                           WELCOME TO REMOVE-IT 95

Thank  you  for choosing Remove-It!  Remove-It  is the safest and easiest way to
remove unneeded  applications and  files from your PC. Remove-It has a wealth of
features that  let you  safely free up  wasted disk  space by deleting  unneeded
files, fonts, etc. from  your PC. Please see Chapter 1, "Introducing Remove-It",
of the  Remove-It 95 User's Guide for a brief overview of Remove-It's functions.
If you did not purchase  Remove-It  directly from  Vertisoft,  please be sure to
complete and mail  us  the  postage-paid registration card.  By registering your
purchase  you  are eligible to receive:

  - Product support
  - Advance notice of upgrades
  - Special offers on other Vertisoft products


This readme file contains the following sections:

  - Important Notices - information  you  should  read before running Remove-It.
  - User's Guide Addenda - information that  was not  available at the  time the
    User's Guide was published.
  - What's New - a list of the new and enhanced features in Remove-It 95.


IMPORTANT NOTICES

1.  The Remove-It 3 for  Windows  95 that is on this disk is  designed to run in
Windows 95.  This disk will not install in Windows 3.1.  If you have Windows 3.1 
on your system, use the Remove-It 2 disks that came with this product to install
Remove-It in Windows 3.1.

2.  If you are upgrading from  Remove-It  2, your Log-It and Backup records that
were  created  with version  2 do not require conversion to be used in Remove-It 
95.  Simply copy them  into t he  Remove-It 95  Backup  direcory.   However, the
REMOVEIT.CRT file is not transferable to Remove-It 95 due to the fact that Smart
Disk Agent operates  completely  differently in  Remove-It 95  versus Smart Disk 
Custodian in Remove-It 2.0.

Be aware  that the Log Record Files  (Log-It) created using  Remove-It 2  do not
address issues related to the  Windows 95 System Registry. Information contained 
in the  Windows 95  System  Registry  will  be  left behind as a result of using
Remove-It 2.0 Log Record Files.  These  orphan  entries  may be removed by using
Clean-It's   Orphan  Registry  Entries.   This  applies  most   specifically  to
applications  "Designed for Windows 95"  that have  been  logged using Remove-It
2.0's Log-It function.

3.  If you have a 540 MB or larger IDE hard drive that has been partitioned with
Ontrack Computer  Systems'  Disk Manager software, and you don't have DMDRVR.BIN
and  XBIOS.OVL on the bootup  disk,  Recover-It  will think that  the partitions
and  beginning  sectors  are  wrong  and  will  try  to  write  back the correct
information.  This results in a total loss of access to the drive(s) information
and the drive has to be formatted and all programs must be  reinstalled.  Please 
see the Recover-It section below for more information.

4.  The file and  application  usage information in Watch-It may not be accurate 
If you do not load the Smart Disk Agent when you run Windows.


USER'S GUIDE ADDENDA

General
1.  This  is  a  single-user  version  of  Remove-It.   You  may install it on a
network  drive,   but  it  is  not  licensed  for  multi-user  access  with  two
exceptions.   Its  Smart Fingerprint utility and  its Install-It utility may  be
accessed  by  multiple  users.  To    inquire    about multi-user  products  and
licensing,  call  Vertisoft Systems at 803-295-2623.

2.  In Find-It or Watch-It, if  the  number of files to be displayed in the list 
box  exceeds  8,000,  a  dialog  box  with  the  message  "List is too long"  is 
displayed.  Windows cannot display more than 8,000 files in a list box; however, 
it is safe to continue  working.  The "extra" files will simply not be displayed 
in the list box. Since it is extremely inconvenient  to  work  with such a great 
number of files at a time,  we  recommend you use the Drives to Search and Files
to Search options to limit the set of files being analyzed.

