Windows Task-Lock, Version 3.2, 1996 Windows Task-Lock provides a simple and inexpensive, but effective way to password protect specified applications no matter how they are executed. It is easy to configure and requires little to no modifications to your current system configuration. Administrator password is enabled for site licenses. Installation Copy the files sgllock.exe, sgllock.hlp, and sglset.exe to the Windows directory (c:\windows, c:\winnt, etc..). Place the protection program, sgllock.exe, in your startup group so that it is executed whenever your 32-bit version of Windows (Windows 95 or NT) starts up. When sgllock.exe starts, it will flash on the screen once to let you know it is running. Use the setup program, sglset.exe , to define your passwords and the tasks to protect. Use the Browse button to see the currently running tasks on your system. Once these steps are complete, reboot and you are ready. Read the provided online help (sgllock.hlp) for detailed step by step instructions. System Requirements: Windows 95 or Windows NT. Legal Windows Task-Lock is Shareware (see the Legal Stuff below). If you feel that this software will be useful to you please send $5 (US dollars only, this can be a postal money order, a check on a US or non-US bank, or currency as long as it is in US dollars) for individual license or $30 for site license (up to 30 copies, greater than 30 copies on a case by case basis) to the following address. Please include your email address, the complete product name, the product version, and the number of copies you require to insure prompt registration. Stephen A Jernigan PO Box 21015 Huntsville, AL 35824 USA If you are writing a check please make it out to: Stephen A Jernigan For CompuServe users!! Windows Task-Lock can now be registered online through SWREG. Simply GO SWREG and follow the instructions. The registration ID for Windows Task-Lock is 11147. Due to the CompuServe pricing structure, only single user licenses can be registered online and each license is $10 (US). Anyone interested in a site license registration should contact me through email at 103672.2634@compuserve.com. The following information must be sent along with your registration fee to insure prompt registration. Email address (or postal if no email) Product name Product version number If a site license, number of copies to be used Please provide the name of the software you are registering, the version of the software, and your email address (or if you don't have one, your postal address) so you can be correctly registered. An email address will provide both of us with quicker and easier registration. Please report any bugs, suggestions for improvement or new features you would like to see. I can be reached through email at 103672.2634@compuserve.com - Version 1.0 - Initial Release - Version 1.1 - Changed protection dialog title to contain the window title of the task being protected - Corrected a bug in the timing for a read of an updated setup by the protection dialog software - Version 1.2 - Corrected a bug in the focus of the protection dialog (sgllock.exe) - Version 1.3 - Corrected a bug that caused erratic behavior in the protection dialog software on Windows 95 - Version 2.0 - Corrects a bug that will all CNTRL+ALT+DEL to terminate the protection dialog - Provides a task name browser for setup and error dialogs for the protection dialog. - Version 2.1 - Corrects a bug that allows ESC to terminate the program - Version 2.2 - Added a Cancel button to the protection dialog and improved security and usability thanks to users input. - Version 3.0 - Administrator password addition for site administration, added a menu on setup and corrected bug in the error dialog. - Version 3.2 - The password dialog (sgllock.exe) now runs from an icon in the system tray instead of taking up space on the Taskbar. LEGAL STUFF: DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you are expected to register. Individual programs differ on details -- some request registration while others require it, some specify a maximum trial period. With registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue using the software to an updated program with printed manual. Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a specific group. For example, some authors require written permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their Shareware. Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy. And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the product, you don't pay for it. DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT Users of Windows Task-Lock must accept this disclaimer of warranty: "Windows Task-Lock is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use of Windows Task-Lock." Windows Task-Lock is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but please do not give it away altered or as part of another system. The essence of "user-supported" 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, you must make a registration payment of $5 to Stephen A Jernigan. The $5 registration fee will license one copy for use on any one computer at any one time. You must treat this software just like a book. An example is that this software may be used by any number of people and may be freely moved from one computer location to another, so long as there is no possibility of it being used at one location while it's being used at another. Just as a book cannot be read by two different persons at the same time. Commercial users of Windows Task-Lock must register and pay for their copies of Windows Task-Lock as a site-license. A site-license is granted for a single site such as a school, library, or small business that will utilize up to 30 copies of Windows Task-Lock for a fee of $30. Registration for sites requiring greater than 30 copies will be handled on a case by case basis. Anyone distributing Windows Task-Lock for any kind of remuneration must first contact Stephen A Jernigan at the address given for authorization. You are encouraged to pass a copy of Windows Task-Lock along to your friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy if they find that they can use it. All registered users will receive a registration number to fully enable the latest version of the Windows Task-Lock software. This software may be freely distributed as long as the following files are all kept together and unmodified and no remuneration is received by the person or persons distributing said software. sglset.exe sgllock.hlp sgllock.exe readme.txt Copyright (c) 1996 Stephen A Jernigan