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WELCOME TO WINGUARD (V.2) !!!

Please note:  This "readme" file (winguard.txt) is an
abbreviated version of WinGuard's regular documentation file
(winguard.wri), and is intended simply to provide enough
information for the authorized user to get started.  For
security purposes, the longer winguard.wri is not copied to the
hard disk, as it describes WinGuard features of which the guest
user should not be aware.  Please refer to winguard.wri (still
on the WinGuard program disk, or in the unzipped winguard.zip
file's directory), or to WinGuard's help file (while running the
program) for a fuller description of WinGuard's functions.

PRODUCT LEGAL INFORMATION

First, the necessary legal statements:

WinGuard (V. 2.0) Copyright 1992, 1994 by Frederick Wasti.  All
rights are reserved.

CETUS SOFTWARE AND FREDERICK WASTI DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES
RELATING TO THIS SOFTWARE, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ALL
SUCH WARRANTIES ARE EXPRESSLY AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMED.
NEITHER CETUS SOFTWARE NOR FREDERICK WASTI SHALL BE LIABLE FOR
ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT
OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH SOFTWARE EVEN IF CETUS
SOFTWARE OR FREDERICK WASTI HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF SUCH DAMAGES OR CLAIMS.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE LIABILITY OF
CETUS SOFTWARE OR FREDERICK WASTI EVER EXCEED THE PRICE PAID FOR
THE LICENSE TO USE THE SOFTWARE, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE
CLAIM.  THE PERSON USING THE SOFTWARE BEARS ALL RISK AS TO THE
QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE.

This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts and shall inure to the benefit of Frederick
Wasti, and any successors, administrators, heirs, and assigns.
Any action or proceeding brought by either party against the
other arising out of or related to this agreement shall be
brought only in a state or federal court of competent
jurisdiction located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The parties hereby consent to in personam jurisdiction of said
courts.

This software and the disk on which it is obtained is licensed
to an individual or institution user, for his/her/its own use.
This is copyrighted software.  The user is not obtaining title
to the software or any copyright rights.  The user may not
sublicense, rent, lease, convey, modify, translate, convert to
another programming language, decompile, or disassemble the
software for any purpose.  The user may make one copy of the
software for back-up purposes.  The user may use this software
on his/her/its own computer(s) only.

For further information, please contact:

        Cetus Software
        Post Office Box 700
        Carver, MA 02330 USA

OVERVIEW OF WINGUARD

WinGuard can protect a personal computer running Windows 3.1
from having any of its Program Manager groups or items (icons)
rearranged or damaged (accidentally or intentionally).  These
protections would probably be most useful to someone 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 (eight, actually, 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.

INSTALLING WINGUARD

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
charge ($5.00, postpaid).

The easiest (and recommended) way to install WinGuard is to run
the installation utility, install.exe, located on the WinGuard
program disk or in the directory in which winguard.zip was
"unzipped".  For those that wish to know what occurs during
installation, or for some reason are not able to use install.exe
(and wish to install WinGuard manually), a list of events that
occur during normal installation now follows:

1.  Install.exe checks for the version of Windows that is
installed;  since WinGuard will not work properly with Windows
versions earlier than V.3.1, install.exe will terminate (with a
message) if the installed Windows version is older.

2.  Install.exe tries to detect three paths:  the location of
the source files, the location of the Windows directory, and the
location of the Windows System directory.  The user is asked to
confirm (or correct) the detected paths.  Note that, on most
non-networked computers, the Windows directory will typically be
c:\windows, while the Windows System directory will typically be
c:\windows\system.  However, a networked computer will likely
have a very different arrangement, with the Windows directory
being something like, say, q:\yourname, while the System
directory might be something like g:\windows.

