Copyright: (c) 1996 by Erik Skamser


Contents

Introduction

Installation

Support

Registration

Upgrades

Legal Stuff

Note for Sysops


Introduction

WINbye is a utility to quickly and efficiently shut down, logoff or restart Windows 95 or reboot the computer, or exit to MS-DOS mode. It avoids the several keystrokes or mouse clicks necessary to exit Windows conventionally; instead of clicking on "Start, Shut Down?, Shut Down?" all you do is left click on the WINbye icon in the Task Tray... and you're outta there! (Right click on the icon to choose another option.) You may also choose to create keyboard hotkeys to one or more of the desktop utilities so you never have to mouse around to shut down or reboot your system.

There's one exception however: if an application is carrying out a task (since multitasking is one of Windows' major advantages) Windows will still pop up a dialog box asking whether you want to return to the active application or shut it down and exit.

In other words, WINbye is safe. It uses standard Windows routines and does not circumvent the features built into Windows that protect your data.

The first time WINbye is started it asks for what to do when you left click: whether to consistently restart or logoff Windows, reboot the computer, or exit to MS-DOS mode. Right clicking gives you access to the other functions. WINbye is a fully 32 bit program which sits as an icon in the task tray (near the clock) and does not take up any space in the left-hand portion of the Taskbar.

Right click Popup Menu

Norton Navigator for Windows 95

If you use Norton Navigator, you may prefer to add one or more of the WINbye icons to QuickLaunch: you can add "Shut Down NOW!", "Reboot NOW!", "Restart NOW!", "Log Off NOW! or "DOS Mode NOW!" Or you may want to add a shortcut to the WINbye Confirmation Utility.

Distribution

I upload my programs and upgrades first to CompuServe and my own Web page at http://www.mindspring.com/~erik_s as well as several prominent BBSs and Internet sites throughout the United States. I rely on others to distribute them from there, and this usually happens quickly, so that WINbye can be found on a great many BBSs and Internet FTP sites.

The official distribution site for WINbye is the CompuServe WUGNET Windows Shareware Forum (GO WINSHARE). Search for keyword WINBYE.

Please! Feel free to pass along WINbye to a friend or upload it to your favorite BBS or FTP site. Just make sure WINbye3A.EXE or WINbye3A.ZIP includes all of the original files in unmodified form.


WUGNET
The Windows User Group Network, with over one million active members, is universally recognized as the foremost resource for shareware publishers on CompuServe and the Internet.


Installation

It's easy to install WINbye. Just execute the Setup program. If you received WINbye as a self-extracting Windows executable file (probably WINBYE3A.EXE) just double click WINBYE3A.EXE from Explorer, and follow the prompts. If you received it in ZIP format (probably WINBYE3A.ZIP) you will need a third-party program like PKZIP or WinZip to extract it. Then just execute SETUP.EXE, and again, follow the prompts. SETUP installs the WINbye icon in the Task Tray; then the first time you left click on that icon you will be presented with the WINbye Options dialog. Windows will not be shut down or restarted with a left click until you have checked the option you want and clicked OK. Then the next time you left click on that icon WINbye will behave as you have instructed it. You can always use the Configuration Utility again at any time to change your options later (right clicking on the icon allows you to choose your action).

When SETUP is complete, you may want to copy the 'WINbye 32' icon to your StartUp group so that it is always available.

Or you can set a keyboard hotkey to start up the 'Reboot NOW!" or "Restart NOW!" or "Log Off NOW!" or "Shut Down Windows NOW!" or "DOS Mode NOW!" icons to exit from Windows immediately. DO NOT put any of these in your StartUp group! You may also set a keyboard hotkey for the 'WINbye Confirmation' program if you first create a Shortcut for it. This program will always ask you whether to exit, restart, or reboot.

By the way, if you should ever have a problem with a program in your StartUp group, you can always keep Windows from loading any of the programs in StartUp by holding down a Ctrl key while Windows starts.

Uninstalling

WINbye is a well-behaved program that installs itself properly in Windows 95. To remove it from your system, double click on My Computer, then on Control Panel, then Add/Remove Programs. Left click on WINbye 32, left click on Add/Remove. There may still be a few files left that were created after installation such as WINbye3.GID (created when you used the help file) and WINbye3.INI (created when you configured WINbye). You can safely delete these files and the WINbye 32 folder.


Configuration

The WINbye Options dialog is presented to you the first time you left click on the WINbye icon in the Task Tray, and it can be used again at any time by right clicking and choosing Options.... It will not start up WINbye, rather it will simply configure how WINbye is to behave when left clicked -- then it will disappear, and remove itself from the computer's memory.

