Safe Exam Browser 2.1.6

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Safe Exam Browser 2.1.6 for Windows fixes a problem with the mouse cursor introduced by the recent Windows 10 Creators Update, adds support for webcam and microphone access with new settings and improves compatibility to config files generated with the upcoming major release SEB 2.2.

• Removed "Create new desktop" kiosk mode which fixes the mouse offset problem introduced by the recent Windows Creators Update. The mouse cursor had an offset if the display scale factor was set to a different value than 100% and SEB was using the default "Create new desktop" kiosk mode. For compatibility with older SEB versions, you can still select this kiosk mode in the SEB Config Tool, but SEB 2.1.6 ignores this setting.

• Added support for HTML 5 webcam and microphone access with new SEB settings in SEB Config Tool / Browser / Browser security / Allow video capture (webcam) & Allow audio capture (microphone).

• Improved compatibility with SEB 2.2 generated settings: Fixes error message that "SEB" couldn't be found when using SEB 2.2 generated settings with SEB 2.1.6 and removing possible embedded additional resources, which could delay SEB starting up or cause a crash.

• Fixed again a possible wrong Browser Exam Key calculation after update by really performing a major update (completely removing old version's files).

• Fixed SEB doesn't doesn't finish starting up properly when it can't add some permitted applications (which have been removed but not properly uninstalled).

Safe Exam Browser 2.1.5

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Safe Exam Browser 2.1.5 for Windows contains bug fixes for using specific permitted third party applications and fixes minor bugs and usability issues in the SEB Config Tool:

• Fixed that for some third party applications new instances were started when clicking the icon in the task bar (instead switching to the window of the already running instance).

• Fixed: Already running instances of permitted applications were not quit when SEB starts and were accessible inside SEB. Also fixed this for prohibited applications.

• Fixed some config tool UI issues: Radio buttons for Zoom Page/Text and User Agent were sometimes not set properly after loading a new config file, main browser window size wasn't disabled when using full screen mode.

• Added Gecko setting for HTTP2 (network.http.spdy.enabled.http2) to XUL seb config file prefs.js. Currently not changing default true to false, despite some unconfirmed information that HTTP2 doesn’t work in Gecko <= 48. Please let us know if you have a reproducible case where HTTP2 doesn't work with SEB 2.1.5.

• Added MIME type application/seb to the .seb file type which the installer registers.

• Fixed in Network/Filter: If editing a filter rule (block/allow), the Config Tool didn't save this edited rule when using commands Save, Save As, closing the Config Tool, Open Settings (with button, menu and drag-and-drop), Revert Settings to Default/Local Client/Last Opened, Use Current Settings to Edit Duplicate/Configure Client/Apply and Start SEB.

• In the following cases also added checking for unconfirmed passwords: Open Settings (with button, menu and drag-and-drop), Revert Settings to Default/Local Client/Last Opened, Use Current Settings to Edit Duplicate/Configure Client/Apply and Start SEB.

Safe Exam Browser 2.1.4

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Safe Exam Browser 2.1.4 for Windows contains usability and stability improvements. Mass deployment on managed computers is significantly facilitated, with changes in the SEB installer and improvements in the management of config file encryption using X.509 certificates. New in SEB 2.1.4:

• Added all new setting options of the current SEB version (2.1.2) for macOS to SEB Config Tool.
• Changed „Restart Exam Button“ title and icon to „Back to Start Button“, added disclaimer about this function not logging out a previously logged in user.
• Added Gecko/Firefox setting "browser.display.use_document_fonts = 1" to the SEB browser, to allow pages to choose their own fonts.
• SEB now looks for X.509 identity certificates for decrypting an identity-encrypted config file also in the "Trusted People" store in the Windows Certificate Store (in addition to the default "Personal" store). On managed computers this allows to deploy the identity certificate to the "Local Machine/Trusted People" store when installing SEB in an administrator account. The certificate will then also be available in the "Current User/Trusted People" stores of all currently existing user accounts on that machine.
• The SEB installer doesn't create a SEB shortcut on the desktop anymore. Users can start SEB directly from the Windows Start Menu / Windows Start Screen (a menu entry/tile for SEB is still created). As before, it can make sense to start SEB by opening a SEB config file or by opening a seb(s):// link from another web browser or mail application.
• The SEB installer doesn't create the %APPDATA%\SafeExamBrowser\ directory anymore (when it wasn't existing). This was the reason that Windows Installer shortly started and "updated" the SEB installation when starting SEB the first time in another user account than the one where SEB was installed.
• Fixed that some permitted applications could not be immediately restarted after being quit.
• Fixed a problem which caused the Browser Exam Key to be different when SEB was updated from an older version than when it was installed freshly. SEB 2.1.4 can be updated from 2.1.1, 2.1.2 or 2.1.3. A direct update from SEB 2.1 might fail, so uninstall SEB 2.1 first using the Windows control panel before installing SEB 2.1.4.
• Fixed a problem when switching keyboards didn't work properly when using specific keyboard layouts (at least when running on Windows 10).
• Fixed issues in SEB Windows Service, in SEB Registry Resetter and an issue which lead to an error message about a blocked port.
• Write log file directly after starting SEB. Logging initially starts in the standard log directory, even if settings define another log file path. Added SEB version to log file.

