


                       *** Tessler's Nifty Tools (tm) ***
       
                       The Experts Are Raving About TNT...
       
       "Tessler's Nifty Tools is the utility package that's different from 
       all the rest. Instead of supplying yet another version of the  same 
       familiar  programs,  TNT gives you unique utilities  that  let  you 
       maintain,  fine-tune, and control your system in ways you can't  do 
       with anything else. If you want to control your serial port's UART, 
       or  modify Windows INI files through a batch file, edit  a  Windows 
       group file, or check on various Netware operations, TNT is the  one 
       package you need. This is one of the most useful and original  sets 
       of utilities on the market."  -Edward Mendelson Editor  PC Magazine
       
       "Now,  there  is  an ideal tool  [SuperMonitor]  for  reporting  on 
       Windows  95's [and Windows 3.1's] usage of system  resources,  RAM, 
       and  swap  file space. Even  better, it can be  used  to  determine 
       usage by individual applications."  -InfoWorld 6/19/95
       
       "Change your .INI settings before Windows starts: ...Combining this 
       shutdown  program (WrapUp) with two other TNT  utilities  (CfgCntrl 
       and  Grp2Ini) can give you even greater control over  your  Windows 
       configuration.  Gary Tessler ...has cracked the .GRP code and  made 
       it  accessible to ordinary mortals. He has invented a  Group-to-Ini 
       (Grp2Ini)  utility,  which  converts .GRP files  into  text  files, 
       like .INI files. A separate utility converts them back. This is not 
       an  easy feat, because the .GRP format contains binary data,  which 
       is poorly documented at best."  -Infoworld 1/16/95
       
       "WrapUp  provides a novel way to remember to shut [Windows]  things 
       down in an orderly fashion... A thought provoking application.  The 
       more  you  use  it, the more useful it  seems."  -Windows  Magazine 
       6/20/95
       
       "...  Nifty  tools  for  simplifying  your  Windows  applications." 
       -Computer Shopper 6/95
       
       "TNT's  new edition of some much needed tools provides  a  powerful 
       way  to maintain alternate Windows configurations...  I  especially 
       like Dir2Bat, which writes batch files to carry out commands on any 
       file specification..."  -Infoworld 8/30/93 and 4/11/94
       
       "Now,  run any command right before Windows exits -An  enterprising 
       developer creates WrapUp for us readers..." -Infoworld 1/9/95
       
       "If  you need to configure Windows on the fly, I think you'll  find 
       that  these  programs  give  you  a  degree  of  control  that  has 
       previously been very difficult to achieve."  -Brian Livingston   PC 
       Computing 11/94
       
       "Vdel  -  the command that Microsoft forgot."  -PC  Computing  "DOS 
       Application of the Month" 3/94
       
       Please feel free to ask us for a copy of any of the above reviews...
       






       Tessler's  Nifty  Tools is a collection of over  35  high  quality, 
       ultra  low cost Windows 95, NT, 3.1, and DOS programs for both  the 
       casual   and  power  user  who  desires  to  increase  his/her   PC 
       productivity  and  enjoyment.  Many of the unique programs  are  so 
       incredibly  useful  that  you'll never  understand  how  you  lived 
       without them.
       
       Many programs have been reviewed in InfoWorld, Windows Magazine, PC 
       Computing, Computer Shopper, and PC Techniques magazines.
       
       Each  program  is  available separately ($19, $29, or  $39),  as  a 
       complete  collection,  or TNT may be purchased in  "mini"  packages 
       -each of which addresses the needs of a specific type of user. Each 
       "mini"  package  offers significant savings  over  purchasing  each 
       program  separately.  The  complete  collection  offers  even  more 
       savings.
       
            Any one "mini" package:            $69
            Any two "mini" packages:           $119
            All three "mini" packages
                (the complete collection):     $159
       
       Add  an  additional $5 for shipping & handling ($10 if  outside  of 
       U.S.A.). California residents must include sales taxes.)
       
       U.S.  checks,  money orders, Visa, MasterCard and  purchase  orders 
       (NET  30)  are  accepted. Returned checks will  be  charged  a  $20 
       processing  fee.  Corporate  and institutional  site  licenses  are 
       available at substantial discounts.
       
       Each  program  has  complete  on-line  documentation.  Each   order 
       includes  one  printed manual for the complete collection.  TNT  is 
       distributed only on 31 HD disks.
       
