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- <h2><b><span class="headline1">BPP Disk Online help - BPP Disk
- Encryption functionality</span></b></h2>
- <hr size="1" noshade>
- <h3><b>The BPP Disk Encryption Control Panel:</b></h3>
- <p><img border="0" src="img/main.jpg" width="714" height="465"></p>
- <h3><b>Functions:</b></h3>
- <table width="830" border="0" align="right">
- <tr valign="top">
- <td width="269" height="92"><a href="#add">
- <img src="img/go.gif" border="0" width="15" height="10"> Add volume</a><br>
- <a href="#import">
- <img src="img/go.gif" border="0" width="15" height="10"> Import
- volume</a><br>
- <a href="#mount">
- <img src="img/go.gif" border="0" width="15" height="10"> Mount
- volume</a><br>
- <a href="#unmount">
- <img src="img/go.gif" border="0" width="15" height="10"> Unmount
- (lock) volume</a><br>
- <a href="#changepass">
- <img src="img/go.gif" border="0" width="15" height="10"> Change
- password</a></td>
- <td width="216" height="92"><a href="#remove">
- <img src="img/go.gif" border="0" width="15" height="10"> Remove
- Volume</a><br>
- <a href="#help">
- <img src="img/go.gif" border="0" width="15" height="10"> Help</a><br>
- <a href="#options">
- <img src="img/go.gif" border="0" width="15" height="10"> Options</a><br>
- <a href="#minimize">
- <img src="img/go.gif" border="0" width="15" height="10"> Minimize to
- tray</a><br>
- <a href="#info">
- <img src="img/go.gif" border="0" width="15" height="10"> Info / News</a></td>
- </tr>
- </table>
- <p> </p>
- <p><br clear="all">
- <a name="add"></a><br>
- </p>
- <hr size="1" noshade>
- <h3><b><span class="headline2">Add volume</span></b> <a href="#top"><img src="img/back.gif" alt="back to top" border="0" align="absmiddle" width="16" height="16"></a>
- </h3>
- <hr size="1" noshade>
- <p><img border="0" src="img/button_add.gif" width="111" height="23"></p>
- <p align="justify">When clicking at the button "Add volume", the
- following dialog box appears:</p>
- <p align="justify">
- <img border="0" src="img/add_dialog.gif" width="555" height="349"></p>
- <p align="justify"><b><span class="headline2">Volume name (choose
- freely)</span><br>
- </b>Enter a drive label of your choice. This name will later appear in
- the list of drives (for non-permanent drives only).</p>
- <p align="justify"><span class="headline2"><b>Assigned drive letter</b></span><b><br>
- </b>Please choose a drive letter from the pull-down menu. The pull-down
- menue contains only currently free drive letters. The Enterprise Edition
- additionally displays NTFS partitions which can be encrypted. Although
- it is possible to encrypt NTFS partitions on which programs are
- installed, it is not recommended to do so. If unmounted, the system
- might try to load DLLs dynamically and this will of course fail. So
- better use this feature with partitions which only contain data rather
- than installed software.</p>
- <p align="justify"><b><span class="headline2">Activate automatic
- detection<br>
- </span></b>If you set this checkbox to the checked state, the volume
- which is to be created will be identified by the built-in automatic
- drive scanner and is added to the list of available volumes. A
- drive letter is chosen dynamically each time the volume is mounted.<br>
- This feature is mainly intented for the creation of volumes on removable
- drives like external hard disks or USB memory sticks. Automatic
- detection is always activated for volume files which are created on
- removable drives.</p>
- <p align="justify">This feature cannot be activated for raw NTFS
- partitions (applies only to the Enterprise Edition)</p>
- <p align="justify"><b><span class="headline2">File path to image file</span></b><br>
- Please enter the file path where you want to physically store the new
- volume file.</p>
- <p align="justify">In order to choose a location for the creation of the
- encrypted volume image file, click at the button on the right side of
- the edit box.</p>
- <p align="justify">A directory picker dialog opens and you can search a
- suitable location.</p>
- <p align="justify">This feature is deactivated for the encryption of raw