See release notes for changes from earlier releases and read the manual.

Safe Exam Browser 2.1.3

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Safe Exam Browser 2.1.3 for Windows adds support for using Windows system proxy settings and fixes some important issues (therefore it is highly recommended to update as soon as possible!):

• Current versions of Internet Explorer, Edge and Windows 10 complained about an invalid signature of the SEB 2.1.2 installer when downloading or starting it, as Microsoft doesn't accept insecure SHA1 code signatures anymore. SEB 2.1.3 is signed with a new code signing certificate with a SHA-256 signature.
• Added support for system proxy settings (the existing option in SEB Config Tool / Network / Proxies is functional now).
• SEB Windows service didn't start properly on some machines, this should be fixed now.
• Fixed URL of SEBWindowsServiceWCF to avoid collisions with other WCF services. This might have caused SEB influencing some other installed applications.
• Improved stability of resetting registry settings when SEB quits or is started/quit again after not being exited properly.
• Fixed wrong version number in SEB installer.

See release notes for changes from earlier releases and read the manual.

Safe Exam Browser 2.1.2

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Safe Exam Browser 2.1.2 for Windows supports the native HTML5 full screen mode, hardware acceleration in the browser and fixes some minor problems:

• Native HTML5 full screen mode is now supported. Please note: The SEB task bar (if enabled) is not hidden by this full screen mode. To be able to exit the full screen mode, the Esc key needs to be enabled in SEB settings. Alternatively the full screen view should contain a button to close it.
• Hardware accelaration is now activated in the SEB browser.
• Fixed problem not recognizing a quit URL if the quit link was not clicked by the user but the quit URL directly loaded on the website.
• Fixed problem (displaying an exception message) when selecting a network in the SEB Wi-Fi task bar control.
• Fixed cancel button in the dialog window for the restart exam button.
• The option "Monitor processes while SEB is running" in the Applications config tool tab cannot be altered when the kiosk mode "Disable Explorer Shell" is active, as process monitoring is always active in this kiosk mode.

See release notes for changes from earlier releases and read the manual.

Safe Exam Browser 2.1.1

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Safe Exam Browser 2.1.1 is fully compatible with Windows 10, contains improvements when running on Windows 8.1/10 tablets and general stability improvements.

• SEB 2.1.1 is fully compatible with Windows 10, there is no delay when starting up on Windows 10 anymore and Windows updates are paused correctly while SEB is running.
• Improvements in the touch optimized mode for Windows tablet computers, as better behavior when the on-screen keyboard is displayed and the web page scrolls a text field into the visible area or when moving the cursor in and between text fields.
• A new setting allows to switch off the on-screen keyboard manually or automatically when a hardware keyboard is connected.
• Added a sebs:// protocol (in addition to seb://), which forces the use of https for loading a .seb configuration file.
• Updated browser engine to XULRunner/Gecko (Firefox) 41.0.2.
• Fixed bug which prevented options in the Windows Security Screen (Ctrl-Alt-Delete) being restored after a reset/reboot.
• Fixed bug which caused SEB being opened multiple times by quickly double clicking more than once.
• Fixed bug in the show keyboard layout SEB task bar widget which couldn't switch to other keyboard layouts in Windows 7.

See release notes for all changes and read the manual.

Safe Exam Browser 2.1

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Safe Exam Browser 2.1 for Windows includes new features, usability, stability and security improvements:

• SEB 2.1 is the first Safe Exam Browser version featuring a touch optimized mode for Windows tablet computers.
• Buttons for restart exam, reload page, change keyboard layout and a display for the current time improve usability in exams.
• New feature which monitors processes and hinders all non-permitted applications to open, become active and display windows while SEB is running.
• Individual proxy settings, URL filters and server certificates can be used per exam.
• The SEB Config Tool has been re-engineered and now allows comfortable editing and testing of SEB configuration files.

See release notes for all changes and read the updated manual which now covers all SEB 2.1 features.