       Technical  support  is provided through internet e-mail,  and  U.S. 
       Mail.
       
       Evaluation versions of TNT may be found on CompuServe by issuing  a 
       GO  FILEFIND  and  searching for TNT or the  program's  name  (e.g. 
       Grp2Ini).
       
                           Designed and developed by:
       
                             Gary S. Tessler,  P.E.
                      Copyright (c) 1986-1995 by GST at TNT
                              All Rights Reserved.
       
       
                           Tessler's Nifty Tools (TNT)
                         430 Canyon Woods Place  Suite A
                              San Ramon, Ca.  94583
                                 (510) 244-5449
       
                             CompuServe:  71044,542
                       Internet: 71044.542@compuserve.com






                       *** "MINI" PACKAGE DESCRIPTIONS ***
       
                Power User, Multiple Configuration & Control Pkg.
       
       Cfgcntrl* -Intelligent  text  file  controller  for  Windows   INI, 
                 LanManager, Autoexec and Config.sys files. 
       Grp2ini*  -Convert a Windows GRP (group) formatted file into a text 
                 file for editing.
       Ifonscrn* -Check  if specific characters appear on your screen  and 
                 act on them by stuffing keystrokes into your application.
       Ifwait    -Beep or buzz your PC's speaker or any LPT port device.
       Ini2grp*  -Convert  a  Grp2ini text file back into  a  Windows  GRP 
                 (group) formatted file.
       
       
                         Power User & Programmer's Pkg.
       
       Capstat   -Determine if your printer is being Netware captured.
       Chek4dup  -Check for duplicate EXE & COM programs.
       Chkparm   -Determine if pathname is drive, directory, filename; new 
                 or existing; local or Lan reference.
       Comspeed  -Determine actual modem DTE line speed during a call.
       Controlp  -Control printer echoing ^P within batch files.
       Dir2bat   -Perform a series of commands on a series of files.
       Dvcpu     -Set Desqview's Share-CPU option from the command line.
       Dvprompt  -Embed  a  Desqview  window's switch number  in  the  DOS 
                 prompt.
       Dvrun     -Determine if Desqview is running.
       Feefifo   -Enable and control 16550a UART serial chip's FIFOs.
       Growp     -Grow  and change your DOS prompt each time you shell  to 
                 DOS.
       Rlist     -Display or print a portion of a text file.
       Setbeep   -Control the duration of your PC's beep sound or  silence 
                 your PC.
       SuperMon* -Track your Windows 95, Windows 3.1, WFW, & NT User, GDI, 
                 RAM,  &  Virtual (Swap) resource usage. Only  program  of 
                 kind  in industry. Determine how much memory  you  should 
                 purchase and much much more... 
       Vers*     -Set DOS' version better than Setver does.
       WinRun    -Determine if Windows is running.
       
       
                   Safer & Easier Computing & Multimedia Pkg.
       
       Chk4root  -Check  for a root directory reference & protect  DELTREE 
                 from deleting every file from your disk!
       Copywa    -Copy files along with their attribute bit.
       Crtdump   -Copy  your  monitor's  text screen to a  disk  file  for 
                 editing.
       Expndtab  -Convert tab characters to spaces with document alignment 
                 preserved.
       Parkhead  -Park your hard disk(s) before turning off your PC.
       Pdel      -Permanently delete a file so that it can't be recovered.
       Player    -Play a wav or voc format sound file.
       Prtscrff  -Send  a formfeed (paper eject) command to  your  printer 






                 whenever  you press the Printscreen key.
       Rwdir     -Display files that are read/writable (not read-only).
       Thot4day  -Display  a  random humorous thought of the day  on  your 
                 monitor.
       Tune4day  -Play a different sound file every time you turn on  your 
                 PC.
       Vdel*     -Delete   files   (including   read-only   files)    with 
                 verification.
       WrapUp*   -Just as Windows executes your StartUp group's  programs, 
                 WrapUp  allows  Windows to execute any programs  in  your 
                 "ShutDown" group right before it exits.
       Zdir      -Determines  the size of sub-directories nicer  than  DIR 
                 does.
       
       Note:  *  indicates  that  this program was  reviewed  by  a  major 
                 magazine. Ask us for a copy...






