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- /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
- //
- // Welcome to File Manager Guard!
- //
- // for Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 3.1, 3.11
- // and Windows for Workgroups(tm) 3.11
- //
- // Version 2.09
- //
- // Last updated: April 5, 1996
- //
- // Copyright (c) 1994-96, ChaoSoft.
- // All rights reserved.
- //
- // _______
- // ____|__ | (R)
- // --| | |-------------------
- // | ____|__ | Association of
- // | | |_| Shareware
- // |__| o | Professionals
- // -----| | |---------------------
- // |___|___| MEMBER
- //
- /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
- This file contains introductory information regarding FM Guard.
-
- STOP!
-
- IMPORTANT NOTE 1:
-
- Before reading any further, please verify that you have a complete
- set of the files originally included in the FM Guard package.
- The list of the files may be found in the VENDINFO.DIZ file,
- supplied with the package. If any file listed in the VENDINFO.DIZ
- file, or the VENDINFO.DIZ file itself, is missing, then the
- package is not complete and its further use or distribution is
- PROHIBITED. Please contact us at the address at the end of this
- file to obtain a complete package of the software.
-
- IMPORTANT NOTE 2:
-
- Please read Chaosoft License Agreement, which may be found in the
- VENDINFO.DIZ file, supplied with the package, before using this
- software. By using FM Guard you are agreeing to be bound by the
- terms of that agreement.
-
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- -----------------
-
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1. About FM Guard
- 1.2. What's new in this version
- 1.3. This is "Try Before You Buy" Software!
- 1.3.1. What is the difference between registered and
- unregistered versions
- 1.3.2. What do you get when you order a license for use of FM Guard
- 1.3.3. How to order a license for use of the program
- 1.3.4. May I make a copy of a program?
- 1.4. Information for Windows 95 users
-
- 2. Installing/uninstalling FM Guard
-
- 3. Restricting Windows with FM Guard
-
- 4. Getting updates to the software
-
- 5. Acknowledgements
-
- 6. Getting technical support
-
- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
- //
- // 1. INTRODUCTION
- //
- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
- _______________________________________________________________
- 1.1 About File Manager Guard
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- File Manager Guard (or, for short, FM Guard) is a powerful utility
- for Microsoft(R) Windows(tm) 3.1, 3.11, and Windows for Workgroups
- (tm) 3.11, that allows one to selectively disable features and
- capabilities of File Manager and some other Windows components.
-
- You will find FM Guard indispensable if you share you computer
- with someone else and you don't want the other one to mess your
- system up (even if s/he is someone very special!). Or, if you
- allow your kids to play games on your system from time to time,
- and want to be sure that everything will be OK when they finish
- them. Or if you are a network administrator and your users give you
- a headache messing the files up all the time. Or ...
-
- After installing FM Guard, you will be able to prevent user(s)
- from performing any or all commands of File Manager, from running
- undesirable programs, browsing hidden files, changing file
- attributes, etc. FM Guard allows you to select which drives should
- NOT be accessible via File Manager and Common Dialogs ('Open',
- 'Save As', etc.). It even provides you with the possibility to
- keep the size and location of the File Manager window in the same
- place on the screen! And if you need to restore the capabilities
- of File Manager for your use, just enter a password and they are
- back.
-
- _______________________________________________________________
- 1.2. What's new in this version :
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - new restricting commands are added: NoSearchDirEdit and
- NoSearchAllSubDirs.
-
- - dcumentation updated.
- _________________________________________________________________
- 1.3. THIS IS "TRY BEFORE YOU BUY" SOFTWARE !
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- This is NOT free or public domain software. This is copyrighted
- software which you can "try before you buy".
-
- You may try the program for the evaluation period of up to 21 days.
- After that time, you are required to purchase the software through
- registration or else discontinue its use. (please read the complete
- text of License agreement in file VENDINFO.DIZ for details).
-
- This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware
- Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware
- principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a
- shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the
- member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can
- help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does
- not provide technical support for members' products. Please write
- to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427
- USA, FAX 616-788-2765 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe
- Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.
-
- _________________________________________________________________
- 1.3.1. What is the difference between registered and unregistered
- versions of FM Guard?
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Unregistered copies of our products are 100% fully functional. We
- make them this way so that you can have a real look at them, and
- then decide whether they fit your needs or not.
-
- The only difference is that the password required to disable FM
- Guard is fixed in the unregistered version (and it's displayed in the
- dialog box that prompts for it, so that you can completely evaluate
- the power of FM Guard, but anyone can easily disable it). Also,
- the NoGuardMenu command has no effect in the unregistered version.
-
- When you order a license for continued use of FM Guard, you get a
- Registration Code, allowing you to use the NoGuardMenu command, set
- up your own password and turn the 'unregistered' password off.
-
- _________________________________________________________________
- 1.3.2. What do you get when you order a license for use of FM Guard ?