3.  Install.exe checks the three paths for the presence of
vbrun300.dll, a file needed by Visual Basic programs.  It must
be found in the Windows or Windows System directory for WinGuard
to run, so if it is not already there, and is not found with the
source files (and vbrun300.dll is not routinely distributed as
part of winguard.zip over bulletin board systems), then
install.exe ends with a message pointing out that a copy of
vbrun300.dll must be placed there.  Note that vbrun300.dll IS
found on the WinGuard program diskette, and will (if necessary)
be copied to either the Windows directory (on a networked
computer) or to the Windows System directory (on a non-networked
PC) later on in the installation.

4.  Install.exe looks for an earlier version of WinGuard on the
hard disk.  If one is found, it is removed before the newer
version of WinGuard may be installed.

5.  Install.exe makes backup copies of three Windows .ini files
(copying progman.ini to progman.wgd, control.ini to control.wgd,
and win.ini to win.wgd).

6.  Install.exe copies the following files to either the Windows
directory (on a networked computer) or to the Windows System
directory (on a non-networked PC):  winguard.exe, winguard.hlp,
winguard.dll, winguard.txt, wngrdpwd.txt, educator.txt,
whatsnew.txt, regform.txt, and vbrun300.txt.  Wngrd.dll and
vbrun300.dll will also be copied there, if not already present.
Cmdialog.vbx will be copied there, as well, unless a newer
version of this file is already present.  Install.exe will
terminate with a message if any file is not copied properly.

7.  Install.exe gives the user the chance to create a WinGuard
group in the Program Manager window (strongly recommended,
unless one is already present, as this is the easiest way to
become familiar with WinGuard's features).  If the "go ahead" is
given, install.exe will have makgroup.exe (also found among the
source files) create the new group, concluding the installation.

If the installation program was not able to automatically create
a WinGuard Program Manager group for you, or if you elected at
the time of installation not to create one (but wish to do so
now), here are steps you may follow:

First, you might try running makgroup.exe (on the WinGuard
program diskette, or in the winguard.zip directory);  this is
the program that install.exe would call to create the program
group, and it may create the group for you now.

Or, you might try copying the file winguard.grp (on the WinGuard
program diskette, or in the winguard.zip directory) to the
Windows directory.  Then, select the File Menu in Program
Manager, then New, and then Program Group.  When you obtain a
Program Group Properties dialog box, enter WinGuard for the
Description, and winguard.grp for the Group File.  Click on OK,
and you should see a complete WinGuard group appear.

Note that certain installation files, such as install.exe and
makgroup.exe, are not copied to the hard disk, nor is the
uninstallation program, uninstal.exe.  Winguard.wri, the
expanded version of winguard.txt, is not copied there, either,
for security reasons, as it contains details of WinGuard's
functions of which a guest user should not be aware.

WinGuard may be run from winguard.exe, which should be in the
Windows directory (on a networked computer) or in the Windows
System directory (on a non-networked computer).  Once WinGuard
is up and running, you may explore the following various
features:

PROTECTION LEVELS

WinGuard may be utilized by the authorized user to configure
Program Manager for any one of seven increasingly restrictive
protection levels, or to return it to its default zero-
protection setting.  These safeguards may run from merely
preventing spatial changes from being made by the guest user
to bringing about the total inactivation of virtually all
Program Manager file functions.

Each protection level change is accomplished by first activating
the appropriate WinGuard protection level command button (or
menu item), and then restarting Windows (which may also be done
from within WinGuard).

PROTECTION LEVEL 0

Protection Level 0 provides no protection against changes made
to Program Manager.  (This, of course, is Program Manager's
normal, default state, which WinGuard was designed to modify.)
Although one of the other protection levels would be more
suitable for most security purposes, Level 0 must still
temporarily be invoked for those Program Manager changes that
the authorized user must occasionally make.

Protection Level 0 may be applied by using either the Level 0
command button or the Unprotect button (or by using either of
the corresponding menu items).  Windows must be restarted before
the level change will take effect.

