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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 [phone] to place your order.

     4.      Call [phone] 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 [phone], 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.