                       PROGRAMS LISTED BY OPERATING SYSTEM
       
                 Windows 95, NT, 3.1 (or DOS programs that interact with Windows):
       
       Cfgcntrl* -Intelligent  text  file  controller  for  Windows   INI, 
                 LanManager, Autoexec and Config.sys files.
       Grp2ini*  -Convert a Windows GRP (group) formatted file into a text 
                 file for editing.
       Ini2grp*  -Convert  a  Grp2ini text file back into  a  Windows  GRP 
                 (group) formatted file.
       SuperMonitor*
                 -Track your Windows 95, Windows 3.1, WFW, & NT User, GDI, 
                 RAM,  &  Virtual (Swap) resource usage. Only  program  of 
                 kind  in industry. Determine how much memory  you  should 
                 purchase and much, much more... 
       WinRun    -Determine if Windows is running.
       WrapUp*   -Just as Windows executes your StartUp group's  programs, 
                 WrapUp  allows  Windows to execute any programs  in  your 
                 "ShutDown" group right before it exits.
       
       
                                  DOS Programs:
       Capstat   -Determine if your printer is being Netware captured.
       Chek4dup  -Check for duplicate EXE & COM programs.
       Chk4root  -Check  for a root directory reference & protect  DELTREE 
                 from deleting every file from your disk!
       Chkparm   -Determine if pathname is drive, directory, filename; new 
                 or existing; local or Lan reference.
       Comspeed  -Determine actual modem DTE line speed during a call.
       Controlp  -Control printer echoing ^P within batch files.
       Copywa    -Copy files along with their attribute bit.
       Crtdump   -Copy  your  monitor's  text screen to a  disk  file  for 
                 editing.
       Dir2bat*  -Perform a series of commands on a series of files.
       Dvcpu     -Set Desqview's Share-CPU option from the command line.
       Dvprompt  -Embed  a  Desqview  window's switch number  in  the  DOS 
                 prompt.
       Dvrun     -Determine if Desqview is running.
       Expndtab  -Convert tab characters to spaces with document alignment 
                 preserved.
       Feefifo   -Enable and control 16550a UART serial chip's FIFOs.
       Growp     -Grow  and change your DOS prompt each time you shell  to 
                 DOS.
       Ifonscrn* -Check  if specific characters appear on your  creen  and 
                 act on them by stuffing keystrokes into your application.
       Ifwait    -Beep or buzz your PC's speaker or any LPT port device.
       Parkhead  -Park your hard disk(s) before turning off your PC.
       Pdel      -Permanently delete a file so that it can't be recovered.
       Player    -Play a wav or voc format sound file.
       Prtscrff  -Send  a formfeed (paper eject) command to  your  printer 
                 when you press the Printscreen key.
       Rlist     -Display or print a portion of a text file.
       Rwdir     -Display files that are read/writable (not read-only).
       Setbeep   -Control the duration of your PC's beep sound or  silence 
                 your PC.






       Thot4day  -Display  a  random humorous thought of the day  on  your 
                 monitor.
       Tune4day  -Play a different sound file every time you turn on  your 
                 PC.
       Vers*     -Set DOS' version better than Setver does.
       Vdel*     -Delete   files   (including   read-only   files)    with 
                 verification.
       Zdir      -Determines  the size of sub-directories nicer  than  DIR 
                 does.
       






                      *** INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS SUMMARY ***
       
       CapStat   ($19) (CaptureStatus) determines if your local printer is 
                 being Netware captured.
       
       Chek4Dup ($19) (CheckForDuplicates) generates a list of files  that 
                 exist  in  both .EXE and .COM form. This  usually  occurs 
                 when  software  is upgraded from a COM format to  an  EXE 
                 format  and the old COM version is accidentally  left  on 
                 the  system  when  the new EXE program is  put  onto  the 
                 system. DOS will always invoke the COM program before the 
                 EXE program so you should delete the older COM program.
       
       CfgCntrl  ($29)  (ConfigController) is an intelligent text  (ASCII) 
                 file controller.  Just what does this mean? Well a bit of 
                 history is required to explain this new type of  software 
                 utility...  We created ConfigController to  solve  common 
                 office and home Windows computing problems.
       
