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- What's New
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- This file contains a brief listing of new features and other
- changes in PC-Vault 4.5 and 4.6 that have been added or changed
- since version 4.4w. Enhancements which apply only to PC-Vault
- Plus are listed at the end of this file. If you are not already
- familiar with version 4.4w or later, please skip this file and
- read your Administrator's manual.
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- New In PC-Vault and PC-Vault Plus Version 4.5
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- The implementation of Maximum Floppy Boot Protection is
- completely new and uses totally different techniques from those
- used in prior versions. It will be much more secure against a
- hacker who is trying to break in. In addition, we expect it will
- be more compatible with today's variety of disks, controllers,
- and software.
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- Substantially improved compatibility with OnTrack's Disk Manager.
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- Password aging and reuse can be selected on a per user basis.
- Except on XTs, use of Password Aging no longer requires the
- PC-VAULT/A statement in AUTOEXEC.BAT.
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- You can choose what is displayed during password definition.
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- All writes to the master boot record are prohibited.
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- The administrator can prohibit users from changing the system
- date and time.
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- HelpUser can now be used to grant either Administrator, or User 1
- access to a PC.
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- WHO /L will display the name of the current user and the date and
- time of the user's previous logon.
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- WHO /E will cause an environment variable to be defined:
- PCVU=username. This is very useful in batch files. Example:
- CD \%PCVU%
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- The number of users in addition to the administrator has been
- increased to 12.
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- The LogOff, PcvCrypt, and Wipe utilities have been added.
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- It is no longer necessary to use the special display blanking
- option with Windows and VGA.
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- The Windows 32 bit disk driver (also known as FastDisk and
- WDCTRL) will now load and work correctly.
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- A comment may be placed in the CONFIG.SYS file prior to
- installing PC-Vault, which will cause PC-Vault to place its
- DEVICE statement on the line following the comment and format it
- correctly for the memory manager you are using.
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- If a virus invades your master boot record or DOS boot sector or
- either is "trashed", PC-Vault will recognize the condition and
- ask if you would like for PC-Vault to rebuild it for you.
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- If the administrator states that the person installing PC-Vault
- is to be the administrator (See PC-Vault /P in your manual), he
- may also require that the administrator password be entered
- before PC-Vault will install. This will prevent unauthorized
- persons from installing PC-Vault, and ensure that the installer
- knows the administrator password.
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- The copy of PC-VAULT.EXE to be modified during PC-Vault pre-
- installation may reside in any drive/directory.
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- New parameters have been added to the EXEC program that increase
- the administrator's control over what a user is allowed to
- execute.
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- A new parameter has been added to SET-TIME which returns the auto
- LunchBreak time to the time selected from the PC-Vault main menu.
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- New In PC-Vault and PC-Vault Plus Version 4.6
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- DOS 6.0 compatibility.
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- Password expiration can be set on a per user basis. If a user's
- passwords are set to expire, they will automatically become
- expired when they are changed by the administrator. This forces
- a user to change his/her password the first time they use one
- selected by their administrator.
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- The administrator can prevent the user from changing his password
- when it expires. This capability is provided to support such
- activities as software rental, or ensuring return of a notebook
- computer.
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- The Hot-Key can now be defined during pre-installation.
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- WHO /L also tells the number of days until the current user's
- password expires.
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- On installation, PC-Vault will insert a DEVICE statement for each
- REM CLEANDSK.DRV HERE statement in your CONFIG.SYS. This
- provides support for DOS 6.0 multiple section CONFIG.SYS files.
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- New In PC-Vault Plus Version 4.5
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- A new line on the Directory Access Control screen allows the
- administrator to control each user's permissions to newly created
- level 1 sub-directories.
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- Execute access is both necessary and sufficient to execute
- programs under Windows (this is a bug fix).
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- The log file, ACCESS.SYS, is now locked and encrypted. FLUSHLOG
- now has a /U switch which unlocks the log file. The LOG utility
- (LOG.EXE) will automatically decrypt the log.
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- The global .EXE/.COM access control has been replaced with
- control for each root & 1st level directory. (See the PC-Vault
- Plus main menu's D option.)
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- Directory permissions will be remembered across removal and
- subsequent re-installation.
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- Directory permissions changes are effective immediately.
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- Changes in file accesses to be logged are effective immediately.
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- New In PC-Vault Plus Version 4.6
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- Permissions for newly created 1st level subdirectories can be
- explicitly defined.
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- Users' access to serial and parallel ports can now be controlled
- by the administrator.
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- Writes to the DOS boot sector and the Master boot record are
- prohibited. Either can be rebuilt by PC-Vault if it becomes
- altered.
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- More than two floppy drives are now supported.