ABOUT CETUS STORMWINDOWS FOR WINDOWS 95

StormWindows [TM] is Copyright 1994-1997 by Cetus Software Inc.  All Rights are Reserved.

CETUS SOFTWARE INC. DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES RELATING TO THIS SOFTWARE, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ALL SUCH WARRANTIES ARE EXPRESSLY AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMED. CETUS SOFTWARE INC. SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH SOFTWARE, EVEN IF CETUS SOFTWARE INC. HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR CLAIMS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE LIABILITY OF CETUS SOFTWARE INC. EVER EXCEED THE PRICE PAID FOR THE LICENSE TO USE THE SOFTWARE, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE CLAIM. THE PERSON USING THE SOFTWARE BEARS ALL RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE.

This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and shall inure to the benefit of Cetus Software Inc., and any successors, administrators, heirs, and assigns.  Any action or proceeding brought by either party against the other arising out of or related to this agreement shall be brought only in a state or federal court of competent jurisdiction located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The parties hereby consent to in personam jurisdiction of said courts.

This software and the disk on which it is obtained is licensed to an individual or institution user, for his/her/its own use. This is copyrighted software. The user is not obtaining title to the software or any copyright rights. The user may not sublicense, rent, lease, convey, modify, translate, convert to another programming language, decompile, or disassemble the software for any purpose. The user may make one copy of the software for back-up purposes only. The user may use this software on his/her/its own computer(s) only.

WARNING !!!

NOTICE:  The use of ANY computer security software program is potentially DANGEROUS if not done with care. You must read ALL the StormWindows documentation thoroughly BEFORE using StormWindows on your PC.

BEWARE: Careless OR incorrect use of this software could possibly lock YOU out of your own computer. IF you are NOT willing to use this software VERY carefully, heeding ALL warnings in this documentation, then you MUST uninstall StormWindows and proceed NO further.

StormWindows should be UNinstalled through Control Panel. This will remove the StormWindows files and the changes that the Setup program made to your system. NOTE, however, that the uninstallation may NOT be able to undo all of the changes that YOU yourself may have made to your PC by the use of StormWindows after it was installed, so please DO remember that YOU must undo ALL protections BEFORE you proceed to uninstall StormWindows.

SHAREWARE EVALUATION

A limited license is granted by Cetus Software to any individual user or institution to install and test a shareware copy of StormWindows on ONE computer for a 25-DAY evaluation period. At the end of this trial period, StormWindows MUST be removed from that computer. It is expressly PROHIBITED to install a shareware copy of StormWindows on MULTIPLE computers under ANY condition.

OVERVIEW OF STORMWINDOWS

StormWindows is a security utility that allows the authorized user to add several types and degrees of protection to the desktop and system of a Windows 95 computer.  Intelligent use of StormWindows security measures will allow for the controlled use of any shared Windows 95 computer.

ACCESS TO STORMWINDOWS

StormWindows may be accessed by clicking on its icon on the Start Menu, or by double-clicking on its icon on the desktop or on its icon in Control Panel.

StormWindows may also be accessed through the Start Menu by entering "STORMWIN" (not case-sensitive) on the Command Line in the Run Command dialog box, or by searching for "STORMWIN.EXE" (also not case-sensitive) in the Find Command dialog box.

Note that you MUST remember the correct StormWindows password, as you will absolutely NOT be able to start StormWindows without it.

CAUTION:  It is very important that you do not remove any means of access to StormWindows without very careful thought. Since StormWindows is password-protected, there is no reason to "hide" it from users, and you must be able to access StormWindows easily in order to change security settings. This is very important. It is highly recommended that you maintain at least TWO means of access to StormWindows at all times.

SECURITY STRATEGY

It should be obvious that the use of just any one security measure is not likely to provide much actual security in any particular setting, and that a carefully chosen combination of complementary security measures will be required for most circumstances.

It should also be clear that it would be almost impossible for Cetus Software to provide one single set of recommendations that could provide optimum security under all circumstances. Each situation is different, and each therefore requires its own individual security plan. Nonetheless, Cetus Software does recommend that the following measures be considered when planning any effective security strategy:

Cetus Software recommends that serious thought be given to removing access to Windows 95 Explorer. A guest user with even moderate Windows savvy will know how to get past many security measures simply by using this tool to "explore". Cetus Software does recommend disabling ALL means of access to Explorer (which is still available to the authorized user through StormWindows, of course), though it is clear that it will not always be possible to do this in every situation.

