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- InfoSpy v2.51 (10/26/95)
-
- $$$ Now you can register using your VISA / MC and immediately receive
- a registration key that changes your shareware version to a
- registered version.. NO MORE SNAILMAIL! $$$
-
- ** Reviewed by Computer Shopper May 1995 - recommended! **
- ** Recommended by Windows Magazine Superior Shareware Column - May 1995 **
- ** America Online Windows Forum Top Pick Mar-May 95 **
- ** Recommended by the Granunke Report - May 1995 **
- ** America Online Software Center - Top Software Downloads April 95 **
-
- 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.
-
- The new System Sentry library lets you monitor Windows program usage, control
- what Windows programs can be executed, disallow users from running programs,
- disable the CTRL-ALT-DEL keys under Windows, and disable entire directories.
-
- InfoSpy has been updated to run under Windows 95. Still a 16 app but ALL
- functions work and provide accurate information for the Win95 environment!!
-
- 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 Screen Capture Utility allows you to capture the entire desktop, a
- specific window or cut a portion of the screen to the clipboard. You can
- save the captured image as a bitmap too.
-
- 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.
-
- The ICON search will examine any file, directory or drive for files
- containing ICONS and will list them (and draw them) in a convenient list.
- You can copy any of the listed ICONS to the ClipBoard!
-
- 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.
- You can customize the initial libraries and the INI path.
-
- InfoSpy will require 1 megabyte on your hard drive
- and there are no memory or configuration requirements.
-
- Registration
- ============
- InfoSpy now supports REGISTRATION KEYS. We would be happy to provide you
- with a registration key that will instantly convert your shareware version
- of InfoSpy into a registered version. Please specify this option when
- registering.
-
- 1. Send $19.99 to
-
- Dean Software Design
- P.O. Box 13032
- Mill Creek, WA 98082-1032
-
- 2. use CompuServe's Online Registration SWREG. (id 1846)
-
- 3. Use your Visa/MC to order by sending us an EMAIL with your visa info,
- name, address and quantity, or call (206) 316-8645 to place your order.
-
- 4. Call (206) 316-8645 and leave a voice-mail for further
- purchase options.
-
- U.S. orders please add $1.00 for postage.
- Canadian/Mexican orders please add $2.00 for postage.
- Orders from all other countries please add $2.50 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. The
- code size of the registered version is 50k smaller too! 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 2.51
- - Added Option on {\b SPY} menu to lookup local atoms.
- - Corrected DLL search on all drives so that it doesn't hang halfway through.
- - Enhanced DLL search on all drives to only prompt for drives that exist.
- - Added ability to 'Delete' global and local atoms by Double Clicking on the
- atom in the list. This procedure is restricted to very specific types of
- atoms, so do not expect it to work globally!
- - Added ability for Keyboard Trace to be started automatically when InfoSpy
- is invoked. Set checkbox on Keyboard Trace Setup window.
- - The Setup program has been improved so that it correctly adds the device
- driver to the SYSTEM.INI file and also has a stronger uninstall feature
- that scans the SYSTEM.INI and WIN.INI files for InfoSpy references.
- - New TEXT SEARCH library. This library contains a highly functional Text
- Search utility that can be used to search for text in any type of file.
- Included is an unlimited size File Viewer that loads any file at the
- location of the found text.
- - New DUPLICATE FILE SEARCH and FILE FIND functions on the System menu. The
- Duplicate file search will search a single or multiple local or network
- drive(s) looking for duplicate files. The File Find will find any files
- matching your criteria. Both searches allow for file size & date to be part
- of the selection criteria. The resulting list will load an unlimited size
- file viewer with a double click or will delete the selected file with the
- right button click. Also Print, Clipboard and Save functionality.
- - Removed the old File & Text search functions from the mini-File Manager.
- - Corrected a bug in the Task list routine that caused a GPF in certain
- circumstances.
- - Updated System Snapshot so that you can specify a daily time for the
- snapshot to take place (as well as every x minutes). For example, this would
- allows users to automatically have a snapshot done every evening at 9:00pm.
-
- Ver 2.50
- - Added new InfoSpy Scheduler program. This 17k program contains all the
- functionality to perform the InfoSpy program and system event scheduling
- using the Scheduler DLL.
- - New function to get a SYSTEM SNAPSHOT saved to a disk file. The snapshot
- can be set to happen every x minutes automatically and you can select the
- file name and optionaly select any of: Running Tasks, Loaded Modules,
- Open Files, Memory Usage by Task, Memory Information and Heap Information.
- Each report in the snapshot contains comprehensive details.
- - Added Registration Key capability. You can now change your shareware
- version to a registered version by entered a coded Registration Key that
- you will receive from Dean Software.
- - The Setup program now has an UnInstall feature to remove InfoSpy from
- your system.
- - The Setup recognizes the prior use of a registration key so that when new
- software is installed it will remain registered. It will also detect
- registered versions of v2.42 that did not use Registration Keys.
- - Corrected bug that prevented InfoSpy from starting with a mini status
- window.
- - Added new scheduler option to schedule a job list. Job list allows you to
- sequence 8 programs to run one after another, each one waiting until the
- last one is finished before starting. You can place a time limit on each
- job.
- - Updated the scheduler setup window to contain an edit field showing the
- name of the job list file, thus allowing multiple job files to be
- maintained.
- - Corrected bug in scheduler setup window that did not retain certain
- settings.
- - Corrected bug that would cause InfoSpy to crash or hang with RamDoubler 1.2.
- - Added enhanced Windows version recognition for Windows 95 and Windows NT.
- - InfoSpy no longer indicates what operating system it is running on at the
- top of the main Window, ie: OS/2 or Windows 95.
- - The Memory Usage option no longer GPFs on Windows 95, though the memory
- figures are incorrect or zero due to the 32bit heap usage. This will be
- corrected in the Win95 version later this year.
- - Corrected bug on Preferences window that did not allow you to change radio
- button for space seperation on logs.
- - Default User ID on Preferences window now specifies 5 characters minimally
- requied.
- - Fixed RESOURCE LEAK in Task List window.
- - Removed call to BIVBX11.DLL in the SENTRY.EXE file. If a user did not have
- this DLL on their system then SENTRY would not run.
-
- ** See the Online for more Version History **
-
- 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: $ 19.99 per copy\line
- 11 - 20 copies: $190.00 + $19.00 per copy over 10
- 21 - 50 copies: $360.00 + $18.00 per copy over 20
- 51 - 100 copies: $850.00 + $17.00 per copy over 50
- 101+ or site licenses call (206) 316-8645, 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!
-
- Definition Of Shareware
- =======================
-
- Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before
- buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you
- are expected to register. Individual programs differ on details --
- some request registration while others require it, some specify a
- maximum trial period. With registration, you get anything from the
- simple right to continue using the software to an updated program with
- printed manual.
-
- Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and
- the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific
- exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished
- programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are of
- comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs and bad
- ones!) The main difference is in the method of distribution. The
- author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute the
- software, either to all and sundry or to a specific group. For
- example, some authors require written permission before a commercial
- disk vendor may copy their Shareware.
-
- Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should
- find software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether it's
- commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your needs
- easier, because you can try before you buy. And because the overhead
- is low, prices are low also. Shareware has the ultimate money-back
- guarantee - if you don't use the product, you don't pay for it.
-