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- InfoSpy v2.52 (12/07/95)
-
- INFOSPY FOR 95 - Try it! Windows 95 Functions - Processes, Threads, etc!!
-
- $$$ Now you can register using your VISA / MC and immediately receive
- a registration key that changes your shareware version to a
- registered version.. NO MORE SNAILMAIL! $$$
-
- ** Reviewed by Computer Shopper May 1995 - recommended! **
- ** Recommended by Windows Magazine Superior Shareware Column - May 1995 **
- ** America Online Windows Forum Top Pick Mar-May 95 **
- ** Recommended by the Granunke Report - May 1995 **
- ** America Online Software Center - Top Software Downloads April 95 **
-
- InfoSpy is a general purpose Windows environment viewer allowing you view
- Heap, Tasks, Windows, Classes, Modules, File Handles, DOS and Memory
- Information. You can trace messages, stack and set up automatic timers
- to provide real-time tracing on virtually every aspect of Windows.
-
- The new System Sentry library lets you monitor Windows program usage, control
- what Windows programs can be executed, disallow users from running programs,
- disable the CTRL-ALT-DEL keys under Windows, and disable entire directories.
-
- InfoSpy has been updated to run under Windows 95. Still a 16 app but ALL
- functions work and provide accurate information for the Win95 environment!!
-
- InfoSpy has full task scheduling capability allowing you to schedule the
- execution of programs, Windows shutdown, Windows Restart, System Warmboot
- & Coldboot and the termination of any task.
-
- The Screen Capture Utility allows you to capture the entire desktop, a
- specific window or cut a portion of the screen to the clipboard. You can
- save the captured image as a bitmap too.
-
- The DLL search utility will examine any local or network drive for all
- programs that reference DLLs in order to provide a list of unreferenced
- DLLs. In addition, all duplicate DLLs are displayed with an option to
- delete the duplicates.
-
- The ICON search will examine any file, directory or drive for files
- containing ICONS and will list them (and draw them) in a convenient list.
- You can copy any of the listed ICONS to the ClipBoard!
-
- Ver 1.xx was highly praised by shareware magazines and software reviews
- and was published in several books including "Byte Magazine's Programmer
- Cookbook for Windows" and WUGNET's "Windows Configuration Secrets" as
- a powerful,easy tool to inspect your Windows environment.
-
- InfoSpy now includes STRESS functions that let you use InfoSpy to really
- put the pressure on Windows and other applications. You can grab Global
- Heap, GDI Heap, User Heap, File Handles, Disk Space and Timers. There is
- also a function that continually does disk I/O to help simulate a busy
- disk.
-
- Real time tracing of stack, windows messages and serial comm ports has
- been added as well as IntelliLib (tm) technology that lets you customize
- InfoSpy by specifying with DLLs to load to add\remove functionality.
-
- Installation
- ============
-
- To Install: From Program Manager Run A:SETUP
- You will be asked to Confirm your SOURCE directory.
- You will be asked to Confirm or change the InfoSpy Destination.
- You can customize the initial libraries and the INI path.
-
- InfoSpy will require 1 megabyte on your hard drive
- and there are no memory or configuration requirements.
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- Registration
- ============
- InfoSpy now supports REGISTRATION KEYS. We would be happy to provide you
- with a registration key that will instantly convert your shareware version
- of InfoSpy into a registered version. Please specify this option when
- registering.
-
- 1. Send $19.99 to
-
- Dean Software Design
- P.O. Box 13032
- Mill Creek, WA 98082-1032
-
- 2. use CompuServe's Online Registration SWREG. (id 1846)
-
- 3. Use your Visa/MC to order by sending us an EMAIL with your visa info,
- name, address and quantity, or call (206) 316-8645 to place your order.
-
- 4. Call (206) 316-8645 and leave a voice-mail for further
- purchase options.
-
- U.S. orders please add $1.00 for postage.
- Canadian/Mexican orders please add $2.00 for postage.
- Orders from all other countries please add $2.50 for postage.
-
- Please use the Registration form found under the "Registration Information"
- menu option of InfView.
