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                     Essential NetTools v.3.1
	         Copyright © 1998-2002 TamoSoft, Inc.
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June 21, 2002

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CONTENTS
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• About Essential NetTools
• System Requirements
• Installing Essential NetTools
• Uninstalling Essential NetTools
• Ordering
• License Agreement
• What's New
• Contacting Us
• Credits

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About Essential NetTools
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Essential NetTools is a set of network tools useful in diagnosing
networks and monitoring your computer's network connections. It's
a Swiss Army knife for everyone interested in a set of powerful
network tools for everyday use. It includes:

· NetStat: displays the list of your computer's inbound and
outbound network connections, including the information on open
TCP and UDP ports, IP address, and connection states. What makes
it different from other NetStat utilities is the ability to map
open ports to the owning application. (This feature is available
under Windows NT/2000/XP.)

· NBScan: a powerful and fast NetBIOS scanner. NBScan can scan a
network within a given range of IP addresses and list computers
offering NetBIOS resource-sharing service, as well as their name
tables and MAC addresses. Unlike the standard nbtstat utility
supplied with Windows, this tool provides a graphical user
interface and easy management of the lmhosts file and features
parallel scanning, which allows checking a class C network in less
than one minute. NBScan can facilitate routine tasks often carried
out by system integrators, administrators, and analysts.

· PortScan: an advanced TCP port scanner that allows you to scan 
your network for active ports. This tool features both conventional
(full connect) and stealth (half-open) scanning modes.

· Shares: monitors and logs external connections to your
computer's shared resources, as well as provides a quick and easy
way to connect to remote resources that gives Windows 98/Me users
NT user-level connectivity features. Unlike Windows NT, Windows
98/Me has no user-level connectivity after the boot: you can
specify a password, but not a username. This tool allows you to
set both a username and a password.

· LMHosts: a convenient editor of the lmhosts file integrated with
NBScan.

· NetAudit (NetBIOS Auditing Tool): allows you to perform various
security checks on your network and/or individual computers
offering the NetBIOS file sharing service. This tool can help you
identify potential security flaws.

· RawTCP: provides you with the ability to establish low-level TCP
connections to troubleshoot different networking services.
Multi-color output and a convenient interface make it a great tool
for every network administrator or computer programmer.

· TraceRoute and Ping: these familiar utilities featuring
customizable options and a convenient results presentation allow
you to explore the Internet and troubleshoot connectivity
problems.

· NSLookup: allows you to convert IP addresses to hostnames and
vice versa, obtain aliases, and perform advanced DNS queries, such
as MX or CNAME.

· ProcMon: displays the list of running processes with full
information on the program location, manufacturer, process ID, and
the loaded modules. With this tool, you can identify hidden
applications, kill running processes, and manage the usage of your
PC's resources more effectively.

Other features include report generation in HTML, text, and comma
delimited formats; quick IP address sharing between different
tools; and a customizable interface.


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System Requirements
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• Pentium 75 CPU 
• Windows 98/ME/NT 4.0 SP5/2000/XP
• 32 MB RAM 
• 5 MB of free disk space

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Installing Essential NetTools
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• Unzip the ZIP archive to a temporary folder.
• Double-click setup.exe to execute it.
• Setup will guide you through the rest of the installation
  process. 

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Uninstalling Essential NetTools
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• Choose Uninstall from the Essential NetTools program group.

		OR:

• Open the Windows Control Panel.
• Double-click the "Add/Remove programs" icon.
• Search the list for the item "Essential NetTools" and
  double-click on it.

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Ordering
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This program is a 30-day evaluation version. A single
user license costs $29.

As a registered customer, you are entitled to:

• Fully functional, unrestricted copy of the software.
• Free updates that will be released within 1 year from the
  date of purchase.
• Information on updates and new products.
• Free technical support.

