Fab's AutoBackup 7 Pro - a must have tool for techs

fabs said:
It looks like an old bug I had with cloud files (it was mostly OneDrive, once again...) and their permissions that was fixed on July 2018: https://www.technibble.com/forums/t...-a-must-have-tool-for-techs.78308/post-647553

Those exports and reports are not processed the same way as user files so it looks like this issue still exists for them.
I'm installing a W10 Home machine with folders (Desktop, Documents and Pictures) redirected to OneDrive (gosh, I hate this !) to reproduce the issue and fix the problem. An update release will follow.

Edit: The issue I was talking about was with files belonging to user profile synced with OneDrive. In your current case, there's nothing I can do since these are items stored on "public" desktop in a first place. This explains why they have quite different permission settings and why OneDrive rejects them. Windows does not change permissions when moving them from a public folder to another one that belongs to user's desktop (or any One drive synced folder). A simple work around for this would to save logs and reports somewhere else so desktop remains "clean" from Fab's stuff. This can be defined in the autobackup.ini file.
Here's something that can be used :
Code: 
[CONFIG]
LogStoragePath=%AutoBackupDrive%\LOGS
ReportsStorage=C:\Fabs_ExportsAndReports

LogStoragePath defines where logs will be stored for every job.
About ReportsStorage variable, make sure the path you set is always writable. If folder does not exists, Fab's will try to create it. If it fails, default paths will be used instead. Here, it could be something like C:\LOGS. Avoid any drive root like C:\ as Windows does not like this at all.

No Fab's update is needed as all of this is already handled.
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Mahalo for the quick and informative reply. Much appreciated. I did a test, and the 'Save logs in' function accomplishes what I need (the reports end up in the folder I want them to be in, and OneDrive seems to be happy with the permissions)
 
Hello,
Fab's AutoBackup 7 Pro and Fab's AutoBackup 7 Home & Office V7.8.3.4791 have just been released.

Here is the change log for both versions:

Added:
- Intuit QuickBooks user settings are now supported.

Removed:
- Internet Explorer 11 start page and settings support for Windows 11 have been removed as there is no Internet Explorer in it. Favorites are disabled in backup mode in Windows 11 but still supported for restore or transfer since they can be imported in Microsoft Edge.

Fixed:
- There could be error messages when closing the program. They did not have any consequences on backup / restore / transfer jobs, it was just cosmetic.
- Windows Defender kept deleting Nirsoft tools. They are handled differently now as they are downloaded in password protected zip archives. This way, Defender does not detect them. At startup, Fab's AutoBackup sets %tmp% folder as excluded from Windows Defender real time protection, extracts Nirsoft needed tool to this folder, run it and remove it when it is done. %tmp% folder exclusion is removed from Windows Defender when Fab's AutoBackup is closed. If any other anti-malware is running on the machine, it still needs to be manually disabled before running Fab's AutoBackup if you plan to grab passwords and/or product keys.

Grab it from your orders history's details on the shop's website at https://store.fpnet.fr/account.php?language=en or using the bundled updater tool (click the "Download Fab's AutoBackup 7.X" link within the program and get the updated files).


Edit : This V7.8.3.4791 is replaced with V7.8.3.4799 since it had an issue with new activations and asked for license details at every start. please get V7.8.3.4799 instead
Edit 2 : those fixes have introduced other issues with nirsoft tools: they could not be selected even if they were here. V7.8.3.4800 is online :/
 
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I'm waiting till things improve here and business becomes better than a trickle before purchasing a new Fabs license.
ATM I really cant afford it.
The old version still works (thanks @fabs) unlike a lot of other software that stops working when you stop paying.

This Covid-19 pandemic has just about ruined me. :(
 
The change to avoid Defender removing ProduKey was enough for me to renew my license today.