Click the Shut Down radio button (or press S) then click OK (or press Enter) to configure WINbye to exit from Windows immediately.

Click the Log Off radio button (or press L) then click OK (or press Enter) to configure WINbye to logoff (and log back on) immediately.

Click the Restart Windows radio button (or press t) then click OK (or press Enter) to configure WINbye to exit and restart Windows immediately.

Click the Reboot the Computer radio button (or press b) then click OK (or press Enter) to configure WINbye to reboot the computer immediately.

Click the Restart in MS-DOS Mode radio button (or press D) to configure WINbye to shut down Windows and restart the computer in MS-DOS Mode.

Clicking the About button (or pressing u) displays version information, in this case, the 32 bit version 3.0a.

If you have registered WINbye, click the Register button (or press R) and enter your name and Registration Code. Once the correct Registration Code is entered, the nag screen will no longer appear when WINbye starts.


you can call it up
The filename is WBCNFRM.EXE


WINbye
Copyright (c) 1996 by Erik Skamser. All Rights Reserved.


keyboard shortcut
Hotkeys have been greatly improved in Windows 95. They can now be used from within other running applications. Setting them up or changing them is easy. Just right click on the WINbye32 desktop utility you want to change the hotkey for, left click on Properties...


Support

The official support site for WINbye is the CompuServe WUGNET Windows Shareware Forum (GO WINSHARE). You can always post a public message there and the helpful and knowledgeable sysops can respond or quickly direct your questions to my attention. This is probably the fastest way to get help because of its public nature. Others may be able to answer your questions before I even become aware of them.

Support for WINbye is also provided through several other means. The most direct is via voice telephone; call me at (708) 771-8931. Please, though, don't call before 8:00 A.M. or after 10:00 P.M. Central time.

Or you can always reach me electronically:

(1) Leave a private E-Mail message on CompuServe, addressed to

Erik Skamser 70521,260

(2) Send Internet E-Mail to

erik_s@mindspring.com

(3) Browse my Web site at

http://www.mindspring.com/~erik_s


Registration

WINbye is shareware. It is not free software. Please register your copy of WINbye if you find it useful. You must register or uninstall WINbye within 30 days from the date of installation. Registration is $14.95 and it does matter. It gives you the satisfaction of using software legally and supporting the shareware concept of "try before you buy." (Oh, and it also disables that irritating nag screen.)

1. You may purchase a WINbye registration using your MasterCard, VISA, American Express or Discover card by calling the Public (software) Library at (800) 2424-PsL or (713) 524-6394 or by FAX to (713) 524-6398 or by CompuServe e-mail to 71355,470. You can also mail credit card orders to PsL at P.O.Box 35705, Houston, TX 77235-5705. Specify Product Number 14895.

THE ABOVE NUMBERS ARE FOR CREDIT CARD ORDERS ONLY. I CANNOT BE REACHED AT THESE NUMBERS!  To insure that you get the latest version, PsL will notify me the day of your order and I will send the User Registration Code, and disks if your order includes them, directly to you.

Any questions about the status of the shipment of the order, refunds, registration options, product details, technical support, non-credit card orders, etc., must be directed to Erik Skamser at (708) 771-8931 or by e-mail to 70521.260@compuserve.com. You may also write to me at the Forest Park address below or visit my Web page (http://www.mindspring.com/~erik_s). There is also a link on my Web page for credit card ordering through PsL.

2. To purchase WINbye by check or money order, print out the Registration Form or just write down your name and address on a blank piece of paper and send it along with $14.95 (U.S. funds only please) to:

Erik Skamser

1406 S. Marengo Avenue

Forest Park, IL 60130 USA

I will send you a User Registration Code as soon as I receive your $14.95 registration; this will disable the WINbye Shareware Nag Screen. If you add the shipping and handling charge ($3.00 US or Canada, $4.00 elsewhere) you will receive the User Registration Code plus the current 16 and 32 bit versions of WINbye on 3.5" disks.

3. To register WINbye via CompuServe GO SWREG at any "!" prompt and choose Registration ID Number 226 to pay the shipping and handling charge and receive the disks; choose Registration ID Number 10134 to avoid the shipping and handling charge and receive the User Registration Code only. The registration fee will be added to your CompuServe bill.

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Upgrades are always free. The license to use WINbye on one platform does extend to the other; in other words WINbye32 (for Windows 95) users also have a license for WINbye16 (for Windows 3.1) and vice-versa, as long as both are used on the same computer or network. The same User Registration Code will disable the Shareware Nag Screen on both versions.

Site Licenses are available. See the text file SITE.LIC in the WINbye 32 folder.