-
- See the "Disclaimer / Registration Agreement" for multiple copy and site license
- registration.
-
- You can also register on CompuServe's SWREG forum: registration id 1846
-
- ** What is your incentive to register? There is now an annoying splash
- screen that appears when starting the unregistered version as well as
- the word <unregistered> generously placed througout the program. The
- code size of the registered version is 50k smaller too! We had
- to add these features since we were getting lots of support calls from
- people who had not registered. In other words, you get support when you
- register! **
-
- Version History
- ===============
-
- Ver 2.52
- - WINDOWS 95 SUPPORT:
- 1. New DLL containing 32 bit Windows calls: INFWIN95.DLL. This Dll is loaded
- only when InfoSpy recognizes Windows 95 as the Operating System.
- 2. New WIN95 selection on the main menu. This menu option only appears when
- Windows 95 is the operating system.
- 3. Process List. Lists all processes under Windows 95. Double clicking on a
- process will give process details.
- 4. Thread List. Lists all threads under Windows 95. Double clicking on a
- thread will give thread details.
- 5. Modules. You select a process from the list and will see all 32 bit
- modules loaded under that process. Double clicking on a module will give
- module details.
- 6. Heap List. You select a process from the list and will see any heaps
- (identifier only) used by that process.
- 7. Heap Entries. If you Double Click on the Heap List line you will get a
- window showing all Heap Entries for that Heap.
- 8. Win32 System Info. Lists specific system info only available from the
- WIN32 Kernel.
- 9. Win32 Memory Status. Lists Memory size and availability as provided by
- the WIN32 Kernel.
- 10. Updated InfoSpy OPENFILE dialog to show the Long Filename as well as the
- 12 byte filename when Windows 95 is running.
- 11. All InfoSpy Alarms and Monitors (including icons) now use the WIN32
- Memory Load API result to show Memory availability. This gives a fairly
- accurate representation of memory usage under Windows 95.
- 12. The mini-File Manager has been updated so that the Disk Format and Disk
- Clone functions now operate (quickly) under Windows 95.
- 13. Added new Terminate Process option added to the Action menu when Windows
- 95 is running.
- 14. The System Scheduler has been updated to allow timed termination of
- processes instead of tasks. You can select from a running task or use
- Browse to select a file name to terminate.
- 15. Created new OPEN FILE dialog for use under Windows 95 only. This openfile
- dialog makes selections on a single mouse click, shows Size,Date,Time and
- Attr of files and shows available disk space when selecting drives. It
- also shows long filenames when available.
- - Corrected timer bug that did not dispose of TaskEntry handle.
- - Corrected Scheduler bug that only ran the first scheduled job when InfoSpy
- was minimized.
- - Correct Alarm Setup Browse button so that it actually works.
- - Unfortunately the File Usage monitoring and the Windows API message
- monitoring features of InfoSpy could not be upgraded in this
- release to work under Windows 95. We added a YESNO box warning the user about
- errors but giving them the choice to continue or not.
- - Removed the Terminate Task menu option from the Action menu when Windows 95
- is running as it has no effect.
- - Added Com Port availability to the SYSTEM INFORMATION menu option under
- SYSTEM. Shows which Com Ports Windows has access to.
- - Created an assembler Drive validation routine which all drive selection
- listboxes and comboboxes now use. Only lists valid drives on your system
- instead of always 'C'-'Z'.
- - Updated the UNINSTALL portion of the SETUP program to handle removing the
- INFBOOT.386 device driver from the SYSTEM.INI file.
- - Updated INFFSDLL text search DLL so that it does not require BWCC.DLL
- (borland custom control) on your system.
- - Corrected bug with the Logging function that was not logging a valid user
- name from all InfoSpy functions.
-
- Ver 2.51
- - Added Option on {\b SPY} menu to lookup local atoms.
- - Corrected DLL search on all drives so that it doesn't hang halfway through.
- - Enhanced DLL search on all drives to only prompt for drives that exist.
- - Added ability to 'Delete' global and local atoms by Double Clicking on the
- atom in the list. This procedure is restricted to very specific types of
- atoms, so do not expect it to work globally!