3.  The  collection of pre-logged installation records that are contained within 
the Remove-It Information Knowledge  Base (RTAGENT.DAT) are not sensitive to the 
location  of  application  folders or sub-folders. Regardless of where or how an 
application contained in the IKB records has been  installed,  Remove-It 95 will 
located and accurately remove such applications.  However,  if you use Log-It to 
create an installation record for an  application  on one system,  then transfer 
that Log-It Log Record File to another system where the  directory structure for 
that application is completely different, using that Log Record File will result 
in  either  incomplete  or  inappropriate  application and file removal for that
application.  We do not  recommend  the  transfer  of Log Records created on one 
system to a completely  different  system  unless the installation and directory 
structure  for  that  application  referenced  by  that Log Record  File is 100%
identical on both machines.

4.  If you have maintained both Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 active on your system
(Dual Boot),   there  are  several  items  about  which  you  should  be  aware.
Clean-It  may  identify  as  Orphans  items  that are located in the Windows and
System directories for Windows 3.1.  This is due to the  fact  that your Windows
3.1  operating  system  is  inactive  and  unreferenced  during your  Windows 95
session.  We recommend that you  exercise caution and not select for removal any
items  clearly  identified  as  belonging  to  Windows  3.1  for   this  reason.
Duplicate files  in  Find-It that are identified as belonging to Windows 3.1 and
Windows 95  (Whether in the Windows or System  directories  of  either version), 
should not be removed. Unless you are certain that the removal of one or both of
these identified duplicate files is OK,  files  in  these directories for either
version of Windows should be left alone.

Because of the dual nature of a dual boot system,  you may see what appear to be
duplicate  entries  in  both the Smart Disk Agent alert dialog  screens  and  in
Watch-It.  This is  due to the fact that these applications  are setup to run in
both Operating System environments and it is normal. Be sure to exercise caution 
in removing any such items for this reason. Similar duplicate entries may appear
in  other  functions  for the same reason.  Again caution is recommended in such
cases.

5.  You can remove applications from your system by  dragging their program icon
of program folder icon to the Remove-It 95 icon, and releasing the mouse button. 
Remove-It   will  use   the  Express  Removal  method  to  remove  the  selected
application.

Installation
1. At the end of  the  Remove-IT 95 installation,  if you  choose to either load
Remove-IT or the Readme file,  or both,  and remove the  diskette from the drive
prior to the execution of the finish command in this dialog,  neither  Remove-IT 
nor the Readme will load. This is because the command to execute these functions 
is located on the installation diskette. There is no problem with your system or 
the Remove-IT application if this happens.
   
Find-It
1.  The Select  Files  dialog  box has an Assistant command button.  Choose this 
command and  the Find-It Assistant will suggest which of the duplicate files are 
the safest to remove.

Reinstall-It
1.  If  you  are  using   Reinstall-It  or  the  standalone  Install-It  program
(added  by  Transfer-It  to  a  self-installing  archive)  to install an upgrade 
for an existing application, the application's program  icons may be duplicated.
This occurs in an  Express  Install or if the Replace Files and  Icons option is
not set to All Files and Icons.  You  can  change  the  Replace  Files and Icons 
option to All Files and Icons,   or  you  can  simply select the duplicate icons 
in the program group and press the Delete key to remove them.

Recover-It
1.  Recover-It  will  not  work  with  floppy disks  that  have been  compressed
using   DoubleSpace,   DriveSpace   or Stacker.  If  you attempt to use a floppy
disk  that  has  a  Compressed  Volume  File  (CVF)  on  it  (e.g. dblspace.000,
drvspace.000, Stacvol.dsk),   The  result will be the  following  error message:
"Error  on  Disk A:"  This is due  to the fact  that  a floppy  disk with  a CVF
cannot be formatted.  You must first  remove the CVF file before these disks can
be formatted under DOS  or Windows.  Consult  your  disk compression   program's
documentation for instructions on how to remove  the CVF and format floppy disks 
that have been compressed.

