
                        PC Tools Deluxe Version 5.5

                               IMPORTANT
                        
                            New Information                         

This README file is intended to supplement the manuals.


PC Setup
========

You need to run PC Setup to install PC Tools.  The PC Tools Desktop
Spell-checker dictionary (DICT.SPL) has been compressed to save disk
space and will be decompressed by PC Setup during installation.  If you
do not use PC Setup, the command used to decompress the file is:

              pcsecure /d /k00000 dict.spl

PC Setup now allows you to selectively install the various PC Tools
Deluxe programs so you only install the portions you wish to use.

PC Setup gives you four different installation options:

1.  Copy the PC Tools Deluxe files to your personal computer's hard disk.

    This option will copy the PC Tools Deluxe programs you request and
    give you the option of installing them by making modifications to
    your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.  You can select to install the DOS Utilities
    and Data Recovery Utilities, the Hard Disk Backup program, the
    Desktop Manager, or any combination of the three.  If the DOS
    Utilities are installed, PC Setup will scan your hard drive and
    install many popular applications into PC Shell's application list. 
    For example, Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, Excel, and most other
    popular programs are automatically added for you if they exist on
    your hard disk.

2.  Copy the PC Tools Deluxe files to a network server's hard disk.  

    This option will copy the requested program files to a directory on a
    Novell Netware or IBM Token-Ring network server.  This should be done
    by a network supervisor since PC Setup will need write privileges to
    the directory where installation is done.  Network Supervisors should
    read the section "Running on a Network" below.

3.  Change the configuration of a previous installation.

    This option will allow you to modify the way the PC Tools programs
    are installed in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.  It will not copy any files.



PC Shell
========

Re-Read the Tree command
------------------------

A new command has been added to the Options pull-down menu, "Re-Read the
Tree".  PC Shell will always save a copy of the directory tree for a
drive in the file PCSHELLd.TRE, where "d" is the drive letter.  For
example, PCSHELLC.TRE will contain the directory tree for drive C,
PCSHELLF.TRE will contain the directory tree for drive F, and so on. 
When you tell PC Shell to read a drive (e.g. Ctrl-drive letter), it will
look to see if a tree file exists for that drive, and if so read the tree
from the file rather than from the drive itself.  This has been done to
make PC Shell as fast as possible when switching drives, especially on
Networks.  If you want PC Shell to reread the drive because the directory
structure has changed, select "Re-Read the Tree" from the options menu.  

Tree display on networks
------------------------

If you are connected to a Novell network and you use PC Shell to look at
the network server, it will only display directories in the tree window
for which you have at least read privileges.  This makes PC Shell much
easier to use on a Network as you only see the directories you use,
rather than all the potentially hundreds of directories on the server.


PC Backup
=========

The first time you use PC Backup version 5.5 it will re-format your
floppy disks.  This is done as minor changes have been made to the PC
Backup formatting methods to make it more reliable on some less than
fully IBM-compatible PCs.  So your first backup with the new version may
run slower than you expect, but subsequent backups will run at full
speed.

Also, we recommend that you leave the Verify option set to its default
setting of "Verify when formatting" so that your disks will be verified
during the format process the first time they are used in a backup.  A
good disk usually stays good unless it is mistreated.  By doing a full
verify on each new disk, you can have a high degree of confidence in your
backups as they are fully verified when the disk is new, and yet later
backups to these same disks will be made at maximum speed.

PC Backup's "Choose Drive and Media" command lets you specify what kind
of disk media (360K, 1.2M, 720K, or 1.44M) you will using.  We strongly
recommend that you do not attempt to make 1.44M backups to 720K media as
they will almost always fail and you may not realize it until you do a
restore, depending upon the Verify option you use.

PC Backup creates temporary files during the backup and restore process.
The amount of free space required for the temporary files, in bytes, can
be estimated by using the following formula:

              70 x (# of files + # of directories)

For example, if you have 500 files in 100 directories that you either
want to backup or restore, you will need approximately 70 x (100 + 500) =
42,000 free bytes for the temporary files.  If you do not have enough
space on your hard disk for the files, PC Backup will let you know.

If you use the SET CPTMP = parameter to direct PC Backup's temporary
files to a drive other than the one that it is being run from, for
example, a ram disk, you will need to be sure that there is enough free
space according to the formula above. Please see the "Forcing PC Backup
Temporary Files to a RAM Disk" chapter in the PC Backup manual.

/DOB
----

This option will turn on the automatic detection of the Deluxe Option
Board when backing up to unformatted disks. The /NODOB option as
explained in the manual no longer exists.  This change was made to ensure
safe and reliable backups on networks where Option Boards are also
installed.

PCBACKUP drive-letter:
----------------------

You can start PC Backup and specify a drive to backup on the command
line.  This is especially usefull when you are running PC Backup from a
network server, and you want to backup a station hard drive.  When PC
Backup is started without a drive specified on the command line, it will
assume you want to backup the drive that PC Backup is run from, which in
the case of a network server would be the server drive.  If the server
drive is large, and contains a large number of directories and files, it
can take a long time to build the tree structure, which you don't even
want to backup. By starting PC Backup with a drive specified, for
example, PCBACKUP C:, PC Backup will read the tree structure of the
specified drive.

