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^Cby
^CA. P. Bodnar

    If you are like me, you have information contained in your PC that 
 should not be made available for public consumption.  The ^1PC Security^0 
 system can help you prevent easy access to your private data.  Once this
 system is installed, everytime the computer is booted you will be prompted 
 for a password.  If it is not entered correctly, an alarm is sounded and 
 you will be prompted for the password again. 


  ^1INSTALLING THE PC SECURITY SYSTEM^0

    Use the "Copy It" command from the Big Blue Disk menu system to copy 
 PW.COM and SECUR.SYS to your bootable floppy or hard disk drive.  These 
 files should reside in the root directory.  Once the files have been copied, 
 either change your current or create a new CONFIG.SYS file.  The first 
 line of this file should be DEVICE=SECUR.SYS. 

 
 ^1WHAT IS THIS CONFIG.SYS FILE, ANYWAY?^0

    When you first turn your computer on the system goes through a process 
 called "Booting Up".  This "Boot Up" procedure includes system testing, 
 loading of the operating system into memory (IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS files),
 and starting the command line interpreter (COMMAND.COM which interprets and 
 executes the commands that you enter at the DOS prompt).  Before the command 
 line interpreter is started, the computer looks for a file in the root 
 directory of your bootable disk called CONFIG.SYS.  This file is used to 
 CONFIGure your system.  A typical CONFIG.SYS file might have the following 
 information: 

                                DEVICE=SECUR.SYS
                                FILES=20
                                BUFFERS=20
                                DEVICE=MOUSE.SYS
                                BREAK ON

 NOTE:  If you intend on using PC SECURITY, the only line that is required in 
        your CONFIG.SYS file is DEVICE=SECUR.SYS.

 
 ^1REMOVING THE PC SECURITY SYSTEM^0

    If you decide you no longer want to use PC SECURITY, you must remove it 
 from your CONFIG.SYS file.  If the only line in your CONFIG.SYS file is the 
 line, DEVICE=SECUR.SYS, then you can simply delete the entire CONFIG.SYS  
 file.  However, if the file has other commands in it, only remove the 
 "DEVICE=SECUR.SYS" line.
    

 ^1USING PC SECURITY^0

    Once you have installed PC SECURITY on a disk (either floppy or fixed), 
 everytime you start your computer from that disk you will be prompted for 
 the system password.  PC SECURITY comes installed with an initial system 
 password of "bootup".  However, you may change it at any time by running 
 the PW.COM program.  When you enter a password the characters will NOT be
 echoed to the screen and you will not have to press the ENTER key when you 
 are finished. 

  NOTE:  When you are prompted for a password you must be sure and enter it 
         in the same case as you entered it initially.  For example, if the 
         password was "BOB" and you entered "bob", the program would sound 
         the alarm and prompt you again for the password. 

 
 ^1CHANGING THE PASSWORD^0

    Once you have started the system, the password can be changed by running
 PW.COM.  Type PW.COM at the DOS "*>" prompt.  You will be prompted for the 
 master password (the initial master password is "bootup").  If you enter an 
 incorrect value, the program exits without making any changes.  After the 
 correct master password is entered, you will be allowed to change both the 
 system and master passwords.  You will be prompted for the system password 
 initially.  Once the this value has been changed, you will be prompted for 
 a new master password.  The process of entering a new master password is 
 the same as for the system password.  In both cases the system and master 
 passwords are limited to ten characters each. 


 DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES:
^FPW.COM
^FSECUR.SYS