- NTFS partitions (applies only to the Enterprise Edition).</p>
- <p align="justify"><b><span class="headline2">Total size of volume (in
- MBytes)<br>
- </span></b>The volume size can be chosen manually or by using the small
- up-and down arrows which are on the right side of the volume size edit
- box.</p>
- <p align="justify">Raw partitions have a fixed size. Consequently, this
- feature is deactivated for the encryption of raw NTFS partitions
- (applies only to the Enterprise Edition).</p>
- <p align="justify"><b><span class="headline2">Password<br>
- </span></b>Here you can enter the password to protect your encrypted
- volume. Please choose a long password like
- "Wa4X+g2#csdf89#2bDWXvtzks92m#fk6y10h". With the length of the password
- and the degree of uniqueness you indirectly choose the quality of the
- encryption: A short password like "Wa", corresponds with about 12 .. 16
- bit encryption strength. Such simple passwords are very easy to crack!<br>
- <font size="3" face="Arial">BPP Disk maps all password entries to
- <span lang="de">512</span> bit long binary representations. Each
- character of your entry adds 6 ... 8 password bits. Consequently, after
- entering approximately <span lang="de">8</span>0 characters, no more
- effective password information is added. An exception to this rule are
- <span lang="de">128</span> characters long HEX passwords (must be set
- accordingly in the Options dialog). BPP Disk expects these passwords to
- consist solely of hexadecimal characters. Each character contains
- exactly 4 password bits. Thus, after entering all <span lang="de">128</span>
- characters, <span lang="de">512</span> password bits are specified
- without executing the password mapping (hashing) process. This is a
- useful feature for users who utilize smart cards for password entry and
- who keep printed password information in two different places (common
- procedure in banks).</font></p>
- <table width="100%" border="0">
- <tr>
- <td width="6%" valign="top"><font size="7" color="#FF0000">!</font></td>
- <td width="94%" valign="top" class="txt12">Please make sure that
- nobody else but you knows your password because it is the only way
- to access your secured data.<br>
- If you forget your password, you will never be able to access your
- data again!</td>
- </tr>
- </table>
- <p align="justify"><span class="headline2"><b>Password repetition</b><br>
- The chosen password must be entered in this edit box once more. </span>
- The software checks boths entries for being identical and thus prevents
- typing errors.</p>
- <p align="justify"><span class="headline2"><b>HEX password:</b><br>
- This edit box displays the internal 512 bit representation of your
- password. It can be copied to the clipboard. Banks use this feature to
- give two different persons half of the password. Each of them cannot
- access the data, but together they can.</span></p>
- <p align="justify">On the right side of this dialog there are three
- buttons. Here's a description of their functionality:</p>
- <p align="justify" class="headline2"><b>OK</b></p>
- <p align="justify">
- <img border="0" src="img/button_ok.gif" width="111" height="23"></p>
- <p align="justify">After entering all the data to create the new
- encrypted volume, simply click at the OK button to save the settings and
- to create the encrypted volume. After the creation process is finished,
- you can use the new encrypted drive.</p>
- <p align="justify" class="headline2"><b>Cancel</b></p>
- <p align="justify">
- <img border="0" src="img/button_cancel.gif" width="111" height="23"></p>
- <p align="justify">If you have entered the wrong data or if you want to
- go back to the previous dialog, hit the Cancel button. The new settings
- will be discarded.</p>
- <p align="justify"><b><span class="headline2">Help </span></b></p>
- <p align="justify">
- <img border="0" src="img/button_help.gif" width="111" height="23"></p>
- <p align="justify">By clicking at this button, a dialog containing
- support data opens and you get more informations.</p>
- <p><a name="import" id="involve"></a><br>
- </p>
- <hr size="1" noshade>