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. A Registration Code, allowing you to choose your own password
- (and change it as frequently as you want to) disabling/enabling
- FM Guard.
-
- 2. Disk with the latest version of FM Guard and other Chaosoft
- products.
-
- 3. FREE upgrading to new versions of FM Guard released for the
- same or similar operating system (for the purpose of this
- offer we consider Windows for Workgroups 3.11 as similar to
- Windows 3.1, whereas Windows 95 or Windows NT are NOT similar
- to Windows 3.1)
-
- 4. FREE 90-days customer support through electronic mail.
-
- 5. FREE Compuserve membership with a $15.00 usage credit. This is
- much more than enough online time to have your technical support
- questions answered, and still have some fun!
-
- 6. FREE BONUS: a 800x600x256, 3-dimensional, ray-traced *.bmp
- image of ChaoSoft's logo (may be used as wallpaper on your
- Windows desktop).
-
- _________________________________________________________________
- 1.3.3. How to order a license for use of FM Guard
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- You may order a license for continued use of FM Guard with a credit
- card (Visa, MC, Amex, or Discover), personal check, money order, or
- cash. You may also register via CompuServe (GO SWREG, ID# 3858).
-
- Just open file ORDER.TXT with Notepad, fill in the information
- requested, print it out and send it to the authorized dealer.
-
- If you would like to use FM Guard on a number of computers (stand
- alone or connected to a network), you must purchase a site license
- for that number of computers. Please refer to file ORDER.TXT for
- complete pricing and discount information.
- _________________________________________________________________
- 1.3.4. May I make a copy of the program?
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Sure! As long as the FM Guard package is complete and unmodified in
- any way, and you don't sell it, you may make copies of the software
- and give them to others, upload them to your favorite BBSes or FTP
- sites, etc. Please read file VENDINFO.DIZ for a complete list of
- our distribution requirements.
-
- _______________________________________________________________
- 1.4. Information for Windows 95 users
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- If you are using FM Guard with Windows 95, be aware that FM Guard
- restricts only the 'old' File Manager, which is still available in
- Windows 95 as file Winfile.exe. Also, the 'old style' common
- dialogs (used with 16-bit applications) are restricted.
-
- This version of FM Guard DOES NOT provide restrictions for Explorer
- or 'new' common dialogs.
-
- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
- //
- // 2. Installing/uninstalling FM Guard
- //
- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
- Unlike most other Windows applications, FM Guard is not a
- stand-alone program; there is no special executable file you would
- run to start FM Guard. To use FM Guard, all you need is to properly
- install it, and it will run automatically every time you run the
- File Manager.
-
- FM Guard comes with convenient SETUP utility. Use SETUP when you
- want to temporarily activate/deactivate the software or install it
- onto your hard disk or network drive for permament use.
-
- Installing over an older version
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- If you are installing FM Guard on a computer which already has an
- older version of the program installed, you may use the SETUP
- program, however be sure not to overwrite your customized
- configuration file FMGUARD.SYS in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
- SETUP prompts you before it replaces any of the old files. After
- the copying of the new files is completed, you may manually add new
- restricting commands (they are listed in the end of the 'fresh'
- FMGUARD.SYS file) to your customized FMGUARD.SYS file.
-
- Installing on a hard disk or network drive
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- If you have already copied all the files from the FM Guard package
- onto your hard disk (for instance, you have extracted the files
- from an archive), copy FMGUARD.SYS into the WINDOWS\SYSTEM
- directory, run SETUP.EXE and choose 'Activate' option.
-
- If you don't have FM Guard files on the hard disk, choose the
- 'Install' option instead. Then enter the DOS path to the directory
- where you want FM Guard to be installed. In this case, SETUP.EXE
- will copy all files to the new location and then activate them. In
- addition, you will be prompted to create a separate program group
- for FM Guard. It's not essential to have such a group, but it may
- be convenient.
-
- Alternatively, you may install FM Guard manually:
-
- 1. Create a directory on a hard disk or network drive for FM
- Guard, say C:\FMGUARD, and copy all the files from the FM Guard
- installation disk into that directory. If you have obtained FM
- Guard compressed in an archive, extract all the files into the
- FMGUARD directory (or other directory of your choice).
-
- 2. Close File Manager.
-
- 3. Copy the FMGUARD.SYS file into the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory on
- your hard disk (be sure not to overwrite the newer version of
- this file if you already have one!). The directory may have
- another name in your system, but you can identify it by the
- presence of the files USER.EXE and GDI.EXE (Windows system
- files) in it.
-
- 4. Open file WINFILE.INI for editing (using Notepad or any other
- text editor). This file is located in the WINDOWS directory on
- your hard disk (or other directory you specified when
- installing Windows). Please note: the file you need is
- WINFILE.INI, not WIN.INI.
-
- Find the section [AddOns] in this file and add the following
- line to it:
-
- FM Guard=C:\FMGUARD\FMGUARD.DLL
-
- (or specify the directory in which you copied FM Guard files,
- if other than C:\FMGUARD).
