
ShutDown NOW! v3.01 Information:
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CONTENTS

	- The purpose of ShutDown NOW! (SHDN!)

	- Installation

	- The Status of ShutDown NOW!

	- Distributing ShutDown NOW!

	- How you can contact me


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	The purpose of ShutDown NOW! (SHDN!):
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Dear ShutDown NOW! User,

1997 was the last year in which you have seen
the MS-Windows TaskManager, instead of shutting
down the Windows system, after you have pressed
CTRL + ALT + DEL. - It was also the last year,
you have pressed CTRL + ALT + DEL, if you wanted
to shut down MS-Windows and it was the last year
you have pressed these hotkeys twice, or have
used the mouse to climb through numerous dialogs
until you was able to shut down.

What you will use in the future is:

		CTRL + ALT + 'D'

to shut down with a previously configured option.

But if you want more - here it is: ...
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Did you ever want to eject & retract your CD-ROM
device's media - or (under Windows NT) your SCSI
device's media (e.g. SCSI/ATAPI CD-ROMs, SCSI DAT
or other TAPE devices, ZIP or OPTICAL storage de-
vices, - short: all removable SCSI devices under
Windows NT) with a single:

	   SHIFT + CTRL + {DriveLetter}

Then here it is!

Not enough? ...
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Still not enough? - OK!

Do you often work on secure documents under
MS-Windows? - Do you know where your editor or
word processing application (e.g. MS-Word) saves
its temporary data? - I will tell you: Either in
the folder you are currently working in, or in
the Windows Temporary Directory (e.g. C:\TEMP),
if you have specified this in your AUTOEXEC.BAT
or under "Control Panel"-"System" (WinNT).

Do you know, that these files often are stored
normally, without safety - and that Windows often
lets them in the TEMP Dir, if you have had a
crash, or even without having a crash!

These files can either simply be restored with
the MS-DOS Command: UNDELETE, or with low-level
FAT editors, - or they can be found there, where
they are stored, if not deleted.

ShutDown NOW! now has an easy "Empty Directories"
option, which does secure (0-Byte overwrite and
kill), fast and safely empty the specified
directories: and I mean really empty!
So ShutDown NOW! empties, if specified by you,
also subdirectories and hidden, read-only or as
'system' marked files and folders!

About ShutDown NOW!:
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ShutDown NOW! is the leading shutdown-automation
utility on the Shareware Market!

It has got many awards - and also is recognized
by Microsoft, CompuServe and worldwide press.

You can work with ShutDown NOW! without a
Shareware Countdown or other nag-screens for
complete 14 days. - Then you can personalize
your copy of ShutDown NOW! by letting it be re-
gistered for a VERY SMALL Shareware fee.
For bigger organizations or schools/universities
also the Site-/Worldwide- or School/University
Licenses might be of interest!

ShutDown NOW! is nominated for the second time
after August 18th 1997, for the "Pick of the
Week" in CompuServe's WUGNET and this time for
the World-Wide-Web Site of CompuServe & Microsoft
in the Internet:

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This shareware application can be found in the
WINUSER Forum on CompuServe, an official
distribution and support online resource for
future updates.
The Windows Users Group Network, operators of the
oldest and largest independent support resource
forum [WINUSER] for Windows users on CIS with
over 1,000,000 active members is recognized in the
press, user groups, developers, and Microsoft as
the foremost resource for shareware publishers on
CompuServe and the Internet.

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	Installation:
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To install ShutDown NOW!, simply extract the contents
of SHDNxxx.ZIP archive into a temporary folder of
your hard disc. Then start SHDNxxx.EXE and follow the
dialogs of this automatic setup program. ('xxx' stands
for the actual version number)

	The Status of ShutDown NOW!:
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ShutDown NOW! is Shareware and comes with a Shareware
License, which can be viewed by clicking onto the
"SW Software License" icon, displayed under "Programs"
in the "Start" menu after installation.

The Shareware License is valid until SHDN! becomes
registered and you have got another license for the
'full' version of the software.

	Distributing ShutDown NOW!:
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There are no limitations on distributing SHDN! as long
it is not registered and has the Shareware status. -
All files of the original archive have to be included
in an archive called: "SHDNxxx.yyy" where 'xxx' is the
version number and 'yyy' can be an archive extension of
any kind. - If you intend to spread only the SHDNxxx.EXE
setup-file, then it will be necessary to contact me in
advance for my permission.

At any time I can revoke a previously given permission
for distributing ShutDown NOW!, independent of a reason.
In that case you have to remove all distributions from
all removable media, which is under your control at this
time. This especially refers to Internet sites for which
I have rejected distribution, or which are not able to
update their archives within 6 weeks after my last
update-announcement has reached them.

The original archive of the last version for
distribution is always available under:

http://arco.met.fu-berlin.de/~cstratz/shdnxxx.zip
('xxx' for the current version number)

or indirectly over my homepage:

http://arco.met.fu-berlin.de/~cstratz

... if I have not uploaded it directly to you via FTP,
Email, or sent it to you on a floppy. Please use the
archive I have sent to you, if you should be unsure
which archive you should take. You may also replace
files in the archive which I have sent you, if they
should be older, than the ones available in the archive
which can be downloaded from my homepage, without an
extra permission from me.
So you will always have the latest version of the
files, e.g. if I have sent you the archive month before
you press your CD-ROM, and an updated version should be
available before I contact you again.

	How you can contact me:
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My Email is: 	cstratz@arco.met.fu-berlin.de

My address is:	Carsten Stratz,
		Berlepschstr. 136,
		D-14165 Berlin, Germany

		Tel.: +49-30-8024157

Thank you for supporting ShutDown NOW!!

Carsten Stratz

