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//                 Welcome to Screen Saver Now!
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//            for Microsoft(R) Windows(tm) 3.1, 3.11
//             and Windows for Workgroups(tm) 3.11
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//                         Version 1.01
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//               Last updated: January 1, 1995
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//                Copyright (c) 1995, ChaoSoft.
//                     All rights reserved.
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                 U S E R    I N F O R M A T I O N
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This file contains information regarding the Screen Saver Now!
utility.

   STOP!

   IMPORTANT NOTE 1:

Before reading any further, please verify that you have a complete
set of the files originally included in the Screen Saver Now!
package.  A list of the files will be found in the VENDINFO.DIZ
file, supplied with the package.  If any file listed in the
VENDINFO.DIZ file, or the VENDINFO.DIZ file itself is missing,
then the package is not complete and further use or distribution
of the program is PROHIBITED.  To obtain a complete package of
this software, please contact us at the address at the end of this
file.

   IMPORTANT NOTE 2:

Before using this software, please read the ChaoSoft License
Agreement, included in the VENDINFO.DIZ file supplied with the
package.  By using or distributing Screen Saver Now! you agree to
be bound by the terms of the license.


TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. Introduction
   1.1. Why would you need this utility?
   1.2. What's new in this version
   1.3. This is 'Freeware' - Use It and Pay Nothing(tm)!

2. Installing Screen Saver Now!

3. Using Screen Saver Now!

4. Acknowledgments

5. Contacting Chaosoft

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//      1. INTRODUCTION
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1.1 Why would you need this utility?
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1. First off, as the name of the program implies, with Screen
   Saver Now! you no longer have to wait for the regular Windows
   screen saver to do its job of saving your screen. Use Screen
   Saver Now! to run a screen saver any time you want to, with a
   simple double-click of your mouse.  (Don't forget, every time
   you use Screen Saver Now! you're extending the life of your
   monitor.)

2. With Screen Saver Now!, in addition to the regular screen
   saver, which is launched automatically by Windows, you may set
   up an alternate screen saver, which you alone can run. Why
   would you need a second screen saver?  So you can set it up
   differently, to perform a different task!

   For instance, you might want to disable the password protection
   option for the 'regular' screen saver.  Sometimes, when you're
   working at your computer, isn't it annoying to have to enter
   your password each time the screen blanks?  So, if you want
   your system to be password-protected while you're out, use
   Screen Saver Now! to set up a different screen saver, with the
   password protection feature enabled, and run this screen saver
   whenever you leave your computer unattended!

   To put it in another way, you don't have to buy a special
   password protection program - Screen Saver Now! does it for
   you!

3. Screen Saver Now! will allow you to password-protect Windows on
   start-up.  Since it is possible for snoopers to bypass this
   form of protection by pressing the SHIFT key during the Windows
   initialization process, Screen Saver Now! is designed to
   prevent anyone from using this technique to look at your files.

4. Screen Saver Now! may also be used to try out new screen savers
   before you install them.  Usually, when you obtain a new screen
   saver, you need to place the files into the WINDOWS directory,
   and then use Control Panel to select the screen saver.  That's
   fine, but what if you decide you don't like the new screen
   saver and want to delete it from your system? Are you sure you
   know which files to delete?  How can you be sure you won't
   erase a very necessary file in your WINDOWS directory?

   With Screen Saver Now!, you can install a new screen saver into
   a separate, temporary directory and test it.  If you don't like
   it, you'll know which files to erase!

5. Screen Saver Now! has an 'Always On Top' option which, when
   enabled, keeps its icon always visible and accessible, on top
   of all the other windows.  This feature allows you to quickly
   find and run the screen saver whenever you want to!

1.2. What's new in the current version
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No previous versions have been released; therefore, everything 
is new!

1.4. This is 'Freeware' - Use It and Pay Nothing(tm)!
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Screen Saver Now! is free software.  You may distribute it without
charge, provided you include all of the files listed in the
VENDINFO.DIZ file, unchanged.  You may NOT sell this program as
part of any other product except to include it with other
shareware or freeware programs, and distributed as such.
Specifically, you may not include Screen Saver Now! with any
commercial product.  Please see the full text of the license
agreement in the VENDINFO.DIZ file.

Screen Saver Now! was developed by ChaoSoft, a small publisher of
high-quality shareware software for Windows.  ChaoSoft also
publishes a number of freeware programs to introduce users to its
products.  You'll find ChaoSoft products online almost everywhere,
including CompuServe, America Online, Delphi, Internet. Use the
keyword 'CHAOSOFT' to search for our files.

To see a list of ChaoSoft programs and an order form, click on the
'Info' button in the 'Options' dialog box of the Screen Saver Now!
utility.