                 Before  ConfigController, the typical office  had  MS-DOS 
                 laptop  PCs running Windows software and  LanManager  LAN 
                 software that had to have specific LAN device drivers and 
                 video drivers installed and activated when the laptop was 
                 plugged into its desktop docking station with a LAN  card 
                 and external video monitor, and a different set of device 
                 drivers  installed and activated when the laptop was  out 
                 in the field running remote LAN access software with  its 
                 internal LCD display which required custom video drivers. 
                 The  PC "techies" were managing this mess by keeping  two 
                 copies  of  Window's  configuration  files  -WIN.INI  and 
                 SYSTEM.INI   files  and  LanManager  PROTOCOL.INI   files 
                 present on each PC -one set for the docking station  mode 
                 and  one  set for remote access mode.  This  didn't  work 
                 well,  for every time the user added/deleted or  moved  a 
                 group on his/her desktop, these changes were never  saved 
                 to  the  other  set of  configuration  files.  Installing 
                 software  that modified these configuration files had  to 
                 manually  be  added  to the other  set  of  configuration 
                 files.  Maintenance became a total  nightmare.  Similarly 
                 having  two  separate LanManager PROTOCOL.INI  files  was 
                 just as difficult to maintain. 
       
                 In the home, our users wanted a way to configure  Windows 
                 in  a  'minimal' mode so that their kids would  not  have 
                 access  to  certain programs on their PC, and  then  have 
                 their  'normal' mode with full program/group  access  for 
                 themselves.
       
                 Out   of   these  needs  was   born   ConfigController... 
                 ConfigController  does away with  multiple  configuration 
                 file  sets.   You only have your single set  of  standard 
                 Window's configuration files and LanManager files to deal 
                 with.  ConfigController and DOS' batch file  capabilities 
                 allow  you to control all aspects of  your  configuration 
                 files  including  adding or deleting complete  groups  of 






                 programs to or from your desktop.
       
       ChkParm   ($19)  (CheckParameters) analyzes the file  specification 
                 and returns via DOS' ERRORLEVEL whether the specification 
                 is  a  drive letter, file or  sub-directory,  whether  it 
                 exists  or  not,  and if it is a  local  reference  or  a 
                 network (remote) reference. Great for use in batch files.
       
       ComSpeed  ($19)  (Com Port Speed) determines the actual  baud  rate 
                 that  a  COM (serial) port is set to. With  today's  high 
                 speed  modems that can adjust their phone line  and  data 
                 rate (speed) automatically, it is often very difficult to 
                 determine  if your line is operating at the proper  rate. 
                 Use  COMSPEED  to check your COM port's data  rate  after 
                 establishing a data connection.
       
       ControlP  ($19) allows you to turn on screen to printer echoing  as 
                 if  you had pressed Ctrl-P or Ctrl-PrtScr. Read your  DOS 
                 manual for more information on printer echoing.
       
       CopyWA    ($19)  (Copy  with Attributes) will copy files  with  the 
                 source file's attribute copied into the destination  file 
                 too.    Great  for  preserving  your   read-only   file's 
                 attribute when copying them.
       
       CrtDump   ($19) copies the contents of a text mode video screen  to 
                 a  disk file.  Great for preserving screen  messages  for 
                 later review or printing.
       
       DelTree-Chk4Root  ($19)  uses  CHK4ROOT  to  determine  if  a  file 
                 specification   refers  to  the  root   directory.   DOS' 
                 DELTREE.EXE  can  easily delete every file on  your  hard 
                 disk. Now use CHK4ROOT to protect yourself...
       
       Dir2Bat   ($29)  (Directory  to Batch File) performs  a  series  of 
                 commands  on a series of files:  Will write a listing  of 
                 files  that  match your file specification  to  the  file 
                 DIR2.BAT.   Each file found may be prefixed and  suffixed 
                 by  user provided strings.  This batch file will then  be 
                 able  to perform actions to the files.  For  example,  if 
                 your C:\ disk contains the following files:
                      list.doc  printer.doc readme.doc
                 then the command:  
                      DIR2BAT c:\*.doc "attrib -r ! /s" "del !" /f
       
                 will create a DIR2.BAT file with the following contents:
                      attrib -r c:\list.doc /s
                      del c:\list.doc
                      attrib -r c:\readme.doc /s
                      del c:\readme.doc
                      attrib -r c:\printer.doc /s
                      del c:\printer.doc
       
       DvCPU     ($19)  is a DesqView utility program that is meant to  be 
                 run  right  before running a program that  requires  full 






                 usage  of  the  CPU's computing power.  It  pops  up  the 
                 DesqView  window and sets 'Share CPU when in  Foreground' 
                 to  Yes or No depending on the parameter entered.  Useful 
                 for programs that insist on running in a non-multitasking 
                 environment  such  as  voice  sampling  and  digitization 
                 programs.
       