Sorry to hear the pandemic has affected your business. I've been doing reasonably well during the pandemic. In the recent NSW regional lockdown I was quite busy with contactless drop-offs and pickups at the front door of my shop. Lots of refurbs and even some new computers sold due to home schooling. Last year the JobKeeper (gov wage subsidy) for 6 months was quite generous.
EDIT: I should add my business runs on the smell of an oily rag!
 
fincoder said:
Last year the JobKeeper (gov wage subsidy) for 6 months was quite generous.
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Sorry for hijacking the Fabs thread, but just a quick response to @fincoder...
The Govt assistance package between April and July gave me a total of $12,000.
It helped enormously. Finished now though.
I hope they introduce an assistance package again.
 
Barcelona said:
I'm waiting till things improve here and business becomes better than a trickle before purchasing a new Fabs license.
ATM I really cant afford it.
The old version still works (thanks @fabs) unlike a lot of other software that stops working when you stop paying.

This Covid-19 pandemic has just about ruined me. :(
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I'm not sure that your download link is expired. You should double check @Barcelona . Just in case
 
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Barcelona said:
This Covid-19 pandemic has just about ruined me. :(
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Man, sorry to hear this. This pandemic has been hard on everyone but I imagine it's been worse for some and better for others. It was really rough for me in the beginning but thankfully I've managed to weather this storm and bounce back.

seashore said:
+1. That has pushed me to renew too.
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I'm nowhere near the point of having to renew, but if I was, this would have pushed me to renew too. That's what I love about @fabs. He actually improves his program instead of letting it rot on the vine while charging ever increasing monthly subscription fees like 99% of other software companies like to do nowadays. Kudos for maintaining your software and adding new features on a consistent basis.
 
sapphirescales said:
Man, sorry to hear this. This pandemic has been hard on everyone but I imagine it's been worse for some and better for others. It was really rough for me in the beginning but thankfully I've managed to weather this storm and bounce back.


I'm nowhere near the point of having to renew, but if I was, this would have pushed me to renew too. That's what I love about @fabs. He actually improves his program instead of letting it rot on the vine while charging ever increasing monthly subscription fees like 99% of other software companies like to do nowadays. Kudos for maintaining your software and adding new features on a consistent basis.
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Do you make money with the update? Does it help close sales? It isn't expensive. I've actually renewed mine even though my change of job, and about to sell them another copy. @fabs does an amazing job and at a great price for what you get. (I myself simply forgot to renew and didn't realize it had lapsed.)

I'm glad we can support Fabs on a regular basis vs flat fee. We need more devs in the industry who think about their end users and listen to our needs, not guess what they think we need based on a business they ran 20 years ago and refuse to listen to input...
 
MudRock said:
Do you make money with the update? Does it help close sales? It isn't expensive. I've actually renewed mine even though my change of job, and about to sell them another copy. @fabs does an amazing job and at a great price for what you get. (I myself simply forgot to renew and didn't realize it had lapsed.)

I'm glad we can support Fabs on a regular basis vs flat fee. We need more devs in the industry who think about their end users and listen to our needs, not guess what they think we need based on a business they ran 20 years ago and refuse to listen to input...
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Surprisingly, the update is bringing "a lot" of sales (something like 30 sales in the last 3 days while I usually make 2 or 3 a day). I did not expect such a thing just because of nirsoft handling change. This was quite a big concern anyway and I'm glad I've played it this way with Defender.

Customers needs are very important to me. I'm where I am because of all of you supporting my work. Kudos!
 
fabs said:
If any other anti-malware is running on the machine, it still needs to be manually disabled before running Fab's AutoBackup if you plan to grab passwords and/or product keys.
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My experience is that Defender is the only one that goes ham on this. Worse off, it also seems if you have another A/V on and Defender is in passive mode, it STILL will catch it, especially if running from a USB drive. So far, BitDefender, AVG, Avira, and Avast are ones I can think of off the top of my head which haven't had issues (AVG/Avast throw a warning but not a block.)
fabs said:
Customers needs are very important to me. I'm where I am because of all of you supporting my work. Kudos!
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This. So many companies forget this.
 
