		WELCOME TO REMOVE-IT 2
 
Thank you for choosing Remove-IT!  Remove-IT is the safest and 
easiest way to remove unneeded applications and files from your PC.
Remove-IT has a wealth of features that let you safely free up 
wasted disk space by deleting unneeded files, drivers, fonts, etc.
from your PC.  Please see Chapter 1, "Introducing Remove-IT", of 
the Remove-IT 2 User's Guide for a brief overview of Remove-IT's 
functions.
 
If you did not purchase Remove-IT directly from Vertisoft, please 
be sure to complete and mail us the postage-paid registration card.
By registering  your purchase you are eligible to receive:
     - Product support
     - Advance notice of upgrades
     - Special offers on other Vertisoft products


This readme file contains the following sections:

  - Important Notices - information you should read before running
    Remove-IT.

  - User's Guide Addenda - information that was not available at 
    the time the User's Guide was published.

  - What's New - a list of the new and enhanced features in 
    Remove-IT 2.

  - Operating With Windows 95 - information about using Remove-IT
    in Windows 95.


IMPORTANT NOTICES

1.  If you are upgrading from Remove-IT 1, your Log-IT installation
    records, Remove-IT backups and file information table 
    (REMOVEIT.CRT) are not compatible with Remove-IT 2. See the 
    User's Guide Addenda below for information on using the 
    Remove-IT 1 Converter utility to convert these to Remove-IT 2
    format.

2.  If you have a 540 MB or larger IDE hard drive that has been 
    partitioned with Ontrack Computer Systems' Disk Manager 
    software, do not use the Remove-IT emergency recovery diskette
    to boot your system.  Doing so may result in loss of data.  For
    more information, please read the "Problems with Drives" 
    section in the TROUBLE.WRI file. 

3.  The file and application usage information in Watch-IT may not
    be accurate under the following circumstances:
    - If less than 30 days have elapsed from the day you installed
      Remove-IT and if you haven't transferred existing file usage
      information from Remove-IT 1.
    - If you have not loaded the Smart Disk Custodian, and let it
      complete 100% of its file scan.  The Disk Custodian icon at
      the bottom of your desktop indicates if less than 100% of 
      the files have been scanned.
    - If you do not load the Smart Disk Custodian when you run 
      Windows.

For troubleshooting information, tips on using Remove-IT,
and how to contact Vertisoft Technical Support, please view 
the TROUBLE.WRI file which is located on the Remove-IT floppy 
Disk used to install Remove-IT. The TROUBLE.WRI is a Windows 
Write file. Instructions for viewing and printing this file 
can be found in Appendix B of the User Guide.



		USER'S GUIDE ADDENDA

General

1.  This is a single-user version of Remove-IT.  You may install it
    on a network drive, but it is not licensed for multi-user 
    access with two exceptions.  Its Smart Fingerprint utility and
    its Install-IT utility may be accessed by multiple users.  To 
    inquire about multi-user products and licensing, call Vertisoft
    Systems at 803-295-2623.

2.  In Find-IT or Watch-IT, if the number of files to be
    displayed in the list box exceeds 8,000, a dialog box with
    the message "Too  Many  Files" is displayed.  Windows
    cannot display more than 8,000 files in a list box; however,
    it is safe to continue  working. The "extra" files will simply
    not be displayed in the list box. Since it is extremely
    inconvenient to work with such a great number of files at a
    time, we recommend you use the Drives to Search and
    Files to Search options to limit the set of files being
    analyzed.


Installation

1.  During Setup, Remove-IT 2 will install a current version of 
    the file CTL3DV2.DLL in the Windows\System directory. Any older
    versions of this file will be renamed CTL3DV2.RT.  The version 
    that Remove-IT installs is backward compatible with any 
    applications using the older or previous version of 
    CTL3DV2.DLL.  If a message is displayed indicating that this 
    file cannot be copied or updated because active applications are 
    currently using CTL3DV2.DLL, you must exit SETUP and disable 
    these applications before attempting to reinstall Remove-IT. 
    Known examples are Microsoft Office, Toolbar, and CyberMedia's 
    PC911, but there are other applications that may access this file. 

Reinstall-IT

1.  If you are using Reinstall-IT or the standalone Install-IT
    program (added by Transfer-IT to a self-installing archive)
    to install an upgrade for an existing application, the 
    application's program icons may be duplicated.  This occurs in
    an Express Install or if the Replace Files and Icons option is
    not set to All Files and Icons.  You can change the Replace
    Files and Icons option to All Files and Icons, or you can 
    simply select the duplicate icons in the program group and 
    press the Delete key to remove them.

Recover-IT 

1.  Recover-IT will not work with floppy disks that have been 
    compressed using DoubleSpace, DriveSpace or Stacker. If you 
    attempt to use a floppy disk that has a Compressed Volume File 
    (CVF) on it (e.g. dblspace.000, drvspace.000, Stacvol.dsk), The
    result will be the following error message: "Error on Disk A:" 
    This is due to the fact that a floppy disk with a CVF cannot be
    formatted. You must first remove the CVF file before these 
    disks can be formatted under DOS or Windows. Consult your 
    disk compression program's documentation for instructions on 
    how to remove the CVF and format floppy disks that have been 
    compressed.