-
- The resulting portion of WINFILE.INI should look like
- this:
-
- ...
-
- [AddOns]
- <other File Manager extensions may be listed here>
- FM Guard=C:\FMGUARD\FMGUARD.DLL
-
- ...
-
- (... means other lines).
-
- If there is no [AddOns] section in you WINFILE.INI file, you may
- create one, adding the lines shown above to the end of the
- WINFILE.INI file.
-
- Save the WINFILE.INI file.
-
- 5. Run File Manager.
-
- You should find a new menu item, "Guard", among other items of the
- File Manager's main menu. If you cannot see the "Guard" item in the
- main menu of File Manager, an error has occurred. Please verify
- that you have performed all the steps above, and, in particular,
- specified the correct path in the [AddOns] section of the
- WINFILE.INI file. Also, make sure that file FMGUARD.SYS has been
- copied in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, and that other files have
- not been corrupted when copying them into the FMGUARD directory.
-
- Uninstalling FM Guard:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- To prevent File Manager from loading and using FM Guard, choose
- 'Guard -Disable' from main menu of File Manager, then run
- SETUP.EXE and choose 'Deactivate'. If you decide to start using FM
- Guard later on, run SETUP.EXE and choose 'Activate'.
-
- Alternatively, you may uninstall FM Guard manually:
-
- 1. Choose 'Guard' command from main menu of File Manager and then
- choose 'Disable' from popup menu. When prompted for the
- password, type it in the dialog box. If you have not registered
- FM Guard yet, use the word 'FMGuard' as the password.
- Otherwise, use the password assigned with the PASSWORD.EXE utility
- (see below).
-
- 2. Close File Manger.
-
- 3. Remove the line 'FM Guard=...' from the [AddOns] section of
- WINFILE.INI (using Notepad, for example). You may also wish to
- comment this line out instead, by placing a semicolon ';' as
- the very first character of the line
-
- After that you can restart File Manager: FM Guard will not be
- loaded. If you decide later to start using FM Guard again, restore
- the string 'FM Guard=...', specifying the complete DOS path to
- FMGUARD.DLL, in the [AddOns] section of WINFILE.INI.
-
- The following steps should be completed only if you wish to
- remove the FM Guard from your system permanently:
-
- 4. Delete all the files from the directory on your hard disk where
- you installed FM Guard;
-
- 5. Delete file FMGUARD.SYS from the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory;
-
- ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
- //
- // 3. Restricting Windows with FM Guard
- //
- ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
- Please refer to file MANUAL.TXT, included in the FM Guard
- distribution package, for information on using this utility.
-
- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
- //
- // 4. Getting updates to the software
- //
- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
- You receive the latest version of this program after you register
- it. Please see file ORDER.TXT for information on ordering ChaoSoft
- products.
-
- The evaluation copies of the software are also available from many
- other sources, including FTP and WEB sites, online services
- (COMPUSERVE, AOL, etc.), BBSes, and from disk or CD-ROM vendors.
-
- Some of the locations are listed below:
-
- Compuserve:
- GO PIKAPROG, or WINSHARE, or WINUTIL, or WUGNET
- search for the keyword CHAOSOFT
-
- FTP: ftp.pik.com
- ftp.asp-shareware.org
- oak.oakland.edu
- garbo.uwasa.fi
- ftp.cica.indiana.edu
-
- HTTP: www.pik.com/chaosoft.html
- www.asp-shareware.org
-
- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
- //
- // 5. Acknowledgements
- //
- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
- I would like to thank Gerald B. Collins for helping to prepare the
- documentation for this utility.
-
- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
- //
- // 6. Getting customer support
- //
- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
- Please be sure to read this file as well as file FMGUARD.SYS before
- requesting customer support.
-
- If you cannot find the answer to your question in the documentation,
- then:
-
- - if your question is of TECHNICAL character, i.e. regarding
- program features, bug reports, suggestions on improving the
- program, etc., please contact ChaoSoft directly via e-mail at:
-
- Internet: 74634.2173@compuserve.com
- Compuserve: 74634,2173
-
- - if your question is NOT TECHNICAL one, for ex., about status of
- your order, sales terms, pricing and discount information, etc.,
- please contact the autorized dealer, Pik A Program, Inc., at:
-
- Telephone (212) 598-4939
- Fax (212) 228-5879
- Compuserve: 74777,3233
- Internet: 74777.3233@CompuServe.com
-
- Thank you for using ChaoSoft products!
-
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- ChaoSoft(tm) and the ChaoSoft logo are trademarks of ChaoSoft.
- Pik A Program(tm) is a trademark of Pik A Program, Inc.
-
- Microsoft(R) and Windows(R) are registered trademarks of Microsoft
- Corporation. All other product names may be registered or
- unregistered trademarks/tradenames of their respective owners.
-
-