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************************* PASSWORD V 1.4  ***************************
********************** by Jonathan Blackwell ************************
************************ Blackwell Software *************************
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                            ABOUT
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Password is a program I wrote to prevent people from snooping around
my PC at work.  There were a couple of rules that I found intolerable.

1) I couldn't have my system password protected. 
2) I had to leave my machine on all of the time.

So...  PASSWORD was created.  It is a DOS password protection program 
that gives the user a 'fake' DOS prompt.  Anything entered except 
for the password will just give them a 'Bad Command or File Name' !!
The casual person just browsing will get frustrated.  I spent one 
day writing the intitial code and have added to it over the last
several weeks when time has permitted.

I have added the option to disable the control-c and control-break 
sequences so that those smart enough to think it might be a program,
can't break out of it.  I do echo a ^C to the screen so they will 
think that it is just a broken command line!

All command line switches have defaults, but can be individually 
configured. 

                           USAGE
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To get help on how to use the program, you can enter the program name
and a question mark to get help and usage information. 
PASSWORD ?

The available switches are
-p      Password selection (case sensitive.  Default *YOU MUST REGISTER*)
-d      Modify prompt (default C:\WINDOWS>)
-a      Append a '>' to prompt 
-c      Disable control-c and control-break key sequences (default enabled)

Example
C:\>PASSWORD -pOpenSesame -dC:\TOOLS -a -c

would give you a

C:\TOOLS>

prompt waiting for you to enter the password 'OpenSesame'....


                          HISTORY
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v1.4    o Minor addition.  Now accepts 'dir' and 'cls' commands and 
          mimic the function.  Adds even more to the DOS shell realism.
v1.3    o Memory kept being used up.  Squished!
	o Sped up the screen refresh.  On slow systems, the update 
	  were too slow to be believable.  Now it is lightning fast!
v1.2    o Added the option to turn off the control-c and control-break
          sequence to prevent breaking out of a program.
          I redirect the interrupt handler to my own handler and give
          back control to the system upon exit.
        o Squashed a bug that was bugging me for a long time.  Inter-
          mittantly, the program would forget the user-configured 
          password.
v1.1    o The password given is now case sensitive.  This essentially
          doubles the complexity of your potential passwords.
        o Because the dos command line thinks that a > is a pipe 
          redirection, you can't have it in your prompt option 
          switch, so I added another switch which tags it to the end
          of your configured prompt.
v1.0    o First public release of my password program.  User can 
          configure the prompt _and_ password.  Finally solid enough
          to let the general public consume it.
v0.9b   o Beta release.  Switch added so you could either configure 
          your prompt or the password.
v0.5b   o Added the option to configure your prompt.
        o Fixed bug when hitting return with no character entry on
          prompt line.
v0.x    o Too early to remember. 

                       

                              SHAREWARE
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This program is shareware and if you use it for more than a week, you
are obligated to register it.  The registration fee is only $5 and will
entitle you to future upgrades (free).  You may also want to be on
my beta list.  I am currently working on several different projects.
The biggest and most interesting are, DOS communciations, replacement
DOS text editor, and a VGA 256 color game!  

Please fill out the form below and mail it to the address attached with
your $5 and get free software!




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