2.  Recover-IT formats and supports the creation of emergency 
    recovery disks on both low and high density disks. If you 
    receive a "Track 0 Bad" error message this may be due to one of
    two possible causes: You have selected a format option for the 
    wrong type of disk, or the disk is defective.  First, check the
    disk type (high or low density) and then make sure that you 
    select the correct format option.  If you are certain that the
    selection and disk type are correct, then try another diskette.


Upgrade Assistant for Windows 95

1.  The Upgrade Assistant is documented in a separate User's Guide
    that is enclosed with Remove-IT 2.  

2.  When you run the Upgrade Assistant in Windows 3.1, it will 
    inventory your DOS system files after it inventories your 
    Windows system files.  Then if you install Windows 95 in a 
    separate directory from Windows 3.1 and run the Upgrade 
    Assistant in Windows 95, it will offer to remove your old DOS
    system files.  Windows 95 installs a new version of DOS, so
    you can remove your previous version of DOS and still run
    DOS applications and Windows 3.1.  Note: The Windows 95 Setup
    program only deletes a very few of the files from your previous
    version of DOS.  By removing the remaining files with the 
    Upgrade Assistant, you will save yourself several megabytes of
    disk space.

3.  After the Upgrade Assistant transfers your program items and 
    groups from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95, event sounds in the 
    applications you transfer may not play.


		WHAT'S NEW IN REMOVE-IT 2

New! Network Support - lets you remove files and applications, from
those network drives and directories where you have access 
privileges.  Remove-IT's Smart Fingerprint can stay behind to 
delete portions of removed applications from other PCs on the 
network.

New!  Installation Knowledge-Base - an encyclopedia of over 850 
popular DOS and Windows application installations, such as 
WordPerfect, dBASE, Lotus 1-2-3, etc..  The Knowledge-Base lets 
Remove-IT provide the most accurate and complete removal of 
previously installed applications of any application removal 
utility.

New!  Cleanup Coach - expertly guides you through cleaning unneeded
files off your hard drive.

New!  Smart Disk Custodian - keeps your drive clean by alerting you
to new unneeded and unused applications and files that can be 
removed.

New!  Transfer-IT - quickly creates a compressed, self-installing 
backup that you can use to easily transfer your applications to 
your home PC, laptop, or other licensed computers without 
disrupting their existing configuration files.  Remove-IT is not 
required on the destination PCs to install the backup.

New!  Store-IT - quickly creates a compressed active archive of 
infrequently used applications on your hard drive, but it leaves 
the program icon in your Windows Program Manager or equivalent.  
To run the active archive, simply click the program icon.

New!  Upgrade Assistant for Windows 95
      - Pre-Installation Clean-Up - removes unneeded items to make 
        room for Windows 95 and reduce the chance of an upgrade 
        problem.
      - Windows 95 Configuration - if installing Windows 95, but 
        keeping Windows 3.1, the Upgrade Assistant automatically 
        configures your Windows 3.1 applications into Windows 95 so
        you don't have to manually reinstall them. Or if you use 
        Norton Desktop, PC Tools, or Dashboard and install 
        Windows 95 over Windows 3.1, the Upgrade Assistant will 
        automatically transfer your Windows 3.1 program groups into
        Windows 95 so you don't have to recreate your program items
        and groups. 
      - Post-Installation Clean-Up - removes Windows 3.1 and/or the
        leftover remains of previous Windows installations.  Also
        removes your old version of MS-DOS (which the Windows 95 
        Setup program does not do thoroughly).

Enhanced!  Clean-IT - now lets you delete and view unneeded backup 
files, clip art, help files, screen savers, temp files, sound 
files, movie files, and more in addition to fonts, drivers, system 
support files, etc.

Enhanced!  Find-IT - new sort options make it easier than ever to 
identify unneeded files.

Enhanced!  Log-IT - now lets you deselect and/or add to the 
application items for the application you chose to remove.  You can
also create a manual log record of changes you make to your system.

Enhanced!  Watch-IT - now monitors application usage so you can see
which infrequently used files and applications can be deleted or 
archived.

Enhanced!  Reinstall-IT - new options for changing the destination
drive, directory, and program group.

Enhanced!  Recover-IT - now supports multi-configuration boot 
files.

Enhanced!  Report-IT - new Remove-IT Functions report lists items
found by Remove-IT, Clean-IT, Find-IT, and Watch-It.

Enhanced!  File Viewer - in addition to being able to view ASCII, 
Hex, and font files, Remove-IT's file viewer now lets you view ZIP,
PCX, BMP, TGA, and AVI files, and hear WAV and MID files. 


           OPERATING WITH WINDOWS 95 

Remove-IT's Upgrade Assistant for Windows 95 is a Windows 95
compatible application.  The remainder of the Remove-IT 2
application runs in Windows 95, with the following exceptions:

1. Long filenames are not displayed.

2. Application entries are not removed from or added to the
   Windows 95 Registry Database. However, the Add/Remove Program
   command in the  Windows 95 Control Panel will remove the Registry
   entries after Remove-IT removes an application.

3. Items may not be properly identified in any of the Orphan
   categories, Inactive Drivers, and Inactive Fonts in the
   Clean-IT function.

4. Nested folders (i.e. folders within folders) cannot be displayed
   or removed.  However, you can move the folder to the top level 
   and then remove-it.



Again thanks for choosing Remove-IT. 

-- Vertisoft Systems, Inc. 

 
