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- Rosenthal Engineering P.O.Box 1650, San Luis Obispo CA USA 93406
- U.S. Patent No. 5,359,659, Copyright 1994 all rights reserved.
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- Rosenthal UnInstall (tm)
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- Automatically remove unwanted Windows and DOS programs, files, directories
- and restore the system's AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI and
- disk boot sector system tracks. Quickly and easily! You'll wonder how you
- ever did without it!. Run Rosenthal UnInstall before you add anything new
- to your system. New programs can then be added and, at your option, kept,
- or deleted, and the system completely returned to normal.
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- Single systems, as well as networks with multiple and even removable
- drives are supported. Safeguards provide display of all directories and
- files (including hidden and duplicate ones) for review and confirmation.
- Accept additions, or safely delete them.
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- Rosenthal UnInstall maintains a map of your disk drives and records the
- appearance of each new installation. When you execute "UNINSTAL.EXE"
- before adding new software to your system, Rosenthal UnInstall can
- automatically remove it at some latter date.
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- The best way to determine if any program will satisfy your needs is to try
- it for yourself. Rosenthal UnInstall makes trying new software more
- attractive by eliminating the aggravation normally associated with
- removing unwanted software and restoring the system. Unwanted software is
- removed and the system restored safely and automatically. All
- modifications, additions and deletions made to the AUTOEXEC.BAT,
- CONFIG.SYS, WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI can be restored. At your option, any of
- the added files and subdirectories may be kept or safely deleted,
- including hidden and read-only files. Even the disk boot sectors are
- handled.
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- How to use Rosenthal UnInstall
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- First copy the files from your distribution diskette, CD-ROM or archive to
- the root directory of your hard disk.
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- For example:
- COPY A:*.* C:\
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- Rosenthal Uninstall will work in both a DOS or MS-Windows environment.
- That's an important feature, because if for some reason you install a new
- program that causes Windows to crash, you'll need Rosenthal UnInstall to
- remove it and restore your system files even though Windows is
- inoperative. Rosenthal UnInstall can remove some very nasty installations.
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- If you use your Windows program manager to add Rosenthal UnInstall (NEW),
- an icon will be displayed. Although this program has a MS-Windows file
- format, it forces the system into the DOS mode when in Windows or OS/2.
- Rosenthal UnInstall is designed to remove Windows software; however it is
- not dependent on Windows functioning and will work independent of your
- memory, network and multitasking managers, mouse and graphics drivers.
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- It's important that your system's time and date are correctly adjusted, so
- please take a moment to make any corrections before proceeding.
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- The first time you run Rosenthal UnInstall, it will prompt you to enter
- your full name, and your registered serial number. Don't take shortcuts
- when entering your real name correctly. You will need to know exactly how
- it was entered should you require technical support and upgrades.
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- This software may be used without a serial number for a limited evaluation
- period before paying the required registration fee. If you have a
- registered copy, enter the serial number exactly as it appears printed on
- the distribution diskette when prompted. To try this software without a
- registered serial number, just press ENTER at the serial number prompt.
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- A stick-on label with the last digits of the serial number is included. If
- you are subject to software audits, the label is your proof of
- registration when it is affixed to a single computer (on the back or the
- bottom of the keyboard works well). Each computer must have its own
- registered Rosenthal UnInstall serial number.
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- Registered users will receive the latest version of this program and the
- unregistered software to evaluate listed in the TRY_THIS.DOC. See the
- ORDER.FRM file for details. Additionally, users receive the very useful
- bonus utility "Rosenthal History (tm)" free with their paid registration
- or upgrade.
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- Rosenthal Uninstall will map each disk drive as it is logged. Any drive
- with read and write access will work including network, fixed, removable,
- PCMCIA, ram-card and an unlimited number of floppy diskettes.
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- Execute "UNINSTAL.EXE" before adding each new software package. After
- you've installed and evaluated the new software, you can elect to keep it
- by selecting the "U - Update" function. The map is the updated and the
- current time and date are recorded.
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- Accepting added software with the "U - update" option also displays any
- identical copies on the same disk that may already exist. "U - Update" or
- "P - Purge" software before adding anything new. Software that has been
- added to the map using the "Update" function can later be removed
- selectively by file name using the "P - Purge" function.
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- To remove unwanted software, the "P - Purge" function must be displayed.
- To display the function, first log (or re-log) the disk drive using the
- "L - Logged drive change" function.
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- Newly created files display their date and time stamps. You may
- selectively "E -Exempt" files from the removal list. If you elect to
- exempt a file from being purged that resides in a directory that is listed
- for removal, the directory is automatically exempted as well.
