home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- (v1.7) Somar ACTS - time clock modem NIST
- Windows NT/Windows 95 program that will dial
- the NIST or USNO time source using a modem,
- obtain the current time, and use this time
- to set the time on your PC. Similar programs
- designed for DOS will not work under NT
- because of security issues. V1.7 fixes
- timing bugs with certain high speed modems.
- Shareware (US$10). By Somar Software, http:
- //www.somar.com, 72202.2574@compuserve.com
- ----------------
-
- Overview
-
- Somar ACTS is a program for Windows NT and Windows 95 that allows you to set
- the internal clock of your computer with accurracy of about a second, using
- either the National Institute of Standards and Technolog (NIST) or United
- States Naval Observatory (USNO) time source. It dials the time source with a
- modem, receives the current time, and uses that time to set your computer's time.
-
- Note: There is a known bug with Windows 95 concerning daylight savings time. A
- workaround is to disable the "automatic adjust for daylight savings time" option
- using the Date/Time applet of Control Panel. This bug should be fixed by the
- time daylight savings time starts again in April 1995.
-
- There are programs similar to Somar ACTS for Windows 3.1 and DOS, but these will
- not work under Windows NT, because Windows NT requires a program to have the
- SetSystemTime privilege in order to set the internal clock, and programs do
- not have this privilege by default.
-
- Somar ACTS is normally run using a GUI dialog, but can also be run as a batch
- program. The batch option is especially useful when using the AT command to
- schedule Somar ACTS to be run late each night.
-
- Copyright/License/Registration
-
- Somar ACTS (TM) is Copyright ⌐ 1994 Somar Software, All Rights Reserved.
- Send problem reports and comments to 72202.2574@compuserve.com.
-
- Somar ACTS is Shareware. You may try it for a period of 21 days. After this
- trial period, you must either pay a $10 registration fee or delete Somar ACTS
- from your computer. See the Somar ACTS online help for complete license and
- registration details and disclaimer of warranty.
-
- Installation
-
- Place ACTSNT.EXE and ACTSNT.HLP together in any directory. ACTSNT.HLP
- contains details on how to use Somar ACTS, including modem setup. The first
- time ACTSNT.EXE is run, it will create some registry entries. These registry
- changes are described in ACTSNT.HLP. Somar ACTS does not make any other
- changes to your system.
-
- Complete uninstallation instructions are contained in ACTSNT.HLP.
-
- What's New in Version 1.7
-
- Fix bugs introduced in V1.5 for certain high speed modems.
-
- What's New in Version 1.6
-
- Fix bugs introduced in V1.5 for NIST time source.
-
- What's New in Version 1.5
-
- Fixes bugs in handling BUSY and other error conditions on some modems.
-
- What's New in Version 1.4
-
- Use combo box instead of list box in setup dialog, to support non-standard
- comm ports, such as those on a digiboard adapter. Make compatible with
- Windows 95.
-
- What's New in Version 1.3
-
- Fix bug in batch execution (using AT command). Jobs executed by AT command
- run using the LOCAL_SYSTEM account. Somar ACTS was storing setup values in
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER. So when started using AT command, Somar ACTS always picked
- up default values. Fix was to move registry entry to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE so
- all users (including LOCAL_SYSTEM account) share registry entry.
-
- What's New in Version 1.2
-
- Show error event log entry as error instead of information. Do not display
- message box if error during batch execution. Show reason for error in event
- log entry. Change name from ACTS-NT to Somar ACTS.
-
- What's New in Version 1.1
-
- Fix bug where Open Error message box appeared behind main windows instead
- of in front. Show correct list of serial ports, instead of hardcoded COM1
- thru COM4. Add batch execution parameter. Make 3 attempts to set time before
- giving up. Add event logging. Documentation improvements.
-
-