We accept credit cards orders, orders by phone and fax, checks, 
and wire transfers. Prices, terms, and conditions are subject 
to change without notice, please check our web site for the latest
product offerings and prices:

http://www.tamos.com/order/

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License Agreement
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Please read the following terms and conditions carefully before
using this software. Your use of this software indicates your
acceptance of this license agreement. If you do not agree with the
terms of this license, you must remove this software from your
storage devices and cease to use the product.

Copyright
This software is copyright 1998-2002; TamoSoft, Inc. Essential
NetTools is a trademark of TamoSoft, Inc. The use and copyright of
this software is governed by international copyright treaties.
TamoSoft, Inc. retains full title and rights to this software and
documentation, and in no way does the license granted diminish the
intellectual property rights of TamoSoft, Inc. You must not
redistribute the registration codes provided, either on paper,
electronically, or in any other form.

Evaluation Version
This is not free software. You are hereby licensed to use this
software for evaluation purposes without charge for a period of 30
days. Using this software after the evaluation period violates
copyright laws and may result in severe civil and criminal
penalties.

Registered Version
One registered copy of this software may be used by a single
person who uses the software personally on one or more computers,
or it may be installed on a single workstation used non-
simultaneously by more than one person, but not both.

Disclaimer
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
IN NO EVENT WILL TAMOSOFT, INC. BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES,
INCLUDING INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF THE
USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS LICENSE,
UNDERSTAND IT, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS.

Governing Law
This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the Republic of
Cyprus.

Distribution
This software may be distributed freely in its original unmodified
and unregistered form. The distribution has to include all files
of its original distribution. Distributors may not charge any
money for it. Anyone distributing this software for any kind of
remuneration must first contact us for authorization.

Other Restrictions
You may not modify, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble
this software in any way, including changing or removing any
messages or windows.


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What's New
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Version 3.1

· PortScan - a new tool for TCP port scanning.
· User-defined filters in NetStat.
· You can terminate TCP connections established by other applications.
· The program can automatically generate NetStat and ProcMon logs.
· A few other improvements. 


Version 3.0

· A new, improved interface.
· Ready for Windows XP (tested with Release Candidate 1).
· NetStat now maps open ports and connections to the owning 
  application (Windows NT/2000/XP only).
· New tools: TraceRoute, Ping, NSLookup, and Process Monitor.


Version 2.2

· You can now scan Class B networks with NBScan (registered version
  only).


Version 2.1

· NBScan now lists MAC addresses.
· With NBScan you can scan multiple LAN segments preserving the 
  previous scans' results.
· CSV (comma-delimited) format is available when saving NBScan 
  reports.
· LMHosts allows you to specify a #DOM tag.
· A new TCP Raw Connect tool has been added.
· The interface font can be customized.
· A few bugs fixed in NBScan.


Version 2.02

· You can now add the whole NBScan list to the lmhosts 
  file with one mouse click.
· When you use the DNS tool to resolve a hostname, you 
  can send the obtained IP address to NBScan or NetAudit 
  using the context menu.
· Computer names containing spaces and special characters 
  are now added to the lmhosts file in the correct format.
· Multiple record selection is allowed when working with 
  the lmhosts file.


Version 2.01

This version fixes a few bugs in HTML report generation
found in the previous version of the program.  


Version 2.0

Essential NetTools version 2.0 has undergone a major 
re-design and introduces the following new features 
and enhancements:

· The source code was re-written from scratch. The new 
  version is much more compact and works faster.
· New NetStat tool that displays TCP and UDP connection
  information.
· New Watch tool that monitors external connections to 
  your computer.
· New convenient LMHosts editor.
· Now opens remote computers with one mouse click.
· HTML report generation for NetAudit.
· Many other new nice features.


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Contacting Us
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Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Bug reports? Don't 
hesitate to contact us. 

WWW:	http://www.tamos.com
E-mail:	support@tamos.com

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Credits
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This program contains software licensed from Walied Othman.