PROTECTION LEVEL 1

Protection Level 1 will "dim" the Save Settings on Exit command
in the Program Manager Options Menu, preventing the desktop from
being permanently rearranged.  Under this protection level,
spatial modifications to Program Manager may still be
temporarily made, but it becomes impossible to save those
changes. Therefore, the next time that Windows is started,
Program Manager will come up with the original desktop layout
intact.

It should be noted, though, that Level 1 does not protect
against either the creation or deletion of groups, nor does it
protect against the creation, deletion, or moving of individual
items, or against changes to their properties.

Protection Level 1 may be applied by using the Level 1 command
button (or by using the corresponding menu item).  Windows must
be restarted before the level change will take effect.

PROTECTION LEVEL 2

Protection Level 2 will prevent the deletion of existing Program
Manager groups, or the creation of new groups, as well as
maintaining the protections offered by Level 1.  When an attempt
is made to use the File Menu's New, Move, Copy, or Delete
commands while the focus is on a group, it will be found that
they are "dimmed", as will be the entire Properties box.

Note, however, that no protection is provided against any
changes to individual program items or to their properties under
Level 2.

Protection Level 2 may be applied by using the Level 2 command
button (or by using the corresponding menu item).  Windows must
be restarted before the level change will take effect.

PROTECTION LEVEL 3

Protection Level 3 incorporates the safeguards of Levels 1 and
2, plus it will also prevent the deletion or creation of Program
Manager items.  If an attempt is made to use the File Menu's
New, Move, Copy, or Delete commands, it will be found that they
are "dimmed".

It should be noted, however, that Level 3 does not prevent the
changing of any item's properties.

Protection Level 3 may be applied by using the Level 3 command
button (or by using the corresponding menu item).  Windows must
be restarted before the level change will take effect.

PROTECTION LEVEL 4

Protection Level 4 prevents modifications to the command line
(which will be "dimmed") for any program item in the File Menu's
Properties dialog box.  Level 4 carries over all of the
protection features of Levels 1, 2, and 3, as well.

Protection Level 4 may be applied by using the Level 4 command
button (or by using the corresponding menu item).  Windows must
be restarted before the level change will take effect.

PROTECTION LEVEL 5

Protection Level 5, besides maintaining the safeguards of Levels
1 through 4, will protect against the changing of any program
item's properties, by "dimming" the New, Move, Copy, and Delete
commands in the File Menu, as well as all of the entry fields in
its Properties dialog box.

Protection Level 5 may be applied by using the Level 5 command
button (or by using the corresponding menu item).  Windows must
be restarted before the level change will take effect.

PROTECTION LEVEL 6

Protection Level 6 will "dim" the Run line in the File Menu,
thus preventing one from starting a program not already present
as an icon in Program Manager.  Since Level 6 carries over all
of the protections provided up through Level 5, the only
functional commands in the File Menu will be Open, Properties,
and Exit Windows (and the Properties option will only be
informational in function, since the entire Properties dialog
box will be "dimmed").

Protection Level 6 may be applied by using the Level 6 command
button (or by using the corresponding menu item).  Windows must
be restarted before the level change will take effect.

PROTECTION LEVEL 7

Protection Level 7 removes the entire File Menu from Program
Manager, as well as "dimming" the Save Settings on Exit command
in the Options Menu.

Protection Level 7 does provide the maximum level of protection
against Program Manager changes, but it also creates one
potential problem:  Since the entire File Menu will have been
removed, it becomes impossible to exit from Windows by the
normal means, and it is not a good practice to simply turn off
or to reboot the computer while still in Windows, especially if
any programs with unsaved information are running.  However,
WinGuard provides its own "Exit Windows" command buttons (and
menu item), so that it would still be possible to exit from
Windows safely, via WinGuard.

Protection Level 7 may be applied by using the Level 7 command
button (or by using the corresponding menu item).  Windows must
be restarted before the level change will take effect.

