
DeviceLock: readme
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Please read this file carefully (especially "Installation" chapter) before
installing the program to your computer.

IMPORTANT! If you've got DeviceLock not from our web page, but from the
other source (magazine CD or some software library), please visit our home
page - you'll probably find the later version.


Contents
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 Program information
 Company information
 Description
 Installation (!)
 Registration
 Copyright and license
 Technical support
 Localization


Program information
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Program Archive Name:
 devicelock.zip
Program Name:
 DeviceLock
Program Version:
 4.1.03
Program Release Date:
 March 25, 2000
Target OS:
 Windows NT 4.0, Windows NT 2000 - Intel x86 platform
Program Description:
 An administrative tool to separate access to devices.
Software type:
 Shareware (15-day trial)


Company information
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Company Name:
  SmartLine Inc.
Author Name:
  Ashot Oganesyan K.
Contact E-mail Address:
  devicelock@protect-me.com
Contact WWW URL:
  http://www.floppy-lock.com
  http://www.ntutility.com


Description
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DeviceLock gives network administrators control over which users can access
what devices (ports, floppies, Magneto-Optical disks, etc.) on a local
computer. Once DeviceLock is installed, administrators can assign permissions
to LPT ports, CD-ROMs, COM ports or any other device, just as they would to
share-permissions on a hard disk. Network administrators can use DeviceLock
to flush a storage device's buffers (very useful for removable media) and to
get extended information about devices and NTFS partitions. Remote control is
also available.

With DeviceLock you can:

 - Control which users or groups can access devices 
 - Flush unsaved file buffers 
 - Get extended information about devices (file systems, partitions, etc.) 
 - Get extended information about NTFS partitions (MFT size, position, etc.) 
 - Control all functions remotely 
 - Use its powerful but easy multilingual interface 
 - Install and uninstall it automatically 
 - Use native versions for Intel x86 and Compaq Alpha platforms. 


DeviceLock package contains next executable files:

   dlservice.exe   - an NT system service
   dlmanager.exe   - the manager for NT/2000 machines
   dlmanager98.exe - the manager for 95/98 machines
   dlmgrc.exe      - the console manager


Installation
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To install DeviceLock you MUST have administrative privileges.

Just run the "devicelock.exe" and follow the instructions. You'll need
to select the target directory to install.

The Setup protects DeviceLock files against deleting by ordinary users
(i.e. users without administrative privileges).

If you wish to install DeviceLock without an user intervention you should
run DeviceLock Setup with the /s parameter (e.g. "c:\devicelock.exe /s").
This gives an install that can be used from within a batch file. There is
a special configuration file for silent setup: devicelock.ini. With this
file, you can customize the DeviceLock installation parameters. For example:

 1. "Lock Devices" parameters. Only members of the special local group,
    the operating system and the local administrators will have access to
    the devices on the local computer if one of these parameters is enabled:

      Floppy    - floppy drive
      Removable - removable device
      CDROM     - CD-ROM
      Serial    - serial port (COM)
      Parallel  - parallel port (LPT)

    If the parameter CreateGroups is enabled another special local group
    will be automatically created:

      Allow_Access_to_Floppy
      Allow_Access_to_CDRom
      Allow_Access_to_Removable
      Allow_Access_to_Serial
      Allow_Access_to_Parallel

    Otherwise if a group does not exist on the local computer, only the
    operating system and the local administrators will have access to the
    device.

 2. "Install" parameters:

      Service    - DeviceLock Service and its related files will be installed
      Manager    - DeviceLock Manager and its related files will be installed
      ConsoleMgr - DeviceLock Console Manager and its related files will be
                   installed
      Documents  - documentation (readme.txt, register.txt) will be installed

    If you have the registration key file for DeviceLock you can specify
    a directory with this file in the parameter RegFileDir

    To specify a language package to be used as the default you can supply
    the parameter LngFile

 3. "Misc" parameters:

      Run - this parameter is used to launch an application or execute a batch
            file after a successful install.


The installer for this product was created using Installer VISE from
MindVision Software. For more information on Installer VISE, contact:

MindVision Software
7201 North 7th Street
Lincoln, NE 68521-8913
Voice: 402-477-3269
Fax: 402-477-1395
Internet: mindvision@mindvision.com
http://www.mindvision.com


Registration
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See "register.txt" file.


Copyright and license
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

See "license.txt" file.


Technical support
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

See "contacts.txt" file.


Localization
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 - IMPORTANT! Go to http://www.floppy-lock.com/dl/download.html#lng
   to find different language-packages. Maybe there is one for your native
   language.

 - If you want to translate DeviceLock to your native language then open
   the file language.ini in any text editor (e.g. Notepad) and translate all
   strings after each equal sign (=).

 - IMPORTANT! Do not modify symbols like: %s %u \n

 - To make one of the letters in the caption of a button the mnemonic key
   (used for keyboard shortcuts), precede it with an ampersand (&).

 - Restart DeviceLock (both Service and Manager) and check all text
   messages, button captions and so on.

 - Rename your translated language.ini to language.xxx (where the xxx is
   a language identifier, e.g. eng - English).

 - Send language.xxx to us as an attachment to an e-mail (use this e-mail
   address: devicelock@protect-me.com) and we will include it in the
   language-package for DeviceLock.

 - IMPORTANT! You will receive one Single license for DeviceLock,
   if the language-file you send does not already exist in our language-package.




                                         Copyright(c) 1997-2000 SmartLine Inc.
                                                          All rights reserved.
                                     DeviceLock is trademark of SmartLine Inc. 