       DvPrompt  ($19) is a DesqView utility program that facilitates easy 
                 recalling  of your current DOS window's switch number  by 
                 retrieving  and  embedding its switch number in  its  DOS 
                 prompt.  For example, upon opening and using several  DOS 
                 windows with command line programs, the user often  finds 
                 it  difficult to remember which window he/she  was  doing 
                 what task in.  Since each window has the same DOS prompt, 
                 DOS gives him/her no visual clue to the identification of 
                 the  current  window. Will change each DOS  window's  DOS 
                 prompt into the typical form of:
                      1 C:\>   for DesqView switch window #1
                      2 C:\>   for DesqView switch window #2
                      3 C:\>   for DesqView switch window #3 
       
       DvRun     ($19)  is a DesqView utility program that  determines  if 
                 DesqView is running.  Useful within batch files.
       
       ExpndTab  ($19) (Expand Tabs) copies a source file to a destination 
                 file with any embedded tabs converted into spaces in  the 
                 destination  file. Document tab alignment  is  preserved.  
                 Great  for printers that don't expand tabs  correctly  or 
                 word  processors that don't expand tabs into  the  proper 
                 number of on-screen spaces.
       
       FeeFifo   ($19)  enables the FIFO of a 16550A high speed UART  chip 
                 at  the  serial COM port specified by you.   This  allows 
                 many non-FIFO aware programs to use and benefit from FIFO 
                 serial ports.
       
       Growp     ($19)  (Grow Prompt) grows your DOS prompt each time  you 
                 shell to DOS.  It adds a user specified growth  character 
                 to  the environment's 'PROMPT' string each  time  another 
                 copy  of COMMAND.COM is invoked, and removes  the  growth 
                 character  when  the copy of COMMAND.COM  is  terminated.  
                 Each  growth character represents a suspended program  in 
                 RAM  and gives you a visual warning that you  should  not 
                 turn-off  your  PC  before  returning  to  the  suspended 
                 program and gracefully exiting it. This program is  meant 
                 to  be useful in situations where you invoke  COMMAND.COM 
                 from  within Windows, DesqView, a word-processor or  from 
                 within  a spreadsheet.  In this typical  scenario,  GROWP 
                 gives you a visual reminder that you have suspended  -not 
                 terminated  a critical program.  This program  will  also 
                 help avoid SMARTDRV write-ahead cache data losses.
       
       Grp2Ini-Ini2Grp  ($39) (Group file to INI file converter and  back) 
                 converts encoded (non-text/non-ASCII) Windows 3.0 and 3.1 
                 GRP  (group) files into a plain text (ASCII)  INI  format 






                 file for your review and editing. It is considered a pre-
                 processor to the ConfigController program. After  Grp2Ini 
                 creates  the textual INI formatted output file,  you  can 
                 edit it with your word processor or use  ConfigController 
                 to  act on it. Then the companion post-processor  Ini2Grp 
                 (INI  file  to  group file converter)  must  be  used  to 
                 reconvert  the  INI file back into the encoded  GRP  file 
                 format  that  Windows requires.  Grp2Ini-Ini2Grp  puts  a 
                 powerful dimension of Windows configuration control  into 
                 your hands with or without the use of ConfigController.
       
                 A 'group' in Windows is a collection of icons (programs). 
                 Example Windows groups are: Main, Accessories, Games, and 
                 Startup.  Example  items in a typical 'Main'  group  are: 
                 File-Manager, Control-Panel, Clipboard, and PaintBrush.
       
                 Grp2Ini reads the encoded GRP file and constructs an  INI 
                 formatted  text  file that has a section  of  information 
                 associated  with each item in the group.  Each  section's 
                 entries  are explained in plain English. You can  control 
                 every aspect of the complete group's window including its 
                 size, location, and name. You can control every aspect of 
                 your  group's items including each item's  name,  program 
                 name, program location, working directory, short-cut-key, 
                 run-minimized  state, icon picture (bitmap),  icon  size, 
                 icon  colors, and location of the item's icon within  the 
                 group's window, etc.. 
       
