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            DCONTROL - Drive Security Utility - Version 1.0
                        Released:  Sept 17, 1996
               This Version Supercedes ALL Prior Versions
                           Copyright 1996 by
                              Dustin Cook
                               Po Box 154
                         New Gloucester, Maine
                               04260-0154
                        Email: [e-mail]

DCONTROL is NOT a public domain program.  The program and documentation for
DCONTROL may be freely copied for archive or working copies as outlined in
the Distribution section. DCONTROL files may be made available thru clubs
or user groups, program libraries or on remote access data bases or bulletin
boards.
                               Disclaimer

The DCONTROL programs and associated documentation is provided on an "as is"
basis without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied. Anyone using this
software assumes all risks as to the quality and performance of the software.
The author disclaims all liability for any special, incidental, consequential,
direct or indirect damages due to either proper and improper use of the
program.
                             Distribution:

1. The supplied programs and documentation are to be distributed as a group
   consisting of the following "DCONTROL.EXE DCONTROL.DOC FILE_ID.DIZ
   DESC.SDI QUEST.TXT" They are NOT to be unbundled.

2. No modifications, disassemblies, alterations, removal of copyrights or
   other alterations are to be made, although other files may be added.

3. No fee or monetary  consideration is to be charged. Diskette copying-
   distribution services may not charge more than $15. CD-ROM VENDORS: If
   you wish to distribute the DCONTROL program on your cds, Please inform me.
   This will allow me to send you the newest version possible.

4. If any of the above files are missing, Then this archive would not be
   complete, and must NOT BE DISTRIBUTED! Please write the author to obtain
   an authentic copy. If you are not sure this archive originated from
   the author (Dustin Cook), You may write the above address and request a
   disk with an authentic copy of the program.

                             REGISTRATION:

You have 7 days from the date that you received this program to evaulate it
for your needs. If after that time you find this program useful, You are
legally required to register it with the author (Dustin Cook).

Registration is only $10 in US Money. DCONTROL has no crippled features or
annoying shareware delays. DCONTROL is released on the SHAREWARE Honor
System. It is expected that if you use it, you will register it.
If you decide DCONTROL is not worth the $10 dollars I am asking for it,
please discontinue using it.

                              To Register:

Please fill out the QUEST.TXT file and send it along with $10 in us
funds in one of the following methods: (No other method will be
accepted). Please make out any of the following checks to Dustin Cook
Cashiers Check, Certified Check, or a Postal Money Order.

Registration Benefits:

1. You will be sent a disk with the most recent version of DCONTROL, as well
   as current versions of other shareware I have written.

2. You will recieve a $5 dollar credit towards any other SHAREWARE
   program that I have written, or may write in the future.

3. You will recieve a license allowing you to use DCONTROL on any computer
   that you personnally own! If you would like to pass a copy of DCONTROL onto
   a friend, please be sure to pass the original ZIP file sent to you or
   that you downloaded. Naturally, you may only distribute DCONTROL
   according to this documentation.

4. You will recieve my personal gratitude! :-)

5. If another version of DCONTROL is written within 31 days of your
   registration, you will be sent another disk absolutely free!

6. You are notified via email and snail mail of new programs currently
   available for release.

7. You receive customer support via snail mail or email for 31 days from the
   date you registered. You can use this to get bug reports, and updates to
   the software should any be required. You can also request help for using
   DCONTROL.

DCONTROL is shipped on a disk of your choice (see QUEST.TXT) via regular
snail mail. If you prefer another shipping method, please email first
for current price rates (The $10 dollar fee does cover standard postal mail,
other mailing options are additional).

If you are outside the United States (Yes, this does apply to Canada as
well), DCONTROL will *NOT* be mailed via a disk. This is because the
disk contains various encryption type programs, and it is not legal for
me to mail any encryption software outside the United States. Also, you
cannot request any encryption software to an email account outside the
United States. DCONTROL will naturally by sent via email to any account
possible.

To use the email mailing option, you must support UUENCODED messages,
although XXENCODE and MIME64 are available, they are not recommended. It
is also recommended that you have some way of dealing with .ZIP files
(Since DCONTROL is emailed via a uuencoded .ZIP file)

What Is DCONTROL?:

DCONTROL is a handy utility for drive protection and unknown software
testing. DCONTROL can deny or grant access to any valid physical drive
on your PC! Once access is denied, most programs (including DOS) will
not be able to access that drive! Any attempt to do so results in an
unknown drive error. Why would you want to disable one of your own
drives? Well, let's say you downloaded a new game. Your virus scanner
says the game is ok, but you don't want to take any chances on it
trashing your C: drive. So, before running the game, you copy it (if
possibe) to a disk or another drive. You then disable Drive C:. Now if
the game tries to gain access to that drive, your machine will tell it
that the selected drive simply does not exist! This non-existant drive
does in fact exist, but not even your computer knows it's there :-)

Naturally, it's not a good idea to run DCONTROL and disable the drive
your currently on, because you will either need to reboot your machine
or run DCONTROL from another disk to get access back to the disabled
drive(s).

You can disable or enable as many drives as you want, DCONTROL needs no
memory once it has enabled or disabled a drive. You can for example
disable both your A: and B: drives. And re-enable them in any order,
DCONTROL will always place your A: drive back to A: drive, and your
other drives back in the proper order. :-)

If you load any TSR disk drivers after using DCONTROL to disable a
drive, it may not be possible to restore access to that drive, if the
TSR has remapped it. In that case, a simple press of your RESET button
will return your computer to normal.

To verify that DCONTROL has indeed disabled your drive, try to select
that drive after using DCONTROL.

DCONTROL does not support controlling access for any drive that is not
recognized prior to a device driver being loaded. IE: MSCDEX.EXE

DCONTROL can be aborted at any prompt by pressing your ESCape key.

If you would like a free catalog listing of the shareware programs
currently being offered, please send email to the above address, and
place "Give me a catalog" in the subject line. One will be emailed as
soon as possible.

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