Desktop Organizer (PTBSync)
Atomic clock synchronization, Organizer, Desktop calendar and Trayclock

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The latest version is 4.8

Download Server 1      Download Server 2	PTBSync Installer (english version)    (600 KB)
Download Server 1  Download Server 2	ElmüSoft System Updater 2.0    (700 kB) Please download this file only if the PTBSync installer (see above) tells you so!   More info
Download Server 1  Download Server 2	PTBSync Add On's    (1,2 MB) (Version 16.Aug.2006) additional Skins, Sound Files, 24 Moon photos for the desktop calendar, Calendar Images, Namedays, Uno days, Saints
Download	Holiday extensions and images  On the homepage of Wilfried Dewaelheyns you can download lots of calendar systems for PTBSync like Bahá'i, Buddhist, Hindu, Shinto, Thai, Sikh, etc.... Please read the description there how to integrate them into PTBSync! Additionally you find a collection of images for PTBSync.

FUTURE versions:
Version 4.9: Microsoft has built a heavy barrier into 64 Bit Windows which currently prohibits starting the Trayclock and playing sounds via the PC speaker.
Version 4.9 will run fully under 64 Bit Windows.
Instead of implementing new features into PTBSync, Microsoft forces me to waste my time with adapting PTBSync to their changes.

CURRENT version:

New in Version 4.8: Completely ready for Windows Vista and Longhorn (32 Bit) OLDER versions:

New in Version 4.7m + 4.7n:
More changes for Windows Vista / Longhorn

New in Version 4.7k:
Runs now without functional restrictions on Windows Vista / Longhorn (32 Bit) even when the User Account Manager (UAC) is running.
Microsoft has implemented many restrictions into Vista, which forced me to COMPLETELY re-write the communication between PTBSync and the trayclock.
Additionally Vista prohibits, that programs store their data in the Programs folder. So the new version uses other default folders.

New in Version 4.7j:
Bugix in menstruation calendar
New daylight saving times in USA, Canada

New in Version 4.7i:
Selection between 10 WhatisMyIp servers
Workaround for Windows Bug (wrong display of RAM size on some prozessors)
Workaround for Bug in Microsoft Timezone Editor
Extended calculation of anniversaries

New in Version 4.7h:
Because www.whatismyip.com has changed its website another time you saw a "Parsing Error" in the display of the Internet IP and PTBSync had to be adapted again.
Futher information: whatismyip.com/whatsnew.asp

New in Version 4.7g:
IMPORTANT: Update to version 4.7g!! This version fixes a serious bug which was very difficult to reproduce.
Bugfix: Under certain circumstances the events were not set correctly to the new date.
Feature: Now you can put the file with the desktop settings on a server, USB stick, or encrypted drive and there will be no longer error boxes popping up if the drive does not exist.

New in Version 4.7f:
Bugfix: Under special conditions no Desktop wallpaper
Feature: Maximum width of desktop notes configurable
Update: Holidays Chile, Slovakia

New in Version 4.7e:
New features for holiday calculation
The first steps towards Vista

New in Version 4.7d:
2 Bugfixes
Holidays can now be displayed with AND without moving operations.

New in Version 4.7c:
In the USA the dates when daylight saving starts and ends have been changed by the government, so Windows adjusts the clock wrong.
Now PTBSync offers the possibility to correct the Windows timezone data at the bottom of the Atomic window : Screenshot
In the desktop digital clock you can now enter timezones instead of entering manually the time offset of the specific country.
In the desktop menstruation calendar you can now enter the dates of the last 6 periods. The longest and shortest period are calculated automatically from that data.
Bugfix: Recognition of some fullscreen applications (VLC Player)
Bugfix: PTBSync windows appeared not in foreground on Windows 9x.

New in Version 4.7b:
3 Bugfixes.

New in Version 4.7:
Now PTBSync can wake up your computer from Hibernate mode and boot Windows.
(So you can use PTBSync to turn on your computer in the morning and wake you with music!)
Completely new behaviour of action events. (No more blocking of actions by open alarm windows) Read Help!!
New behaviour when the screensaver is running or a full screen application is running (a game or a video)
Bugfix: Display of "Timeout" for Internet IP address on desktop
New Holidays of Ireland
Multiple little optimizations.

