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- WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 2 ???
-
- Version 2 of WinGuard has several features not present in
- Version 1:
-
- 1. V.2 lets you hide (and redisplay, of course) individual
- Program Manager groups. This might perhaps be the most useful
- of the new V.2 features. Besides allowing you to hide any of
- the regular groups of icons (such as Main, Accessories,
- Applications, etc.), it also gives you the chance to create a
- new hidden group just for your more "sensitive" icons: Create
- a brand new group, drag and drop the icons you wish to protect
- into it, and then hide it (and them) by using WinGuard V.2.
-
- 2. V.2, like V.1, allows you to remove from Program Manager
- many "sensitive" icons (such as the ones for File Manager,
- Control Panel, System Editor, PIF Editor, and Windows Setup),
- while still giving you access to them from within WinGuard.
- However, V.2 now provides convenient pushbuttons (as well as
- V.1-style menu items) for these Windows programs, thus making
- for quicker and easier access.
-
- 3. V.2 gives you the chance to hide (and redisplay) one or more
- of the icons that are in Control Panel's own window, without
- having to hide the main Control Panel icon, itself. (V.2 also
- has pushbuttons for each of the twelve regular Control Panel
- functions, giving you quick access to even the hidden icons,
- without the necessity of redisplaying them.)
-
- 4. V.2 lets you replace access to Task List (obtainable by
- double-clicking with the mouse on the desktop, or by using the
- Ctrl-Esc key combination) with quick access to WinGuard,
- instead. (WinGuard will still provide both pushbutton and menu
- access to Task List from within itself.) Furthermore, if you
- are using a third-party task manager replacement for Task List,
- you might (depending on its configuration) be able to hide all
- of its Windows-arranging and file functions within WinGuard.
-
- 5. V.2 does all of its work in the Windows environment, unlike
- V.1 (which switched to DOS briefly for some of its functions).
- (This change is also true for the V.2 installation and
- uninstallation programs, as well.)
-
- 6. V.2 should be able to function well with many networked
- computer configurations, unlike V.1 (which worked only within
- the directory structure of a typical non-networked machine).
-
- 7. V.2 does not display the password as it is entered (unlike
- V.1), so that an onlooker will not be able to read what the
- password is. (In addition, there is another new feature
- involving password entry that will not be stated here, for
- security reasons; please refer to this section in winguard.wri
- for additional information.)
-
- 8. V.2 uses a file to store the working password, as did V.1,
- but there have been two improvements involving the format of
- the password file itself which increase its security. (For
- security reasons, these changes will not be spelled out here;
- please refer to this section in winguard.wri for additional
- information.)
-
- 9. V.2 does not need to hide its files in a hidden directory,
- as did V.1. Without sacrificing any security advantage, V.2 is
- able to function effectively yet unobtrusively in either the
- Windows directory or the Windows System directory.
-
- 10. V.2 is written in Visual Basic 3.0, and is a better overall
- program than was V.1. However, V.2 does require the presence of
- vbrun300.dll in either the Windows directory or the Windows
- System directory, and it does use more memory than V.1. Because
- of this, a PC with only 1 MB of total memory (with no extended
- memory) is not likely to be able to run WinGuard V.2, even
- though it may have (barely) run V.1. (Note, of course, that
- WinGuard uses memory only when you actually run it, and that its
- protections require essentially no memory themselves.)
-
- As you can see, there have been quite a few improvements made in
- Version 2 of WinGuard. Upgrading from Version 1 will provide
- previous users with more flexibility and more security than they
- had before. However, despite all these changes, if you have
- been using V.1, do not panic; you will find that the same
- protection level scheme is utilized in V.2. Thus, if you have
- experimented a bit, and finally settled on one particular
- protection level setting for your computer(s), you will find
- that V.2's setting will have the exact same effect. The only
- change that you will notice is that WinGuard V.2 lets you do so
- much more than V.1, so that you will probably end up doing a
- little more experimenting.
-
- For further information, please contact:
-
- Cetus Software
- Post Office Box 700
- Carver, MA 02330 USA
-
- CETUS SOFTWARE THANKS YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN WINGUARD !!!