements made to Update functionality
  •  Updated Help Files
  •  Numerous visual enhancements added
  •  Several minor bugs fixed

May 25, 2001
2Q Compaq Product Bulletin version 4.1.0.5 released

  •  Added support for Adobe Acrobat 5.0
  •  Speed Improvements
  •  Added Canada French Help Files
  •  Numerous visual enhancements added
  •  Improved configure and testing functionality
  •  Improved Price List lookup

April 19, 2001
2Q Compaq Product Bulletin version 4.1.0.3 released

  •  Fixed bug with update of application files

April 16, 2001
2Q Compaq Product Bulletin version 4.1.0.2 released

  •  Fixed bug with update of application files
  •  Fixed date not valid bug
  •  Fixed Locate by Name (using ID Number) bug
  •  Fixed bug with changing Data Source order in Preferences
  •  Fixed bug with "Clear the Search Match Flag for this product"
  •  Improved CPB_Update.exe capabilities

April 12, 2001
2Q Compaq Product Bulletin version 4.1.0.1 released

  •  Minor cosmetic bugs fixed
  •  Added the ability to show Updated/New with different flags than Search flags

April 1, 2001
2Q Compaq Product Bulletin version 4.1.0.0 released

  •  Added Canada French language support
  •  Improved Connection Settings/Auto Configure capabilities
  •  Speed Increases and minor bug fixes

February 23rd, 2001
1Q Compaq Product Bulletin version 4.0.2.4 released

  •  Fixed an error that occurred when the auto update would start while a message dialog was open.
  •  Minor cosmetic fixes.

February 3rd, 2001
1Q Compaq Product Bulletin version 4.0.2.3 released

  •  Flagged Images bug fixed

January 31st, 2001
1Q Compaq Product Bulletin version 4.0.2.2 released

  •  Product Bulletin connecting through VPN problems fixed.
  •  Added Photo Thumbnails to the North America Product Photos

January 29th, 2001
1Q Compaq Product Bulletin version 4.0.1.9 released

  •  Product Bulletin not updating properly - "No valid update path" or "Connection to Internet Failed" errors fixed.

January 26th, 2001
1Q Compaq Product Bulletin version 4.0.1.7 released

  •  Connection bugs fixed.
  •  Downloaded files being reported as corrupted fixed.

January 22nd, 2001
1Q Compaq Product Bulletin version 4.0.1.6 released

  •  Connection bugs fixed.

January 19th, 2001
1Q Compaq Product Bulletin version 4.0.1.4 released

  •  Connection bug fixed.
  •  Closing error corrected.
  •  Update while using Gateway data files error fixed.
  •  Bad Index is now handled correctly.
  •  Corrections made to allow for single file install.exe.

January 16th, 2001
1Q Compaq Product Bulletin version 4.0.1.3 released

  •  Connection bugs fixed.
  •  Proxy/Alternate Settings now saved and restored correctly

January 15th, 2001
1Q Compaq Product Bulletin version 4.0.1.2 released

  •  Major product upgrade with improved user interface
  •  Canadian (English) QuickSpecs available
  •  Photos, Profiles and Family Charts sections improved
  •  Improved Internet Price List with currency exchange capabilities
  •  Update from 3.0.3.9 released.
  •  Several Minor bugs fixed.

September 15th, 2000
Compaq Product Bulletin version 3.0.3.5 released

  •  The bug with "Save Photo" was fixed.

August 31st, 2000
Compaq Product Bulletin version 3.0.3.2 released

  •  The bug with "Internet Price List" discount calculation was fixed.
  •  The bug with Search QuickSpecs dialog box was fixed.

August 29th, 2000
Compaq Product Bulletin version 3.0.2.9 released

  •  The bug with "Internet Price List" discount calculation was fixed.

August 15th, 2000
Compaq Product Bulletin version 3.0.2.5 released

  •  Typographical changes were made within the application.

August 11th, 2000
Compaq Product Bulletin version 3.0.2.4 released

  •  "Internet Price List" integration was added. Double-click to select a part number while viewing an HTML QuickSpecs document and then right-click on the part number to view the Internet Price for the product. Alternately, you can click on "View - Internet Price List" menu item and type in the part number to look up.
  •  Close application bug was fixed - Error was reported when closing the app while the indices were being loaded.
    Minor cosmetic problems were fixed.

July 10, 2000
Compaq Product Bulletin version 3.0.2.2 released

  •  The bug with downloading all the data files was fixed.