- - Added ability for Keyboard Trace to be started automatically when InfoSpy
- is invoked. Set checkbox on Keyboard Trace Setup window.
- - The Setup program has been improved so that it correctly adds the device
- driver to the SYSTEM.INI file and also has a stronger uninstall feature
- that scans the SYSTEM.INI and WIN.INI files for InfoSpy references.
- - New TEXT SEARCH library. This library contains a highly functional Text
- Search utility that can be used to search for text in any type of file.
- Included is an unlimited size File Viewer that loads any file at the
- location of the found text.
- - New DUPLICATE FILE SEARCH and FILE FIND functions on the System menu. The
- Duplicate file search will search a single or multiple local or network
- drive(s) looking for duplicate files. The File Find will find any files
- matching your criteria. Both searches allow for file size & date to be part
- of the selection criteria. The resulting list will load an unlimited size
- file viewer with a double click or will delete the selected file with the
- right button click. Also Print, Clipboard and Save functionality.
- - Removed the old File & Text search functions from the mini-File Manager.
- - Corrected a bug in the Task list routine that caused a GPF in certain
- circumstances.
- - Updated System Snapshot so that you can specify a daily time for the
- snapshot to take place (as well as every x minutes). For example, this would
- allows users to automatically have a snapshot done every evening at 9:00pm.
-
- ** See the Online for more Version History **
-
- Disclaimer - Registration Agreement
- ===================================
-
- Users of InfoSpy must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
-
- "InfoSpy is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties,
- expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of
- merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes no
- liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from
- the use of InfoSpy."
-
- InfoSpy is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to
- the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but
- please do not give it away altered or as part of another system. The
- essence of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer
- users with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide
- incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you
- find this program useful and find that you are using InfoSpy and
- continue to use InfoSpy after a reasonable trial period, you must
- make register it! The registration fee will license one copy for use
- on any one computer at any one time.
-
- Commercial users of InfoSpy must register and pay for their copies
- of InfoSpy within 30 days of first use or their license is
- withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting Dean
- Software Design. In general, multiple copies of InfoSpy can be
- registered at the following rates:
-
- 1 - 10 copies: $ 19.99 per copy
- 11 - 20 copies: $190.00 + $19.00 per copy over 10
- 21 - 50 copies: $360.00 + $18.00 per copy over 20
- 51 - 100 copies: $850.00 + $17.00 per copy over 50
- 101+ or site licenses call (206) 316-8645, Email or Write us!)
-
- Anyone distributing InfoSpy for any kind of remuneration must
- first contact Dean Software Design at the indicated address for
- authorization. This authorization will be automatically granted to
- distributors recognized by the (ASP) as adhering to its guidelines for
- shareware distributors, and such distributors may begin offering InfoSpy
- immediately (However Dean Software Design must still be advised so that
- the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest version of InfoSpy).
-
- You are encouraged to pass a copy of InfoSpy along to your friends
- for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy if they
- find that they can use it.
-
- All registers user receive free technical support for 90 days from
- the date of registration. Also all registered users receive a free
- upgrade (on request excluding a $1.00 shipping charge) to the next
- version of this program when that version becomes available.
-
- To report bugs, receive help and bug fixes please send a CompuServe
- message via CompuServe Mail to:
-
- Dean Software Design
- [75240,65]
-
- or, if you do not have access to CompuServe, write to us!
-
- Definition Of Shareware
- =======================
-
- Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before
- buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you
- are expected to register. Individual programs differ on details --
- some request registration while others require it, some specify a
- maximum trial period. With registration, you get anything from the
- simple right to continue using the software to an updated program with
- printed manual.
-
- Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and
- the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific
- exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished
- programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are of
- comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs and bad
- ones!) The main difference is in the method of distribution. The
- author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute the
- software, either to all and sundry or to a specific group. For
- example, some authors require written permission before a commercial
- disk vendor may copy their Shareware.
-
- Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should
- find software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether it's
- commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your needs
- easier, because you can try before you buy. And because the overhead
- is low, prices are low also. Shareware has the ultimate money-back
- guarantee - if you don't use the product, you don't pay for it.
-