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- MultiMaint
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- MultiMaint is a 32 bit OS/2 Shareware PM Application that includes
- all of the functions of IniMaint and SysMaint, plus the ability to
- create and use a 'portable' backup of the Desktop. SysMaint has the
- ability to make a 'simple' backup of the Desktop and this is the only
- backup that the vast majority of users will ever need. A simple
- backup allows a user to restore his Desktop in case it has become
- corrupted for any reason and this is all the backup that most users
- need. However, there are Corporate users who have the need to move a
- Desktop from one machine to another without going through the entire
- customization process on every machine. In addition, users who run
- Beta versions of OS/2 are told that they should not install one
- version of OS/2 over another without reformatting the HD. This causes
- a complete loss of all Desktop customization. Such users also need
- the ability to move a Desktop between different OS/2 installations.
- Therefore, there is a limited need for a portable backup of the
- Desktop and this is the purpose of MultiMaint. The major features
- are:
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- . The ability to create a portable backup of the Desktop, including
- the automatic maintenance of as many generations of backup as the
- user wants.
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- . Each generation of backup will be contained in a small number of
- files, currently projected to be 4 files, thus making it very easy
- and fast to move a copy of the backup from one environment to
- another.
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- . The ability to do a full restore of the Desktop from any backup
- generation after installing a new version of OS/2 on the existing
- hardware, on a different set of hardware or after moving OS/2 from
- one place to another on a specific set of hardware.
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- . The ability to do a partial, object by object, restore of the
- Desktop in order to recover from specific problems or to move only
- specific objects from one environment to another.
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- . The full and partial restores will include the ability to update
- the OS2.INI and OS2SYS.INI files with any application specific
- information that these file might contain. This will allow
- application software to be moved from one environment to another
- without losing any of the application specific customization. The
- user will still be responsible for moving the actual files needed
- to run the application.
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- . There is a complete, fully indexed and cross referenced Help.
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- . The operation of the MultiMaint options is fully configurable using
- the large number of Options in the Options Dialog.
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- MultiMaint is offered by:
- Larry J. Martin
- Carry Associates
- 990 Ironwood Court
- Marco Island, FL 33937
- Tel 813-642-9126
- Fax 813-642-1007
- Compuserve 72662,3616
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- MultiMaint is not yet available, but a reasonably priced upgrade will
- be offered to all existing users of IniMaint or SysMaint when it is
- available. The current expectation is that MultiMaint will be
- generally available in the 1st Quarter of 1994.
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