Thank you for trying PowerStrip.
We think it is the most efficient
and most attractive user-interface
for Windows.  It is certainly the
interface that uses up the least
real estate on your screen!

INSTALLING POWERSTRIP

To try PowerStrip, copy
POWER.EXE and POWER.INI to your
Windows directory.  Then
copy THREED.DLL to your
Windows/System directory.

THREED.DLL is a library
used by PowerStrip.  By downloading
POWRLITE.ZIP, you indicated that
you already had VBRUN200.DLL
in your Windows/System
directory. Like all programs written
in Visual Basic 2.0, PowerStrip
requires that VBRUN200.DLL be in
your Windows/System directory.
If you don't have VBRUN200.DLL,
you can get it from the Windows
section of most any BBS, CSERVE,
AOL, or EXEC.

Now just add POWER.EXE to your
Program Manager or whatever
Shell you use. 

MAKING POWERSTRIP YOUR SHELL

PowerStrip itself is intended to be
used as your Windows "Shell" --
the launchpad for all your
Windows applications.  You can try
PowerStrip out first, by just adding
it to your Program Manager or
Norton/Windows or whatever shell you use.
But, if you like the way PowerStrip works,
try it as your main Shell (you can still
add Program Manager to PowerStrip
easily and thus have access to all
your familiar icons and groups).

To make PowerStrip your main shell,
open Notepad and load the SYSTEM.INI
file from your Windows directory.
Find the line that says:

Shell=Progman.exe

and change it to say:

Shell=Power.exe

then save the SYSTEM.INI file back
to disk.  Now when you restart Windows,
Power will be your Shell.  (Your
Shell= might specify Norton or some other
shell--just change it to read
Shell=Power.exe.)  If you decide to
go back to your original shell, just
reverse the process and change Shell=
to your other shell.

SPECIAL FEATURES

PowerStrip is designed to take up as little
space on your screen as possible--no visible
menus, no scroll bars, no borders--just
a strip of icons, plus three special icons
at the right side.  The red pyramid icon
displays the PowerStrip Editor.  That's
where you can rearrange your icons,
add or delete applications, add commandlines,
get Help, change the backcolor, specify
whether a single- or double-click launches
a program, specify whether PowerStrip
minimizes itself when you launch a program,
etc.  You can add as many as 20 icons
to PowerStrip.

Next to the red pyramid is a darkened
window icon.  Double-click on this and
Windows shuts down and you're in DOS.
Finally, there is a blue pyramid.  Click
on it and PowerStrip reduces itself to a
single icon in the lower right corner of
the screen.  Click again and PowerStrip
reappears.

If you like PowerStrip, please register
it.  Every few times you use it, a reminder
message will appear.  Registering eliminates
these reminders, and also puts you on
our mailing list for PowerStrip 2.0.

To register, send $19 to:
Richard Mansfield
2703 E. Bessemer Ave.
Greensboro, NC  27405

We will send your registration by return
mail.

If you prefer, you can print out the following:

PowerStrip ORDER and REGISTRATION FORM
   
Registration                                            $19
North Carolina Residents add 6% sales tax  (1.14)       _____ 
Canada Shipping & Handling:  add  $1                    _____
Outside of North America:    add  $2                    _____

TOTAL Enclosed                                          _____

No COD orders excepted.  Orders shipped via US Postal Service.
Terms:  Check or Money Order drawn on a U.S. bank in U.S. funds.
Purchase orders (net 30) accepted for software from major US
corporations. All licenses are prepaid only.

Name:__________________________________     Date:________

Title:__________________________________________________

Company:________________________________________________

Address:________________________________________________

City:_______________________STATE:____ZIP:________

Daytime Phone Number:_________________________


Make check out to: Richard Mansfield and mail to: 

		Richard Mansfield
		2703 E. Bessemer Ave.
		Greensboro, NC  27405


LEGAL NOTICE

Richard Mansfield hereby disclaims all warranties relating
to this software, whether express or implied, including without 
limitation any implied warranties of merchantability
or fitness for a particular purpose. 

Richard Mansfield will not be liable for any special,
incidental, consequential, indirect or similar damages due to
loss of data or any other reason, even if Richard Mansfield
or an agent of Richard Mansfield have been advised of the
possibility of such damages.  In no event shall Richard Mansfield's
liability for any damages ever exceed the price paid for the software, 
regardless of the form of the claim.  The person using the software
bears all risk as to the quality and performance of the software.

This agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance
with the laws of the STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.  Any action or
proceeding brought by either party against the other arising out
of or related to this agreement shall be brought only
in a STATE or FEDERAL COURT of competent jurisdiction located
in Guilford county, North Carolina. 

Copyright (c) 1993 Richard Mansfield.