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- WELCOME TO WINGUARD !!!
-
- INTRODUCTION TO WINGUARD
-
- WinGuard can protect a personal computer running Windows 3.1
- from having any of its Program Manager groups or items
- rearranged or damaged (accidentally or intentionally). These
- protections would probably be the most useful to someone who is
- in charge of a number of computers at a school or business,
- though a parent might wish to prevent little fingers on a mouse
- from dragging all of the Program Manager icons into a (not so)
- nice "happy face"!
-
- WinGuard provides for the automatic setting of any one of seven
- different protection levels (actually, eight, including a "zero
- protection" setting), as well as allowing the hiding of
- "sensitive" programs, such as Windows Setup, Control Panel, or
- File Manager, behind its password-protected shell. WinGuard
- also allows the hiding of selected Program Manager groups and
- Control Panel icons, restricting access to them to the
- authorized user only.
-
- Thus, it can be seen that WinGuard enables the authorized user
- to configure the Program Manager interface to allow the guest
- user easy access to selected applications, while minimizing the
- chances of damage (accidental or intentional) to Windows and the
- programs accessible through it.
-
- WINGUARD INSTALLATION
-
- NOTE: WinGuard requires the file VBRUN300.DLL to run. While
- vbrun300.dll IS provided on the WinGuard program disk, it is NOT
- routinely distributed with the compressed version of WinGuard
- (winguard.zip) that is carried on bulletin board systems. If
- you have obtained this shareware copy of WinGuard from an on-
- line service, you also will need to have a copy of vbrun300.dll
- installed in either the Windows directory or the Windows System
- directory. If you do not have a copy of vbrun300.dll, you can
- probably download one from the same BBS from which you obtained
- winguard.zip. You may also obtain a copy of vbrun300.dll from
- Cetus Software (P.O. Box 700, Carver, Mass. 02330) for a nominal
- cost ($5.00, postpaid).
-
- To install WinGuard, please run the WinGuard installation
- program, install.exe (probably located on the same disk or in
- the same directory as the file you are now reading).
-
- To most easily run WinGuard's install.exe, you may double-click
- on its icon in File Manager. You may also click on Program
- Manager's File Menu, click on the Run command (in the File
- Menu), type a:\install (or b:\install, or whatever the path to
- install.exe is), and then hit Enter.
-
- Once the installation program is running, follow along as it
- detects the installation source location, the path to the
- Windows directory (typically c:\windows), and the path to the
- Windows System directory (typically c:\windows\system),
- confirming (or correcting) each path. When install.exe asks if
- you wish to create a WinGuard group in Program Manager
- (strongly recommended), you should probably answer "Yes", as
- that is the easiest way to become familiar with all of
- WinGuard's features.
-
- You should read the full winguard.wri file (not copied to the
- hard disk for security reasons), or at least the abbreviated
- winguard.txt file, to find out about using WinGuard. You may
- also start running winguard.exe and then (after entering the
- correct password) explore its on-line help file (accessible
- from WinGuard's Help menus, or by using the F1 key, or by
- clicking with the right mouse button on any of the buttons in
- WinGuard's Main Window).
-
- UPGRADING TO VERSION 2
-
- If you are upgrading to WinGuard Version 2, the installation
- program will remove the previous WinGuard files before
- installing the new ones. You should find that the previous
- protection level setting is still in place, but not the
- password; you will have to change the password from V.2's
- default installation password of "shield" to one of your own
- choosing.
-
- Please note that the V.1 icon you may have installed may need
- to have its properties edited, in order to reflect the location
- of V.2's .exe file (either the Windows directory on a networked
- computer, or the Windows System directory on an individual PC).
-
- Even if you are familiar with WinGuard's protection level
- settings (which are the same as in V.1), you should at least
- read the whatsnew.txt file, to find out a little about WinGuard
- V.2's new features.
-
- FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
-
- If you have questions not answered by WinGuard's text files or
- its on-line help file, please feel free to contact me (Frederick
- Wasti) at Cetus Software (P.O. Box 700, Carver, MA 02330 USA),
- and I'll try to help.
-
- THANK-YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN WINGUARD !!!