Registration Form

WINbye

Version 3.0a (32 bit)

(Right click to print)

[NOTE: Site license for more than ten copies is available. Please see the

SITE.LIC file for details of the quantity discount]

Sorry, this form cannot be used for credit card orders!

       _____ I enclose $_____ for _____ copies of WINbye @ $14.95.

[ ]I would like a copy sent to me on 3.5" diskette. I am enclosing an additional

[ ]US $3.00 for shipment to a U.S. or Canadian address

[ ]US $4.00 to another address

[ ]Send me just the Registration Code (no additional charge).

[ ]Send via CompuServe Mail: ___________________________

[ ]Send via Internet e-mail:      ___________________________

[ ]Send via postal mail to the address below

All payments must be in U.S. currency by check or money order drawn on

a U.S. financial institution.

NAME ________________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS ____________________________________________________________________

CITY___________________________________STATE____________ZIP__________________

Please make your check or money order payable to Erik Skamser and mail to:

      Erik Skamser

      1406 S. Marengo Avenue

      Forest Park, IL  60130 USA

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Optional, but appreciated:

Where did you learn about WINbye? (Please be specific):


32 bit
Currently the most advanced type of program available for personal computers, requiring Windows 95 or NT. Generally more stable and faster than older 16 bit programs.


FTP
File Transfer Protocol. Usually refers to places on the Internet where files are available to be downloaded (received) by modem


GUI
Graphical User Interface


BBS
Bulletin Board System


Upgrades

Upgrades to WINbye are always free. Registered users may download a newer version of WINBYnn.EXE or WB16_nn.EXE (or .ZIP) from the WUGNET Windows Shareware Forum (GO WINSHARE, search for keyword WINBYE) on CompuServe, or from a BBS or FTP site, from my Web page at http://www.mindspring.com/~erik_s or obtain it by mail from me; simply send a self-addressed postage-paid return mailer (a #10 business envelope is fine) and two blank floppy disks to me at 1406 S. Marengo Avenue, Forest Park, IL 60130-2622. Or, print out the Upgrade Form  with a check or money order for US $3.00 to cover postage and handling to a U.S. or Canadian address, US $4.00 elsewhere.

Registered users of all previous versions of WINbye should have automatically received a User Registration Code that disables the WINbye Shareware Nag Screen. If you are a registered user who did not receive this code, or has lost it, I will be glad to send you another one at no charge. Contact me via CompuServe Mail, Internet e-mail, or postal mail.


Upgrade Form

WINbye

Version 3.0a (32 bit)

(Right click to print)

Sorry, this form cannot be used for credit card orders!

I am a registered user of a version of WINbye.

[ ]I would like a copy sent to me on 3.5" diskette. I am enclosing

[ ]US $3.00 for shipment to a U.S. or Canadian address

[ ]US $4.00 to another address

[ ]Send me just the Registration Code (no additional charge).

[ ]Send via CompuServe Mail: ___________________________

[ ]Send via Internet e-mail:      ___________________________

[ ]Send via postal mail to the address below

All payments must be in U.S. currency by check or money order drawn on

a U.S. financial institution.

NAME ________________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS _____________________________________________________________________

CITY_____________________________________STATE_______________ZIP_____________

Please make your check or money order payable to Erik Skamser and mail to:

      Erik Skamser

      1406 S. Marengo Avenue

      Forest Park, IL  60130 USA


U.S.
Sorry, but my bank charges me US $25.00 to process a foreign check!


Legal Stuff

WINbye has been tested on a variety of personal computers and is offered in the good faith belief that it is reliable, bug-free, and performs as claimed.

However WINbye is provided as-is, with absolutely no guarantee or warranty of any kind, or any claim of suitability for any particular task. There is no verbal or implied warranty and none can be inferred. The author cannot be held responsible for any damages resulting from the use of any version of WINbye under any operating system or shell.


Note for Sysops

WINbye is distributed as a self-extracting Windows executable file. The preferred file name is WINBYE3A.EXE. However, shareware vendors or System Operators of bulletin boards or on-line services or Internet FTP or Web sites may, if they wish, convert WINBYE3A.EXE to ZIP format. In that case the preferred file name is WINBYE3A.ZIP.

Similarly, the Windows 3.1 version, WB16_21C.EXE, may be converted to ZIP format in which case the preferred file name is WB16_21C.ZIP.


network
Hint: If your computers are connected to the Internet then they are on the same network


MS-DOS Mode
You can configure MS-DOS Mode by finding the file Dump2DOS (it's really Dump2DOS.pif but for some reason Windows refuses to show the .pif extension in Explorer) in the WINbye 32 folder. Right click, choose Properties, Advanced. You can change the memory settings, drivers loaded, and even use MS-DOS Mode to run a DOS program that won't otherwise run under Windows 95.