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- InfoSpy v2.10 (12/15/94)
-
- InfoSpy is a general purpose Windows environment viewer allowing you view
- Heap, Tasks, Windows, Classes, Modules, File Handles, DOS and Memory
- Information. You can trace messages, stack and set up automatic timers
- to provide real-time tracing on virtually every aspect of Windows. InfoSpy
- has full task scheduling capability allowing you to schedule the execution
- of programs, Windows shutdown, Windows Restart, System Warmboot & Coldboot
- and the termination of any task. The DLL search utility will examine any
- local or network drive for all programs that reference DLLs in order to
- provide a list of unreferenced DLLs. In addition, all duplicate DLLs are
- displayed with an option to delete the duplicates.
-
- Ver 1.xx was highly praised by shareware magazines and software reviews
- and was published in several books including "Byte Magazine's Programmer
- Cookbook for Windows" and WUGNET's "Windows Configuration Secrets" as
- a powerful,easy tool to inspect your Windows environment.
-
- InfoSpy now includes STRESS functions that let you use InfoSpy to really
- put the pressure on Windows and other applications. You can grab Global
- Heap, GDI Heap, User Heap, File Handles, Disk Space and Timers. There is
- also a function that continually does disk I/O to help simulate a busy
- disk.
-
- Real time tracing of stack, windows messages and serial comm ports has
- been added as well as IntelliLib (tm) technology that lets you customize
- InfoSpy by specifying with DLLs to load to add\remove functionality.
-
- Installation
- ============
-
- To Install: From Program Manager Run A:SETUP
- You will be asked to Confirm your SOURCE directory.
- You will be asked to Confirm or change the InfoSpy Destination
-
- InfoSpy will require 700k on your hard drive
- and there are no memory or configuration requirements.
-
- Registration
- ============
-
- Send $9.99 to
-
- Dean Software Design
- P.O. Box 13032
- Mill Creek, WA 98082-1032
-
- Canadian/Mexican orders please add $0.50 for postage.
- Orders from all other countries please add $1.50 for postage.
-
- Please use the Registration form found under the "Registration Information"
- menu option of InfView.
-
- See the "Disclaimer / Registration Agreement" for multiple copy and site license
- registration.
-
- You can also register on CompuServe's SWREG forum: registration id 1846
-
- ** What is your incentive to register? There is now an annoying splash
- screen that appears when starting the unregistered version as well as
- the word <unregistered> generously placed througout the program. We had
- to add these features since we were getting lots of support calls from
- people who had not registered. In other words, you get support when you
- register! **
-
- Version History
- ===============
-
- Ver 2.10
- - Stress Menu was corrected so that it does not grey when disabled, instead
- it is actually removed from the menu bar.
- - Added System Scheduler, including: Intellilib Option, Popup Menu,
- Start & Stop menu functions and full task scheduling capability including
- Executing Programs, Task Shutdown, Windows Shutdown and System Reboot.
- - Fixed Continuous Disk I/O Stress problem which allowed it to only run once.
- - Fixed Grab DOS Memory Stress problem which occasionally gave RTE 201.
- - Corrected Grab USER Resources bug that displayed confirmation message twice.
- - Made Auto-Refresh counter seperate from Schedule & Alarm timers to prevent
- tie ups.
- - The MDI list of open windows now shows up under the FILE menu instead of
- WINDOW. We had to move it since our menus are dynamic and the MDI interface
- is not flexible.
- - Will not allow APPLICATION SUMMARY and STACK TRACE for InfoSpy, caused some
- GPFs.
- - Updated Alarms function so that it will activate automatically when InfoSpy
- is loaded.
- - New Alarms menu function lets you Start & Stop the alarms dynamically.
-
- Ver 2.08
- - Address change for Dean Software Design, corrected name to 'InfoSpy'.
- - Remove references to InfView which was sold to NEOSOFT.
- - Fixed Mem Usage by Task bug that would not reset the memory usage
- counters before next usage.
- - Added new function to Search your system for DLLs, also inspects All EXE,
- DLL,VBX & DRV files for any DLLs they might reference and then reports on
- DLLs that are referenced and unreferenced as well as duplicate DLL files.
-
- Ver 2.07
- - New function under ACTION to let you put any running task ON TOP of all
- other tasks. Select task from task list, can be used multiple times to
- put multiple tasks on top.
- - Added 'View CMOS' to the SYSTEM menu. Dumps $63 bytes of CMOS.
- (in INFDSDLL.DLL)
- - Added 'Save CMOS' and 'Restore CMOS' options to the ACTION menu.
- These options let you save your CMOS settings to a file or restore them
- from a file. (in INFDSDLL.DLL).
- - Created standalone RESTCMOS.EXE program which is run from DOS line to
- restore CMOS from a saved file.
- - Added Cold Boot option to the ACTION menu. Cold boot acts like powering
- off\on your system and resets memory.
- - The Font selection for InfoSpy windows is now saved to the INFORMER.INI
- file and is loaded whenever InfoSpy is executed.
-
- Disclaimer - Registration Agreement
- ===================================
-
- Users of InfoSpy must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
-
- "InfoSpy 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 InfoSpy."
-
- InfoSpy 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 InfoSpy and
- continue to use InfoSpy after a reasonable trial period, you must
- make register it! The registration fee will license one copy for use
- on any one computer at any one time.
-
- Commercial users of InfoSpy must register and pay for their copies
- of InfoSpy within 30 days of first use or their license is
- withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting Dean
- Software Design. In general, multiple copies of InfoSpy can be
- registered at the following rates:
-
- 1 - 10 copies: $ 9.99 per copy
- 11 - 20 copies: $ 90.00 + $9.00 per copy over 10
- 21 - 50 copies: $170.00 + $8.50 per copy over 20
- 51 - 100 copies: $400.00 + $8.00 per copy over 50
- 101+ or site licenses, call,Email or Write us!)
-
- Anyone distributing InfoSpy for any kind of remuneration must
- first contact Dean Software Design at the indicated address 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 InfoSpy
- immediately (However Dean Software Design must still be advised so that
- the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest version of InfoSpy).
-
- You are encouraged to pass a copy of InfoSpy along to your friends
- for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy if they
- find that they can use it.
-
- All registers user receive free technical support for 90 days from
- the date of registration. Also all registered users receive a free
- upgrade (on request excluding a $1.00 shipping charge) to the next
- version of this program when that version becomes available.
-
- To report bugs, receive help and bug fixes please send a CompuServe
- message via CompuServe Mail to:
-
- Dean Software Design
- [75240,65]
-
- or, if you do not have access to CompuServe, write to us!
-
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- =======================
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