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Sync-It with Atom 2.3 (Jun 12th 2001)
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CONTENTS
1. LEGAL
1.1. Copyright
1.2. License agreement
1.3. Disclaimer
2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
3. HOW TO INSTALL & UNINSTALL
3.1. Before installing
3.2. Installing
3.3. Help?
3.4. Uninstalling
4. DESCRIPTION
5. AUTHOR
5.1. Contacting
5.2. Web site
5.3. Secure Online Registration
6. VERSION HISTORY
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1. LEGAL
1.1. Copyright
Sync-It with Atom Copyright ⌐ 1999-2001 by Sami
Tolvanen. All rights reserved.
By using this software you accept all the terms and
conditions of the license agreement and disclaimer
below.
1.2. License agreement
Sync-It with Atom is a shareware program and is provided
at no charge to the user for evaluation. You are
encouraged to share unregistered copies with your
friends, but must not give it away altered or as part of
another system. The essence of shareware 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
continue to use it after a reasonable trial period (15
days), you must make a registration payment (see the
registration instructions in the help file for details).
This registration fee will license one copy for use on
any one computer at any one time.
You must treat a registered copy this software just like
a book. For example, it may be used by any number of
people and may be freely moved from one computer
location to another, as long as there is no possibility
of it being used at more than one location at a time.
Just as a book cannot be read by two people at the same
time.
You are encouraged to pass an unregistered copy of this
software along to your friends for evaluation, but you
must include all files in the original distribution.
Please encourage them to register their copy if they
find that they make use of it.
1.3. Disclaimer
Sync-It with Atom is provided on an "AS IS" basis,
without warranty of any kind either express or implied,
including warranties of merchantability or fitness for a
particular purpose. In no event will the author be
liable to you for damages, direct or consequential,
which may result from the use of this software and
therefore, the user must assume the entire risk of using
it.
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2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Sync-It with Atom runs on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000
and later.
A network connection to the Internet (or other network
containing timeservers that understand Network Time Protocol)
is required. Sync-It with Atom can be used over Dial-Up
Networking connection (modem, ISDN) or over Local Area
Network (LAN).
It is recommend having a SVGA display capable of showing at
least 64K colors (16-bit) with 800x600 resolution or better.
Your system should be set to use either Small Fonts or Large
Fonts. Systems that do not meet these recommendations may
have problems displaying the main window properly.
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3. HOW TO INSTALL & UNINSTALL
3.1. Before installing
Be sure to uninstall any previous version of Sync-It
with Atom before installing. Also make sure your
system meets the requirements in section 2.
If the setup program asks you to reboot Windows after
installation, you must do that before running Sync-It
with Atom.
3.2. Installing
SETUP.EXE is a self-extracting executable containing the
program files.
Run SETUP.EXE to install Sync-It with Atom. The setup
program will extract the files and copy them to a
desired location.
3.3. Help?
After installing, you can open the help file (in the
program directory) by double-clicking the SYNCIT.HLP
file.
If the help file does not answer your question, do not
hesitate to contact the author (see section 5.1).
You can also get answers to some frequently asked
questions at Sync-It with Atom home page (see section
5.2).
3.4. Uninstalling
You can uninstall the program normally via Control
Panel, Add/Remove Programs. You should not remove the
files manually because the settings in the registry
would not be removed.
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4. DESCRIPTION
Sync-It with Atom is a network time protocol client that
calibrates the system time of your computer with a timeserver
on the Internet using the Network Time Protocol. Features
include automatic selection of the closest server, scheduled
time synchronization, taskbar tray support and easy-to-use
and attractive user interface.
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5. AUTHOR
Sami Tolvanen, the author of this software is a student in
university of technology in Finland. For more information,
visit his home page at http://www.tolvanen.com/sami/.
5.1. Contacting
Via Internet e-mail, syncit@tolvanen.com.
5.2. Web site
You can download the latest version of Sync-It with Atom
and the required libraries at Sync-It with Atom home
page, http://www.tolvanen.com/syncit/.
5.3. Secure Online Registration
To register your copy of Sync-It with Atom using one of
the major credit cards, visit the home page (section
5.2 - see the help file for more information).
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6. VERSION HISTORY
2.3
- June 12th 2001
- Added support for up to three user defined timeservers.
- Added option to synchronize only to highest level
(stratum 1) timeservers.
- Added option to use shaded digits on the clock window.
For those who find the regular digits hard to read.
- Now using slightly smarter timeserver selection.
- Fixed bug that would not allow service to be installed
with other than local user accounts.
- Fixed bug that caused synchronization on some systems to
fail when running as service.
- Fixed bug that caused program not to always find higher
level timeservers if none were found from selected area.
- The setup program now installs shortcuts to Start menu
by default.
- Updated registration instructions and screen shots to the
help file.
- Updated server list (1.7).
2.2
- October 23rd 2000
- The program now keeps track of failed connection attempts
and uses only the most reliable time servers.
