GFI Backup 2009 Home Edition (build 20091022) has been released and is available for download. Changes in this release include: FIXED: Issues when backups contain very long path names FIXED: Some issues with sync tasks when the first location was the root of a drive FIXED: Problem when backing up GFI Backup settings (plug-ins) FIXED: Restoring "searchable masks" from backup FIXED: Issues with the individual restoration of registry keys FIXED: Issues with the restoration of individual files from on FTP locations Download Location: GFI Backup 2009 Home Edition (build 20091022) can be download from:

www.gfi.com/backup-hm/download/

GFI Backup 2009 Home Edition SR1 (build 20090915) has been released and is available for download. Changes in this release include UPDATED: Improved scheduler support for all operating systems UPDATED: Tweaked scheduler support for Microsoft Windows XP UPDATED: Scheduled tasks now run in the current session on all supported operating systems (including Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows Vista) UPDATED: The program can now be opened from tray agent in Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows Vista

Download Locations: GFI Backup 2009 Home Edition SR1 (build 20090915) can be downloaded from:

http://www.gfi.com/backup-hm/download/

GFI Backup 2009 Home Edition SR1 (build 20090721) has been released and is available for download. Changes in this release include NEW: Added compatibility with Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional NEW: Program can now be installed on Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit NEW: Improved operating system detection in task logs; added Microsoft Windows 7 detection UPDATED: FTP port cannow be changed to any number (not only 21) UPDATED: Backups can be saved in a new subfolder of a LAN share UPDATED: Program now checks the user rights for the destination folder before trying to write the GBT file UPDATED: Right clicking on a task group now only shows the operations that you can do on that specific group UPDATED

Issue Encountered: When trying to uninstall GFI Backup, the following error message appears: Could not open Install.Log file' Solution: To resolve the error message mentioned above, please perform any one of the following recommendations. Go to the GFI Backup 2009 - Home Edition installation folder (<Program FilesGFIGFI Backup 2009 - Home Edition)>. Drag the file "install.log" over "unwise.exe" with the mouse and release the mouse button. The Uninstaller will start running once the mouse button is released.

Change the install.log path by performing the following: Browse to the GFI Backup 2009 Home Edition folder, by default <GFIGFI Backup 2009 Home Edition> Copy the install.log' file onto your desktop Once the file is copied, delete the install.log' file fro

Issue Encountered: At the end of the New Backup/Sync Task Wizard, clicking the Finish' button does close the Wizard and no backup/sync tasks are created. More Information: In order for GFI Backup to create a backup/sync task, the user which is creating the task must have read and write privileges on the GFI Backup folder , which by default is located in <Program FilesGFIGFI Backup 2009 Home Edition> Solution: Perform the following procedure to modify the NTFS security permissions on the GFI Backup folder: Open Microsoft Windows Explorer Browse to the GFI Backup folder, by default <C:Programs filesGFI> Right click on the GFI Backup 2009 Home Edition' folder and select Properties' Click on the Security' tab. Ensure that the logged on user that is running GFI Backup has read and

Issue Encountered: GFI Backup is failing to backup open files. More Information: GFI Backup is able to backup open files using the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS), which is part of Microsoft Windows. Further information on how VSS works can be found at the following link: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc785914.aspx Solution: If GFI Backup is failing to backup open files, this might indicate that there is a problem with the Volume Shadow Copy Service. The following steps are suggestions to ensure that your VSS on GFI Backup is running correctly. Install the latest updates Ensure you are running on the latest version of GFI Backup. You can download and install the latest version from

The following are the requirements for Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS): Microsoft Windows XP with SP1 installed. All subsequent versions of Microsoft Windows include VSS. 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) version of Microsoft Windows installed

Note: GFI Backup does not support backing up open files using VSS on Itanium 64-bit Intel microprocessors

The files you want to backup must reside on a NTFS formatted partition. An internal FAT32 drive can be backed uponly if you also have an NTFS partition available. The files you want to backup must reside on local disks (or external hard drives that report themselves to Microsoft Windows as local disks).

Note: Open files backup using VSS does not work for mapped network drives, shared LAN folders that are selected as source in your Backup Task, for software mounted virtual disks or for removable disks ( lik

Anti Virus software may cause GFI Backup to malfunction. This occurs when such software denies access to certain files required by GFI Backup. It is therefore advised to disable 3rd party anti-virus and backup software from scanning the following folder and subfolder: <..Program FilesGFIGFI Backup 2009 - Home Edition>