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Encryption Plus® for CD-ROM (EP CD-ROM) Trial version 4.0
192-bit.  Build 08150006

Release Date: 08/21/2000


Encryption Plus® products are designed to be exceptionally
robust and easy to use. We encourage you to contact our
Sales Department or Help Desk at 1-800-288-8126 with any
questions or comments, or for personal assistance in evaluating
your encryption requirements. You can also visit our website
at http://www.pcguardian.com for more information.

NOTE: This program is a 15 day trial version for evaluation pur-
poses only. Please contact our Sales Department for information
about obtaining the full version of EP CD-ROM.

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Table of Contents 
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1.0  Defects Fixed in This Release and Previous Releases
  
2.0  Known Issues (For Windows 95/98/NT unless specified)
  
  2.1-There are a number of cosmetic errors in the present build
      (d.2105,d.2137,d.2200,d.2203,d.2204,d.2216).
  2.2-The user seems to be stuck in an endless loop when attempting
      to close the EP CD-ROM status area icon without the CD in the
      CD-ROM drive on Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT
      systems (d.2180). There is a WORKAROUND available.
  2.3-The EP CD-ROM user program remains in memory in rare cases
      when the user closes the program via the status area icon
      (d.2098). There is a WORKAROUND available.
  2.4-EP CD-ROM allows the user to test the WINNT directory for
      encryption (d.2104). This will be corrected in a future
      build.      
  2.5-A message asking for an empty diskette appears twice when the
      administrator chooses to create the User Install program on
      the A: drive (d.2117). This will be corrected in a future
      build.
  2.6-The user receives a message stating that the user program is
      already running when attempting to access data on the CD-ROM
      drive through My Computer. A WORKAROUND is available
      (d.1942).
  2.7-Users must uninstall the trial version of EP CD-ROM before
      attempting to install the full version (d.2220).
  2.8-The current release does not replace the previous release
      when the user attempts to upgrade from version 3.01 to ver-
      sion 4.0 (d.2221). A WORKAROUND is available.
  2.9-The user can input an unlimited number of characters in the
      Remote Activation Program key field but the Winactiv.exe
      program only accepts twenty-four characters (d.2214).
 2.10-EP CD-ROM won't allow access to encrypted CDs if the Privacy
      Code consists entirely of spaces(d.2215). There is a WORK-
      AROUND available.
 2.11-EP CD-ROM allows user install disks to be created in the root
      of C: drive on computers using the Windows NT OS (d.2219). A
      WORKAROUND is available.
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1.0 Defects Fixed in This Release and Previous Releases
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1.1-A user could not open encrypted .jpg or .pdf files with
Netscape® or Microsoft Internet Explorer®. This issue has been re-
solved in version 4.0 (d.276).
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1.2-On Windows95 installations, users would not see the message
"Encryption engine was loaded successfully. Your EP CD-ROM pro-
tected CD-ROM is now accessible." after the correct name and pass-
word were entered at the login screen. This defect was resolved in
version 4.0 (d.274).
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1.3-A message stating that the directory had been successfully de- crypted appeared if a user attempted to decrypt a folder that had
not yet been encrypted. This defect was resolved in version 4.0 (d.1871).
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1.4-Two conflicting messages appeared when encrypting or decrypting
a folder on a network drive. This defect was resolved in version
4.0 (d.1999).
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1.5-The user was unable to add files or folders from an unmapped
network drive to an encrypted directory on the local drive.This de-
fect was resolved in version 4.0 (d.1998).
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1.6-The Administrator program would not create a new folder if the
user chose a nonexistent folder as the target folder for the User
Install program. This defect was resolved in version 4.0 (d.1969).
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1.7-The user received an erroneous error message when decrypting
files from a mapped network drive instead of a message informing
the user that the file(s) were successfully decrypted. This defect
was resolved in version 4.0 (d.1896).
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1.8-The help file incorrectly stated that the Privacy Code was not
case sensitive and the Master Password was an eight character
password. The Privacy code is case sensitive and the Master Pass-
word can range from six to twenty-four characters. This defect was
resolved in version 4.0 (d.1994).
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1.9-The help file contained in the Remote Activation Authentication
user screen was incorrect. The correct version number is 4.0, but
the title bar stated that the version was 1.1 and the help file
text stated that the version was 3.01. This defect was resolved in
version 4.0 (d.1993).
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1.10-The user was able to encrypt the Windows directory, which
caused accessibility problems with MS Office® and other Microsoft®
applications. This defect was resolved in version 4.0 (d.1973).
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1.11-The administrator program crashed sometimes when attempting to
create a User Install program on a floppy disk. This defect was
resolved in version 4.0 (d.1971).