- Added support for username/password authentication with
SOCKS5 proxy servers.
- Added the option to save Dial-Up Networking password and
prompt if the password is not otherwise available.
- Added the option to change the network connection type
from the tray menu.
- Added the time difference before last synchronization to
the tray icon tooltip.
- Fixed the problems that occured on some systems when
running on a user account on Windows 2000.
- Service must now be installed to run on a user account
and therefore, "-svcinstall" asks for a password.
- Automatic startup is now disabled after the trial period
has expired (unregisted version).
- Updated setup program, now more efficiently compressed.
- Updated help file. New screen shots.
- Updated server list (1.4).
2.1
- May 31st 2000
- Added support for SOCKS5 proxy servers for accessing
time servers behind firewall.
- Added support for adjustable level of window
transparency. On Windows 2000 only.
- Added an option to set the main window to always stay
on top.
- Added the possibility to create own clock hands and
adjust the Remote Access Service (RAS) poll frequency.
- Added Synchronize Now entry to the taskbar tray menu.
- Fixed the small resource leak that occured on some
systems running Windows 9x.
- Extra libraries are not required to run the program
anymore. Static linking.
- Site license no longer available. It is recommend to use
the online registration form.
- Updated help file. Added instructions for the new
features.
- Updated server list (1.2).
2.0
- January 24th 2000
- Updated user interface. Larger time and date display.
Looks better (IMHO).
- Updated preferences windows. More informative.
Synchronization interval can be adjusted one minute at a
time, maximum is now one week. Some display options can
be adjusted.
- Updated language extension modules available at web site.
- Updated help file. New information for phone and fax
registrations.
- Updated server list (1.0).
- Moved user interface into a separate library. Requires
less memory when using language extension modules.
- Added possibility to run as service on Windows NT. New
command line parameters documented in the help file.
- Increased Remote Access Service poll frequency. Lower
resource consumption.
- Fixed problem handling dial errors on Windows 9x. If
dialing would fail for some reason, connection could not
be established again.
- Home page moved to http://www.tolvanen.com/syncit/. Added
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section.
- Support questions should be sent to syncit@tolvanen.com.
1.5
- November 3rd 1999
- Fixed the problem that caused server list updating not to
work properly on Windows 9x.
- Fixed problems in networking code that could cause
connection failure in some cases.
- Improved multi-threading. Will now shut down immediately
even though synchronization would be in progress.
- Added "debug" mode, which will write additional
information to the log file and therefore, help tracing
possible problems. Activate with "-debug" command-line
switch.
- Added a mention of the "debug" mode to the help file.
- Updated server list (0.8)
1.4
- September 15th 1999
- Fixed a problem when update interval was set to zero and
the program was set to dial automatically.
- Fixed a problem updating server list when backup copy of
the old list still exists.
- Fixed a problem when changing synchronization interval.
Instead of using the last synchronization time, the new
time was calculated from current time.
- Improved, more efficient, drawing code.
- Changed language extension module format. Original
modules are not compatible with this version. New modules
(1.1)have been available for a while now.
- Updated server list (0.7).
1.3
- August 16th 1999
- Fixed a problem in log file truncating when maximum size
was achieved.
- Fixed a display problem in information window when no
server information was available.
- Fixed a problem in detecting Dial-Up connection that was
causing problems with certain configurations.
- Fixed a problem that caused "Dial-Up Connection Closed"
message to be added to the log even though automatic
dialing was not selected (did not close the connection
though).
- Fixed bugs in the setup & uninstall utilities and added a
warning if MFC Libraries on the system are old.
- Fixed incorrect information on this file.
- Fixed even more typos in the help file.
- Added support for localized language extension modules
available at home page.
- Updated server list.
1.2
- July 14th 1999
- Fixed a problem in uninstalling a registry key that
handles running the program on Windows startup.
- Fixed some more typos.
- Fixed the tab order of controls on Synchronization
Settings window.
- Improved exception catching; more robust.
- Improved logging and included View Log command to the
pop-up menu.
- Improved validation of the Network Time Protocol packet
received from the timeserver.
- Added time-out for establishing Dial-Up Networking
connections.
- Added logging and displaying (on information window) of
time difference between local system and timeserver
before synchronizing.
- Added synchronizing when Dial-Up Networking connection is
manually established if update interval is set to zero.
- Added secure online registration.
- Updated screenshots on the help file.
1.1
- June 26th 1999
- Fixed problems with server list updating.
- Fixed known typos in the program and the help file.
- Fixed problems with over 10 dial-up networking
connections.
- Fixed known problems in multithreading support.
- Improved error handling and logging.
- Improved server list updating.
- Changed registration window to allow selecting and
copying registration information to the clipboard.
- Changed trial period to 15 days instead of 120 hours of
running the program.
- Added context sensitive help (F1) to all windows.
- Added display of next synchronization to the information
window.
1.0
- June 12th 1999
- The initial release.
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