New in Version 4.6d:
Holidays of Poland extended.
Menstruation calendar now displays the possible days of ovulation.
PTBSync now runs on the latest version of Internet Explorer 7 beta.
In the egg timer you can define presets and specify a time.
Additional actions for events: Hibernate or Stand-By (Suspend)
Additional event interval: "No message if hour missed"
2 Bugfixes in notes HTML editor
Bugfix hotkey desktop (CTRL + ALT + D) on dual monitor
No limit for the size of a note anymore

New in Version 4.6c:
PTBSync now even shuts down the computer if processes are hanging.
Playing sound files (also *.spkr) via commandline (see help -> hidden features)
Holiday.txt (the file which defines holiday calculations) was split into one file for each country.
Holiday calculation formulas extended. (e.g. for buddhist calendar)
In the trayclock menu you can now save and restore the positions of all desktop icons.
Menstruation calendar now also displays the date.
Modification of print calendar: Workaround for Firefox.
Display of Julian date in the trayclock popup (for astronomers).
Holidays of Portugal.
Little holiday bug fixed.

New in Version 4.6b: Update recommended
Several litte bugs fixed
Miscellaneous little extensions

New in Version 4.6:
NEW: The hotkey CTRL + ALT + D brings the desktop calendar into the foreground as long as you hold down CTRL + ALT.
Desktop notes ( Screenshot )
Second hand for analog desktop clock. ( Screenshot )
Menstruation calendar: ( Screenshot )
Display of DNS servers on the desktop in the template PC_Info ( Screenshot )
Bugfix installation / uninstallation

New in Version 4.5h:
Bugfix: PTBSync did not always exit correctly on Windows 98.
Parser adapted for new layout of www.WhatIsMyIP.com for display of Internet IP.

New in Version 4.5g:
Bugfix: Wrong desktop wallpaper after a quick user switch on Windows XP.
PTBSync moved back to MFC6. (I was not happy with Visual Studio 7)

New in Version 4.5f:
Workaround for Windows 2000 SP4 bug: Taskbar does not hang anymore if set to "Automatically in Background"
PTBSync now plays WAV files of unlimited size.
Workaround for Windows XP bug which is starting PTBSync twice on some machines.
Holidays of Israel corrected by adding new moving day operations.
Bugfix: Desktop templates do not jump back to the primary monitor anymore.
PTBSync now plays ringtones of Nokia mobile phones via PC loudspeaker. (*.spkr files)

New in Version 4.5e:
Holidays of Liechtenstein
Saving all desktop calendar settings into a file instead of the Registry
Display of civil, nautical or astronomical twilight
Fixed: White background behind desktop templates after booting.
Fixed: PTBSync crash caused by Microsoft bug in MFC42.Dll after changing screen resolution
Fixed: Desktop Internet IP display adapted to new page format of WhatIsMyIp.com
Events are suppressed while a non-DOS-game is played or the screensaver is running
Holidays of Poland
Desktop/Printcalendar can filter events by symbols. (e.g. display only birthday events)
PTBSync now observes its subdirectories and reacts immediately on changes. (added symbols, new moon graphics, modified skins..)
Bugfix in PTBSync service
Display of sunrise/sunset, moonrise/moonset, twilight, daylength on the desktop and in trayclock
Fixed the problem with Windows XP Service Pack 2 preventing the trayclock to start up.

New in Version 4.5d:
Greek holidays,
Support of up to 15 monitors,
Templates may be displayed transparently on the desktop,
The elements of the desktop calendar can be fixed on the desktop,
Positions of PTBSync windows are stored remembering the monitor they were displayed on the last time,
Improved rendering of stretched desktop wallpapers (XP),
No "stealing of focus" and "coming to foreground" of the desktop calendar anymore,
No more resetting to default settings after template changes,
New selection combobox for template settings,
Clean up of PTBSync directory,
Little bugfixes.

