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- Aboout QuickStar Phone Guard program
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-
- Congradulations! You now have one of the most smart computer
- telephone answering program in your hand.
-
- QuickStar Phone Guard (QFGUARD) turns your computer into a
- smart answer machine program. When you are not at home, it will answer
- incoming phone calls after designated number of phone rings, and prompt
- the caller to do different things, like leave a new message, listen
- to the message you left for callers.
-
- After the caller hand up, QFGUARD will automatically dial out
- certain phone number to reach you at work, at a friend's home or in a
- hotel room and let you hear the new messages, or it may page your
- beeper, or it will wait until you come home or call in to find out
- the new messages. Certainly, you can call back home at any thing and
- instruct QFGUARD to change it's setting or phone number to call, so it
- can keep a track of where you are and can always reach you when there's
- important messages you need to know, no matter where you go. It's like
- you have a loyal house keeper at home taking care of all your Phone
- calls. In the future, depends on user feedbacks, more features will
- be implemented to handle not only voice calls, but also data and fax
- calls, as well as E-Mails, too!
-
- Good news is, if you register QFGUARD now at the flat $35 fee,
- you will remain a registered user of QFGUARD for as long as I continue
- to support this program, and newest version is always avlaible to you
- without further registration fee, even if the registration fee will go
- up in the future.
-
- This shareware program is fully functional! This version of
- the QuickStar Phone Guard was released on July 14, 1998. You may also
- find the program's version information in it's help menu. If it has
- been some time since this program's release date. You can visit the
- author's World Wide Web site to download a newer version at this web
- address:
- http://www.qfax.com
-
- QuickStar Phone Guard program are released in three differnt
- packages for different operating systems. The DOS version is for use
- in MS-DOS operating system. The Windows 16 bit version is for use in
- the Windows 3.1 environment. And the Windows 32 bit version is good
- for Windows 95/98 or Windows NT. The DOS program can also be used in
- a DOS window launched from Win 3.1 or Win95/98/NT. The Windows 16 bit
- version is also good for Win95/98/NT.
-
- If this is the original readme.1st file from the QFGUARD.ZIP
- zipped distribution package. You have the Windows 32 bit version of the
- QuickStar Phone Guard, which is written for Windows 95/98 or Windows NT.
-
- The package contains the following files:
-
- Readme.1st This file you are reading now
- Manual.txt User Manual of QuickStar Phone Guard
- QFGUARD.EXE The only main executable program
- QFGUARD.LOG The message log file for QFGUARD.
- ****.WAV A couple dozen various sound WAV files
- for QFGUARD to use. They are standard
- WAV files and you can play them with
- any sound record or play program.
-
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-
- Initial Set UP
-
- The only thing you need to do before running QFGUARD for the
- first time, is putting all files in appropriate directory.
-
- If you use PKZ204G.EXE to unzip it. It will be easier. You
- can simply make a new directory for QFGuard, and unzip using the -d
- option so all original sub-directories are created upon unzip and
- you can skip the rest of this section:
-
- pkunzip -d qfguard.zip
-
- You may put the main QFGUARD executable program and its log
- file in any directory. But you MUST create a sub directory called
- \SYSTEM and put all the original *.WAV files there.
-
- For example you can create a new directory:
-
- C:\QFGUARD\
- to put the main program, all *.WAV files will then be put in
- a subdirectory:
- C:\QFGUARD\SYSTEM
-
- You can copy the fiels to their destination directory in DOS
- or in Windows pretty easily. If you are familiar with file copying,
- skip this section now. Otherwise you can read instructions of how to
- create directories and copy files.
-
- Copy files in DOS:
-
- Under DOS mode (in Windows 3.1 or Win95/NT, just start a DOS
- box and then you can do DOS operations from there), type in:
-
- mkdir c:\qfguard\system
-
- This one step operation creates a new subdirectory
-
- c:\qfguard\system
-
- and certainly its mother directory
-
- c:\QFGUARD
-
- is created, too!
-
- And then copy the program and the log files there:
-
- copy qfguard.exe c:\qfguard
- copy qfguard.log c:\qfguard
-
- All the *.WAV files should then be copied in the subdirectory:
-
- copy *.wav c:\qfguard.exe\system
-
- Now all the files are copied.
