Compiled 12/01/1995 by Alastair Kimbell (al@ackone.demon.co.uk) System Checker For Windows Version 0.4 ====================================== DESCRIPTION =========== This program should give you all the Windows information you need to troubleshoot problems you have. It will tell you about your disk, screen, memory, keyboard, network, COM ports, Windows setup and much more. INSTALLATION ============ Should be very simple. Just unzip the archive into a directory of its own.If you have Windows 3.x, open File Manager, find the file SYSCHECK.EXE and drag it into a Program Manager group of your choice. Then Double click on the icon that appears. If you have Windows 95, just double click on the SYSCHECK icon after you have unzipped the archive. This program runs on either Windows 3.10/3.11 or Windows 95 ( and has been tested on both ) . Because of the differences between the two Operating Systems some of the features of System Checker may not perform as expected under Windows 95 (it has been developed primarily on Win 3.11. A 32 bit dedicated version for Win95 is anticipated in the near future to correct these problems. System Checker started as a project to help me learn how use Visual Basic 3.0 and has moved on from there to become a useful utility. Future releases will also cover the areas of communications, printing and more on memory and disk space as well as improved help and documentation. FONTS ===== If you have problems loading the fonts screen, go into your control panel for fonts and set the Truetype fonts only in applications checkbox to True. REQUIREMENTS ============ System requirements are minimal, pretty much any IBM compatible PC running Windows 3.x or Win95 should run System Checker. This version was developed on Win3.11 over MS-DOS 6.22, and tested on the release version of Windows 95. If you have problems with either of these please e'mail me. This software is freeware and is in the very early stages of development. Please let me know by e'mail if you have any problems with System Checker, please include a list of the version number of System Checker (in case its fixed in more recent release), the operating system you are using, and the nature of the bug. If you find this software useful and use it regularly or if you feel like encouraging me to develop System Checker more, feel free to send a £10 donation to : Alastair Kimbell Flat 36, Galliard Court, 48 Baronson Gardens, Abington, Northampton, NN2 6NE. (ENGLAND) Comments, bug reports, ideas and suggestions are all welcome and can be sent to al@ackone.demon.co.uk. WHERE TO GET SYSTEM CHECKER =========================== The most up to date version of System Checker for Windows is maintained at URL: ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/ibmpc/win3/apps/syscheck. I also try to upload new versions to Pipex at ftp://ftp.pipex.net to /incoming/syscheck and to Winsite at ftp://ftp.winsite.com which is mirrored all over the world at many good ftp sites including : Europe: United Kingdom:micros.hensa.ac.uk [194.80.32.51] United Kingdom: src.doc.ic.ac.uk [146.169.2.1] Finland: nic.funet.fi [128.214.248.6] France: ftp.oleane.net [194.2.1.3] France: ftp.pressimage.fr [194.2.222.15] Germany:ftp.fu-berlin.de [160.45.10.6] Germany: ftp.tu-chemnitz.de [134.109.132.28] Germany: ftp.uni-erlangen.de [151.188.2.43] Germany: ftp.uni-paderborn.de [131.249.10.42] Germany: ftp.uni-stuttgart.de [129.69.8.13] Greece: ftp.duth.gr [192.108.114.128] Italy: cnuce_arch.cnr.it [131.144.2.96] Italy: ftp.unipd.it [147.162.100.180] Poland: ftp.cyf-kr.edu.pl [149.156.1.8] Sweden: ftp.sunet.se [130.238.127.3] Switzerland: ftp.switch.ch [130.59.1.40] North America: Alberta: ftp.agt.net [198.80.55.1] California: ftp.cdrom.com [192.216.191.11] California: gatekeeper.dec.com [16.1.0.2] California: mjablecki.extern.ucsd.edu [132.239.166.76] Hawaii: ftp.hawaii.edu [128.171.41.70] Illinois: uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.14] Massachusetts: ftp.marcam.com [192.77.205.10] Missouri:Wuarchive.wustl.edu [128.252.135.4] Oregon: ftp.orst.edu [128.193.128.6] Texas: ftp.the.net [206.77.62.1] Utah:ftp.pht.com [198.60.59.5] Virginia: mirrors.aol.com [198.81.1.25] South Pacific: Australia:ftp.monash.edu.au [130.194.11.8] Pacific Rim: South Korea: ftp.cau.ac.kr [165.194.1.1] Asia: China: ftp.synet.edu.cn [202.112.29.88 ] Singapore: ntuix.ntu.ac.sg [155.69.1.5] Taiwan:ftp.nectec.or.th [192.150.251.32] Taiwan: nctuccca.edu.tw [140.111.3.21] Mideast: Israel: ftp.technion.ac.il [132.68.7.8] Africa: Africa: ftp.und.ac.za [146.230.128.15] System Checker will be in a directory something like /pub/ibmpc/win3/apps/syscheck OR /pub/pc/win3/util. New releases may take a while to reach these mirror sites. An up to date list of mirror sites can be found at ftp://ftp.winsite.com.