Cetus Software STRONGLY recommends the use of the three Registry Security settings on the StormWindows System page. Activating the settings for No Registry Editor, No System Policy Editor, and No Registry Merging will prevent a guest user from attempting to circumvent StormWindows protections.

Cetus Software also recommends the use of a well chosen password, one that could NEVER be guessed by any guest user, one that employs an uncommon combination of letters, numbers, and punctuation. Avoid the use of institutional names, first names, last names, nicknames, names of spouses, names of children, names of pets, birthdates, or any other simple password that would be likely be tried by any "adventurous" guest user. Unfortunately, any password that is very easily remembered is probably also a password that is easily guessed at.

MAIN COMMANDS

StormWindows, to the right of the individual property pages in its main window, provides command buttons for several functions that affect StormWindows and/or Windows itself.

COMMANDS FOR WINDOWS

Since many protection changes provided by StormWindows require Windows to be restarted before they take effect, StormWindows provides for both restarting of Windows and shutting down the computer (for later restart); this shutdown access is also useful if you wish to use the StormWindows No Shutdown Command setting.

RESTART WINDOWS will exit StormWindows and restart Windows, so that any StormWindows changes made may take full effect immediately. CAUTION: Any changes made since starting StormWindows WILL be saved.  (If you wish to cancel any changes made, you must do so individually before exiting StormWindows and restarting Windows.)

SHUT DOWN COMPUTER will exit StormWindows and shut down the computer, so that any StormWindows changes made may take effect the next time Windows is run. CAUTION: Any changes made since starting StormWindows WILL be saved.  (If you wish to cancel any changes made, you must do so individually before exiting StormWindows and restarting the computer.)

COMMANDS FOR STORMWINDOWS

ABOUT STORMWINDOWS will display information about StormWindows (version number and copyright) and Cetus Software (postal, email, and Web site addresses).

STORMWINDOWS HELP will access StormWindows on-line Help.

EXIT STORMWINDOWS will exit from StormWindows. CAUTION: Any changes made since starting StormWindows WILL be saved. (If you wish to cancel any changes made, you must do so individually before exiting StormWindows.)

DESKTOP PAGE

StormWindows, in its Desktop page, allows you to restrict access to many Windows 95 desktop features and commands.

CAUTION: Many of these restrictions can be dangerous if not used with care. Consider carefully the impact of each of these desktop restrictions before invoking it. Do not remove any means of access to StormWindows without first making certain that you still have other ways of starting StormWindows. This is important.

WINDOWS COMMANDS

NO RUN COMMAND will disable access to the Run command on the Start Menu. CAUTION: Do make absolutely certain that you still have some other means of access to StormWindows (such as a functioning Start Menu icon) before disabling normal access to the Run command. This is very important.

NO FIND COMMAND will disable access to the Find command on the Start Menu. CAUTION: Do make absolutely certain that you still have some other means of access to StormWindows (such as a functioning Start Menu icon) before disabling normal access to the Find command. This is very important.

NO SHUT DOWN COMMAND will disable access to the Shut Down command on the Start Menu. CAUTION: Do make certain that you still have access to StormWindows (for its access to the Shut Down command) by some means (such as a functioning Start Menu icon) before disabling normal access to the Shut Down command. This is very important.

SHELL RESTRICTIONS

NO SAVE SETTINGS will prevent certain desktop changes (such as the rearrangement of icons) from being saved by the system.

NO DESKTOP ICONS will hide all icons on the Desktop. CAUTION: Do make absolutely certain that you still have some other means of access to StormWindows (such as a functioning Start Menu icon) before removing all icons from the Desktop. This is very important.

NO DRIVES IN MY COMPUTER will hide access to Drives in My Computer. CAUTION: Do make absolutely certain that you still have some other means of access to StormWindows (such as a functioning Start Menu icon) before removing Drives from My Computer. This is very important.

START MENU SETTINGS

NO SETTINGS FOLDERS will remove access to Control Panel and Printers in Start Menu Settings.

NO SETTINGS TASKBAR will remove access to the Taskbar Properties dialog in Start Menu Settings.

NO DOCUMENTS MENU will remove access to documents through the Documents Menu.

PROGRAMS PAGE

StormWindows, in its Programs page, allows you to restrict access to both entire program folders and individual program links in Start Menu Programs (as well as restoring normal access to them, of course).