                 Tired  of  waiting for Windows to start up?  Grp2Ini  can 
                 help.  As you add and delete more and more items  from  a 
                 Windows group, your GRP files grows in size. Windows does 
                 a poor job of recovering wasted space in your group's GRP 
                 file.  In  fact, Windows does no wasted  space  recovery. 
                 Grp2Ini  will  automatically remove all wasted  space  in 
                 your  GRP files. Just run your GRP file through  Grp2Ini-
                 Ini2Grp and notice the file size and speed  improvements. 
                 This   wasted   space  recovery  is   similar   to   disk 
                 defragmentation processes.
       
                 Have  you  ever wanted to force Windows to  load  certain 
                 programs in your Startup group in a certain order? Before 
                 Grp2Ini-Ini2Grp you couldn't. Now you can! Windows  loads 
                 items  in  the order that they appear in  the  GRP  file. 
                 However, when adding a new item into your group,  Windows 
                 simply finds puts the item into the first hole it  finds. 
                 Simply generate the INI output file and move the sections 
                 around to suit your needs...
       
                 If  you've  ever wanted to 'move' an application  from  a 
                 disk  drive to another disk drive (perhaps  because  your 
                 hard disk was filling up and you wanted to rearrange your 
                 data), or even to another sub-directory, you were  forced 
                 to   uninstall  the  application  (losing  all  of   your 
                 application's  settings) and reinstall it in  the  proper 
                 new   location  all  because  of  Windows'  encoded   GRP 






                 formatted  files.  With Grp2Ini and Ini2Grp,  you  simply 
                 generate  and  edit  the  text  INI  file  replacing  the 
                 application's  paths, locations, and working  directories 
                 with whatever you want.
       
       IfOnScrn  ($29)  (If On Screen) will examine the video  screen  for 
                 the  appearance  of up to three  case  sensitive  trigger 
                 (search)  character strings.  Once found, a  message  box 
                 may  pop up, and/or user keystrokes may be  stuffed  into 
                 the keyboard buffer including rebooting the PC.  IFONSCRN 
                 may  be  run  as a TSR (RAM-resident)  or  as  a  non-TSR 
                 program. Great for detecting how a program terminated  if 
                 it  does  not set DOS' ERRORLEVEL.  Great  for  detecting 
                 modem,  gateway, mail router, and print  server  failures 
                 and then automatically reboot them.
       
       IfWait    ($19)  will beep the screen or the IFBUZZ  device  either 
                 once or will wait until you press any key. It can run  in 
                 a WAIT mode where the device beeps cyclically until a key 
                 is  pressed, or in a BEEP mode where it beeps the  device 
                 once and terminates without a key needing to be pressed.
       
       ParkHead  ($19)  parks  an IBM PC 286, 386, 486, Pentium  and  most 
                 compatible PC's hard disks.
       
       PDel      ($19) permanently deletes a file so that it can't ever be 
                 recovered.
       
       Player    ($19) plays a wave or voc formatted sound file on a Sound 
                 Blaster or compatible audio. card.
       
       PrtScrFF  ($19) (Print Screen with Form Feed) automatically appends 
                 a  form-feed  (paper  eject)  command  to  your   printer 
                 whenever  you press the PrintScreen key.  Very useful  to 
                 keep  your  printer always at its  top-of-form  position.  
                 For  laser  printers,  this saves  you  from  taking  the 
                 printer off-line, and pressing the PageEject button.
       
       RList     ($19)  (Range List) prints a range of lines from  a  text 
                 (ASCII) file to the screen or printer.
       
       RwDir     ($19) (Read/Writable Directory Listing) generates a  list 
                 of non read-only files.  Useful to see which files  would 
                 be  deleted  when  issuing  a DEL  *.*  command.   It  is 
                 recommended  to  make most of your  application  programs 
                 (programs  ending  with com, exe, and bat)  read-only  to 
                 minimize the risk of accidental erasure.  RWDIR will help 
                 you  identify the files that might need to be made  read-
                 only.
       
       SetBeep   ($19) is a memory resident program that will set the beep 
                 character's (ASCII decimal 7 or control-G) duration to  a 
                 user  specified  value or disable it leaving you  with  a 
                 silent  PC.   The PC's default beep tone  duration  is  1 
                 second which is too long and annoying for many people.






