Cetus StormWindow [TM] for Windows 98 will allow the authorized user to add several types and degrees of security to the desktop and system of any shared Windows 98 PC.
Version: 5.14Cetus StormWindow [TM] for Windows 98 will allow the authorized user to add several types and degrees of protections to the desktop and system of a Windows 98 computer. Intelligent use of StormWindow security measures will allow secure use of any shared Windows 98 computer.
License: Free To Try $30.00
Operating System: Windows
Homepage: www.cetussoft.com
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Examples of desktop protections include:
protecting individual desktop icons;
hiding individual Start Menu program groups and links;
preventing the saving of desktop changes;
hiding individual drives in My Computer and Explorer;
hiding the Start Menu Settings Folders (Control Panel and Printers) and/or Taskbar;
and hiding the entire Network Neighborhood, or just Entire Network or Workgroup Contents within it.
Some of the system protections include:
disabling the MS-DOS prompt and/or the exiting to MS-DOS mode;
preventing "warm booting" (Ctrl-Alt-Del) and task switching;
blocking the running of Registration Editor and/or System Policy Editor; preventing the merging of .REG files into the Registry;
preventing the addition or deletion of printers;
keeping empty the Documents Menu;
and individually hiding "sensitive" Control Panel pages and settings.
StormWindow security schemes may be imported from and exported to other computers. StormWindow protections would probably be most useful to a teacher, librarian, or administrator in charge of a number of computers at a school, library, or business, or a network manager, or a parent. Access to StormWindow is password protected.