- <h3><span style="font-weight: 400"><b><span class="headline2">Import
- volume</span></b></span> <span style="font-weight: 400"> </span> <a href="#top"><img src="img/back.gif" alt="back to top" border="0" align="absmiddle" width="16" height="16"></a>
- </h3>
- <hr align="JUSTIFY" size="1" noshade>
- <p align="justify">
- <img border="0" src="img/button_import.gif" width="111" height="23"></p>
- <p align="justify">In order to import a volume image file of an existing
- encrypted drive in your system, click at Import volume. The following
- dialog pops up:<br>
- <br>
- <img border="0" src="img/import_dialog.gif" width="555" height="284"></p>
- <p align="justify" class="headline2"><br>
- <b>Assigned drive letter<br>
- </b>With the help of a pull-down menu you can choose from a list of free
- drive letters one which you want to assign the volume to. Usually the
- first available drive letter is already displayed.</p>
- <p align="justify"><span class="headline2"><b>Password<br>
- </b>Please enter here the password with which you have already encrypted
- the volume.</span></p>
- <table width="836" border="0">
- <tr>
- <td valign="top" width="25"><font size="7" color="#FF0000">!</font></td>
- <td valign="top" class="txt12" width="801">Please make sure that
- nobody else but you knows your password because it is the only way
- to access your secured data.<br>
- If you forget your password, you will never be able to access your
- data again.</td>
- </tr>
- </table>
- <p align="justify" class="headline2"><b>OK</b></p>
- <p align="justify">
- <img border="0" src="img/button_ok.gif" width="111" height="23"></p>
- <p align="justify">After entering all the data to import the new
- encrypted volume, simply click at the OK button to save the settings and
- to create the encrypted volume. After the creation process is finished,
- you can use the new drive.</p>
- <p align="justify" class="headline2"><b>Cancel</b></p>
- <p align="justify">
- <img border="0" src="img/button_cancel.gif" width="111" height="23"></p>
- <p align="justify">If you have entered the wrong data or if you want to
- go back to the previous dialog, hit the Cancel button. The new settings
- will be discarded.</p>
- <p align="justify"><b><span class="headline2">Help </span></b></p>
- <p align="justify">
- <img border="0" src="img/button_help.gif" width="111" height="23"></p>
- <p align="justify">By clicking at this button, a dialog containing
- support data opens and you get more informations.</p>
- <p><br>
- <a name="mount" id="rebind"></a><br>
- </p>
- <hr size="1" noshade>
- <h3><span style="font-weight: 400"><b><span class="headline2">Mount
- volume</span></b></span> <span style="font-weight: 400"> </span><a href="#top"><img src="img/back.gif" alt="back to top" border="0" align="absmiddle" width="16" height="16"></a>
- </h3>
- <hr size="1" noshade>
- <p align="justify">
- <img border="0" src="img/button_mount.gif" width="111" height="23"></p>
- <p align="justify">Unmounted volumes are crossed out in the list of
- drives in the main window. If you want to mount a currently locked
- volume by clicking at the volume with the left mouse button and then
- clicking at the "Mount volume" button, the following dialog pops up:</p>
- <p align="justify"> <img border="0" src="img/mount_dialog.gif" width="516" height="195"></p>
- <p class="headline2"><b><span class="headline2">Assigned drive letter<br>
- </span></b>Choose from the pull-down menu on the right side a free drive
- letter.</p>
- <p align="justify"><b>Read-only<br>
- </b>Set this box to the checked state if you want to prevent overwriting
- or deletion of data on your encrypted volume once it is mounted. The
- volume can then be used just like a CD-ROM.</p>
- <p align="justify" class="headline2"><b>Password<br>
- </b><span class="headline2">Please enter here the password with which
- you have already encrypted the volume.</span></p>
- <table width="837" border="0">
- <tr>
- <td valign="top" width="25"><font size="7" color="#FF0000">!</font></td>
- <td valign="top" class="txt12" width="802">Please make sure that
- nobody else but you knows your password because it is the only way
