WorkStation Lock provides a simple and inexpensive, but effective way to password protect your system at startup or quickly from a desktop shortcut without involving a screen saver. It is easy to configure and requires no modifications to your current system configuration. Administrator functions are enabled for site licenses.
INSTALLATION
To Install WorkStation Lock:
If you used the release that includes the InstallShieldΓ installation program then you have already installed the product correctly. If not then you must install WorkStation Lock manually. Simply copy the files wrklock.exe, wrklock.hlp, lockctrl.exe, scrblnk.exe, and wrkset.exe to the Windows directory (c:\windows, etc.) or another directory of your choice.
If you would like a release with the installation program, visit our web page at http://posum.com.
To Configure WorkStation Lock:
To configure WorkStation Lock, use the setup program, wrkset.exe , to define your password and the administrator password if you have registered a site license. If you wish to configure WorkStation Lock to execute as soon as windows starts, follow the steps in the security section. You can also define a shortcut on your desktop to execute wrklock.exe so you may quickly lock your desktop without having to shut anything down. You can also use the command line options to activate wrklock.exe after a specified period of system inactivity or from the system tray. Once these steps are complete, reboot and you are ready.
To Remove WorkStation Lock:
If for some reason you wish to remove WorkStation Lock from your system just reverse the steps you took to install it. First make sure wrklock.exe is not running. Then remove the files you copied to the Windows directory or from the installation directory specified during your installation process. Finally, undo the method you used to get wrklock.exe to execute on Windows startup. This must be done manually to prevent any security holes.
System Requirements: Windows 95 or NT.
REGISTRATION
WorkStation Lock is Shareware (see the Legal Stuff below). If you feel that this software will be useful to you, please print the order form (see the windows helpfile, wrklock.hlp), fill it out and send it along with your registration fee or credit card information to the following address.
Posum LLC
PO Box 21015
Huntsville, AL 35824
USA
For secure online ordering, a fax number and the latest ordering information, visit our web site at: http://posum.com.
If you are paying with a check or money order it must be in US dollars on a US or Canadian bank, payable to: Posum, LLC.
Site licenses are available at a discount. If you are interested in a site license just send us the number of systems you require licenses for and weÆll quote you a price. You can contact us at order@posum.com.
For CompuServe users!! WorkStation Lock can now be registered online through SWREG. Simply GO SWREG and follow the instructions. The registration ID for WorkStation Lock is 11196. Due to the CompuServe pricing structure, only single user licenses can be registered online and each license is $10 (US). Anyone interested in a site license registration should contact us through email at order@posum.com.
Please report any bugs, suggestions for improvement or new features you would like to see. We can be reached through email at support@posum.com or at our web site at http://posum.com.
- Version 1.0
- Initial Release
- Version 1.1
- Corrected a bug that allowed CNTRL+ATL+DEL to terminate the protection
dialog
- Version 1.2
- Corrected a bug that allowed the ESC key to terminate the program
- Version 1.3
- Corrected a shutdown bug.
- Version 2.0
- Administrator password addition for site administration
and menu added on setup.
- Version 2.1
- Corrected a bug that allowed shutdown during error dialog.
- Version 2.2
- Added some administrator functionality and disabled CTRL+ALT+DEL
and ALT+TAB when the dialog is displayed.
- Version 2.3
- Added three command line options. One to allow CTRL+ALT+DEL if
necessary, another to activate the dialog after a specified
period of system inactivity, and one to blank the screen behind
the dialog. The security for the passwords has also been enhanced.
- Version 2.4
- Modified the wrklock.exe dialog to change positions periodically and the
Remote Update capability was added for site licenses.
LEGAL STUFF:
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.
DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT
Users of WorkStation Lock must accept this disclaimer of warranty: "WorkStation Lock 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 WorkStation Lock."
WorkStation Lock 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, you must make a registration payment of $5 to Posum LLC. The $5 registration fee will license one copy for use on any one computer at any one time. You must treat this software just like a book. An example is that this software may be used by any number of people and may be freely moved from one computer location to another, so long as there is no possibility of it being used at one location while it's being used at another. Just as a book cannot be read by two different persons at the same time.
Commercial users of WorkStation Lock must register and pay for their copies of WorkStation Lock as a site-license. Registration for sites will be handled on a case by case basis.
Anyone distributing WorkStation Lock for any kind of remuneration must first contact Posum LLC at the address given for authorization.
You are encouraged to pass a copy of WorkStation Lock along to your friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy if they find that they can use it. All registered users will receive a registration number to fully enable the latest version of the WorkStation Lock software.
This software may be freely distributed as long as the following files are all kept together and unmodified and no remuneration is received by the person or persons distributing said software.
