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- METZ Windows Lock September 30, 1990
-
- METZ Software Support (206)-641-4525
- P.O. Box 6042 Sales 1-800-447-1712
- Bellevue, Wa., 98008-0042, U.S.A. International (206) 641-4525
- Fax (206) 644-6026
-
- GEnie: A.METZ Compuserve: [73567,1637]
-
- Announcement
- METZ Software is pleased to announce the development of PCW-Lock
- which works in conjunction with Harcom Security Systems line of
- security products, providing you with a complete line of software
- and hardware security solutions. The following is the Harcom
- press release:
-
- ---------------------PRESS RELEASE--------------------------
-
- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Charles McClung
- 212-766-1802
- 800-275-3438
- COMPANY-WIDE SECURITY IS NOW PRACTICAL
- FOR COMPANIES WITH THOUSANDS OF PC'S.
-
- New York, N.Y., June 27, 1990: A new professional PC software
- security system, now makes company wide security practical even when
- there are thousands of PCs to secure. Called PC-Watchman ACS (Access
- Control Software), it is the software version of the PC-Watchman ST
- board level product. It sells for only $59 with discounts for high
- volume customers.
-
- ACS was developed to satisfy the PC security needs of one of America's
- 10 largest corporations for an economical, across-the-board
- implementation involving thousands of PC's in use world-wide by
- operators with minimal PC experience.
-
- "While there are other PC security products on the market, none has
- met the low cost and professional standards required for company-wide
- installations", said Charles McClung, President of Harcom Security
- Products. "In addition, ACS is compatible with all versions of
- Microsoft Windows, including the recently introduced version 3.0".
-
- Another unique and highly desirable advantage of ACS is its immunity
- to commercially available disk utility programs which can easily undo
- other software security products. ACS provides User Access and
- Timeout controls plus absolute control of the computer startup
- process. ACS also provides a record of security violations. Because
- users often forget their passwords, ACS provides a user define dialog
- as an alternative user identification procedure.
-
- ACS meets the heretofore unattainable objective for "no administrative
- support required" which is essential for a large scale
- implementation. ACS can be installed, literally in seconds, by the
- least sophisticated PC user.
-
- In summary, ACS overcomes the three problems that have prevented large
- scale implementation of security systems on PC's:
-
- 1. High cost for implementation on thousands of units
- 2. Vulnerability to being bypassed by moderately skilled users
- 3. Complexity of installation and adminstration
-
- The manufacturer points out that ACS is compatible with an upgrade to
- its more comprehensive security products which are appropriate in
- situations requiring the highest degree of security.
-
- For more information, write or call:
- Charles McClung
- Harcom Security Systems Corporation
- 130 William Street
- New York, NY, 10038
- 212-766-1802
- 800-275-3438
-
- ACS price is $59 and can be ordered from METZ Software.
-
- ---------------------PRESS RELEASE--------------------------
-
- Overview
-
- METZ Windows Lock is a security application for Microsoft Windows.
- Lock will not prevent someone from rebooting or powering off your
- machine, but it will prevent them from 'disturbing' your machine
- via the keyboard or mouse. While Lock prevents user input it does
- allow other applications to continue execution. If you wish to
- prevent someone from rebooting your machine, please consider the
- Harcom ACS product mentioned above.
- Lock appears on your screen as an icon in the form of a key and a
- keyhole. Lock can be activated by double clicking on the icon or
- selecting 'Lock' from it's system menu. Lock is password driven and
- will not secure your system until a password has been entered and
- confirmed. Once a password is established, Lock will continue to use
- that password until you change it. The password is case sensitive.
- Accept no imitations, even though LOCK.EXE is fairly large,
- it uses very little memory while running and is very unobtrusive.
- Also, with METZTSR installed, you can work in a DOS Window without
- interruption. No other products match this capability.
-
- All Lock menu commands appear on it's system menu.
-
- Lock has the following command line options which can be used
- individually or together:
- /H or /h - Hide the Lock icon.
- /L or /l - Automatically lock the system when run.
- or, you can place either of the following lines in the METZ Lock
- section of your WIN.INI:
- [METZ Lock] - METZ Lock WIN.INI section header
- hide=Y - will cause lock to be hidden
- lock=Y - will cause immediate locking of system
-
-
- How to order
- Ordering information is included in the file METZ.ORD or available
- by contacting METZ Software. All orders will receive a disk containing
- the latest versions of our products.
-
- Non-registered users
- This release is a demonstration version and as such is not to be
- sold. Lock may only be distributed for free (or at cost) as the
- following group of files: LOCK.EXE, METZDLL.EXE, LOCK.DOC, METZ.ORD,
- and APPS.WRI. These files may not be modified in any way.
