Pad-Lock was formerly called LockOut but due to trade name problems with another product named LockOut, the name had to be changed. There are many new fixes in this new version and you have the option of a default password.
About Pad-Lock
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Pad-Lock is one of those little utility programs you’ll grow to love. What it does is it makes an FKEY that when activated will lock the computer until you come back to it.
If you are at the office and feel like going to get a cup of coffee, and don't want anybody to touch your computer then you need Pad-Lock. Curious children and a business Macintosh at home do not mix to well! Say you are working on an important tax program and have to go to dinner or to check on the football score. Those curious children may go into the “computer room” and play with dad's computer, unknowingly doing something to dad's taxes! Instead of being chased by the IRS run Pad-Lock and your worries should be spared!
Pad-Lock is compatible with all Macs and is fully Mac II compatible. Lockout will adjust to all screen sizes. Lockout when run will display a dialog box asking you for a Passwords you would like to use and will also give you a checkbox to leave a message. Once you are done with entering your password then press “OK”. If you have checked the leave a message box than it will prompt you to type in the message you would like to leave. After you are done the screen will turn black and a lock will flash on the screen. Click the button once you get back to the computer and it will ask you to enter the password. If you enter the wrong password it will display an alert that says your tampering has been noted and will go back to the blank screen. Once you enter it correctly and one has tampered with the computer an alert will tell you that somebody tried to use the computer while you were gone, otherwise you will immediately return to the Macintosh environment.
Using Pad-Lock
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To install Pad-Lock, simply choose Install Lockout… from the FILE menu. A new product has come on the market named 'Suitcase' that lets you run DA's, FKEY's, and Font's without putting them in the system file. This let's you easily back-up your system and keeps your system file small. If you use Suitcase choose the 'FKEY File (Suitcase)' button. If you don't use Suitcase choose 'System FKEY (Normal)'. When you run the FKEY the password 'Macintosh' will be selected and highlited for you. When you want to use a certain password you would simply type to password in the Password box, but if you would like a certain password to appear in that box right when you activate the FKEY, then, change the default password with the password you would like to use. For instance, if you would like 'IBM' to appear whenever you activate the FKEY than change the Defaul Password box to 'IBM' in this installer. When you are finished choosing your options click on the Install button. A dialog will appear informing you that the installation is in progress and if all goes well a dialog box will appear telling you the installation was successful.
Miscellaneous
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Included in Lockout's File menu is the command “Transfer”. This menu choice allows you to run another program immediately, rather than quitting to the Finder. After you choose this command, a dialog box will appear listing the applications on your disks. Simply click on an application’s name and then click on the Transfer button and you will be transferred to that application.
Registration
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Pad-Lock is being distributed on the ShareWare system. This entitles you to review Pad-Lock before paying for it; try it out and see if you feel it is a worthy addition to your software library. If you choose to keep Pad-Lock, you are on your honor to send in the $8 registration fee and become a registered user. Otherwise you must destroy all of your copies of Pad-Lock (or better yet, give them to your friends). You are at a real advantage in that you can use Pad-Lock before you decide if you want to purchase it—please don’t take advantage of that privilege. Considerable time was spent developing and perfecting Pad-Lock and sending in your registration fee will insure the development of many more high–quality, inexpensive programs.
To make registration easy for you, we have prepared a ready–made registration form which you may print out and send in along with the registration fee. Simply choose Print Registration Form… from the FILE menu (you may wish to choose Page Setup… beforehand to set your paper size) and the form will be printed out for you. Please feel free to include any comments you have about Pad-Lock in the space provided, we need you to help make Lockout the best it can be! Please make all check payable to Mike Whittingham.
Mark 3 Products
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These are the quality programs that are made by Mark 3 (Available on GEnie and CompuServe and many Bulletin Boards. If you can't find them anywhere, then send a disk and return postage to
Mike Whittngham
215 Thayer Pond Rd
Wilton, Ct. 06897.):
FKEY Mover -- A great utility to move FKEY's around. It is the same as Apple's Font/Da Mover except it deals only with FKEY's.
Pad-Lock -- An FKEY to protect your Mac while you are temporarily away from it.
Orator -- An FKEY to speak the date and/or time.
Scribe -- A utility to change your default font. When you startup with a word processor you may want to begin typing with a certain font other than Geneva. This program will let you choose which font you would like to use.
ProFont -- If you are a programmer, this is the font for you. It is a font that will make programming easier and quicker.
FullConvert -- A utility to convert MacPaint files to FullPaint files. This program can also change your screen dump (FKEY 3) to save as a FullPaint file, not MacPaint.
StudioSession Convert-- A Utility to let songs made for Studio Session work with the Demo player of Studio Session.
Zoomation -- A great program that will boggle your mind. It will zoom up to 8 different object on the screen. Click the random button and watch all object fly! This is free to all, and is for non-commercial use.
Big Menu -- If you use large screens you may need this! This program will let you choose 14 or 16 point font sizes to use in the Menu Bar and Dialog boxes.
Volume Key -- Easily set the speaker volume from an FKEY. Inside a game and can't access the control panel?!? Volume Key will take care of that.
There are many more programs made by Mark 3 including these free programd for non-commercial use: Color Optical, Color Mac Star, Optical, Mac Star, and many more.
Soon to come.....
SuperConductor Zoomation -- A neat little program for all you scientists that will zoom SuperConductor Molecules around the screen. Full color on Mac II.
Thanks
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Thank you to everyone who supports the Utopian concept of ShareWare. You do make a difference.
My special thanks to Andrew Welch who helped me through the problems I had with my program.