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2.0 Known Issues (For Windows 95/98/NT unless specified)
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2.1-There are a number of cosmetic errors in the present build
(d.2105,d.2137,d.2200,d.2203,d.2204,d.2216).
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There are numerous cosmetic errors in the user interface, in the
help file, and in various messages. These issues will be fixed in
future builds.
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2.2-The user seems to be stuck in an endless loop when attempting
to close the EP CD-ROM status area icon without the CD in the
CD-ROM drive on Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT systems
(d.2180). There is a WORKAROUND available.
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The progam displays a number of error messages in what appears to
be an endless loop if the user removes a CD created with CD-ROM
Authentication before closing the program via the EP CD-ROM status
area icon.
WORKAROUND: Windows 95: Replace the CD in the CD-ROM drive and
                        press the Enter key. When the EP CD-ROM
                        login screen appears, click the Cancel
                        button.
            Windows NT: Replace the CD in the CD-ROM drive and
                        click the Retry button. When the EP CD-ROM
                        login screen appears, click the Cancel
                        button.
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2.3-The EP CD-ROM user program remains in memory in rare cases when
the user closes the program via the status area icon (d.2098).
There is a WORKAROUND available.
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An error message appears on rare occasions stating that EP CD-ROM
is still running when the user opens the EP CD-ROM administrator
program after closing the EP CD-ROM user program via the status
area icon.
WORKAROUND: Reboot the computer after closing the user program if
access to the administrator program is needed.
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2.4-EP CD-ROM allows the user to test the Windows directory for en-
cryption (d.2104). This will be corrected in a future build.
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EP CD-ROM allows users with Windows NT to test the Windows direc-
tory for encryption which results in an error message but incurs no
data damage. This ability will be disabled in future builds.
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2.5-On some occasions a message asking for an empty diskette
appears twice when the administrator chooses to create the User In-
stall disk on the A: drive (d.2117). This will be corrected in a
future build.
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A "Please insert an empty diskette into the floppy drive" message 
appears when the administrator chooses to create the User Install
disk on the A: drive. The User install program is not affected
adversely by this and it only happens in rare instances.
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2.6-The user receives a message stating that the user program is
already running when attempting to access data on the CD-ROM drive
through My Computer. A WORKAROUND is available (d.1942).
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If a user attempts to access a protected CD through My Computer,
a message appears stating that the program is already running. This
causes the files contained on the CD to be inaccessable.
WORKAROUND: Use Windows Explorer® to access the CD-ROM.
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2.7-Users must uninstall the trial version of EP CD-ROM before
attempting to install the full version (d.2220).
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Users cannot upgrade from the trial version of EP CD-ROM to the
full version unless the trial version is first uninstalled.Users
will receive an error message stating that EP CD-ROM is already installed and the installation process will discontinue.
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2.8-The current release does not replace the previous release when
the user attempts to upgrade from version 3.01 to version 4.0
(d.2221). A WORKAROUND is available.
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Version 4.0 does not automatically remove and replace version 3.01
when the user attempts to upgrade EP CD-ROM. Both versions remain
on the user's computer but don't interfere with each other.
WORKAROUND: Uninstall EP CD-ROM 3.01 before beginning the install-
ation process with EP CD-ROM 4.0.
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2.9-The user can input an unlimited number of characters in the
Remote Activation Program key field but the Winactiv.exe program
only accepts twenty-four characters (d.2214).
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An unlimited number of characters can be typed into the Remote
Activation Program key field resulting in an error message stating
that the initial key must be exactly twenty-four characters long.
This will be rectified in future builds.
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2.10-EP CD-ROM won't allow access to encrypted CDs if the Privacy
Code consists entirely of spaces(d.2215). There is a WORKAROUND
available.
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The administrator program will allow the Privacy Code to consist
entirely of spaces but CDs encrypted with this privacy code will be
inaccessable. This will be rectified in future builds.
WORKAROUND: Use alphanumeric and special characters in the Privacy
Code.
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2.11-EP CD-ROM allows user install disks to be created in the root
of C: drive on computers using the Windows NT OS (d.2219).A WORK-
AROUND is available.
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User install disks can be created in the root of C: drive on compu-
ters using the Windows NT operating system, causing the icon for
C: drive to be replaced by the EP CD-ROM icon. This will be recti-
fied in future builds.
WORKAROUND: Enter any folder name when prompted for a destination
for the user install disks.
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3.0 System Requirements
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· Encryption Plus for CD-ROM® (EP CD-ROM) is designed to run on
  Pentium processors or higher with Windows 95, 98, and NT
  operating systems.

· EP CD-ROM requires no additional memory above the standard re-
  quirements for Windows 95/98/NT.

· EP CD-ROM requires 5MB of hard disk space to install properly.

· EP CD-ROM is compatible with all network operating systems.