- to access your secured data.<br>
- If you forget your password, you will never be able to access your
- data again.</td>
- </tr>
- </table>
- <p align="justify" class="headline2"><b>OK</b></p>
- <p align="justify">
- <img border="0" src="img/button_ok.gif" width="111" height="23"></p>
- <p align="justify">After entering all the data to mount the new
- encrypted volume, simply click at the OK button to save the settings and
- to perform the desired function. After the mounting process is finished,
- you can use the drive.</p>
- <p align="justify" class="headline2"><b>Cancel</b></p>
- <p align="justify">
- <img border="0" src="img/button_cancel.gif" width="111" height="23"></p>
- <p align="justify">If you have entered the wrong data or if you want to
- go back to the previous dialog, hit the Cancel button. The new settings
- will be discarded.</p>
- <p align="justify"><b><span class="headline2">Help </span></b></p>
- <p align="justify">
- <img border="0" src="img/button_help.gif" width="111" height="23"></p>
- <p align="justify">By clicking at this button, a dialog containing
- support data opens and you get more informations.</p>
- <p align="justify"><br>
- <a name="unmount" id="rebind0"></a></p>
- <a name="lock" id="lock"></a><hr align="JUSTIFY" size="1" noshade>
- <div align="justify">
- <h3><span style="font-weight: 400"><b><span class="headline2">Lock
- volume (unmount a mounted volume)</span></b></span> <a href="#top"><img src="img/back.gif" alt="back to top" border="0" align="absmiddle" width="16" height="16"></a>
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- </div>
- <hr align="JUSTIFY" size="1" noshade>
- <div align="justify">
- <br>
- <img src="img/button_lock.gif" width="111" height="23">
- </div>
- <p align="justify">In order to lock a mounted encrypted volume, mark the
- drive in the listbox of the BPP Disk control panel (the main window) and
- click at "Lock volume". The following confirmation dialog pops up:<br>
- <br>
- <img src="img/lock_confirm_dialog.gif" width="332" height="107"> </p>
- <p align="justify">Before you confirm with "Yes" (or äJaô if you happen
- to have a German version of the operating system), please close all open
- files on this volume. If there's still a file open or the Windows
- Explorer points on the drive which is to be unmounted, the software will
- not be able to unmount the volume. If you are uncertain, hit "no".</p>
- <p align="justify">All mounted encrypted volumes will be closed
- automatically at system shutdown. </p>
- <p align="justify">Please note that once you have confirmed that you
- want to continue the operation by clicking at "Yes", only after entering
- the correct password in the "Mount" dialog you will be able to access
- data which is stored on the encrypted volume.</p>
- <table width="100%" border="0">
- <tr>
- <td width="6%" valign="top"><font size="7" color="#FF0000">!</font></td>
- <td width="94%" class="txt12">If you forget your password, you will
- never be able to access your data again.</td>
- </tr>
- </table>
- <p></p>
- <div align="justify">
- <a name="changepass" id="changepass"></a><br>
- </div>
- <hr align="JUSTIFY" size="1" noshade>
- <div align="justify">
- <h3><span style="font-weight: 400"><b><span class="headline2">Change
- password </span></b></span> <a href="#top"><img src="img/back.gif" alt="back to top" border="0" align="absmiddle" width="16" height="16"></a>
- </h3>
- </div>
- <hr align="JUSTIFY" size="1" noshade>
- <div align="justify">
- <br>
- <img src="img/button_change_pwd.gif" width="111" height="23">
- </div>
- <p align="justify">In order to protect an encrypted volume with a new
- password, mark an unmounted drive in the listbox of the BPP Disk control
- panel (the main window) and click at "Change password". If you want to
- change the password of a mounted drive, please lock (unmount) it first,
- then click at "Change password". Password changes are executed very
- rapidly because a so-called disk key is only re-encrypted. Please note
- that this doesn't apply to raw NTFS partitions. Unlike file-hosted
- volumes, these encrypted storage devices are directly encrypted with the
