



            SECURE PC Protector, Version 2.0          September 24, 1990



                                     Secure 2.0
                       Copyright 1987-1990 by Bruce D. Feist

                 1.   License

                 SECURE is a program to help keep a PC running MS-DOS
            secure by preventing unauthorized access.  It is NOT free;
            users are granted a temporary license to try it out, after
            which it must be registered for a fee.  If you use this
            program on a regular basis, think about why you installed
            it on your system, and the increased safety that its use
            brings.  Then, write me a check for as much as you think is
            reasonable, and sent it to me at:



                 Bruce D. Feist
                 926 Kemper Street
                 Alexandria, VA 22304-1502


                 If you'd prefer a more concrete suggestion of how much
            to send, $10.00 sounds reasonable to me.

                 Any questions, comments, or complaints can be sent to
            the same address, or else comments can be left to me on
            CompuServe.  Appropriate forums that I frequent are BORPRO
            and IBMSW; my user id is 71320,3635.

                 I hope that you find this program useful.  Use it well.



                 2.  Installation

                 SECURE allows a PC to be protected with a password. To
            use it, it must be installed on each disk that the machine
            may booted up with, which is its main security flaw: anyone
            can still use the machine by booting up with their own DOS
            diskette. Despite this limitation, the program is fairly
            effective at keeping unwanted users out.

                 To install SECURE on a disk, first PKZIP or a
            compatibile ZIP-file extractor must be used to unpack the
            SECURE.ZIP file that it is supplied on.  Presumably, either
            you or someone else has already done this, or you would not
            be reading these instructions.

                 Copy SECURE to any directory on the disk, and include a
            line in the disk's AUTOEXEC.BAT file to execute it: either

                 SECURE



            SECURE PC Protector, Version 2.0          September 24, 1990



                 if you put it on the root directory,

                 \dirname\SECURE

                 if you put it on a directory called `dirname' and want
            to execute it from the root, or

                 cd \dirname
                 SECURE
                 cd \

                 if you put it on `dirname' and want to execute it from
            there. You should put this command at the very beginning of
            the AUTOEXEC.BAT file; otherwise, a user may get a chance to
            Ctrl-Break out of it.  Next, reboot the system.  You will be
            prompted for what you'd like your password to be.  Enter
            whatever you want to be your password; it will not be
            displayed on the screen.  Don't worry about spelling it
            wrong, SECURE will ask you to retype it, just in case.

                 That's all there is to it. In the future, each time you
            log on, SECURE will ask you for the password.  If it is
            entered correctly, you'll get a chance to change it if you
            like; otherwise, an audible alarm will sound.

                 If you forget the password, you'll need to boot up with
            a different diskette  and  delete  a  file  called
            STARTUP.DAT on the directory that STARTUP.DAT  was executed
            from. This will delete the password, in effect reinstalling
            the program.  Follow the same procedure to remove a password
            entirely.  Note: the password is stored in STARTUP.DAT in
            encrypted form, for extra security.