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Hard Disk LED v1.0 README FILE
Copyright 1996. Pragmatica Software Limited
All rights reserved.
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Thank you for trying Hard Disk LED. This file includes 
information on Hard Disk LED features and how to contact 
Pragmatica Software Limited.

Introducing Hard Disk LED
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The main purpose of this program is to simulate a hard disk 
light that flashes every time there's a disk activity. The 
Hard Disk LED appears on the Windows 95 task bar and flashes 
every time the system accesses physical, direct access 
devices (i.e. your hard drives).

I created HDLED as a proof of concept for another project 
mainly too see how I can handle asynchronous communication 
between a VXD and a Win32 application. Then I realized that 
it may be quite useful. Now you can see if your PC is still 
rolling even if there's no activity on the screen and you're 
about to hit the Ctrl-Alt-Del key.

I run it for some time on different machines and didn't see 
any problems or performance decrease. If you find any bugs 
or have any ideas how to improve let me know.

KEY FEATURES
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Flexible.
	* Supports all types of hard drives.
	* HD interface independent.

Customizable.
	* Stop, resume, change color options.

High performance.
	* VXD based.

REQUIREMENTS
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Windows 95.

SETUP
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Unzip the distribution file in a temporary directory, run 
Setup, reboot the system and enjoy it.

The product is composed of 3 files:
HDLED.VXD	VXD that monitors hard disk accesses.
HDLED.EXE	Win32 application that displays the monitor 		
		light on the Windows 95 task bar.
README.TXT	this file.

Setup will copy HDLED.VXD to c:\windows\system\iosubsys\ and 
HDLED.EXE to c:\Program Files\Pragmatica\Hard Disk LED\. It 
will also create a shortcut in StartUp folder. If you 
experience any problems, terminate the HDLED.EXE program (see 
below) and remove HDLED.VXD from c:\windows\system\iosubsys\ 
or run Control Panel, select Add/Remove Programs and remove 
Hard Disk LED.

HOW TO USE IT
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Once the setup is finished and you rebooted your computer 
the HDLED.VXD and HDLED.EXE will be automatically loaded. 
Press the left mouse button on the task bar Hard Disk LED 
icon to activate a popup menu. The menu contains following 
options:

About		Display about dialog box
Turn off	Turn the Hard Disk LED off
Set color	Change the light color
Exit		Terminate the Hard Disk LED

LIABILITY
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None whatsoever but I recommend that you practice safe 
computing.

REGISTRATION
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This program and its accompanying files are classified as 
shareware. They may be used on a single computer for a 
period of up to 30 days for evaluation, after which time 
they must be removed from the system or registered.

If you like the program and wish to register your copy, send 
a money order or a cheque for $5.00 to the address below.

Note: If you use an unregistered copy, the program will turn 
itself off after 30 minutes. 

HOW TO CONTACT PRAGMATICA
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Bohdan Raciborski
Pragmatica Software Limited
5567 Oakwood Ave.
Montreal, Quebec, H4W 2A8
Canada

CompuServe:	70412,1536
Internet:	bohdan@alex.qc.ca