Report file
-----------

When you ask PC Backup to generate a report to a file on your disk, you
will be prompted for the file name. The default is PCBACKUP.  PC Backup
will append the file extension .RPT to whatever file name is used.  PC
Backup and PCBDIR will save the report file in the directory from which
they were run.  If you are on a network, the report will be sent to the
directory specified by the PCTOOLS environment variable.  

/R parameter
------------

If you use this parameter on the command line, PC Backup will come up in
restore mode, and ask you to insert the last disk of the backup disks you
want to restore.  It will not read the hard drive's directories and
files, and will therefore come up much faster.


PC Secure
=========

There are some command line parameters for PC Secure that are not
documented in the manual which enable you to run PC Secure from the
command line or a batch file and quickly encrypt or decrypt files.

/D      decrypts the specified files
/F      performs full encryption on the specified files
/Q      performs quick encryption on the specified files
/C      turns compression off when encrypting
/P      prompts for a key 
/Kxxxxx specifies xxxxx as your key

Examples:

         pcsecure /q /k12345 *.doc
         
will encrypt all .doc files in the current directory using quick
encryption with compression, and the key 12345.

         pcsecure /f /p *.*
         
will encrypt all files in the current directory using full encryption
with compression, and pcsecure will prompt you for the key.

         pcsecure /q /c /k12345 *.txt
         
will encrypt all .txt files in the current directory using quick
encryption and no compression, with the key 12345.
         
         pcsecure /d /k12345 xyz.doc
         
will decrypt the file xyz.doc using the password 12345.



PC Tools Desktop
================

Appointment Scheduler
---------------------

The Make Appointment command has a new, one character field, "Type",
which you can use to classify appointments.  For example, you might want
to classify all of your meetings with the production department with a
"P" and all of your meetings with the accounting department with a "A",
and so on.

The Find Appointment command now provides the ability to find an
appointment by Text, Type, Date, and/or Time.  If you are looking for an
appointment that is one of your Production appointments, you would use a
"P" in the Type box.  In addition, if you know that the word "material"
appears in the appointment that you are looking for, you would enter
"material" in the text box.  Selecting the FIND button then will find any
production appointments containing the word "material". 


Telecommunications
------------------

Three new terminal emulation modes have been added to the options
available for Telecommunications:  ANSI, VT100, and VT52.  They are
available for selection when you create or edit a new phone directory
entry.  

There is a new command found on the Setup pull-down menu, "Modem Init
String".  The Modem Init string is used to initialize the modem before
starting communications. The default string works with all 2400 baud
modems and most 1200 baud modems. For some 1200 baud modems it may be
necessary to change the init string to the 'Usual 1200 baud modem'
setting. The user who is familiar with the Hayes Standard AT Command Set
may wish to change the init string to suit his requirements.


Clipboard
----------

There is a new command to print the clipboard.  It can be found on the
File pull-down menu.


CPS Bulletin Board System
=========================

There is a script file for logging on to Central Point's BBS -
CPS_BBS.SCR.  The first time that you use the BBS you will need to log on
manually (without the script file) to get your user name and password. 
After you have them, put them in the indicated positions in the script
file.  Then you can select the entry in PHONE.TEL to automatically sign
on to our BBS and get the latest news from the company.


Running on a Network
====================

IMPORTANT:  You must purchase a copy of PC Tools Deluxe for every station
on the network that has access to the PC Tools Deluxe programs or contact
us to purchase a Network or Site license.

PC Tools Deluxe programs can be run on a Novell Netware system using
Novell Advanced Netware 286 V2.15, or an IBM Token-Ring using IBM PC
Local Area Network Program V1.20.

The PC Tools programs can be installed in a write-protected directory on
a Novell Netware or IBM Token Ring network server.  They can then be run
from any station on the network which has access to the files on the
server.  You (or your network supervisor) will need to make sure that the
PC Tools server directory is in each user's path.  In addition, you will
need to set an environment variable for each user, "PCTOOLS", specifying
where PC Tools should put all user-specific files (dictionary, color
information, etc.).  This needs to be a directory that is specific for
each user and that the user has write privileges to.  This environment
variable is either added to the station's AUTOEXEC.BAT file or is done at
the supervisor level on the network.  If it is done in the station's
AUTOEXEC.BAT file, it should look like this:

              SET PCTOOLS = drive:\directory path

Where "drive:" is replaced with the drive letter and "\directory path" is
replaced with the full path where PC Tools should place its user-specific
files.

Network Supervisors
-------------------

If you are setting up PC Tools on a Novell Netware network, you should
make the PC Tools directory path available to all users, and also use a
system login script to define the PCTOOLS environment variable for all
users.  For example:

         SET PCTOOLS = h:\home\%login_name

where the directory below "home" has the same name as a user's login name
and the user has full write privileges.

In summary, if PC Tools is installed on a Novell Netware server by a
supervisor, and the supervisor sets up the path and environment variable
for all users, PC Setup does not need to be run by each station user.  


If you have any questions please call our Technical Support Department at
(503) 690-8080.  We hope you enjoy using the product!