PROGRAM MANAGER GROUPS

WinGuard provides the opportunity for the authorized user to
hide one or more of the program groups (such as Main,
Accessories, Applications, etc.) shown in the Program Manager
window, preventing the guest user from accessing (or perhaps
even knowing about) any such groups, once protected.  If the
authorized user needs to redisplay any hidden group, this may
be done easily from within WinGuard, although this does require
restarting Windows (but this may also easily be done from within
WinGuard).

If it is desired merely to hide a few selected icons that are
present in several different groups, it might be advantageous to
create a Program Manager group just for them, and then to move
each of them to the new group (by dragging and dropping with the
mouse), before hiding the group with WinGuard.  If you elected
to have a WinGuard group created for you during installation,
you may use that group for the one to hide (after copying or
moving WinGuard's own icon to another group, of course, in order
to access WinGuard after the WinGuard group has been hidden).

By the way, if you are not yet familiar with drag-and-drop
procedures, you should know that you may copy or move Program
Manager icons from one program group to another with the use of
just the mouse.  For example, if you point at an icon, and then
click on it with the left mouse button, you may drag it (by
continuing to hold the button down) to another group, and then
drop it there (by releasing the button), in order to move it.
If you hold down the Ctrl key while performing the above
procedure, you will copy the icon, instead of moving it.

Note that Windows must be restarted before any program group
display change (either hiding a visible group or redisplaying a
hidden group) will take effect.

Of course, WinGuard's companion security program, ProGuard,
allows password-protecting one or several individual icons,
without having to remove them from sight, still allowing for
quick access to them by the authorized user.  (See the section
further below on ProGuard Introduction for more information on
this related security program from Cetus Software.)

CONTROL PANEL ICONS

WinGuard provides the opportunity for the authorized user to
hide one or more of the icons in the Control Panel window,
preventing the guest user from accessing the Program Manager
settings for such features as colors, drivers, fonts, printers,
virtual memory, and desktop details (such as wallpaper or
screen savers).

In order that the authorized user may still obtain access to any
Control Panel icons that are hidden, WinGuard's Control Panel
Icons Window provides command buttons for all of the regular
Control Panel functions, whether hidden or otherwise.

Note that any changes made in Control Panel icon display will
already be in effect the very next time Control Panel is opened
(unlike WinGuard's other protections, which require restarting
Windows before taking effect).

REPLACING TASK LIST

Ordinarily, Windows Task List (Task Manager) may be started by
double-clicking on the Windows desktop, as well as by activating
the Switch To command in the Control Menu of many Windows
applications.  However, the authorized user has the option of
replacing such access to Task List with easy access to WinGuard,
instead.  That is, double-clicking on the desktop would bring up
WinGuard rather than Task List.  (WinGuard would still require
the proper password, of course.)

Besides increasing the ease of accessing WinGuard, this change
would be most useful on a computer with a third-party task
manager (with window and file functions) installed, which the
authorized user might wish to shield from the guest user.

Task List may be replaced by clicking on the Replace Task List
command in WinGuard's Main Window Options Menu, and the change
may be negated by clicking on it once again.  If WinGuard has
been so set to replace Task List, a checkmark will appear next
to the menu item, which will disappear when normal access to
Task List has been restored.  Note that Windows must be
restarted for the actual change to take effect.

Even after making this change, the authorized user would still
be able to invoke Task List (or a task manager) from within
WinGuard, by activating the Switch To command button in
WinGuard's Main Window (or the corresponding menu item).
(Technically, Task List is not actually replaced, as it is only
the access to it that has been changed, having been switched to
WinGuard instead.)

It is a simple matter at any time for the authorized user to
have WinGuard restore normal access to Task List, and even to
certain custom task manager installations.  However, if WinGuard
detected that a third-party task manager was installed on the
computer in such a way that WinGuard would not have been able to
restore it, then the Replace Task List menu command would have
been disabled.