- password hash. Changing the password consequently implies a complete
- re-encryption of the partition!</p>
- <p align="justify">The following dialog pops up:<br>
- <br>
- <img src="img/change_pwd_dialog.gif" width="516" height="225"> </p>
- <p align="justify"><b>Old password<br>
- </b><span class="headline2">Please enter here the password with which
- the volume is momentarily encrypted.</span></p>
- <p align="justify"><b>New password<br>
- </b>Here the new password must be entered. It is highly advisable to
- choose a long password like "Wa4X+g2#csdf89#2bDWXvtzks92m#fk6y10h". With
- the length of the password and the degree of uniqueness you indirectly
- choose the quality of the encryption: A short password like "Wa",
- corresponds to about 12 .. 16 bit encryption! Such simple passwords are
- very easy to crack.<br>
- <font size="3" face="Arial">BPP Disk maps all password entries to
- <span lang="de">512</span> bit long binary representations. Each
- character of your entry adds 6 ... 8 password bits. Consequently, after
- entering approximately <span lang="de">8</span>0 characters, no more
- effective password information is added. An exception to this rule are
- <span lang="de">128</span> characters long HEX passwords (must be set
- accordingly in the Options dialog). BPP Disk expects these passwords to
- consist solely of hexadecimal characters. Each character contains
- exactly 4 password bits. Thus, after entering all <span lang="de">128</span>
- characters, <span lang="de">512</span> password bits are specified
- without executing the password mapping (hashing) process. </font></p>
- <table width="100%" border="0">
- <tr>
- <td width="6%" valign="top"><font size="7" color="#FF0000">!</font></td>
- <td width="94%" valign="top" class="txt12">Please make sure that
- nobody else but you knows your password because it is the only way
- to access your secured data.<br>
- If you forget your password, you will never be able to access your
- data again.</td>
- </tr>
- </table>
- <p align="justify"><span class="headline2"><b>Check (password
- repetition)</b><br>
- The chosen password must be entered in this edit box once more. </span>
- The software checks boths entries for being identical and thus prevents
- typing errors.</p>
- <p align="justify" class="headline2"><b>OK</b></p>
- <p align="justify">
- <img border="0" src="img/button_ok.gif" width="111" height="23"></p>
- <p align="justify">After entering all the data to change the password,
- click at the OK button to save the settings and to perform the desired
- function. If the two lines containing the new password are not
- identical, you will be asked to correct your settings. After the process
- has finished, you can only mount the drive with the changed (new)
- password.</p>
- <p align="justify" class="headline2"><b>Cancel</b></p>
- <p align="justify">
- <img border="0" src="img/button_cancel.gif" width="111" height="23"></p>
- <p align="justify">If you have entered wrong data or if you want to go
- back to the previous dialog, hit the Cancel button. The new settings
- will be discarded.</p>
- <p align="justify"><b><span class="headline2">Help </span></b></p>
- <p align="justify">
- <img border="0" src="img/button_help.gif" width="111" height="23"></p>
- <p align="justify">By clicking at this button, a dialog containing
- support data opens and you get more informations.</p>
- <p align="justify"> </p>
- <div align="justify">
- <a name="remove" id="remove"></a>
- </div>
- <hr align="JUSTIFY" size="1" noshade>
- <div align="justify">
- <span style="font-weight: 400"><b><span class="headline2">Remove
- volume </span></b></span> <a href="#top"><img src="img/back.gif" alt="back to top" border="0" align="absmiddle" width="16" height="16"></a>
- </div>
- <hr align="JUSTIFY" size="1" noshade>
- <p align="justify" class="headline2">
- <img src="img/button_del.gif" width="111" height="23"> </p>
- <p align="justify">With this function you can delete and secure wipe an
- encrypted volume</p>
- <table width="100%" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
- <tr>
- <td width="6%" valign="top"><font size="7" color="#FF0000">!</font></td>