The current status of each individual Windows program link (those with the ".lnk" suffix) or DOS PIF file (those with the  ".pif" suffix), as well as each program folder (those without any suffix), is displayed in the two listboxes on the Programs Page.

The VISIBLE START MENU PROGRAMS listbox will display the individual program links and program folders that are currently accessible through Start Menu Programs.

The HIDDEN START MENU PROGRAMS listbox will display the individual program links and program folders that have been removed from Start Menu Programs by StormWindows.

HIDING START MENU PROGRAMS

The HIDE command will remove a selected program from Start Menu Programs.

CAUTION: Do make absolutely certain that you still have some other means of access to StormWindows (such as a functioning Desktop icon) before removing access to StormWindows through the Start Menu. This is very important.

The HIDE command may be invoked by:

1 - selecting a program in the Visible Start Menu Programs listbox and then using the Hide Program command button.

2 - double-clicking on any program in the Visible Start Menu Programs listbox.

SHOWING START MENU PROGRAMS

The SHOW command will restore a selected hidden program to Start Menu Programs.

The SHOW command may be invoked by:

1 - selecting a program in the Hidden Start Menu Programs listbox and then using the Show Program command button.

2 - double-clicking on any program in the Hidden Start Menu Programs listbox.

OPENING START MENU PROGRAMS

The OPEN command will open an Explorer-like window to a selected program group or link (hidden or visible).

The OPEN command may be invoked with either of the two Open command buttons on the Programs Page.

The Open command button to the left is for programs displayed in the Visible Start Menu Programs listbox, while the Open button to the right is for programs in the Hidden Start Menu Programs listbox.

SYSTEM PAGE

StormWindows, in its System page, allows you to restrict access to many sensitive Windows 95 system characteristics and functions.

The System page also allows you to control to a great extent (primarily in the area of Registry security) the amount of security afforded to StormWindows itself.

SYSTEM CONTROL PANEL

NO DEVICE MANAGER PAGE will hide the Device Manager properties from the System option in Control Panel.

NO HARDWARE PROFILES PAGE will hide the Hardware Profiles properties from the System option in Control Panel.

NO FILE SYSTEM BUTTON will remove the File System button in the System Control Panel.

NO VIRTUAL MEMORY BUTTON will remove the Virtual Memory button in the System Control Panel.

REGISTRY SECURITY

NOTE: The use of these three commands is HIGHLY recommended for preventing guest users from attempting to circumvent StormWindows protection measures.

NO REGISTRATION EDITOR will prevent access to the Windows 95 Registration Editor. CAUTION: Do make certain that you still have access to StormWindows (for its own access to the Registration Editor) by some means (such as a functioning Start Menu icon) before disabling normal access to the Registration Editor. This is very important.

NO SYSTEM POLICY EDITOR will prevent access to the Windows 95 System Policy Editor, whether installed on the computer's hard drive or carried to it on a floppy diskette.

NO REGISTRY MERGING will prevent merging of .REG files into the Registry. CAUTION: This checkbox must be UNchecked before installing any new software, since some setup programs may utilize merging to update the System Registry with new settings. This is very important.

TASK SWITCHING

NO CTRL-ALT-DEL will prevent use of the Ctrl-Alt-Del, Alt-Tab, and Ctrl-Esc key combinations, preventing "warm rebooting" and keyboard task switching (though the Windows 95 Taskbar may still be used for task switching with the mouse). CAUTION:  Note that the use of this protection setting will prevent the Close Program dialog box from appearing, so that Ctrl-Alt-Del may NOT be used when a program "hangs" the system, which will require that the computer to be physically turned off and then on again instead.

MS-DOS

NO MS-DOS PROMPT will disable access to the DOS prompt while Windows is running.

NO MS-DOS MODE will prevent exiting from Windows to MS-DOS mode.

PRINTERS CONTROL PANEL

NO PRINTERS CONTROL PANEL will hide the General and Details pages in each printer's property sheet.

NO ADDITION OF PRINTERS will disable the addition of additional printers.

NO DELETION OF PRINTERS will disable the deletion of installed printers.

DISPLAY PAGE

StormWindows, in its Display page, allows you to restrict access to many aspects of the Windows 95 screen display.

DISPLAY CONTROL PANEL

NO DISPLAY CONTROL PANEL will disable access to the Display option in Control Panel.

