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    SmartWhois for Windows 95/98/NT/2000 Version 2.3
          Copyright  1998-2000, TamoSoft, Inc.
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May 6, 2000

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CONTENTS
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- About SmartWhois
- System Requirements
- Installing SmartWhois
- Uninstalling SmartWhois
- Ordering
- License Agreement
- Contacting Us
- What's New in Version 2.3
- Other Products by TamoSoft

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About SmartWhois
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SmartWhois is a useful network information utility that
allows you to find out all the available information about
an IP address, host name, or domain, including country,
state or province, city, name of the network provider,
administrator and technical support contact information.

Unlike standard Whois utilities, SmartWhois can find the
information about a computer located in any part of the
world, intelligently querying the right database and
delivering all the related records within a few seconds. The
program can retrieve information from more than 20 servers
all over the word. If a user is not satisfied with the
results found in database he can have the program query a
specific user-defined whois server.

SmartWhois can save obtained information to an archive file.
Users can load this archive the next time the program is
launched and add more information to it. This feature allows
you to build and maintain your own database of IP addresses
and host names.

SmartWhois is capable of caching query results, which
reduces the time needed to query an address: if the
information is in the cache file it is immediately displayed
and no connections to whois servers are required.


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System Requirements
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- 486DX2-66 CPU
- Windows 95, Windows 98,  Windows NT 4.0, or Windows 2000
- 8 MB RAM
- 0.5 MB of free disk space
- Standard Microsoft TCP/IP stack

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Installing SmartWhois
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- Double-click sw2.exe to execute it.
- Setup will guide you through the rest of the 
  installation process.

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Uninstalling SmartWhois
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- Choose Uninstall from the SmartWhois program group.

		OR:

- Open the Windows Control Panel.
- Double-click the "Add/Remove programs" icon.
- Search the list for the item "SmartWhois" and
  double-click on it.

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Ordering
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This program is a 30-day evaluation version. If you would
like to continue using it after 30 days, you must purchase
it. Below is the pricing for the fully functional
unrestricted version of the program: 

1 User License     $29.00
2-5 User License   $24.00 each
6-50 User License  $19.00 each

Call for pricing on larger site licenses.

As a registered customer you are entitled to: 

- Free updates that will be released within 1 year from
  the date of purchase.
- Information on updates and new products.
- Free technical support. 

We accept credit cards orders, orders by phone and
checks. Prices, terms and conditions are subject to
change without notice, please check our web site for
the latest product offerings and prices.

http://www.tamos.com/order.htm

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License Agreement
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1. COPYRIGHT
This software is copyright 1998-2000, TamoSoft, Inc.
SmartWhois is a trademark of TamoSoft, Inc. The use and
copyright of this software is governed by international
copyright treaties. TamoSoft, Inc. retains full title
and rights to this software and documentation and in no
way does the license granted in any way diminish the
intellectual property rights of TamoSoft, Inc. You must
not redistribute the registration codes provided,
either on paper, electronically, or in any other form.

2. EVALUATION VERSION
This is not free software. You are hereby licensed to
use this software for evaluation purposes without
charge for a period of 30 days. Using this software
after the evaluation period is in violation of
copyright laws and may result in severe civil and
criminal penalties.

3. REGISTERED VERSION
One registered copy of this software may either be used
by a single person who uses the software personally on
one or more computers, or installed on a single
workstation used non simultaneously by multiple people,
but not both.

4. DISCLAIMER
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  IN NO EVENT WILL TAMOSOFT, INC.
BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING INCIDENTAL
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF
THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS
LICENSE, UNDERSTAND IT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS
TERMS.

5. DISTRIBUTION
This software may be distributed freely in its original
unmodified and unregistered form. The distribution has
to include all files of its original distribution.
Distributors may not charge any money for it. Anyone
distributing this software for any kind of remuneration
must first contact us for authorization.

6. OTHER RESTRICTIONS
You may not modify, reverse engineer, decompile or
disassemble this software in any way, including
changing or removing any messages or windows.

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Contacting Us
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Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Bug reports? Don't
hesitate to contact us.

WWW:	http://www.tamos.com
E-mail:	support@tamos.com

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What's New in Version 2.3
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- You can now load and process batch files that contain a
  list of IP addresss or hostnames.
- The program's cache can be auto-saved at user-defined intervals.
- A few bug fixes.

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Other Products By TamoSoft
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COMMVIEW - A program for monitoring network activity
capable of capturing and analyzing packets on any
Ethernet network. It gathers information about data
flowing on a LAN and decodes the analyzed data. With
CommView you can see the list of network connections,
vital IP statistics, and examine individual packets. IP
packets are decoded down to the lowest layer with full
analysis of the main IP protocols: TCP, UDP, and ICMP.
Full access to raw data is also provided in real time.
CommView is a helpful tool for LAN administrators,
security professionals, network programmers, or anyone
who wants to have a full picture of the traffic going
through one's PC or LAN segment.

ESSENTIAL NETTOOLS - A toolkit useful in diagnosing 
networks and monitoring your computer's network connections. 
It includes a fast multithreaded NetBIOS scanner, a front 
end for the popular NetBIOS Auditing Tool (NAT), a netstat 
utility that displays all the computers network connections, 
a monitor of external connections to your computers shared 
resources, a handy tool for quick connection to remote 
resources that gives Windows 95/98 users NT user-level 
connectivity features, a convenient LMHosts editor, and 
other useful tools. The program is an easy-to-use and 
powerful replacement for such Windows utilities as nbtstat, 
netstat, NetWatcher. It  has a lot of advanced features 
that standard Windows tools cant offer.

You can learn more about these products at
http://www.tamos.com/products.htm