- <td width="94%" class="txt12">Removing an encrypted volume destroys
- secured data on the selected volume.</td>
- </tr>
- </table>
- <p align="justify">Mark an unmounted drive in the listbox of the BPP
- Disk control panel (the main window) and click at "Remove Volume". The
- following dialog pops up:</p>
- <p align="justify">
- <img src="img/remove_dialog.gif" width="516" height="195"> <br>
- </p>
- <p align="justify"><b>Password<br>
- </b><span class="headline2">Please enter here the password with which
- you have already encrypted the volume.</span></p>
- <p align="justify" class="headline2"><b>OK</b></p>
- <p align="justify">
- <img border="0" src="img/button_ok.gif" width="111" height="23"></p>
- <p align="justify">After entering all relevant data to remove the
- selected volume, click at the OK button to save the settings and to
- perform the desired function. If you have activated the secure wipe
- function in the Options menu, the volume will be overwritten with
- "noise" prior to deletion.</p>
- <p align="justify" class="headline2"><b>Cancel</b></p>
- <p align="justify">
- <img border="0" src="img/button_cancel.gif" width="111" height="23"></p>
- <p align="justify">If you have entered wrong data or if you want to go
- back to the previous dialog, hit the Cancel button. The new settings
- will be discarded.</p>
- <p align="justify"><b><span class="headline2">Help </span></b></p>
- <p align="justify">
- <img border="0" src="img/button_help.gif" width="111" height="23"></p>
- <p align="justify">By clicking at this button, a dialog containing
- support data opens and you get more informations.</p>
- <p align="justify"> </p>
- <p align="justify"><a name="help" id="help"></a></p>
- <hr align="JUSTIFY" size="1" noshade>
- <p><span style="font-weight: 400"><b><span class="headline2">Help
- </span></b></span> <a href="#top"><img src="img/back.gif" alt="back to top" border="0" align="absmiddle" width="16" height="16"></a>
- </p>
- <hr align="JUSTIFY" size="1" noshade>
- <p align="justify" class="headline2">
- <img border="0" src="img/button_help.gif" width="111" height="23"> </p>
- <p align="justify">By clicking at this button, a dialog containing
- specific support data opens and you can browse through the help
- information.</p>
- <p align="justify"> </p>
- <div align="justify">
- <a name="options" id="options"></a>
- </div>
- <hr align="JUSTIFY" size="1" noshade>
- <div align="justify">
- <span style="font-weight: 400"><b><span class="headline2">Options
- </span></b></span> <a href="#top"><img src="img/back.gif" alt="back to top" border="0" align="absmiddle" width="16" height="16"></a>
- </div>
- <hr align="JUSTIFY" size="1" noshade>
- <p align="justify" class="headline2">
- <img src="img/button_options.gif" width="111" height="23"> </p>
- <p align="justify">The following dialog opens when you click at the
- "Options" button in the main window:<br>
- <br>
- <img src="img/options_dialog.gif" width="614" height="347"> </p>
- <p align="justify">With this dialog you can set options which affect the
- appearance and characteristics of the program. You can increase the
- security when deleting a volume image file, choose which type of
- password entry you want to use and you can customize system settings.</p>
- <p align="justify">Changing standard options is only advisable for
- advanced users. Here's a short description of the individual topics:</p>
- <p align="justify"><b>Overwrite image files after deletion of volumes
- with random numbers</b><br>
- In case you want to remove encrypted volumes and you want to make
- forensic analysis of your computer impossible, choose "Yes". If your
- password might be known by other people, it is highly advisable to
- choose "Yes".</p>
- <p align="justify"><b>Password entry with up to 128 characters length or
- password entry with exactly 128 hexadecimal characters<br>
- </b>BPP Disk supports standard password entry with password lengths
- ranging from 1 character up to 128 characters. These entries are mapped
- internally by a polymorphic hashing algorithm to exactly 512 bit.</p>
- <p align="justify">Alternatively, passwords can be entered as 128