@fabs I'm running into a problem with the latest 7.8.3.4800 stalling at running any Nirsoft tool. All anti-virus inc Defender is turned off and I've tested on both a client's machine and my own one, with the same results. What's even stranger, I then tried my old previously working version 7.6.2.3791 and now it has the same problem too ...
 
@seashore Can you tell me more about your configuration ? Like :
- What is your Fab's path ? (is it local drive like USB hard drive, USB Thumb drive, network drive, network path...)
- Do you have all .zip files for Nirsoft tools ? (MailPV\mailpv.zip, Netpass\netpass.zip, ProduKey\produkey.zip, WebBrowserPassView\webbrowserpassview.zip, WirelessKeyView\wirelesskeyview.zip)
- Are you running user profile related tools against user account that calls them ? MailPV, NetPass and WebBrowserPassView are tools that only run against user account that launches them. If that's not the case, then their boxes will remain greyed out and won't be usable.
- Do you have some txt files in your backup ? Paths are the following :
  1. X:\Path_ToBackup\...\User1\archive\MailPV\MailPV.txt,
  2. X:\Path_ToBackup\...\User1\archive\Netpass\NetPass.txt
  3. X:\Path_ToBackup\...\User1\archive\WebBrowserPassView\WebBrowserPassView.txt
  4. X:\Path_ToBackup\...\Public\archive\Keys\Keys.txt
  5. X:\Path_ToBackup\...\Public\archive\WirelessKeyView\WirelessKeyView.txt
  6. X:\Path_ToBackup\...\Public\archive\WirelessKeyView\WirelessKeyViewExport.txt
If you have them, then it means that they've been run. They can be empty (like 0KB but that's not Fab's fault). For example, I have saved network credentials on another machine at work and NetPass does not grab any, even with the Nirsoft tool standalone version.

By the way, I've tested it again on my dev machine, an up to date Win 10 Pro x64 21H1 and my own user account. Fab's is on a local drive and backup target is a local drive too. Windows Defender is the only anti-malware on that rig and I left it enabled. I got all the exports so I can say that Fab's works in this configuration.
 
fabs said:
- What is your Fab's path ? (is it local drive like USB hard drive, USB Thumb drive, network drive, network path...)
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SATA SSD via a USB adaptor.
fabs said:
- Do you have all .zip files for Nirsoft tools ? (MailPV\mailpv.zip, Netpass\netpass.zip, ProduKey\produkey.zip, WebBrowserPassView\webbrowserpassview.zip, WirelessKeyView\wirelesskeyview.zip)
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Yes, all.
fabs said:
- Are you running user profile related tools against user account that calls them ?
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Yes.
fabs said:
- Do you have some txt files in your backup ? Paths are the following : X:\Path_ToBackup\...\User1\archive\MailPV\MailPV.txt, X:\Path_ToBackup\...\User1\archive\Netpass\NetPass.txt, X:\Path_ToBackup\...\User1\archive\WebBrowserPassView\WebBrowserPassView.txt, X:\Path_ToBackup\...\Public\archive\Keys\Keys.txt, X:\Path_ToBackup\...\Public\archive\WirelessKeyView\WirelessKeyView.txt, X:\Path_ToBackup\...\Public\archive\WirelessKeyView\WirelessKeyViewExport.txt
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No - none.
 
Problem has been sorted : some nirsoft zip files were 0kb, so there was nothing in them, leading Fab's to stare at it. I guess it tried to download them but firewall closed the connection so they remained 0KB.
When I remoted in, I've deleted them and downloaded them again. This time, everything went fine.
I need to add some check sum control to prevent that from happening again.

Just to let everyone know : sometimes, firewalls prevent Fab's from reaching website when it tries to activate or download content like Nirsoft tools. To avoid this, whitelist the following addresses (all TCP 80 port) :
activate.fpnet.fr
download.fpnet.fr
www.fpnet.fr
 
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