32bit Service Monitor 08.07.01 Copyrights (C) since 1990 belong to Jon Krahmer. All Rights Reserved. ElectraSoft, 3207 Carmel Valley Drive, MISSOURI CITY TX 77459-3068 ----- -For Technical Support- Voice: 281-261-0307 email: http://www.electrasoft.com/email.htm WWW: http://www.electrasoft.com/ ----- If you own a Web Site or any other Internet Service, you need 32bit Service Monitor! Always know if your web site or other network service is up or not with ElectraSoft's 32bit Service Monitor. DESCRIPTION: 32bit Service Monitor makes you money by helping you maintain a dependable site. If your site is down, you lose money. You need a good Monitor to let you know if and when your site goes down and for how long. Monitors Internet Services and if down, alerts you with a variety of methods. Always know whether or not your web site or other network services are up or down. This Service Monitoring Software is an Internet service monitor. It monitors your Internet services, network servers, and routers. It will alert you if a service or an event fails. Supports advanced scripting. Monitors Internet Services and alerts the user with a variety of methods if down. Always know whether or not your web site or other network services are up or down with 32bit Service Monitor. 32bit Service Monitor will check your site or other services as often as you have it configured to. If one of your services stops responding, you will be notified in the ways you have configured and the down time will be logged. If you pay a firm to host your site or service, you should be able to get at least a partial refund from your site hosting company if any serious down time occurs. Save money with 32bit Service Monitor! If one of your Internet Services goes down, you will be alerted by any or all of these many alarms. Select Alerts include: [Error Sound], [Plays your choice of WAV files (once or repeatedly)], [Show Alert Message box], [Send Email at Beginning of Alert], [Send Email at Ending of Alert], [Phone you], [Page you], [Execute a Program]. You can use the 32bit Service Monitor [Execute Program] option to fix the problem in many cases. If your site or service does go down and then come back up without you knowing about it, 32bit Service Monitor will send you emails documenting the events date and time from down to up again. FEATURES: Simple interface, activity log of monitor, specify how often to check services, how many failed checks before alarm, several types of alarms (including: sound, email, phone, pager, execute program, etc.), configure session logger, multiple services checked at once. Many more... REQUIREMENTS: Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/NT/XP/2000/2003/XP, and your network or internet connection. UPGRADE HISTORY: o Run as an NT Service or as a Desk Top Application. o SysTray icon blinks when there is a problem. o Phone/Pager dialog box enchantment. o When a service goes down or up, 32bit Service Monitor will optionally send an email to one email address or to a whole list of email addresses. o Improved install for quick easy installation. o Better Internet error handling. Smoother shutdown under Internet error conditions. o Uses 90 percent less memory. o Monitor up to 20 services at a time. o Find SMTP button. Who Uses ElectraSoft Software: ElectraSoft software is used by many well known establishments including military, government, education, medical, business, and individuals. Some users of ElectraSoft software include, United States Armed Forces, United States Senate, University of Utah, Central Iowa Health Care System, San Diego Health Department, IBM, and millions of small businesses and individuals. LIMITATIONS: You may try 32bit Service Monitor before you buy it. If you want to continue using this software after trying it, you must purchase it by registering it with ElectraSoft. This means you have a chance to test the performance of 32bit Service Monitor before committing yourself to buying it. Before paying, you will only be able to monitor one service at a time. After you pay ElectraSoft for the use of [32bit Service Monitor], you will be able to monitor up to five services at a time. BEFORE ALL ELSE: We are working full time on improving and upgrading 32bit Service Monitor based upon the feedback from you and other users. So...before you install, look at the date on this file. If the date is more than a week old, you may want to get the latest version. You can get 32bit Service Monitor from many web sites and FTP Internet Sites around the world. [32bssx.exe] is the installation file name. http://www.electrasoft.com/ If you have a problem that is not covered here, contact ElectraSoft at 281-261-0307 because most likely there is either a solution to your problem, or a newer version of 32bit Service Monitor that does not have the problem. OTHER PROGRAMS: ElectraSoft also makes other programs. Please visit our web site at http://www.electrasoft.com for a list and descriptions of all other programs. LEGAL INFORMATION: If you have a Registration Code for 32bit Service Monitor you may *NOT* share it with others. You may try 32bit Service Monitor before you buy it. This means you have a chance to test the performance of 32bit Service Monitor before committing yourself to buying it. 32bit Service Monitor is a Trialware product and we would like you to REGISTER after trying it. Only the unregistered version of 32bit Service Monitor may be distributed freely, and no fee may be charged for it except a nominal copying fee. All trademarks contained herein are registered to their respective owners. INSTALLATION: Go to http://www.electrasoft.com/32bs.htm and download the newest version. During installation, it will ask you for your registration name and email address. Enter the name and email address you want 32bit