- characters long hexadecimal numbers. By doing this, the hash algorithm
- is bypassed.</p>
- <p align="justify">When new encrypted drives are created, the 128
- character hex number is displayed. As an example, it could be copied
- into a text document, split into two pieces and subsequently stored in
- two different files on two different computers. If the password is lost
- somehow, the two pieces of the hex representation could be concatenated
- and pasted into the password edit line in the "Mount" dialog in order to
- be able to access the encrypted data which would otherwise be locked
- permanently.</p>
- <p align="justify"><b>Hide password characters in all dialog boxes<br>
- </b>If set to "Yes", each password characters is displayed as an
- asterisk . This makes visual spying on your passwords more difficult.</p>
- <p align="justify"><b>Search for self-detectable volumes</b><br>
- If set to "Yes", encrypted volumes residing on removable drives are
- detected automatically and are displayed in the main window.</p>
- <p align="justify"><b>Mounting of local encrypted volumes at system
- start<br>
- </b>On system start the BPP Disk control panel is launched automatically
- and the user is asked for the passwords of the encrypted volumes and raw
- devices which are known to the system. If no password is entered or if
- it is incorrect, the affected encrypted volume is not mounted to the
- file system..</p>
- <p align="justify"><b>Autostart this software at system start</b><br>
- <i>BPP Disk </i>is launched at system start if this option is active.</p>
- <p align="justify" class="headline2"><b>OK</b></p>
- <p align="justify">
- <img border="0" src="img/button_ok.gif" width="111" height="23"></p>
- <p align="justify">After adjusting the settings, click at the OK button
- to save the settings.</p>
- <p align="justify" class="headline2"><b>Cancel</b></p>
- <p align="justify">
- <img border="0" src="img/button_cancel.gif" width="111" height="23"></p>
- <p align="justify">If you have entered the wrong data or if you want to
- go back to the previous dialog, hit the Cancel button. The new settings
- will be discarded.</p>
- <p align="justify"><b><span class="headline2">Help </span></b></p>
- <p align="justify">
- <img border="0" src="img/button_help.gif" width="111" height="23"></p>
- <p align="justify">By clicking at this button, a dialog containing
- support data opens and you get more informations.</p>
- <p align="justify"><a name="minimize" id="minimize"></a></p>
- <hr align="JUSTIFY" size="1" noshade>
- <h3><span style="font-weight: 400"><b><span class="headline2">Minimize
- to tray </span></b></span> <a href="#top"><img src="img/back.gif" alt="back to top" border="0" align="absmiddle" width="16" height="16"></a>
- </h3>
- <hr align="JUSTIFY" size="1" noshade>
- <p><br>
- <span class="headline2">
- <img border="0" src="img/button_minimize_to_tray.gif" width="111" height="23"></span>
- </p>
- <p>When clicking at this button on the main window, the main window is
- minimized to the system tray on the right side of the task bar.</p>
- <p> <img border="0" src="img/tray_dialog.gif" width="325" height="128"></p>
- <p align="justify">When right-clicking at the vault symbol in the task
- bar, a menu with several convenient options opens. As shown in the
- screenshot above, all mounted encrypted drives can be unmounted at a
- touch of a button.</p>
- <div align="justify">
- <a name="info"></a><br>
- </div>
- <hr align="JUSTIFY" size="1" noshade>
- <div align="justify">
- <b><span class="headline2"><font size="4">Info / News</font></span><font size="4">
- </font></b><font size="4"> </font>
- <a href="#top">
- <img src="img/back.gif" alt="back to top" border="0" align="absmiddle" width="16" height="16"></a>
- </div>
- <hr align="JUSTIFY" size="1" noshade>
- <div align="justify">
- <br>
- <img src="img/button_infonews.gif" width="111" height="23">
- </div>
- <p>Click at this button on the main window and a web browser opens which
- connects to the PMC Ciphers, Inc. website.<br>
- </td>
- </tr>
- </table>
- </td>
- </tr>
- </table>
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