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From: amw@mlb.dmt.csiro.au (Angela Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer,comp.windows.ms
Subject: security keys for Windows
Keywords: keys, security
Message-ID: <139@asgard.mlb.dmt.csiro.au>
Date: 1 Mar 91 01:20:28 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: CSIRO Division of Manufacturing Technology, Melbourne, Australia
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We have devleoped a software package that runs under Micro-Soft Windows.
To prevent unauthorised use we use a "security key", ie a small device that
plugs into a port on the PC, which our software periodically checks
is still there, if it is not our application exits.

This worked fine with Windows version 2 but causes Windows 3 to crash
the first time it checks for the key. We notified the supplier, who
knew of the problem and said a fix was on the way. That was last november
and apparently no fix has yet been found. We have customers waiting for
a Windows verison 3 version of our software and so we are looking for
other suppliers of similar devices. Could anyone who uses or knows of
a key that works under Micro-Soft Windows version 3 running in 
386 enhanced mode please mail me.

We are currently using a SentinelPro from Rainbow Technologies.


Angela Williams, CSIRO Div of Manufacturing Tech,     Phone: +61 3 487 9263
Locked Bag No. 9, Preston, Vic, 3072, Australia.      Fax: +61 3 484 0878
Internet: amw@mlb.dmt.csiro.au			   ACSnet: amw@asgard.dmt.oz
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