NO BACKGROUND PAGE will hide the Background properties of the Display option in Control Panel.

NO SCREENSAVER PAGE will hide the Screensaver properties of the Display option in Control Panel.

NO APPEARANCE PAGE will hide the Appearance properties of the Display option in Control Panel.

NO SETTINGS PAGE will hide the Settings properties of the Display option in Control Panel.

NETWORK NEIGHBORHOOD

NO NETWORK NEIGHBORHOOD will prevent the display of Network Neighborhood on the desktop.

NO ENTIRE NETWORK will hide access to the Entire Network in Network Neighborhood.

NO WORKGROUP CONTENTS will prevent workgroup contents from being displayed in Network Neighborhood.

NETWORK PAGE

StormWindows, in its Network page, allows you to restrict access to many Windows 95 network features and commands.

NETWORK CONTROL PANEL

NO NETWORK CONTROL PANEL will disable access to the Network option in Control Panel.

NO IDENTIFICATION PAGE will hide the Identification properties of the Network option in Control Panel.

NO ACCESS CONTROL PAGE will hide the Access Control properties of the Network option in Control Panel.

DIAL-IN NETWORKING

NO DIAL-IN NETWORKING will prevent dial-in connection to the computer.

FILE SHARING

NO FILE SHARING will disable file sharing over a network.

NO FILE SHARING CONTROLS will disable the Sharing properties of the directories in Windows 95 Explorer.

PRINT SHARING

NO PRINT SHARING will disable print sharing over a network.

NO PRINT SHARING CONTROLS will disable the Sharing properties of the Printer directory.

PASSWORDS PAGE

StormWindows, in its Passwords page, allows you to control many Windows 95 password characteristics, as well as allowing you to change StormWindows' own password.

Note that you MUST remember the StormWindows password, as you will absolutely NOT be able to start StormWindows without it. This is VERY IMPORTANT !!!

PASSWORDS CONTROL PANEL

NO PASSWORDS CONTROL PANEL will disable access to the Passwords option in Control Panel.

NO PROFILES PAGE will hide the Profiles properties of the Passwords option in Control Panel.

NO CHANGE PASSWORDS PAGE will hide the Profiles properties of the Passwords option in Control Panel.

NO REMOTE ADMINISTRATION PAGE will hide the Remote Administration properties of the Passwords Control Panel.

WINDOWS PASSWORDS

NO SHARE PASSWORDS will hide Share Windows passwords with asterisks.

NO PASSWORD CACHING will disable the caching of Windows passwords.

ALPHANUMERIC PASSWORDS only will require Windows passwords to consist of numbers and letters only.

STORMWINDOWS PASSWORD

The initial StormWindows password upon installation is "xxxx" (NOT case-sensitive). You absolutely MUST change this to a private password of your own choice (4 to 20 characters) as soon as possible.

Note that you MUST remember the password, as you will absolutely NOT be able to start StormWindows without it. This is VERY IMPORTANT !!!

OPEN... PAGE

StormWindows, in its Open... page, allows you to open up various Windows programs and features (whether still visible, or hidden by StormWindows).

(Please note that, depending on the severity of restrictions in place at any one time, not every function on the Open... page will be available.)

OPEN MY COMPUTER will open a My Computer window.

OPEN DESKTOP will open an Explorer-like window to icons that are present on the Desktop.

OPEN CONTROL PANEL will open a Control Panel window. Note that, if you wish to access a Control Panel feature that you have disabled by using StormWindows, you may need to temporarily re-enable it before starting Control Panel (and then disable it again after exiting Control Panel).

OPEN REGISTRY will open Windows 95 Registration Editor.

OPEN FILE MANAGER will open Windows 3.1 File Manager.

OPEN PROGRAM MANAGER will open Windows 3.1 Program Manager.

OPEN TASK MANAGER will open Windows 95 Task Manager.

OPEN EXPLORER will open Windows 95 Explorer (allowing access to Explorer by the authorized user, even if normal means of access to Explorer have been removed).

UNINSTALLING STORMWINDOWS

StormWindows should be UNinstalled through Control Panel (Add/Remove Programs icon) . This will remove the StormWindows files and the changes that the Setup program made to your system files.

Note, however, that any uninstallation may NOT be able to undo all of the changes that YOU yourself may have made to your PC by the use of StormWindows AFTER it was installed, so please DO remember that YOU must undo ALL protections BEFORE you proceed to uninstall StormWindows.