- Use for purposes other than evaluation requires payment of the
- registration fee. Once you register and receive a license number you are
- automatically allowed to upgrade to future releases. It is important
- that you register this application to help insure continued support and
- development. Our intention is to provide useful, user-friendly
- applications at a low cost, and your support helps make that possible.
- All available functionality is enabled in this version to provide
- you the ability to effectively evaluate this application.
-
- Your comments and suggestions are always welcome, and help make
- this application a better product.
-
- Information in this document is subject to change without notice
- and does not represent any commitment on the part of METZ Software. No
- warranties of any kind are associated with this product.
-
- Thank you for your support.
-
-
- ------------ METZ Lock version history ------------------
-
- Version 1.4
- * Lock can now be configured as a Screen Saver only. If you wish
- to have Lock act as a screen saver without the password protection
- feature, select "Screen Saver only mode" in the configuration
- dialog. Screen blanking will be automatically turned on as well.
- * This version has an implementation which will prevent timeouts
- while you are working in a DOS application under Windows. In the
- past, this application would timeout even if you were actively
- typing away within a DOS Window. Now the timeout will occur
- only after you are inactive in any DOS Window as well.
- Please read METZTSR.DOC and install the METZTSR.COM application
- if you wish to prevent timeouts while you are working in a
- DOS Window. METZTSR has been tested on several different
- platforms and we have not experienced any incompatibilities.
- * You can now double click on the icon with either mouse button
- to activate lock.
- * When the Screen Blanking feature was turned off, the lock dialog
- would always remain visible, and interfere with other screen
- blankers. The lock dialog will now disappear after 20 seconds,
- and reappear whenever a key is pressed or the mouse is moved.
-
- Version 1.3
- * The LOCK and HIDE command line options can now be configured in the
- Lock section of your WIN.INI file.
- [METZ Lock] - METZ Lock WIN.INI section header
- hide=Y - will cause lock to be hidden
- lock=Y - will cause immediate locking of system
- * Lock will now always keep itself in the foreground, even if an
- application invokes a dialog box while running in the background.
- * Additional changes were made to insure that any keyboard or mouse
- activity will immediately activate the logon screen.
- * Lock is now capable of displaying a bitmap randomly
- on the blank screen. Enter the bitmap filename on the Configuration
- dialog. The bitmap must be created under Windows 2.0 (although
- it can be displayed under Windows 3.0).
- * The included Clp2File.exe is an application which will save a
- bitmap from the clipboard to a file, which then can be displayed
- by the screen blanker. Please see CLP2FILE.DOC for more info.
-
- Version 1.2
- * This version is compatible with Windows 2.x and 3.0.
- * The dynamic link library DESKDLL.EXE has been renamed to METZDLL.EXE.
- * Lock has a new icon.
-
- Version 1.16
- * Lock can now be hidden while in use with a command line parameter
- of /h or /H. (i.e. WIN LOCK /H) Once you have configured Lock,
- use this option to hide the Lock icon from view. You will need
- to configure the inactivity option in order for Lock to be effective
- when hidden.
- * Lock now positions all dialog boxes in the middle of your screen.
-
- Version 1.15
- * The Lock configuration options were not properly saved. This has
- been corrected.
-
- Version 1.14
- * Lock now provides you with the option to blank the screen while your
- system is locked. Select Blank screen from the Configure dialog.
- * Lock now automatically centers the password dialog boxes on your
- screen.
- * Lock now will issue a beep when an invalid password is entered.
-
- Version 1.13
- * Lock can now be automatically invoked from the command line with
- a parameter of /l or /L. Use this parameter with your favorite
- Windows menuing application (like METZ Desktop Manager) so that
- your system will be locked when Lock is selected. Or, from the
- DOS prompt type "WIN LOCK /L".
-
- Version 1.12
- * Lock now sets the Focus back to the application that was active
- when the system was locked.
-
- Version 1.11
- * The auto lock feature was not correctly initialized, and thus Lock
- timed out incorrectly. This has been fixed.
-
- Version 1.1
- * You can now double click on the Lock Icon with either the left or
- right mouse button to lock your system.
- * A Configure menu item has been added to the system menu of Lock.
- Lock can now be automatically activated after 1 to 60 minutes of
- inactivity. (Inactivity being no mouse movement or keyboard input.)
- Use of this function requires that the included library METZDLL.EXE
- be somewhere in your environment path.
- The 'Trap mouse' option will confine the mouse to the Lock dialog box
- when your system is locked.
-
- Version 1.0 - released 1/90
-