
EventReader(TM): readme
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Please read this file carefully (especially
"Installation" chapter)  before  installing
the program to your computer.


Contents
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 Program information
 Author information
 Description
 Installation
 Registration
 Copyright and license
 Technical support


Program information
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Program Archive Name:
 er1400.zip

Program Name:
 EventReader.exe

Program Version:
 1.4

Program Release Date:
 August 3, 1999

Target OS:
 Windows NT 4.0, Windows NT 5.0

System requirements:
 ODBC ver. 3.0,
 ODBC compatible database and appropriate
 ODBC driver.
 Recommended: Microsoft Access 8.0 and
              MS SQL Server 6.0

Program Description:
 An administrative tool
 to analyze Windows NT Event Logs.

Software type:
 Shareware (single-license - US $159.00).


Author information
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Author Name:
  Andrey Koroid N.
Contact E-mail Address:
  eventrd@strongsoftware.net
Contact WWW URL:
  http://www.strongsoftware.net/eventrd


Description
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  EventReader  is  an  administrative  tool    for
analyzing Windows NT event logs. It allows you  to
collect event logs from Windows NT computers in  a
network and stores  this  information  in  one  or
several ODBC compatible databases (for example  in
MS SQL Server or MS Access).
  An administrator  can  designate  the  computers
from which to collect information and  can  assign
the schedule, parameters of  data  collection  and
parameters of event log backup.  The  installation
package includes an MS Access 8.0 sample database.
This  database  contains  plenty  of  queries  and
reports for  effective  event  log  analysis.  The
trial copy of the program has  full  functionality
and expires after 21 days.


Installation
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Important! If you've got EventReader(TM) not  from
my web page, but from the other  source  (magazine
CD or some software library),please visit my  home
page - you'll probably find the later version;

Note! Make backup of your old EventReader database,
and then uninstall the old version of the program.
(Use the "Add/Remove Programs" properties in
"Control Panel".)

To  install  EventReader(TM)  unpack  archive  and
start setup.exe

To correctly use EventReader(TM) you MUST have  an
administrative privileges.


Registration
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 See "register.txt" file.


Copyright and license
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 See "license.txt" file.


Technical support
-----------------
 See "contacts.txt" file.

If you have any comments or  suggestions  for  the
next releases, please don't hesitate to post  them
to me.


                                  Andrey Koroid N.