ABOUT CETUS SOFTWARE

Cetus Software Inc. is the creator of several Windows security programs, for both Windows 3.1x and Windows 95.

Shareware copies of Cetus security utilities are available for downloading from many on-line services as well as on the Internet.

Please visit our Web site, http://www.cetussoft.com, where you may download free copies of all of our programs.

Cetus Software may be contacted via "snail mail" at:

Cetus Software Inc., Post Office Box 700, Carver, MA 02330 USA

Cetus Software may also be reached over the Internet at:

FwCetus@aol.com

Cetus Software thanks you for your interest in our products !!!

REGISTERING STORMWINDOWS

A Single-PC copy of StormWindows may be registered to an individual user for $25.00 (postpaid).

A Single-Building copy of StormWindows may be registered to an institution for $95.00 (postpaid).

A Corporate License may be obtained for multiple sites, the cost being determined primarily by the actual number of locations to be registered. Please contact Cetus Software for details.

Cetus Software may be reached via "snail mail" at:

Cetus Software Inc., Post Office Box 700, Carver, MA 02330 U.S.A.

Cetus Software may also be reached over the Internet at:

FwCetus@aol.com

INDIVIDUAL LICENSES

An Individual (Single-PC) License for StormWindows entitles a registered individual (NON-institutional) user to install StormWindows on any ONE computer that he/she personally owns, but he/she must NOT allow his/her registered copy of the program to be installed or used on any other computer. Furthermore, a Single-PC copy of StormWindows registered to an individual user may be legally installed on his/her own PERSONALLY owned computer at an institution, but that individually licensed copy of StormWindows may NOT be installed on any other computer(s) at that institution.

An Individual (Single-PC) License for StormWindows is intended to be used ONLY by an individual private user on his/her own computer, and may be purchased ONLY by an individual (NOT by an institution). Cetus Software will NOT accept any registration order from an individual that is to be paid for with an institutional check.

A Single-PC copy of StormWindows may be registered to an individual user for $25.00 (postpaid).

Registered Single-PC copies of StormWindows will be clearly marked to show that a Single-PC License has been granted to one particular named individual.

SITE LICENSES

A Single-Building Site License for StormWindows entitles the registered institution (school building, business location, organization headquarters, etc.) to install the program on an unlimited number of computer(s) belonging to that institution at ONE particular specified location, but registered copies of the program may NOT be distributed beyond the boundaries of that particular location.

Please note that it is NOT the NUMBER of computer installations BUT it is the intended USE of the computers at an institution that require an institutional Site License. (An institution that intends to install StormWindows on only one PC must still purchase a Site License.)

A Single-Building copy of StormWindows may be registered to an institution for $95.00 (postpaid).

Registered Single-Building copies of StormWindows will be clearly marked to show that a Single-Building Site License has been granted for use at one particular named location.

CORPORATE LICENSES

A Corporate License for StormWindows entitles the registered institution (school system, business organization, etc.) to install the program on an UNlimited number of computer(s) belonging to that institution at an UNlimited number of sites, but registered copies of the program may NOT be distributed beyond the boundaries of sites belonging to that particular institution.

A Corporate License may be obtained for multiple sites; the cost is determined by the actual number of locations to be registered as well as by the number of registered diskettes required (one per institution or one per each site). Please contact Cetus Software for details.

Registered Corporate licensed copies of StormWindows will be clearly marked to show that a Corporate License has been granted to one particular named institution.

STORMWINDOWS REGISTRATION FORM

STORMWINDOWS 95 REGISTRATION FORM - PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY

Date ->

Name of Registered User (for Individual License) -


(or) Name of Registered Institution (for Site License) -


(If multiple, list on the back of this form.)

Contact Person ->

Mailing Address ->

Mailing Address ->

Mailing Address ->

Daytime Telephone Number (with Area Code) ->

E-Mail Address ->

Please fill in the appropriate line with the amount enclosed -

One Individual License @ $25.00 = $    .00

(Or)     Site License(s) @ $95.00 = $    .00

(Massachusetts residents:  Please include 5% state sales tax.)

Please send this form, along with payment or purchase order to:

                 Cetus Software Inc.

                 Post Office Box 700

                 Carver, MA 02330, USA

CETUS SOFTWARE THANKS YOU FOR YOUR STORMWINDOWS REGISTRATION.