WINGUARD SECURITY

In order to restrict access to WinGuard and the programs that it
protects, it is necessary for the authorized user to use a
password.  For the shareware version of WinGuard, the default
password at the time of initial installation is "shield", but
this should be changed to one of the authorized user's own
choosing as soon as possible.  A registered user of WinGuard is
given the opportunity to choose his/her own private default
password at the time of installation.  (Note, for security
purposes, most security measures are not covered in winguard.txt;
please refer to winguard.wri, on the WinGuard program diskette,
or in the winguard.zip directory, for more information on
password security.)

EXITING WINGUARD

WinGuard provides several way to close itself, depending upon
the circumstance.  It is possible to close WinGuard and then
return to Windows, either with or without saving any protection
level changes that may have just been made.  It is also possible
to close WinGuard and then to either exit or restart Windows, to
bring about desired Program Manager protection level and/or
group changes immediately.

The Protect Now command will restart Windows with the currently
selected protection level in place.  The Unprotect Now command
will restart Windows with Level 0 in place, regardless of the
current protection level setting.

The Cancel Changes command will close WinGuard and then return
to Windows, after first undoing any protection level changes
made during that running of WinGuard.  Note, however, that the
Cancel Changes button will undo only protection level changes,
not program group changes or Control Panel icon changes (which
must be undone individually, using the Program Manager Groups
Window or the Control Panel Icons Window).

The Exit Windows command will close WinGuard and then exit
Windows, activating the currently selected protection level.
The Exit WinGuard command will close WinGuard and then return to
Windows, to have any changes made in Program Manager groups or
protection level take place the next time that Windows is
started.

WINGUARD'S WINDOWS

WinGuard involves six windows, as follows:

The center of the WinGuard program is the Main WinGuard Window.
Two of the other windows are opening windows that lead to the
Main Window, and the other three windows are accessed from
within the Main Window.

The two opening windows include the Password Warning Window and
the Password Entry Window, which must be gotten by before
reaching the Main Window.

The principal functions of WinGuard's Main Window include
setting the Program Manager protection level, accessing
"sensitive" Windows programs that may be hidden within WinGuard,
reaching other WinGuard windows, and exiting from WinGuard.

Accessible from the Main Window are windows for controlling the
visibility of Program Manager program groups, controlling the
visibility of Control Panel icons, and changing the WinGuard
working password.

You should explore the features and functions of each window,
referring to both the on-line help file and winguard.wri for
assistance.  Some experimentation will be necessary before you
will be able to have your computer configured with exactly the
protections it needs for your particular situation.

ABOUT CETUS SOFTWARE

Cetus Software is the creator of several Windows utilities,
including ProGuard, Reveille, and Seasons, as well as WinGuard.
Shareware versions of these products may be found on several
bulletin board systems, or may be obtained on diskette directly
from Cetus Software for a nominal charge ($5.00 each, postpaid).

Please direct inquiries regarding Cetus Software products to:

          Cetus Software
          Post Office Box 700
          Carver, MA 02330 USA

Cetus Software thanks you for trying out WinGuard !!!

PROGUARD INTRODUCTION

In addition to WinGuard, Cetus Software offers a related
security program, ProGuard.  Unlike WinGuard, which is intended
to protect Program Manager itself, ProGuard is designed to
password-protect individual Program Manager icons.  Thus, while
WinGuard is more "global" in its protections, ProGuard is more
application-specific.

ProGuard is designed to make it more difficult for a guest user
to run selected programs by double-clicking on their icons in
Program Manager.  Once a particular program's icon has been
protected by ProGuard, the guest user will find that attempting
to run the program will cause ProGuard to run instead, and that
a password will be needed before the actual program can be made
to start.

Logical programs to protect might include Windows Setup, Control
Panel, PIF Editor, System Editor, and File Manager (and most
users will have other programs that they would wish to protect,
as well).  When ProGuard is installed, the setup program
provides icons for the above programs, already protected by
ProGuard (and it's a simple matter to add ProGuard's protection
to any other application's Program Manager icon, as well).

