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- System Information v1.8 for Windows 95/98 ReadMe.txt
- January 1999
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- (c) Copyright Stevens Systems, 1997-1999
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- How to use this document
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- To view Readme.txt on screen in Notepad, maximize the Notepad window.
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- To print Readme.txt, open it in Notepad or another word processor, and then
- use the Print command on the File menu.
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- Contents
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- Product Description
- Other reasons to use System Information 1.8?
- System requirements
- Installation
- Uninstalling System Information
- Registering
- Version history
- Distribution
- Warning
- Disclaimer
- Beta testers
- Special thanks
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- Product Description
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- System Information 1.8 is the experts' choice to analyze your PC system and
- hardware. The CPU module for example can give you peace-of-mind that your
- 200MMX CPU is really running at 200MHz, and that it's really an MMX chip.
- Are you thinking of upgrading? First find out with the display module what
- video card you have, how much memory it has and what it's capabilities are.
- A comprehensive 40 plus page text file report can be generated across all
- modules to include CPU, display, disk drive, installed devices, installed
- software, joystick, memory, operating system, mouse, mixer, keyboard, BIOS,
- CD-ROM, sound, shared files, system metrics, MCI device, environment
- variable and printer information. Allowing you to verify the power of your
- PC while putting you in a position of control to combat technical problems.
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- System Information also includes a server resource monitor to keep an eye on
- how efficiently Windows is utilizing your hardware. Being Internet aware it
- also returns your user name, the number of bytes sent and received, the
- current download speed, and the number of disk reads and writes per second.
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- Other reasons to use System Information 1.8?
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- To help you decide what hardware or software to purchase.
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- To aid Y2K compliancy checks.
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- To assist with a computer stock inventory of your company.
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- To find out how well Windows is managing your system resources.
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- To help specialist technical support staff solve problems.
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- System requirements
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- * IBM PC or 100% compatible
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- * Windows 95 (This product will not run under DOS, Windows 3.x, or Windows NT)
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- * 486 or higher
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- * 8 MB of RAM (16MB recommended)
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- * 6 MB hard disk space for typical installation
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- * Sound card optional
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- * 256-color VGA or better video
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- * The HTML help files require an Internet browser. The System Information
- will run without a browser, but no F1 help will be available.
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- Installation
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- 1. System Information 1.8 consists of 1 file: sysinf.zip
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- 2. Place this file into a temporary folder.
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- 3. Extract the file with WinZip or a compatible utility.
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- 4. Double click the file named Setup.
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- 5. Follow instructions when prompted.
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- NOTE: All installation files will be placed in the program folder as this:
- 1. Allows for cleaner uninstalls.
- 2. Allows the user to see what files were installed.
- 3. Prevents file mismatch problems and allows user to keep old versions
- of files.
- 4. Minimizes conflicts with other software.
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- Uninstalling System Information
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- To remove System Information from your computer:
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- 1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control
- Panel.
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- 2. Double-Click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
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- 3. Click System Information 1.8, and then click Add/Remove.
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- Registering
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- This program has been released as Shareware and is NOT free software. If you
- intend on using System Information 1.8 for longer than the 30-day free trial
- period please support future program development by purchasing the program.
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- Why register?
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- * A registered version does not have the shareware reminders at start up.
- * You will be entitled to one free System Information upgrade deliverable
- over the Internet.
- * Unlimited E-mail support.
- * Registered users suggestions take priority for future program development.
- * Unregistered use of System Information after the 30-day evaluation period
- is in violation of U.S. and international copyright laws.
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- You can purchase System Information for US $12.95 online through a secure
- SSL web site by pressing the "Purchase online" button at the bottom of the
- start up screen or by going directly to
- https://www.regsoft.com/cgi-bin/reg_it_offsite.pl?8547=OFFSITE
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- Registering System Information entitles the purchaser to a single user
- license. Therefore if you wish to install System Information on say five
- machines, then five copies of System Information would have to be purchased.
- One backup copy of the program is allowed to be made. If you wish to run
- System Information over a network please contact Stevens Systems for a site
- license.
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- E-mail: cameron_stevens@hotmail.com
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- Version history
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- Changes from 1.7.1 to 1.8
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- Added:
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- 1. Four new modules: Shared files, System metrics, Mixer and Installed
- software.
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- 2. CPU: detection update to detect not only Intel CPU's but non-Intel ones as
- well. SI 1.8 can now detect more CPU's than Touchstone's CheckIt and
- Symantec's Norton Utilities!
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- 3. Report: added autoexec.bat, config.sys, control.ini, System.ini, Win.ini
- and Bootlog.txt files. SI 1.8 can now generate a report .txt file of more than
- 40 pages of system information.
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- 4. Running Processes changes: the Process ID and Parent ID are now being
- shown as hexadecimal numbers instead of integer values.