Service Monitor to be registered to. This is the name and email address that you will be known to us at ElectraSoft as. If you download 32bs.zip: Make a temporary directory or folder called 32bsTMP. UnZIP 32bs.zip into 32bsTMP Use the Windows run command to run install.exe. For more information on unzipping files, read http://www.electrasoft.com/zip_tut.htm AFTER INSTALLATION: After installation, you will have several icons in the 32bit Service Monitor Group. Please note the following icons: Manual (MANUAL.TXT) Read Me (README.TXT) 32bit Service Monitor Help (32bshelp.htm) Also 32bit Service Monitor Tutor at: http://download1.electrasoft.com/tut/32bs/tutorial.htm These should be read before using 32bit Service Monitor. There is also [Contact-Sensitive Help] buttons, throughout 32bit Service Monitor, for your convenience. Everything is explained thoroughly in the 32bit Service Monitor help system, which may be called upon from anywhere in 32bit Service Monitor. If you want to use 32bit Service Monitor from within any Windows Application and/or take advantage of *ALL* the power 32bit Service Monitor has, load 32bit Service Monitor from the 32bit Service Monitor Group before loading any other Windows Applications. After the 32bit Service Monitor program is loaded, click on the [Global Options] button and SetUp and configure things *YOUR WAY*. I suggest that if you are not sure of something, leave the defaults set as it came to you. Make a printout of the defaults in case you change something you do not understand yet. UNINSTALL: Click [Start], [Programs], [32bit Service Monitor], [Uninstall]. REGISTRATION: Only the unregistered version of 32bit Service Monitor is a Trialware program. Upload it to bulletin boards (BBS). Give it to your friends and relatives. Tell your business associates about it. Don't let anyone miss out. If you have a Registration Code for 32bit Service Monitor you may *NOT* share it with others. When you register, ElectraSoft will send you your Registration Code for [32bit Service Monitor]. Please fill-in the included Registration Form below. You will receive a Registration Code for [32bit Service Monitor]. After applying the Registration Code, 32bit Service Monitor will no longer nag you to register. ======================================================================== | Order: 32bit Service Monitor, 08.07.01, 281-261-0307 | | ElectraSoft, 3207 Carmel Valley Drive, MISSOURI CITY, TX 77459-3068 | |== Please Print ======================================================| | | | Date___/___/___ Country_________________ Wk Phone___________________ | | | | Name____________________________________ Hm Phone___________________ | | | | Address_________________________________ Fx Phone___________________ | | _ | | City________________________________ State_____ ZIP_________________ | |======================================================================| | Qty | Item Amount | |-----+----------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | 32bit Service Monitor - - - - - - - - - - - $59.99 $______.__ | |-----+----------------------------------------------------------------| | Total Price of Merchandise - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $______.__ | | Texas residents, please, add Sales Tax (8.25%) - - - - - $______.__ | | Send Email Attachment File, add $5.00 - - - - - - - - - - $______.__ | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | Total (US$ none refundable) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $______.__ | | After Registering, send email or phone us for the REGISTRATION CODE | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | _Cash _Check(US$ on a US Bank only) _DISCOVER _VISA _MC _AmEx _JCB | | | | Card Number_________________________________________ Exp Date___/___ | | | | Security Code: 3 or 4 digit number__________________________________ | | | | Print name as it appears on card____________________________________ | | | | Credit Card Billing Street Address__________________________________ | | | | Additional Address Info_____________________________________________ | | | | ____________________________________________________________________ | | | | City_______________________, State/Province_________________________ | | | | United States/Canada ZIP/Postal Code________________________________ | | | | Coutry______________________________________________________________ | | | | Signature_____________________________________ Date Today___/___/___ | | (or Name if sending email, FAXing with computer) | |=Order Methods:=======================================================| | Phone: Call ElectraSoft at 281-261-0307 or Send it to: | | ElectraSoft, 3207 Carmel Valley Dr, MISSOURI CITY, TX 77459-3068 | | FAX: 281-499-5939, email: http://www.electrasoft.com/email.htm | | | | Where did you find this software____________________________________ | | | | Your email address:_________________________________________________ | ======================================================================== Other ways to register 32bit Service Monitor: Internet, World Wide Web: Go to: http://www.electrasoft.com/ and click on the [Order 32bit Service Monitor] button. ASP MEMBER: This program is produced by Jon Krahmer, ElectraSoft, a member of the of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 157-F Love Ave, Greenwood, IN 46142 USA, FAX 317-888-2195, or send email to omb@asp-shareware.org. WARRANTY: No warranty is provided to anyone who has not contributed for this program. ElectraSoft specifically disclaims all other warranties, expressed or implied, including but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose with respect to defects in the disk or documentation, and the program license granted herein. 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