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- README.TXT
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- ScrnSaveSwitch/Plus
- Screen Saver Control Utility
- Version 3.10a
- for Microsoft Windows NT & 95
- c 1994-96 AWS (Aaron Writes Software)
-
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- Summary
- =========
-
- Protect your downloads, tape backups, and faxes; secure your workstation.
- Let your screen saver run when and only when you want it to! Highly
- configurable, ScrnSaveSwitch/Plus gives you the fastest and most complete
- control possible over your Windows screen saver. A click to a small button
- on your desktop lets you enable, disable, start, or configure your screen
- saver. You can set the screen saver delay in one second (rather than 1
- min.) increments. It also provides quick and safe methods to log off,
- shut down or restart Windows or your computer.
-
- There's lots more: see the hypertext Help file for more information.
-
- ==============
- Installation
- ==============
-
- 1. Move or copy SSSWITCH.EXE, SSSRST16.EXE, and SSSWITCH.HLP into a new
- or existing directory.
- 2. Win95 or NT 4.0: Add SSSWITCH to your Start Menu. The "StartUp"
- folder is a good place to add it.
- Win NT 3.51: Add the SSSWITCH icon to your Windows NT Program Manager
- (File/New/Program Item...). "StartUp" is a good program group
- to add it to.
-
- ================
- Uninstallation
- ================
-
- 1. Delete the above files from your hard drive.
- 2. Delete the SSSWITCH.INI file from your Windows directory.
- 3. Delete the SSSWITCH icon from Program Manager or Start Menu.
-
- ==========================
- Why ScrnSaveSwitch/Plus?
- ==========================
-
- * So programs run correctly:
-
- Not all software behaves correctly if the screen saver suddenly
- comes on. Clicking the green dot Button to red is a simple and
- convenient way to protect your downloads, tape backups, faxes, etc.
-
- Also, many screen savers require a lot of processor power, which
- can drastically slow down other programs.
-
- * Security:
-
- If your screen saver is password-protected, a quick click of the "S"
- Button starts the screen saver immediately and lets you leave your
- workstation without fear of others' prying.
-
- * So you can work:
-
- Your computer can't tell whether you're reading what's on the
- screen, attending to another matter, or fast asleep! It's all
- "inactivity" as far as the computer is concerned - but it can be an
- annoying interruption to you.
-
- Windows 95's "sleep corners" are OK, as long as you remember to keep
- your mouse there. (They shoulda done it this way!)
-
-
- + Plus - The "Windows Exit" utilities:
-
- Many programs (including Windows itself!) never release the memory
- resources they acquire. The only way to make those resources
- available again is to quit Windows and then restart it. Sometimes
- a whole reboot is required to restore a system to "normal"! These
- utilities make that reinitialization safe, simple, fast and
- keyboard-free.
-