       SuperMonitor
                 ($39) Some day, real soon, something terrible is going to 
                 happen...  Many of your Windows 3.1, WFW, and  yes  -even 
                 your  new  Windows-95  programs are  all  going  to  stop 
                 running!  Your  multiple  Windows  programs  are  rapidly 
                 eating  away  at your precious  Windows  resources  -your 
                 User,  GDI,  RAM  and  Virtual  (Swap)  resources  to  be 
                 precise... 
       
                 You  know this, yet there's nothing you can do! You  drop 
                 your head and feel a tear trickle down your cheek.
       
                 Suddenly you hear a roar from above! Look! Up in the sky! 
                 Its  a  bird! No, its a plane! No, its  SuperMon-itor  to 
                 your aid. You're saved!
       
                 SuperMonitor  accurately  tracks  the  following  Windows 
                 resources:
                      User resource
                      GDI resource
                      Memory (RAM + virtual memory that SysMeter  reports) 
                              resource
                      RAM (physical memory) resource
                      Virtual Memory resource
       
                 SuperMonitor is the only program in the industry to  tell 
                 you  what  amounts  of RAM (physical  memory)  are  being 
                 utilized by Windows in general or by a specific  program, 
                 and what amounts of Virtual memory (swap file) are  being 
                 utilized!
       
                 But  you  say  that you already  use  the  Microsoft  SDK 
                 provided SysMeter program with great success? Well you'll 
                 be amazed to hear what's "wrong" with SysMeter...
       
                 SysMeter  has  a few fatal flaws that make it  a  useless 
                 program:
       
                 1.   SysMeter  only  reports instantaneous  snapshots  of 
                      your  systems resource utilizations. Since  programs 
                      often  "grab" many resources for very short  moments 
                      in  time, Windows must be able to provide  resources 
                      for  these  peak periods. If it can't  do  so,  your 
                      program  (or even all of Windows), crashes! If  this 
                      resource  "spike" is very quick (as most  are),  you 
                      may  not  even  be  able  to  notice  it  flash   on 
                      SysMeter's  screen  before it is replaced  with  the 
                      next instantaneous "normal" resource snapshot. Or if 
                      you're  like  us, you've turned your  head  away  to 
                      record  the past snapshot on a piece of paper  while 
                      this "spike" snapshot appeared and then  disappeared 
                      -without you noticing it...
       
                 2.   SysMeter  only  reports instantaneous  snapshots  of 
                      your  systems  resource utilizations  during  "idle" 






                      periods of your system. Think about the  implication 
                      of  this  statement! When Windows isn't idle  -  its 
                      busy running your programs which means your precious 
                      resources are being allocated and deallocated.  This 
                      is exactly when you'd want a resource monitor to  be 
                      tracking  your system so that you could catch  those 
                      potentially fatal or "near death" allocation spikes.
       
                      During  this  busy time, SysMeter  isn't  monitoring 
                      your resources. Only during infrequent idle  periods 
                      (when  virtually  no  resource  spikes  occur),  can 
                      SysMeter  do its thing... Very scary! Now  that  you 
                      know  about  the limitations of SysMeter,  will  you 
                      ever use it again? 
       
                      We specifically designed SuperMonitor to catch these 
                      resource   "spikes".  You   control   SuperMonitor's 
                      "sampling"  rate. You can dictate that  SuperMonitor 
                      watch your system as fast as every one millisecond ( 
                      1/1000 of a second) to catch even the shortest lived 
                      resource spike!
       
                 3.   SysMeter can't tell you the resource utilization  of 
                      a  specific Windows program. It only tells  you  the 
                      state  of your overall Windows environment. This  is 
                      good   information,   but  not   good   enough   for 
                      SuperMonitor!
       
                      SuperMonitor is a MDI (multiple document  interface) 
                      program.  Each  document  is  a  resource   sampling 
                      session.  By  running  multiple  document   sampling 
                      sessions  and comparing the session  results  before 
                      and  after running a specific Windows or  DOS  "box" 
                      program,  you can precisely determine  the  resource 
                      utilizations of that specific program... Cool!
       
