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≡ 1432 E. Commercial Street ─ Springfield, MO 65803 ≡
≡ Phone: (417) 839-2174 - Fax: (417) 831-1329 ≡
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TSRBOOT is a utility that will cause your computer to REBOOT
at a specified time regardless of any other activities occurring
on your system! You as the potential user must take responsibil-
ity for its use. If you should reboot your system in the middle
of some activities, like defragmenting your hard disk, you may
end up with an real mess on your hands! When it comes to this
utility, think before you act.
The reason for using TSRBOOT is multifold. If you have a
computer that does any kind of automated functions this give you
the ability to allow your system to exit it's primary duties and
also serve secondary functions.
This program was written out of need. Our corporate network
has one computer that monitors for incoming FAX's all the time.
After several virus infections in the area, we decided to have
the "FAX Machine" automatically scan the network for any possible
virus infections on a daily basis. The problem was that we
wanted this to happen automatically without wasting valuable
employee time. Since our Fax handling software did not have any
smarts regarding "extra" duties, TSRBOOT was developed. With
TSRBOOT, the machine that watches our dedicated Fax line, now
reboots each Morning at 4AM, it's AUTOEXEC file checks the time
on the reboot and if it is 4AM, it executes several housekeeping
chores on our network. The system is scanned for virus presence,
all old BAK files are deleted, a master directory tree is updated
and alphabetized, etc. Then when these chores are complete the
system reboots again. This time, it is no longer 4AM (Since
these chores normally take about 20 min) and the machine resumes
it's duties as our Fax Server.
The possible uses for TSRBOOT are vast, any dedicated system
can expand its usefulness thru TSRBOOT. Fax Servers, voice-mail
systems, control monitoring, even BBS systems can use TSRBOOT to
trigger automatic housekeeping tasks making life easier. It is
especially useful for Networks that must go down on regular basis
for system maintenance. Workstations, Gateways, and Bridges can
all be reestablished after regular maintanance down times through
the use of TSRBOOT. Suppose for example you have a network
with 100 workstations that must be taken down each night from
23:00 to 23:15, with TSRBOOT you can force all attached
workstations to reboot at 23:16 to reestablish the net after each
service downage. All automatically! TSRBOOT is currently being
used to do exactaly this in a Hospital in Independence, MO. and
in New York City, Chase Manhatten Bank uses TSRBOOT to reboot
their Network Gateways after their MainFrames are downed for
maintenance periods and reIPLed.
Since we realize that TSRBOOT will only appeal to a very
specialized portion of the market, we have chosen to distribute
this program as Shareware. This shareware release does require
that you manually enter in the time you wish your system to
reboot. If you are able to use TSRBOOT and would like to regis-
ter, please send $25 to TSRBOOT REGISTRATION - Horizons Consult-
ing, Springfield, MO 65803. You will receive the release ver-
sion that will permit you to pass the time of reboot on the
command line allowing you full automated use of your system.
If you have any questions or comments regarding TSRBOOT,
please feel free to call us at (417) 839-2174, or Fax us @ (417)
831-1329. Thanks for taking the time to evaluate TSRBOOT.
The utility BATTIME is also enclosed as part of the TSRBOOT
package. Refer to the file BATTIME.DOC for instructions on it's
use.
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