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- NoSleep! v2.13
- ==============
-
-
- DESCRIPTION
- -----------------------------------------------------------
- Use NoSleep! in order to enjoy DVDs without interruptions
- or to run the Disk Defragmenter undisturbed by the screen
- saver...
-
- NoSleep! temporarily deactivates the screen saver and some
- of your computer's standby features (as far as they are
- controllable by software). It does so either by disabling
- those services through system calls or by emulating
- keyboard activity.
-
- Once started, NoSleep! presents its icon in the system tray
- (near the clock). It can be activated / deactivated by
- clicking on the icon. Right clicking offers you all the
- options available.
-
-
- INSTALLATION
- -----------------------------------------------------------
- Unzip all the files into any folder, right-click on the
- inf-file and click install. Some shortcuts will be created
- in the Start Menu. If you want NoSleep! to be running all
- the time, copy the NoSleep! shortcut into the "StartUp"
- folder.
-
- On Windows NT, 2000 or XP the installation procedure may
- not succeed due to a lack of access rights. In this case,
- just copy NoSleep!.exe into any folder and create a
- shortcut to it in the Start menu or on the Desktop, or move
- NoSleep!.exe to some place easy to access.
-
-
- UNINSTALLATION
- -----------------------------------------------------------
- Start -> Programs -> NoSleep! -> Uninstall NoSleep!
-
- If the installation procedure did not succeed, neither will
- the uninstallation procedure. In this case, simply delete
- any shortcut you created to NoSleep!.exe and the files
- NoSleep!.exe and NoSleep!.txt wherever you put them.
-
-
- SETTINGS & OPTIONS
- -----------------------------------------------------------
- In the Settings dialog, you may toggle several features:
- * Per default NoSleep! always starts up activated. Preserve
- its state in order to start it up in the same state as it
- was shut down.
- * On some systems some standby settings seem not to be
- affected by the default settings. Emulating keyboard
- activity (that means emulating the pressing of "Num Lock"
- as frequently as your screen saver settings require it)
- may prevent this deficiency. If in any case the default
- settings should be ineffective, try this option.
- * As a bonus feature, Swatch Internet Time can be displayed
- in NoSleep!'s tooltip (which is shown when you move the
- mouse cursor over its icon). [If you would like to see
- the Internet Time always, consider downloading TheBeat]
-
- You may remote control NoSleep!'s start up state also by
- using command line options:
-
- NoSleep! [ /on | /off ]
-
- In the same way, you can change its state from the command
- line while it is already running. Then you even have some
- more options:
-
- NoSleep! [ /on | /off | /tgl | /x | @ ]
-
- where /tgl toggles NoSleep!'s state, /x terminates the
- running instance and @ reinitializes the tray icon.
-
- Like this you may change its state even by (keyboard)
- shortcuts: create a shortcut to NoSleep!.exe and add the
- desired command line option and shortcut key combination.
-
- If you also create a (keyboard) shortcut to you favorite
- screen saver, you'll be able to control your screen saver's
- behavior completely by shortcuts (and that without any more
- complicated piece of software)!
-
-
- COMPATIBILITY
- -----------------------------------------------------------
- NoSleep! has been tested on a broad range of systems.
- It doesn't work as expected on all of them. Certain
- systems, especially those running under Windows 95, don't
- respond correctly to a software based disabling of energy
- saving features - on those systems keyboard activity
- emulation may solve the problem. However standby features
- supported by a computer's BIOS may, if not controlled by
- Windows, not respond at all. This is not a bug, but simply
- a problem I haven't found a solution for.
-
-
- REVISIONS
- -----------------------------------------------------------
- 2.13 - If the Explorer "crashes" while NoSleep! was
- running, its icon should automatically reappear in
- the system tray (if it doesn't, you may retrieve it
- manually by starting NoSleep! with the @ parameter)
- - Minor improvements
-
- 2.12 - "Num Lock" is used instead of "Scroll Lock" for less
- 'buggy' behavior
- - Bug fix: keyboard emulation can again be toggled
- while NoSleep! is switched off
- - Bug fix: the screen saver is now correctly reset at
- switching NoSleep! off
- - Bug fix: parameter /tgl is now also case insensitive
- - Minor improvements
-
- 2.11 - Bug fix: settings are now saved at system shutdown
- - Bug fix: settings are now saved to the registry on
- Win NT / 2000
- - Bug fix: (un)installation now works on Win NT / 2000
- - Minor improvements
-
- 2.10 - NoSleep!'s state is now controllable from the
- command prompt
- - The delay time for keyboard activity emulation is
- determined automatically
- - Swatch Internet Time may be displayed in the tooltip
- - Installation creates also shortcuts to this file and
- to the uninstallation procedure
- - Minor improvements
-
- 2.00 - NoSleep! rewritten from scratch and publicly
- released
-
-
- LEGAL NOTES
- -----------------------------------------------------------
- NoSleep! is released as FREEWARE in the hope that it may
- serve others as well as it serves myself. You are hereby
- licensed to do anything with this software, as long as you
- don't modify it or make money out of it.
- THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY
- OF ANY KIND. THE AUTHOR CAN NOT BE BLAMED FOR ANY
- CONSEQUENCE RESULTING OF ITS USE.
-
-
- THE AUTHOR
- -----------------------------------------------------------
- For comments, bug reports and suggestions write to
- Simon Bⁿnzli (mailto:zeniko@gmx.ch).
-
-
- Copyleft ⌐ 2001 - 2002 Simon Bⁿnzli
- Product of zeniko's software.
-