2.  Recover-It formats and supports  the  creation   of emergency recovery disks 
on both low and high  density  disks.  If  you  receive a  "Track 0  Bad"  error
message this may be due to one of  two  possible  causes:   You have  selected a
format  option  for  the  wrong  type  of disk, or the disk is defective. First,
check the  disk type (high or low density)  and  then  make sure that you select
the correct format option. If you  are  certain that the selection and disk type
are correct, then try another diskette.

3.  If you have a 540 MB or larger IDE hard drive that has been partitioned with
Ontrack Computer  Systems'  Disk Manager software, and you don't have DMDRVR.BIN 
and  XBIOS.OVL  on  the  bootup disk, Recover-It will think that  the partitions 
and  beginning sectors  are  wrong  and  will  try to  write  back  the  correct
information.  This results in a total loss of access to the drive(s) information
and the drive has to be formatted and all programs must be  reinstalled.  

You may either boot your system and wait for the drive overlay to load they will
need to copy  the  DMDRVR.BIN  and  XBIOS.OVL  to  the  Recovery disk.   This is
accomplished as follows:

a. Create a temporary directory on the hard disk
b. Insert the original Ontrack Disk Manager disk into drive A: or drive B:
c. Copy the files DMDRVR.BIN and XBIOS.OVL from the Ontrack Disk Manager disk to 
   this temporary directory.
d. Execute Recover-It 
e. In the Recover-It  "Select files  to  be stored to the Recovery Disk" dialog,
   choose Add.
f. Locate  the temporary directory where the files DMDRVR.BIN and XBIOS.OVL were 
   copied.
g. Hold  down the CTRL key and single mouse click on each file to highlight both 
   so that both files are displayed in the File name: text box.
h. Click  the  Add  command button to add these files to the list of files to be 
   copied to the Recovery Disk.
I. After  selecting  any other  files to add to, or store on, the Recovery disk, 
   choose finish.

These files  will be copied to the  Recovery  Disk along with all other selected
files during the creation of the Recover-It  emergency recovery disk.  Note that
 this procedure must be used  each time a new Recovery Disk is created. 

**Note: This error was encountered with version 6.03 of Disk Manager - we do not
know what the effects are on version 7.0 of  Disk Manager.


WHAT'S NEW IN REMOVE-It 95

New! Designed for Windows 95.  Remove-It  now supports  long filenames, drag and
drop, and the System Registry. 

New! Move-It - lets you  easily  move your applications from one drive or folder
to another including network drives. 

Enhanced! Clean-It - now lets you delete and view unneeded cyber-junk files that
accumulate  on your  system  from the Internet,  online  services,  and incoming
faxes.  Also, Clean-It now lets you delete orphan DLLs, orphan Registry entries, 
and  more  in  addition  to  fonts, backup  files, clip art,  help files, screen
savers, temp files, sound files, movie files, etc.

Enhanced! Smart Disk Agent - in addition to alerting you to  unneeded and unused
applications  and  files  that  can  be  removed. It now lets you set alerts for
virtually  all  of  the  categories of  unneeded  files  that are  identified by
Clean-It including  cyber-junk.   In addition,  it  alerts  you  to  low  system
resources, memory and disk space. 

Enhanced! Log-It - now automatically records 32-bit installation program changes
including the System Registry.

Enhanced!  Installation Knowledge-Base - now this   encyclopedia  of application
installation profiles includes   over 1,000 popular DOS, Windows 3.1 and Windows 
95  applications.  The Knowledge-Base lets  Remove-It provide  the most accurate
and complete  removal of  previously  installed  applications of any application
removal utility. 

Enhanced! Find-It - new Find-It  Assistant  recommends which files are safest to
remove.

Enhanced! Recover-It - now backs up and  restores  the System Registry and Start
menu configuration. 

Enhanced! File Viewer - in addition to being  able to view ASCII, Hex, ZIP, PCX,
BMP, TGA, and AVI files,  Remove-It's file viewer now lets you view GIF and many 
TIF files.


Again thanks for choosing Remove-It.
-- Vertisoft Systems, Inc.

