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- About CI SOFTWARE Smear Screen Saver
-
- This shareware screen saver makes your screen appear as if it is wet paint
- and smears the contents continuously in different directions. A slider
- bar lets you control the smearing effect. Full password protection is
- provided.
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- Installing CI SOFTWARE Smear Screen Saver
-
- Copy the SMEARCI.SCR file to your Windows directory (Most likely
- C:\WINDOWS). From the Program Manager within Windows double click the
- Main folder. Within the Main folder, double click the Control Panel icon
- and then double click the Desktop icon. Open the list of names within the
- Screen Saver section of the Desktop and select Smear. You can then click
- the Setup button to bring up the CI SOFTWARE Smear Screen Saver Setup
- screen. In the Setup screen, the smearing effect can be adjusted with the
- slider bar and password protection can be enabled or disabled here by
- clicking on the check box. Have fun by experimenting with different
- settings of the smear effect slider bar.
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- The Shareware Concept
-
- 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 and the next program
- upgrade.
-
- 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 programmers 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
-
- Users of CI SOFTWARE Smear screen saver must accept this disclaimer of
- warranty: "CI SOFTWARE Smear screen saver 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 CI SOFTWARE Smear screen
- saver."
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- LICENSE AGREEMENT
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- CI SOFTWARE Smear screen saver 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 CI SOFTWARE Smear
- screen saver and continue to use CI SOFTWARE Smear screen saver after a
- reasonable trial period, you must make a registration payment of $5.00 to
- CI SOFTWARE. The $5.00 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. And examples 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. As a bonus of registration, you will
- receive the next upgrade or possibly a future product free of charge.
-
- Anyone distributing CI SOFTWARE Smear screen saver for any kind of
- remuneration must first contact CI SOFTWARE at the address below 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 CI
- SOFTWARE Smear screen saver immediately (However CI SOFTWARE must still be
- advised so that the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest
- version of CI SOFTWARE Smear screen saver.).
-
- You are encouraged to pass a copy of CI SOFTWARE Smear screen saver 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 copy
- of the latest version of the CI SOFTWARE Smear screen saver.
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- How do I register?
-
- To register, all you need to do is write your name, address, and version
- number of the CI SOFTWARE Smear screen saver on piece of paper and mail
- it, along with a check or money order for $5.00 US to:
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- CI SOFTWARE
- 44 Davenport Ave
- Greenwich, CT 06830
- Attn: Leif Wennerstrom
-
- If this version is not the most up-to-date version, you will be sent the
- newer version. You will also have the opportunity to beta test future
- versions of this program and any future development at the discretion of CI
- SOFTWARE and Leif Wennerstrom.
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- CREDITS
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- Special thanks to Paul D'Ascensio for his comments, thoughts, and "mistake"
- while this screen saver was developed.
-