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From: stevem@geac.com (Steve Manning)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Info on NightWatch needed
Message-ID: <1990Oct2.161651.12680@geac.com>
Date: 2 Oct 90 16:16:51 GMT
Reply-To: stevem@geac.com (Steve Manning)
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Hoo Boy do we have a problem!!

We have a Mac II on which some confidential information was stored.  So to 
protect the informatation from prying eyes, a utility called NightWatch (TM)
was installed.  Night Watch is a password protection utility that seems
to hide the hard drive unless the system is booted with a special NightWatch
diskette.  It really hides it.  It hides it so well that Apple HD SC Setup
can't find the hard drive, thereby preventing us from doing a simple re-format.
We think the hard drive is okay, because Disk First Aid didn't have any
problem accessing it. 

So guess what the problem is? In a recent move the NightWatch diskettes
were misplaced.  To compound the problem, the person most familiar with 
NightWatch is no longer with the company and we don't know from whom the 
software was purchased.

So, can anyone please tell me who distribute/makes NightWatch and how
we might contact them?  Or does anyone know of a way around the protection?

Any and all help will be appreciated.

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Steve Manning 		Geac Computer Corporation Limited, 
                        Markham, Ontario
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