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- When you elect to "P - Purge" newly installed software that has modified
- the AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, WIN.INI or SYSTEM.INI files (or in rare
- cases the boot sector), they will be restored automatically.
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- When software has been added using the "U - Update" function, it can
- latter be removed selectively by file name, again using the "P - Purge"
- function. Enter a file name associated this the application. Wild cards
- "*" can be included in the file name and no drive or path name should be
- included. For example "FILE*.*" will search every directory on the logged
- drive. When a match is found it will be displayed along with the date and
- time of when it was added to the map. "D - Display" will show all the
- files added at that session. Again, you can "E - Exempt" any you want to
- keep. This is especially true of files that are shared by other programs
- like run time libraries and .DLL's.
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- Software that has not yet been added to the map using the "U-Update"
- function can be completely uninstalled and the systems files restored
- automatically. When software is selectively purged at a latter date by
- file name, the system files may need to be restored manually using your
- ASCII file editor. The program "Rosenthal History (tm)" will show the
- changes that were made to your system files so editing system files
- becomes very straight forward and quite simple.
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- Rosenthal History (tm) (FREE BONUS!)
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- The bonus utility "Rosenthal History (tm)" is included ABSOLUTELY FREE
- with paid registration or upgrade. It maintains a running timeline of
- changes, additions and deletions made to the AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS,
- WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI files. An easy to understand, plain text file
- (RE_HIST.DAT) history report can be referred to when uninstalling software
- or to resolve conflicts. Add Rosenthal History and begin recording the
- timeline as soon as possible. Read the RE_HIST.DOC file for a complete
- discription of this very highly acclaimed, must have utility.
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- Program Requirements
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- Rosenthal UnInstall runs using MS-Windows 3 or higher and /or DOS 3.0 or
- higher and has been tested with versions through 6.2. Be sure to first
- copy all the files to the root directory of your hard drive. Attempting to
- run this program from a disk that doesn't have write access (like a CD-ROM
- or write protected floppy diskette) will cause an "Access Denied" error.
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- Using Rosenthal UnInstall with Special Boot sectors
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- This option is rarely needed, but if you have special boot sector
- requirements or are using a boot sector manager that switches between
- different operating systems such as DR DOS and OS/2, you may need to set
- the special boot sector option to prevent the programs from complaining
- that the other has modified the boot sector.
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- Rosenthal UnInstall saves a copy of your original boot sector before
- generating a special security replacement. To use your original boot
- sector as the default, enter "BOOT" on the command line when you run the
- program. Change the logged drive to each drive that you had mapped
- previously. Very few systems will need this special option, but Rosenthal
- UnInstall can remove even some of the nastiest installations.
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- Orders Outside the U.S
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- All international orders are sent by air-mail. See the order form
- (ORDER.FRM) for shipping and handling rates. Please be sure to make your
- payment in "US Dollars" either by (US) cash, international money order or
- check drawn on a US member bank. Otherwise banks want a fifty dollar
- processing fee to cash a twenty five dollar check. Sorry, euro-checks and
- credit cards can not be processed.
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- Software License agreement
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- You are encouraged to copy and distribute this software provided it
- remains unmodified, complete in its original form, and no fee (other than
- a nominal copy charge) is required. This software is provided "as is"
- without warranty either expressed or implied.
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- You may not make any changes or modifications to the software, and you may
- not decompile, disassemble or in anyway reverse engineer the software.
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- This software is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind.
- Responsibility rests entirely with the user to determine its fitness for a
- particular purpose. ROSENTHAL ENGINEERING SHALL NOT IN ANY CASE BE LIABLE
- FOR SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT OR OTHER SIMILAR DAMAGES
- ARISING FROM ANY USE OF THIS SOFTWARE. Some states may not allow these
- limits on warranties, so they may not apply to you. In no case shall
- Rosenthal Engineering's liability exceed the license fees paid by you to
- Rosenthal Engineering for the right to use the Licensed Software. Use,
- duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. Government of the computer software
- and documentation in this package shall be subject to the restricted
- rights applicable to commercial computer software as set forth in
- subdivision (b) (3) (ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer
- Software clause at 252.227-7013 (DFARS 52.227-7013). The
- Contractor/manufacturer is Doren Rosenthal, Rosenthal Engineering, P.O.Box
- 1650, San Luis Obispo, California 93406.
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- This constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between the
- parties and supersedes any prior agreement or understanding whether oral
- or written and may only be modified in writing.
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