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- 5. Server Monitor: added "Dirty data" field
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- Removed:
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- 1. The following files has been made redundant:
- icmp.ocx, tabctl32.ocx and mswinsck.ocx
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- 2. The Internet Tools utility.
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- 3. Server Monitor: removed "IP number" field and removed the check for a
- Internet connection.
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- Changes from 1.7 to 1.7.1
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- 1. Updated setup program.
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- 2. Bug fixes.
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- Changes from 1.6 to 1.7
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- Added:
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- 1. Full text file reports can now be generated.
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- 2. Added a Sound card capabilities section.
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- 3. Added a MCI devices section.
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- 4. Added an Installed devices section.
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- 5. Added a Running processes section.
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- 6. The Display section can now detect multiple video cards.
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- 7. The Printer section can now detect multiple printers.
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- 8. Both the Printer and Display sections has been bolstered to include
- "clipping and line", "curve and polygonal", "raster capabilities"
- and "text capabilities"
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- 9. Server Monitors "Disk space %used" value works more correctly on
- hard drives greater than 2 gigabytes in size and progress bar flickering has
- been greatly reduced. The operating systems running time will now be
- displayed in an [xx hrs xx mins] format instead of [xxxx mins].
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- 10. Internet Tools handles bad domain names with more grace.
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- 11. Added "Number of colors" and "Bits per pixel" to the Display section.
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- 12. No flickering is present on the Display and Memory forms progress bars.
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- 13. On the Operating System form "Windows type" will now successfully
- detect Windows 98 and the Windows sub version letter will now appear
- with the build number. The operating systems running time will now be
- displayed in an [xx hrs xx mins] format instead of [xxxx mins].
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- 14. On the drives section "Drive type" has been changed to "Drive class".
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- 15. Shifted the "Type of CD ROM" from the Miscellaneous form to the Drives
- form.
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- 16. The CPU section can now detect the Xeon Pentium II processor.
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- 17. The click sound option in the File menu is now off by default.
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- 18. More room has been allowed for the "path" variable in the Environment
- section.
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- 19. New help files has been added for the new sections and existing files
- have been expanded.
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- 20. In previous versions of SI if the computer was not running Win98 or
- Win95 with IE 4 installed then no F1 help was available. Now the .html
- files have been placed into c:\program files\system information\help. When a
- user presses F1 SI first looks for Win98 or Win95 with IE 4, then if it can't
- find either of them SI opens up the uncompiled .html file in the default
- browser (probably Netscape).
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- 21. The words "Screen saver starts in" in the Miscellaneous module and it's
- value will be grayed out if the value of "Screen saver active" is set to
- false.
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- 22. Server Monitor now has two new fields 'disk reads' and 'disk writes'.
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- 22. Many bug fixes.
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- Removed:
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- 1. The following files has been made redundant:
- sndchk.ocx, drvfacts.ocx, sysfacts.ocx, sysinfo.ocx and wave.ocx.
- This reduces the programs size while increasing it's execution speed.
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- 2. Removed "remote drive name" from the Drives section.
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- 3. Removed "screen saver running" from the Display section.
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- 4. Removed "drive letters" from the Miscellaneous form.
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- 5. Removed "scroll bar width" from the Operating system section.
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- 6. Removed File Viewer.
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- 7. Removed the disk copy and format utilities.
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- Distribution
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- Provided that you verify that you are distributing the unregistered Shareware
- Version (select About from the System Information Help menu to check) you are
- hereby licensed to make as many copies of the Shareware version of this
- software and documentation as you wish; give exact copies of the original
- Shareware version to anyone; and distribute the Shareware version of the
- software and documentation in its unmodified form via electronic means.
- There is no charge for any of the above. You are specifically prohibited
- from charging, or requesting donations, for any such copies, however made;
- and from distributing the software and/or documentation with other products
- (commercial or otherwise) without prior written permission, with one
- exception: Disk Vendors approved by the Association of Shareware
- Professionals are permitted to redistribute System Information, subject to
- the conditions in this license, without specific written permission.
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- Warning
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- You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble System Information.
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- Disclaimer
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- THE INFORMATION AND CODE PROVIDED IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
- ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. IN NO EVENT SHALL STEVENS SYSTEMS BE
- LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
- CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF THE
- AUTHOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. DO NOT USE
- SYSTEM INFORMATION UNLESS YOU CAN FULLY AGREE WITH THIS DISCLAIMER.
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- Beta testers
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- Ken Rumsey
- Mark Formo
- Quentin Christensen
- Mylene Reiners
- shultz
- Jon Windle
- SunHawk
- Raphael Schreeuwer
- Travis Clark
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- Special thanks
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- Ray Mercer
- Dan Appleman
- Joe LeVasseur
- Karl E. Peterson
- Randy Birch
- Enzo Maini
- Jim Huff
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