New in Version 4.5c:
Images for holidays,
Display of internet IP address on the desktop,
Pause button for stopwatch,
Text for eggtimer, Bugfix drift correction and more

New in Version 4.5b:
2 Bugfixes

New in Version 4.5:
An image can be assigned to every event in the Organizer. ( Screenshot )
Playing a sound or a melody via the PC speaker. (It is easy to create your own sounds.)
PTBSync Service: Fix of a bug which may have blocked DOS or Windows 3 programs.
Text for events and holidays also in cyrillic, greek... (Unicode)
Trayclock displays weekdays and months in all languages (e.g. cyrillic, greek..) also under Windows 95,98,ME (although these OS normally don't support Unicode!!).
Stopwatch with 1/100 seconds precision: (Multiple windows can run at once)

Solved a problem with wallpaper changes on some computers on Windows XP.
Display of Up-time in template PC_Info.
New desktop template (extra date display), lots of extensions on old templates.
Clickable link on the desktop for events with the action "Start file" which open a webpage (e.g. for Ebay events).
Holidays of South Africa.

New in Version 4.4:
Search for an event
Fixed: Not remembering desktop element positions, solved problems with Office shortcut bar.
Crashes under XP fixed, new template displays infos about the PC on the desktop.( Screenshot )
Two new templates: countdown and international digital clock
Display of holidays of multiple countries at once
Full- and New moon dates in desktop / print calendar
Holidays of Norway
Analog Desktop Clock ( Screenshot ), Holidays of Argentina, small bugfixes
New Template (list of the following events + holidays as text on the desktop)
New Desktop Calendar WITHOUT Active Desktop   ( Screenshot )
Free movable desktop elements
Multiple desktop elements at once
Runs under Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP
Very easy template configuration through graphical interface
Graphical moon display on desktop   ( Screenshot )
Templates 100% user definable
Lots of new features and template functions
Problems with transparent desktop icon text under XP solved.
Workaround for 2 heavy Windows XP bugs concerning the Trayclock.
Display of Snooze interval
Alarm Window can be minimized.
Extended options for interval input in organizer and alarm window.

New in Version 4.3:
Input of an URL as file to start.
Workaround for 2 Windows ME bugs.
Detailed holidays of Belgium, new holidays of Brazil, Sweden, Hungary, Czech Republic and Israel, corrections of Japan holidays.
4 little bugfixes.
Egg Timer.
Display moon state and date of next full moon / new moon in Tooltip.
Simplified input of template settings. (e.g. switching off the big date display)
Transparent desktop icon text. (for all Windows versions except Windows XP (XP Bug))
Display of Islam, Jewish, Iran, Coptic date in Trayclock or Tooltip.
Completely new HTML desktop calendar. (also transparent)
Automatic calendar update on the desktop or on a server.

New in Version 4.2:
Display of UTC time in the Trayclock and / or in the tooltip.
Display of 12 hour time with am / pm in the Organizer.
Bugfix (wrong increment of snoozing events)
Transparent Desktop Calendar (This calendar was replaced by the much better calendar of version 4.4)

New in Version 4.1:
Calculation of working days in Holiday.txt possible.
HTML Calendar creation extended.
Holidays of Slovakia
TrayClock correctly displays the languages which use Unicode characters also in the compact date.
TrayClock now supports ALL XP themes which can be downloaded at www.themexp.org
Changing a date in the alarm window.
TrayClock runs more stable now.
3 Calendar templates.
Creation of a completely user definable calendar as a HTML file.   (Example see Here)

New in Version 4.0:
Playing of Midi sounds without external player.
Added holidays of Japan, Croatia, Belgium and Finland.
Compensation of the Windows clock drift.
Observation of the Windows clock.
Full maximizing of windows.
Storing the widths of the columns in all lists.
Doubleclick on List-Header automatically adapts the column width to the columns content.
Events with repetition from Now on if missed: (var) and (fix) see help file !
Sorting the holiday list.
No countdown for events starting a sound file anymore (e.g. mp3).
Namedays for Italy. (in PTBSyncAddOns.zip)
Workaround for 2 more Windows Bugs.
Keyboard control now only with the ALT key pressed.
Support also of 640 x 480 screen resolution.

New in Version 3.9:
Backup of elapsed or deleted events into file,
Holidays of Slovenia and Australia,
2 types of "missed" events,
New Light Mode,
TrayClock supports UniCode,
You can enter an intervall in the Organizer,
Trayclock extensions,
Individual sound at alarm.