WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 2 ???

Version 2 of WinGuard has several features not present in
Version 1:

1.  V.2 lets you hide (and redisplay, of course) individual
Program Manager groups.  This might perhaps be the most useful
of the new V.2 features.  Besides allowing you to hide any of
the regular groups of icons (such as Main, Accessories,
Applications, etc.), it also gives you the chance to create a
new hidden group just for your more "sensitive" icons:  Create
a brand new group, drag and drop the icons you wish to protect
into it, and then hide it (and them) by using WinGuard V.2.

2.  V.2, like V.1, allows you to remove from Program Manager
many "sensitive" icons (such as the ones for File Manager,
Control Panel, System Editor, PIF Editor, and Windows Setup),
while still giving you access to them from within WinGuard.
However, V.2 now provides convenient pushbuttons (as well as
V.1-style menu items) for these Windows programs, thus making
for quicker and easier access.

3.  V.2 gives you the chance to hide (and redisplay) one or more
of the icons that are in Control Panel's own window, without
having to hide the main Control Panel icon, itself.  (V.2 also
has pushbuttons for each of the twelve regular Control Panel
functions, giving you quick access to even the hidden icons,
without the necessity of redisplaying them.)

4.  V.2 lets you replace access to Task List (obtainable by
double-clicking with the mouse on the desktop, or by using the
Ctrl-Esc key combination) with quick access to WinGuard,
instead.  (WinGuard will still provide both pushbutton and menu
access to Task List from within itself.)  Furthermore, if you
are using a third-party task manager replacement for Task List,
you might (depending on its configuration) be able to hide all
of its Windows-arranging and file functions within WinGuard.

5.  V.2 does all of its work in the Windows environment, unlike
V.1 (which switched to DOS briefly for some of its functions).
(This change is also true for the V.2 installation and
uninstallation programs, as well.)

6.  V.2 should be able to function well with many networked
computer configurations, unlike V.1 (which worked only within
the directory structure of a typical non-networked machine).

7.  V.2 does not display the password as it is entered (unlike
V.1), so that an onlooker will not be able to read what the
password is.  (In addition, there is another new feature
involving password entry that will not be stated here, for
security reasons;  please refer to this section in winguard.wri
for additional information.)

8.  V.2 uses a file to store the working password, as did V.1,
but there have been two improvements involving the format of
the password file itself which increase its security.  (For
security reasons, these changes will not be spelled out here;
please refer to this section in winguard.wri for additional
information.)

9.  V.2 does not need to hide its files in a hidden directory,
as did V.1.  Without sacrificing any security advantage, V.2 is
able to function effectively yet unobtrusively in either the
Windows directory or the Windows System directory.

10.  V.2 is written in Visual Basic 3.0, and is a better overall
program than was V.1.  However, V.2 does require the presence of
vbrun300.dll in either the Windows directory or the Windows
System directory, and it does use more memory than V.1.  Because
of this, a PC with only 1 MB of total memory (with no extended
memory) is not likely to be able to run WinGuard V.2, even
though it may have (barely) run V.1.  (Note, of course, that
WinGuard uses memory only when you actually run it, and that its
protections require essentially no memory themselves.)

As you can see, there have been quite a few improvements made in
Version 2 of WinGuard.  Upgrading from Version 1 will provide
previous users with more flexibility and more security than they
had before.  However, despite all these changes, if you have
been using V.1, do not panic;  you will find that the same
protection level scheme is utilized in V.2.  Thus, if you have
experimented a bit, and finally settled on one particular
protection level setting for your computer(s), you will find
that V.2's setting will have the exact same effect.  The only
change that you will notice is that WinGuard V.2 lets you do so
much more than V.1, so that you will probably end up doing a
little more experimenting.

For further information, please contact:

        Cetus Software
        Post Office Box 700
        Carver, MA 02330 USA

CETUS SOFTWARE THANKS YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN WINGUARD !!!