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- || ConfigSafe ||
- || ConfigSafe 95 Support Edition ||
- || Version 1.05 ||
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- Note: This README applies to ConfigSafe NT and ConfigSafe 95
- Support Edition.
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- TRACKING EVERY CHANGE TO A SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
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- ConfigSafe lets you quickly resolve problems by:
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- - Identifying changes to your Registry(1), INI Files,
- System Hardware, Network Connections, and
- operating system software versions.
- - Restoring a system to a previously working configuration
- in just seconds.
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- Protect All Your Systems With Cost Effective Site Licenses
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- For upgrades contact:
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- Artisoft, Inc.
- 100 Wood Avenue South Suite 200
- Iselin, NJ 08830
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- Sales: 800-322-9440
- sales@artisoft.com
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- FAX: 732-744-9778
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- NEW FEATURES
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- ConfigSafe 1.05.03
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- Registry Handling
- Provides option to sort Registry keys and values.
- Allows handling of REG_MULTI_SZ values.
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- Snapshots
- Allow splash screen to be updated during processing
- of snapshots.
- Updated handling of initial snapshot to fix problem
- created by the SYSDIFF utility.
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- ConfigSafe 1.05.02
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- Autochk.exe has been updated with a version which will
- attempt to take a snapshot every 24 hours. Autochk.exe
- minimizes to the system tray when it is running. The
- configcheck dll is loaded by autocheck when a snapshot
- is attempted and then is unloaded until another snapshot
- is attempted to minimize system resource requirements.
- Note: Systems which are configured to have a snapshot taken
- each time Windows starts will have a snapshot performed each
- time autocheck attempts a snapshot.
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- Two entries have been added to the cfgsafe.ini
- file, in the [cfgsafe] section.
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- "AutochkTimer"=24
- The number of hours between attempts by autocheck to take
- a snapshot of the system. A value of 0 will cause autocheck
- to terminate after attempting a snapshot. The default is
- to perform a snapshot every 24 hours.
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- "AutochkCanStop"=1
- If set to 1 the autocheck tray icon will pop up a message
- box if the user issues a mouse click on the tray icon. The
- message box will allow the user to terminate autocheck.
- If set to 0 the autocheck tray icon will not display a
- terminate program message box. The default is 1, to
- allow the user to terminate autocheck.
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- Miscellaneous Changes
- Allow horizontal scrolling of entries in list boxes.
- Only launch text editor when a file entry is double-clicked
- if the "Now" snapshot is selected in the "Changes Ending" field.
- Disable appropriate fields when no profiles and snapshots exist.
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- ConfigSafe 1.05.01
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- In addition to correcting known anomalies, ConfigSafe v1.05
- provides password security for the RESTORE feature, minimize
- to Task Bar, icon flags designating scheduled and imported
- snapshots, and introduces the EXPORT and IMPORT features.
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- PASSWORD SECURITY FOR RESTORE
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- The RESTORE feature now provides password security. A
- password can be set or reset by clicking on the
- MANAGE Snapshot, Set Password button. The current master
- password is "7129WXRV" which can be used if a user's
- password is forgotten. RESTORE Password Security can be
- disabled by placing the following line in the CFGSAFE.INI
- file, [CFGSAFE] section:
- ControlValue3=173
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- MINIMIZE TO TASK BAR
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- When minimized, ConfigSafe now displays as an item on the Task Bar.
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- ICON FLAG DESIGNATORS
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- The Manage Snapshot window now includes icons to designate scheduled
- and imported snapshots. When a scheduled snapshot is highlighted,
- the autocheck icon appears, when an imported snapshot is highlighted,
- the import icon appears.
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- EXPORT and IMPORT FEATURES
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- EXPORT enables the user to save ConfigSafe snapshots to
- local and networked drives, or to diskette. In other words,
- the valuable information stored in a ConfigSafe snapshot may
- be "exported" from the application to alternate locations
- for safekeeping or for comparison of configurations between
- systems.
- Note: some snapshots may be too large to fit on a single
- diskette. If that is the case, the export to diskette option
- will not be available for those snapshots.
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- IMPORT allows the user to load previously exported snapshots
- back into the ConfigSafe application.
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- INSTALLING ConfigSafe
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- Installing ConfigSafe onto your computer will copy the
- software to the designated directory and create a snapshot
- (capture your configuration) of your system. ConfigSafe
- requires approximately 5.0 Mb of disk space for the sofware.
- It is recommended that approximately 10Mb be reserved for
- storing configuration information.
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- Installation Procedure
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- 1. Insert the installation diskette into your diskette drive.
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- 2. Select the run option from the File pull-down menu in the Windows
- Program Manager.
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- 3. Enter the following in the Run dialog box:
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- A:\INSTALL
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- 4. You will be asked to select a directory to which the
- ConfigSafe software will be copied. You may choose the
- default directory or enter a different location.
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- USING THE ConfigSafe SOFTWARE
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- VIEWING CHANGES TO YOUR SYSTEM
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- ConfigSafe lets you view the changes which have been made to
- your system configuration during any given time period.
- Press just one button and you'll have access to all the changes
- which have been made to your:
- - Configuration files (system.ini, etc.)
- - Registry(1) - Windows 95 Configuration Manager (Windows 95 only)
- - System Hardware - Drives, memory, processor, and more
- - Software - Updates and deleted files in your DOS and Windows dir.
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- Selecting the Time Frame
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- On the main screen you select the time period for which you wish to
- identify configuration changes. ConfigSafe will show you the
- changes made to the system in that time period.
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- Changes Staring: Beginning of the time period
- Changes Ending: End of the time period.
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- Viewing the Changes for Different Information
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- The toolbar at the top left corner of the ConfigSafe main screen
- allows you to select which information you wish to view:
- - Configuration File Changes
- - System Changes
- - Drive and Network Connection Changes
- - Directory Changes (updates to files in directories)
- - Registry(1) Changes (available in ConfigSafe 95 only)
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- RESTORING YOUR SYSTEM
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- ConfigSafe lets you restore your system files and Registry(1) to
- a previously working system configuration. In seconds, ConfigSafe
- restores you to a working configuration. To do so, select the
- RESTORE button on the ConfigSafe main screen. Then, follow the
- instructions to restore your system to how it was on the specified
- date.
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- If you cannot run Windows, boot into DOS mode, run the SOS
- utility while in your ConfigSafe subdirectory. Do not run
- SOS from the Windows 95 DOS box.
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- If you make a mistake, select the UNDO button and ConfigSafe will
- bring your system back to the configuration before you did the
- restore.
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- (1) REGISTRY features are only available with ConfigSafe 95, not
- with ConfigSafe (16-bit) for Windows 3.1x. Registry features are
- also available with the ConfigSafe NT product.