July 6, 2000
Compaq Product Bulletin version 3.0.2.1 released

  • The bug with "Check Connection Settings" and with "Auto Configure Connection Settings" was fixed.

July 1, 2000
Compaq Product Bulletin version 3.0.1.9 released

  •  The bug with index corrupting after download to 3.0.1.8 was fixed.

June 30, 2000
Compaq Product Bulletin version 3.0.1.8 released

  •  Fixed minor bug with drag and drop of QuickSpecs, Profiles, Family Charts and Photos.
  •  Fixed minor bug in Save Photo As button.
  •  The file error with downloading newest Compaq Product Bulletin executable was fixed.

June 23, 2000
Compaq Product Bulletin version 3.0.1.5 released

  •  The minor date error on startup was fixed.
  •  Minor visual errors were fixed.

June 19, 2000
Compaq Product Bulletin version 3.0.0.0 released

  • Support for client version of the Compaq Product Bulletin to use the Gateway data files (No Updates on Client Machine) was added. This allows multiple users to use files located and maintained by a server/workstation running the Compaq Product Bulletin Gateway.
  • Locate Pop Up Menu choice when view HTML QuickSpecs and a word or phrase is selected that appears as part of a product name was added. (It quickly moves to the selected text within the navigation tree).
  • Back and Forward menu items and hot keys for moving through previously viewed documents were added.
  • Menu and hot key support for moving through flagged products was added.
  • Minor bugs were fixed.

May 13, 2000
Compaq Product Bulletin version 2.5.1.7 released

  •  The minor save index bug was fixed.

May 12, 2000
Compaq Product Bulletin version 2.5.1.6 released

  •  The speed of "Check for Updates" was improved.
  •  The Download Status Log, for viewing status of files being downloaded, was added.
  •  The Tip of the Day was added.
  •  The Drag and Drop function for documents and photos was improved.
  •  Minor corrections and bug fixes were made.

March 28, 2000
Compaq Product Bulletin version 2.5.1.0 released

  •  Minor corrections and bug fixes were made.
  •  The user interface was changed to show QuickSpecs downloaded on a "Check for Updates".

March 21, 2000
Compaq Product Bulletin version 2.5.0.0 released

  •  Product Photos, Family Charts and Product Profiles are now available with QuickSpecs!
  •  The speed of the Search engine was increased. Search 2700 pages in less than one second.
  •  Minor bug fixes reported by users were made.

January 21, 2000
Compaq Product Bulletin version 2.1.1.3 released

  •  A minor search bug was repaired. Minor enhancement functions were added.

December 15, 1999
Compaq Product Bulletin version 2.1.0.0 released

November 24, 1999
Compaq Product Bulletin version 2.0.3.8 released

  •  The ability to postpone auto downloads was added.
  •  The navigation tree was improved to allow multiple layers.
  •  Products have been restructured in the navigation tree.
  •  Update settings now have the ability to configure auto downloads from one to 30 days.
  •  The Connection Wizard was improved.

November 15, 1999
Compaq Product Bulletin version 2.0.3.6 released

  •  The Quick Search feature was added to allow quick search by product name in the navigation tree.
  •  A problem with search indices rebuilding multiple times was corrected.

November 3, 1999
Compaq Product Bulletin version 2.0.3.4 released

  • The Search function speed increased from 15 seconds to less than half a second!
  • Users can now clear the flag of a single QuickSpec by right clicking on the green icon.
  • Update default settings preferences now cleans up application entries in the registry.
  • Connection settings can be tested in the Preferences section without having to restart the program.
  • The Connection Wizard was changed to make it more user friendly and easier to understand.
  • Flagged items will remain marked until the user clears them.
  • The auto-update bug, when both Division and North America versions were installed, was fixed.
  • A Force update Toolbar button was added to allow the user to flag a QuickSpec to be updated the next time the user checks for updates.
  •  A Hide Discontinued QuickSpecs Toolbar button was added to allow the user to hide a selected QuickSpec if it has been discontinued.
  • The Status bar bug was fixed. Now the user will see an indication that the latest program is downloading before any updated QuickSpecs are downloaded.
  • Copy text with a right click of the mouse button on text selected in the HTML view pane.
  • Find Text with a right click of the mouse button while in the HTML view pane.

October 1st, 1999
Compaq Product Bulletin version 2.0.0.0 released

July 15th, 1999
Next Major Version of releases - Version 1.5.0.0 released

April 1st, 1999
Version 1.0 released


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