WinAccess v1.0

			    by

			 Joe Kurtz
			KD Services
			 (c) 1993



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Warranties, Legal Notice, Comments........................ 2

Installation.............................................. 3

How to use WinAccess...................................... 4

Closing comments.......................................... 5

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WARRANTIES


	This copyrighted program is being distributed as shareware.  You may 
try this program, and if you like it, or find it useful, and wish to continue 
using it, you are expected to register with the author.  You are encouraged 
to copy this program and distribute it to anyone, as long as no fee is 
charged for the program, and as long as this documentation file and all of 
the files listed in the file list section of this document remain intact. To 
register, fill out and return the enclosed form, and $15 to:


		Joe Kurtz c/o
		KD Services
		P.O. Box 23319
		Milwaukee, WI  53223



LEGAL NOTICE

	This program is being distributed as is.  There are no warranties
expressed or implied.  The author is not responsible for any damage, injury 
caused directly or indirectly by this program.



QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS

	If you have any questions or comments about the program, please send 
them to the above address. If you have any special modification ideas for 
WinAccess or need work done on a idea of your own please fell free to contact 
me at the same address listed above. 


			Thank You,
				    
			Joe Kurtz
			KD Services


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INSTALLATION


	WinAccess  can be placed into any directory you wish. The program 
does require that any file that the program will be starting be on your DOS 
path. There are two system files that are needed for WinAccess to work 
properly,  Winacs.ini will be created during the first run of the program. 
The file 235.sys ( include on the disk)  must be placed in the same directory 
as WinAccess. Included with the shareware version is the PIF file for the DOS 
shell.  


FILES INCLUDED IN SHARWARE VERSION


WINACS.EXE              --  main program
WINACS.INI              --  required system file(created by WinAccess)
235.SYS                 --  hidden system file
DOSPRMPT.PIF            --  PIF for DOS shell
WINACS.WRI              --  this text file
WINACS.TXT              --  ASCII text version of WINACS.WRI
REGIST.FRM              --  registration form


ADVANTAGES TO REGISTERED USERS

	The registered version includes extensive on line help and key board 
accelerators. Plus registered users will receive any and all future versions 
of WinAccess at a greatly reduced cost. 



USING WINACCESS

	WinAccess is controlled by two passwords. When WinAccesss is first 
started they are set to "user" and "master". WinAccess is case senative so 
"User" is not the same as "user"(by the way do not include the " " when 
typing in the passwords).  The user password  will allow the user of 
WinAccess to start selected programs (four standard and four user defined). 
The user is not allowed to change which programs are to be started. 
When WinAccess is started the user will be presented with a menu bar. On the 
menu bar only the FILE and HELP options are enabled. Under the FILE option 
are three options - RUN,SAVE(not enabled),EXIT. Clicking on RUN opens the 
access code enty box. If the proper access code is entered the PROGRAMS
option on the main menu will be enabled.  Clicking on PROGRAMS will reveal 
two options STANDARD APPS and CUSTOM APPS.  STANDARD APPS includes Winfile, 
Control Panel, PIF edit, and DOS shell. CUSTOM APPS includes four 
applications that you define. 
	The other password is for the master control. This password enables 
all of WinAccess  options. The master user has all the rights of a regular
users plus the EDIT and SAVE options are enabled. 
	SAVE is used to save any changes to either the user or master passwords. 
If you exit before you save any changes WinAccess will ask if you want to 
save them before exiting. At this point you can save them or cancel and keep
the old passwords intact.
	EDIT has five possible choices USER PASSWORD, MASTER PASSWORD, 
STANDARD APPS,  CUSTOM APPS and OPTIONS. 
	USER PASSWORD and MASTER PASSWORD are used to change the user or 
master passwords. 
	STANDARD APPS is used to change the file name that WinAccess calls 
for the four standard applications. This is helpfull in that you can rename 
and hide these files to help control who has access to them. 
	CUSTOM APPS allows you to include up to four applications of your 
own choosing. In defining a user application you type in the menu title as 
you wish it to appear on the menu and the name that starts that application. 
	OPTIONS opens a dialog box with two check box options AUTOSAVE and 
CLOSE ON SELECT.  When AUTOSAVE is checked all changes to either password 
are saved to the file without prompting the user. Selecting CLOSE ON SELECT
will cause WinAccess to close itself down after a program is selected. This 
is helpful if you only use WinAccess occasionally to start one program.



CLOSING COMMENTS

Just a few last closing thoughts and tips. WinAccess was first developed to 
controll who had access to the hard drives at the local college computer 
lab.  It doesn't mess with DOS bios or attempt to controll access from DOS 
itself.  It is more to protect your system from the uneducated. With 
WinAccess you can save yourself the worry losing files because someone 
decided to figure out how WinFile works on there own. 

The file WINACS.INI holds system information such as the current file names 
and other settings. It wouldn't be a bad idea to make this file hidden. If 
for some reason the two system files are deleted WinAccess will reset itself
back to the system default values, but your user defined information will be
lost. You may want to include a loop in your autoexec.bat which makes access 
to the DOS command line a little harder. To do this include these lines to 
the end of your autoexec.bat.

	:start          --  start of loop
	win :           --  start Windows ( : after win stops opening screen )
	goto start      --  after exiting Windows return to start

This is the first release of WinAccess, while I did quite a bit of testing, 
there's no way to test on ever type of computer. WinAccess should work on 
any setup from a 286 running Windows 3.0 on up. If you run into problems 
please let me know.
			
			Thanks for your support.
		
					Joe Kurtz
					KD Services