-
- Copy files in Windows 3.1
-
- You can create directories, copy files in Windows 3.1 using the
- File Manager. In Windows 3.1, choose the MAIN group, open the File Manager
- program. Choose "File" and then "Create Directory"
-
- Again you do not need to do it in two step to create the QFGUARD
- directory and its \SYSTEM subdirectory. Just type in:
-
- C:\QFGUARD\SYSTEM
-
- and both directories are created.
-
- Next select "File" and then "Copy". Fill in the "From" box with
- the name of the file to be copied, and the "To" box with the destination
- directory. To copy more than one file at a time, you can specify wild
- card file names. For example:
-
- From: C:\download\myfiles\*.wav
- To: C:\QFGUARD\SYSTEM
-
- This will copy all *.WAV files to the target directory at once.
-
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-
- Set up the QuickStar Phone Guard Icon or Shortcut
-
- Next you need to set up an icon or a short cut that you can
- click the mouse cursor on and start the QFGUARD program.
-
- Creating a new program group (skip this step if you want to use an
- existing program group) in Windows 3.1:
-
- In Windows 3.1, from the program manager, select "File" and
- then "New...". A "New Program Object". Select "New Program Group".
- Give the new program group a name and type it in the "Description"
- box, like "Phone Guard". Leave the "Group file" box empty, and then
- click OK. A new orpgram group is created.
-
- Creating a new program icon:
-
- Use the mouse to set focus on the program group where you
- want to put the new QFGUARD icon, then from the program manager,
- choose "File" and "New..." again, but this time you will select
- the "New Program Item" instead. In the "Program Item Properties"
- pop up box, choose "browse" to browse directory and find QFGUARD
- program. Then Give it a name in the "Description" box. You may
- also want to enter the QFGUARD directory as the working directory,
- though it is not required. Select OK and you are all set!
-
- Creating a new shortcut in Windows 95/98/NT
-
- Move the mouse pointer to an empty space, then click the
- right button of the mouse, a selection menu will pop up. Select
- the "New", and then select "Shortcut". And then select "Browse"
- to browse and find the QFGUARD program in the correct directory.
- Clik OK and the QFGUARD icon will show up on desktop as a new
- shortcut icon.
-
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-
- Running QFGUARD for the first time
-
- Any modem programs need to know the COMM PORT to be able
- to run properly. You have to tell QFGUARD the correct Comm Port
- number. Fortunately this number can only be from Com1 to Com4.
- And the Com1 is usually used by the mouse, leaving Com2 to Com4.
- It is then not hard to find out the correct CommPort by trying
- Com2 through Com4. Alert! Do NOT try COM1 unless you know what
- you are doing!
- QFGUARD will initially assume Com2 is the modem port,
- and try to open it. If it is wrong, no damage will be done. The
- program will spend a few more seconds trying to reset a stucked
- modem, if that is the case, and finally give up and start the
- main window to allow you to change the Comm Port setting.
- If the CommPort is correct and the modem is working
- properly, the start up will only take a fraction of second.
- You may still need to configure the correct Init String and
- the modem type to make it work properly.
-
- Finally some legality issue before you try and enjoy
- this wonderful answer machine program.
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-
- License Agreement
-
- Please read the following license agreement before using
- QFGUARD. By using QFGUARD, you have implied that you have read
- this license agreement and agree to all its terms.
-
- QuickStar Phone Guard is a shareware program, which means
- it is NOT a free program. It is provided free for your to evaluate
- its usefulness to you, without paying any loyalty fee whatsoever.
- But if you find it useful and want to continue to use it beyond
- a 30 day period, hich is considered reasonably long enough for
- your evaluation, you have to register it with the software author
- and pay the registration fee.
-
- QuickStar is provided as is. No warranty whatsoever is
- provided, explicitly said or implied, directly or indirectly.
- The author of QuickStar does not make any guarantee that it will
- work on your specific computer system for your specific need.
- The only compensation you may get from the author, in any case
- of property damage or data loss or any consequences, is a free
- copy of registered version of this software, shipped to you at
- your own cost, if you have previously registered and later lost
- the program.
-
- The author of QuickStar Phone Guard presumes no legal
- responsibility for any one's usage of QFGUARD. If you use it
- for any illegal activities, it's your responsibility, not my
- problem. I can not be held responsible for other's actions.
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-
- Questions? Suggestions? Comments? Want me to support
- a new modem that is not currently being supported? E-Mail the
- author Anthony Mai at: qfax@qfax.com. Or visit web site:
-
- http://www.qfax.com
-
- Thanks and enjoy this great program!
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