The shareware version of ProGuard is available as proguard.zip
on several bulletin boards systems, or may be obtained on
diskette in uncompressed form directly from Cetus Software (PO
Box 700, Carver MA 02330 USA) for $5.00 (postpaid).

REGISTERING WINGUARD

If you are trying out the shareware version of WinGuard, then
you must be aware of the following legal aspects of shareware
evaluation:  You are entitled to install WinGuard on ONE
computer, and to "test-drive" the program for a 30-day (MAXIMUM)
trial period.  IF you wish to give WinGuard a more permanent
home on your computer's hard disk, OR if you wish to install
WinGuard on more than one computer, then you MUST register your
use of WinGuard.  You would then be provided with a copy of the
latest version of the program (without any "reminder screens").

INDIVIDUAL USER REGISTRATION

WinGuard may be registered to an individual user for $14.95
(including shipping and handling).  An individual who has
registered a previous version of WinGuard may upgrade to Version
2.0 for $9.95 (including shipping and handling).  You may use
the registration form in this document (or you may simply print
out the separate regform.txt document);  if you prefer, you may
provide ALL of the registration information in a separate letter
or purchase order.

An Individual License for WinGuard entitles the registered
individual user to install the program on any computer(s) that
he/she personally owns, but he/she must NOT allow his/her
registered copy of the program to be installed or used on any
other computer(s).

SITE LICENSE REGISTRATION

A Site License for WinGuard entitles the registered institution
(school building, business location, organization headquarters,
etc.) to install the program on any computer(s) belonging to
that institution at that particular location, but registered
copies of the program may NOT be distributed beyond the
boundaries of that particular location.  Furthermore, a copy of
WinGuard that is registered to an individual user may be
installed on his/her own computer at an institution, but that
individually licensed copy of WinGuard man NOT be installed on
any other computer(s) at that institution (for which a Site
License would be required).

WinGuard may be registered to an institution for $74.95
(including shipping and handling).  An institution that has
registered a previous version may upgrade for $49.95 (including
shipping and handling).  You may use the registration form at
the end of this document (or you may simply print out the
separate regform.txt document);  if you prefer, you may provide
ALL of the registration information in a separate letter or
purchase order.

PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION

While registered copies of WinGuard may NOT be used by any other
than the registered individual or institution, any person is
permitted (and, in fact, ENCOURAGED) to distribute the
UNregistered, shareware version of WinGuard to others, as long
as ALL of its files are distributed together.

CETUS SOFTWARE THANKS YOU FOR TRYING OUT WINGUARD !!!

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WINGUARD V.2 REGISTRATION FORM  -  PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT CLEARLY

Date ___________________________

Name of Registered User (for Individual License):

_________________________________________________
(or)
Name of Registered Institution (for Site License):

_________________________________________________
(If multiple, list on the back of this form.)

Mailing Address _________________________________________________

Mailing Address _________________________________________________

Mailing Address _________________________________________________

Daytime Telephone Number (with Area Code) _______________________

Default Password Choice __________________________________
(Maximum of 20 letters or numbers, with no spaces or punctuation)

Please circle size of diskette desired:     3-1/2"    5-1/4"

Please fill in the appropriate line with the amount enclosed:

One Individual License @ $14.95 = $____.95

_____ Site License(s) @ 74.95 = $_____.___

One Individual License Upgrade @ $9.95 = $___.95

_____ Site License Upgrade(s) @ $49.95 = $_____.___

(Massachusetts residents:  Please include 5% state sales tax.)

(All of the above prices include shipping and handling costs.)

Please send this form, along with payment (or purchase order) to:

                 Cetus Software

                 Post Office Box 700

                 Carver, MA 02330 USA

CETUS SOFTWARE THANKS YOU FOR YOUR WINGUARD REGISTRATION !!!