StartupScreen Version 1.0
                        -------------------------
                             by Mike Mezaros

                             Quality Freeware
                                   from
                           [x]CheckBox Software


 Full documentation for StartupScreen is provided in the included Windows
 help file.  This file just contains a few odds and ends, etc.  I would
 have named it READ.ME or README.TXT, but how many of those can you have?


                                INVENTORY
                                ---------

 This archive should've included:

 STARTUP.EXE - The actual program.
 STARTUP.HLP - The Windows help file.
 STARTUP.TXT - This text file.
     HAL.RLE - Sample RLE file.


                               VISUAL BASIC
                               ------------

 This program is written in Microsoft Visual Basic.  Therefore, it can
 only be used in Windows' Standard or Enhanced modes, and requires the
 royalty-free Visual Basic runtime DLL.  This DLL is widely available,
 and free... It is available on CompuServe in the Microsoft Basic Forum
 (GO MSBASIC) in library #5, and on GEnie in the IBM PC RoundTable
 (IBMPC), as VBRUN.ZIP.


                SETTING A DEFAULT DIRECTORY IN WINDOWS 3.0
                ------------------------------------------

 Windows 3.0 doesn't provide an easy way to set a default directory for
 your programs... For example, let's say that you keep all of your
 graphics files in C:\GRAPHICS, and all of your Windows applications in
 C:\WINAPPS.  There's no simple way to have a Windows program default to
 your C:\GRAPHICS directory, without actually moving the program.

 So, in the Program Manager (or whatever replacement you use), add the
 name of the directory you want StartupScreen to default to to the
 command line.  (If it looks like I have too many to's, read it again.)

 For example, if it currently reads...

 C:\WINAPPS\STARTUP.EXE

 and you want it to default to C:\GRAPHICS, change it to...

 C:\WINAPPS\STARTUP.EXE C:\GRAPHICS


                         SAMPLE RLE FILE, HAL.RLE
                       ----------------------------

 The included sample RLE file, HAL.RLE, will display properly only on VGA
 or better systems.

 HAL.RLE is a picture of Hal 9000, the famous fictional computer turned
 killer.

 This picture was previously available publicly in other graphics formats
 and is included in this archive as a sample only.  It is not part of the
 copyrighted StartupScreen package.


 This package (consisting of the StartupScreen software and the
 associated documentation) is Copyright 1991, 1992 by Mike Mezaros. The
 Microsoft Visual Basic runtime DLL (VBRUN100.DLL) is Copyright 1991 by
 Microsoft Corp.  This package may be used and distributed freely.
 However, only vendors approved by the ASP (Association of Shareware
 Professionals) may distribute this software for a fee without prior
 permission.  (Receipt of disk from author implies permission.)

 Please read the "Legal Disclaimers and Notices" section of the help file
 for further legal information.

 Windows and Visual Basic are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.
 CompuServe is a trademark of CompuServe Information Service Inc.
 GEnie is a trademark of General Electric Corp.
 All other trademarks mentioned in this file and other parts of the
 StartupScreen package are owned by their respective companies.


                                -the end-