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    Add official support for Windows Server 2025 to PComm

    Currently there is no PComm version that is officially supported on Windows Server 2025 and there even seem to be no plan to do so in the near future (due to the response in a actual case). We are starting our Migration to Windows Server 2025 in 4...
    6 months ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Delivered

    Ability to disable mouse scroll wheel

    We have users that are accidentally hitting the mouse wheel and it deleted data have entered into the current screen. They do not use the wheel function and would prefer to disable it.
    about 2 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 5 Delivered

    New install option to disable Kerberos Authentication

    We have Blue Prism RPA (Robotic Process Automation) in use to automate TN3270 access. If IBM Personal Communication is also installed on the same machine Blue Prism Login Agent is not connecting. This problem is caused by the Kerberos feature of P...
    almost 5 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Delivered

    registry entry LastExitViewFromINI customizable during installation

    it would be very helpful for us, when we could decide wether registry entry LastExitViewFromINI is set to T or F during installation since there are different scenarios on our site for the usage of pcom. scenario 1: installation on personalized wo...
    over 3 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Delivered

    Ergonomic character size

    With the availibilty of the large displays like 24" and 27" with their high screen resolution PCOMM no longer provides the required ergonomic minimum character size. Changing the screen resolution does not solve problem, as any screen has only one...
    about 10 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 3 Delivered

    Removal of Interactive Service for PCONMM Service

    Windows reports on interactive services as an error in Windows system logs (see attached screenshot). https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/we-noticed-that-the-interactive-services-detection/fad0c42f-9d12-4cf6-a54a-2f9cf8731e4f. We...
    about 2 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 3 Delivered

    PCOMM support display EBCDIC code range from CF41 to F786 Chinese Character

    in case# TS002613682, PCOMM is not able to render Chinese character which EBCDIC code range from CF41 to F786 due to its implementation using an old method of converting host chars to Chinese GBK before rendering on the screen.
    about 6 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 3 Delivered

    Kerberos sign on does not work in Personal Communications and Host on Demand

    Currently, the current design of PCOMM and HOD doesn't support FQDN with alias host. This entry is opened fro Dev/L3 team to explore and check what API are available in C++ to support the alias hostname to resolve FQDN.
    over 2 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Protocol enhancement 3 Delivered

    Profile Path, Icon Path, Embedded Macro Variable usage

    Macro “include” statement under PCOMM Allow the use of the macro “include” statement so we can include the “global.mac” file they built in some of the more complex Macros. This was in version 12 and 13 from macros HCL built but in version 14 it fe...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Delivered

    PCOMM Password Caching Issue

    Per Case number:TS006884623 PCOM stores the IBM i password encrypted in the Registry.When a user has changed their PC password, we update their IBM i password (as well as any other passwords) to the new PC password.The first time they use PCOMM af...
    about 4 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Delivered

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