                 Not only does SuperMonitor track instantaneous  resources 
                 usages,  but it also automatically records "average"  and 
                 "maximum/minimum"  (worst-case) usages! You can "log"  or 
                 save these snapshots to a disk file and then import  them 
                 into your spreadsheet for further analysis or even  graph 
                 them.  Of course, you control precisely what data to  log 
                 to  disk and how frequently to save it to disk.  You  can 
                 even print your screen's data!
       
                 SuperMonitor was written for:
       
                      The  individual  Windows  user that  wants  to  keep 
                      Windows running smoothly.
       
                      The   computer  programmer  that  wants  to   easily 
                      determine  the  resource  requirements  of   his/her 
                      program under development.
       
                      The  software development company that produces many 






                      Windows  programs and are concerned that they  might 
                      produce  one  more program that when  added  to  the 
                      user's  Windows  desktop of  concurrently  executing 
                      programs,  will  cause a resource  to  be  depleted, 
                      possibly  crashing  the  program  or  even  all   of 
                      Windows.
       
                      The   corporate  desktop  hardware   standardization 
                      engineers  that  can use SuperMonitor  to  determine 
                      exactly  how  much physical memory  is  required  to 
                      execute  their  programs before the  virtual  memory 
                      swap file is accessed. This is important for optimal 
                      Windows performance. Then they can purchase  exactly 
                      the optimal amount of RAM memory for their PCs.
       
                      SuperMonitor is compatible with Windows-95,  Windows 
                      3.1  (enhanced  mode),  Windows-For-WorkGroups,  and 
                      Windows NT (WOW compatible).
       
       Thot4Day  ($19)  (Thought for a Day) is a unique program that  will 
                 display  varying  personalized  messages  on  your   PC's 
                 computer  screen.   You, the user can create  a  list  of 
                 messages  (THOTs) to be displayed by the  program.   Many 
                 Murphy's Law-like thoughts are included.
       
       Tune4Day  ($19) (Tune for a Day) plays a different sound file  from 
                 a  directory  of files every time you  run  the  program. 
                 Useful  in  your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to play  a  new  sound 
                 every time you turn on your PC. Uses PLAYER. May also  be 
                 used to run any program with a different filename as  its 
                 argument from a directory of files.
       
       Vdel      ($19)  (Verify DELetion) asks you if you want  to  delete 
                 file(s) matching your filename.  It can delete  read-only 
                 files  too.   For  each file that  VDEL  finds,  you  can 
                 configure  it to or not to ask you if you want to  delete 
                 it.
       
       Vers      ($19)  installs itself as a memory-resident program  that 
                 will  set the DOS version(s) to user specified  value(s).  
                 This  is  useful  when running programs  that  require  a 
                 specific  DOS  version for no useful reason.   (Many  DOS 
                 supplemental  programs require specific versions  for  no 
                 legitimate reason).  VERS works better than SETVER  does.  
                 VERS  can  set both the TRUE and FAKE  (SETVER)  versions 
                 that DOS provides to programs.
       
       WinRun    ($19) is a DOS utility program that determines if Windows 
                 3.n Enhanced mode is running.  Useful within batch  files 
                 in a DOS box.
       
       WrapUp    ($29) Windows users have long enjoyed the fact that  when 
                 you  start Windows, you could have Windows  automatically 
                 start  any programs simply by putting the program's  icon 
                 into the 'StartUp' group.






                 Wouldn't  it be great to have a similar 'ShutDown'  group 
                 that  right  before Windows exited, it  would  run  these 
                 'WrapUp' type programs automatically for you? Imagine the 
                 uses for such a program...
       
                 You could automatically:
            
                 - Backup your PC's hard disk(s).
                 - Log out of your PC network (LAN).
                 - Synchronize your laptop PC's hard disk with your 
                   desktop PC's hard disk or visa versa.
                 - Access your favorite online stock-quote system and 
                   retrieve your latest stock prices.
                 - Send an email message.
                 - Run your communications program and have it 
                   autodial your significant other, so you could pick up 
                   the telephone and tell him/her that you're on 
                   your way home.
                 - Or any DOS program or batch file that can be run 
                   from within Windows.
                 - Or anything else for that matter...
       
                 WrapUp requires Windows 3.0-3.11,  Windows-for-Workgroups 
                 3.11, or Win-NT.
       
       ZDir      ($19)  (Size  Directory Listing) determines the  size  of 
                 sub-directories nicer than DIR does.
       
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