If you like Screen Saver Now! and find it useful, you'll want to
try other ChaoSoft products.  The very latest shareware versions
of our programs may be obtained from the following sources:

FTP:    ftp.std.com, directory /vendors/ChaoSoft,


BBS:    (207)947-0016,  (Evergreen BBS, 1200-14.4K)
        go to the "ChaoSoft Software" file area

CIS:    GO WINSHARE, LIB 2 (File Apps/Utils),
        use the keyword 'CHAOSOFT' to search for the files

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//      2. Installing Screen Saver Now!
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The simplest way to install Screen Saver Now! is to use its SETUP
utility.  When you run it, you'll be prompted for a directory in
which to install the files.  SETUP will then copy the files into
that directory and create a group in Program Manager.  When the
installation process is completed, you may run Screen Saver Now!
by double-clicking your mouse on its icon.  Presto!

If you decide to stop using Screen Saver Now!, you may remove it
from your system by deleting all its files from the directory in
which it was installed.  Note:  If you allowed SETUP to install
the files for Screen Saver Now! in the default directory, don't
forget to delete the directory itself and the group icon in
Program Manager.  We hope you'll change your mind!

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//      3. Using Screen Saver Now!
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If you know how to double-click with a mouse, you know how to use
Screen Saver Now!

The first time you run Screen Saver Now!, the default screen saver
(usually chosen using the 'Desktop' function of Control Panel)
will be activated.  If no screen saver is specified in the Control
Panel, an error message is displayed, which will prompt you to
select a screen saver.

To change the screen saver to be run by the Screen Saver Now!
utility, choose the 'Options' command from the menu attached to
the Screen Saver Now! icon while it's running.  When the dialog
box pops up, use the 'Find File' button to find a screen saver on
your disk, click on the 'Test' button to see it in action, and
click on the 'Setup' button to set it up (the same way as you
would with Control Panel).  By the way, if you want to quickly
access Control Panel, click the 'Ctrl Panel' button in the
'Options' dialog box.

If you need password protection, use the 'Options' command of the
Screen Saver Now! menu and select a screen saver with password
protection enabled.  Then copy the Screen Saver Now! icon into the
Start-Up group of Program Manager, and it will be activated
automatically every time someone starts Windows.

To take advantage of the password protection feature of the screen
saver, and also prevent snoopers from bypassing this protection
during Windows initialization, do the following:

1.  If installed in the Start-Up group, remove the Screen Saver
    Now! icon from the group.  To do this, simply 'drag' the icon
    from the Start-Up group and 'drop' it into the default group
    in Program Manager.

2.  Use a text editor (such as Window's Notepad) and 'Open' the
    WIN.INI file in the Windows directory.  CAUTION:  Whenever you
    decide to make changes to the WIN.INI file ensure you have a
    back-up copy of the original file so you'll be able to restore
    the Windows program if something goes wrong. Also, don't make
    changes to the WIN.INI file using a word processor, since it
    may put in formatting codes that will 'confuse' Windows.

3.  Locate the [Windows] section of the WIN.INI file and type
    SSNOW.EXE at the end of the 'load=' line.  The effect of this
    entry will be the same as adding the Screen Saver Now! icon to
    the Start-Up group, except that the loading of any program
    listed in the 'load=' line CANNOT be bypassed by holding down
    the SHIFT key.

4.  When using this method, be sure to install Screen Saver Now!
    in one of the directories listed in the 'PATH=' statement in
    your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, so that Windows is able to find the
    file and run it.

If you want the Screen Saver Now! icon to always be visible and
accessible, select the 'Always On Top' option.  Note:  To use this
option, you must have Screen Saver Now! running i.e., choose the
'OK' button or 'Minimize' command after you're finished with the
'Options' menu.  If, instead, you choose the 'Close' button, it
will close the program, and the Screen Saver Now! icon won't be
visible even if you checked the 'Always On Top' option.

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//      4. Acknowledgments
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I would like to thank Hale K. Darling for helping to prepare the
documentation and suggesting the name 'Screen Saver Now!' for this
utility.

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//      5. Contacting ChaoSoft
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ChaoSoft is a small software company based in Old Town, Maine,
U.S.A., owned and operated by Andrei Belogortseff.

ChaoSoft has been producing top-quality computer software at
reasonable prices, continuously, since 1993.  Please feel free to
contact us if you have any questions, comments or suggestions:

by e-mail at:

        74634.2173@compuserve.com

or directly by CIS mail at:

        74634,2173

or by calling Evergreen BBS (14.4K), (207)947-0016, login 
        under your real name, please leave a message for Andrei 
        Belogortseff in the 'ChaoSoft Support' area

or by writing to us at:

        ChaoSoft
        P.O.Box 43
        Old Town, ME 04468-0043

Thank you for using ChaoSoft products!

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Windows for Workgroups(tm) are trademarks of Microsoft 
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