Watch Right 2002
Copyright (c) 1994-2003 BPS SoftWare
http://www.bpssoft.com
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This readme file is divided up into several sections to 
help you find the information you need quickly:

. INSTALLATION 
. INSTALLATION PROBLEMS
. System Requirements
. Program Description
. Technical Support
. Bug Reports

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INSTALLATION
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The Watch Right file contained in the Zip file you 
downloaded is a "Self-Installing" EXE file. This means 
that, after you unzipped it, all you have to do is run 
the installation EXE file to start the installation of 
Watch Right.

Before you run the installation program be sure you have 
exited any other open programs, including America Online 
and AOL Instant Messenger. This will make sure that all 
the necessary files get copied to your system.

The Installer will prompt you for an installation 
directory which will default to your 
C:\Program Files\Watch Right directory. You may select to 
install into this directory or choose a different one if 
you like. If you are upgrading  your existing Watch Right 
installation, then simply select your existing Watch Right 
directory as the installation directory. The installer will 
inform you that the selected directory already exists, and 
want to know if you want to install into anyway. Simply 
click "Yes" to continue. 

After the installation is complete, you should have a Program  
group created with your new Watch Right icons in them. Now, 
all you need to do is double click the new Watch Right icon 
to start Watch Right.

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INSTALLATION PROBLEMS
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There are only a couple of things that can go wrong when 
installing Watch Right. 

- First, the file you download might be corrupted during 
the  transfer. This can be caused by several factors, and 
will result in the Watch Right installation file either 
not running, or displaying an error message when you attempt 
to install Watch Right. If this  happens, then your only 
course of action is to delete the corrupted file and 
re-download Watch Right.

- After the installation be sure to reboot your system. 
This is  always a good idea to make sure you don't run 
into any problems when you first attempt to start Watch 
Right.

- If, when trying to monitor AOL or AIM screen names, 
Watch Right reports that it cannot find either AOL or AIM,
this is due either to AOL or AIM not being  installed 
correctly, or you renamed your AOL directory after 
installing it. Renaming the directory is not a good 
idea! All 32 bit programs now record their installation 
locations in the Windows Registry, so that other programs 
can find them if needed. Watch Right looks in your Windows 
Registry to find out where AOL or AIM is installed. The 
first thing to do is launch AOL or AIM alone, do NOT sign on, 
then launch Watch Right. This should reset the AOL/AIM directory 
that Watch Right uses.

- If you receive an error message that a file is missing 
or can't  be found, then the Watch Right installation did 
not complete its function. At this point it is best to restart 
Windows, exit all running applications, and then reinstall 
Watch Right.

If nothing above addresses your installation problem, then 
please refer to the Tech Support section below for more help.

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System Requirements
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- Windows 9x/ME/2000 Pro/XP
- Pentium 166 MHz (or equivalent,) 
- 64 MB RAM (128 MB RAM for Windows XP)
- AOL 8.0, 7.0, 6.0, 5.0 (US & UK only)
- Or AOL Instant Messenger 4.3, 4.7, 4.8 or 5.0 
- Or Internet Explorer 5.x or higher

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Program Description
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Watch Right is a simple and inexpensive parental monitoring 
system that empowers the concerned parent with the ability 
to "keep an eye" on their child's online activities. 
Automatically log your child's instant messages, chatroom 
conversations, email messages, message board postings, and 
web sites they visit while online.
 
Watch Right is designed to work invisibly in the background 
where your child needn't know they are being monitored. Or 
you may choose to use Watch Right as a warning to your child 
to carefully consider what actions they take while online.

With Watch Right, you can monitor:

- AOL Chatroom conversations.
- AOL Instant Message conversations.
- Read and Sent AOL Email.
- Read and Sent AOL Message Board and Newsgroup Postings.
- AOL Web Browser sessions.
- AIM Instant Message conversations (AOL not required!)
- Internet Explorer Web Browser sessions (AOL not required!)

Other Features:

- Disable AOL Guest Login.
- Select only the AOL screen names you wish to monitor, 
or all existing screen names at once.
- Dual Interface - Watch Right appears to the uninformed 
user as a functional Internet Atomic Clock update utility. 
This feature allows the user to synchronize their computer's 
clock with an online time server. For the parent, they may 
also enter a secret password to unlock Watch Right's monitoring 
control panel.
- Locks log files to prevent deletion without a valid password.
- Resists attempts to disable or close without a valid password.

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Technical Support
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For technical support options if you are not using America 
Online, please visit the following page on our web site:

http://www.bpssoft.com/support.htm

If you are using AOL, all technical support is handled through 
our forum's message board on AOL only. We feel this method 
proves more useful in helping you with your problems or 
questions concerning this new version of Watch Right.

To get to our Tech Support forum, go to keyword "BPS" and 
click the "Customer Support" button from the main window, 
then click the Message Boards button and look for Watch Right 
folder. You can browse existing Message board postings to find 
the answer you are looking for.

In the event that your answer can't be found, then please feel 
free to post your question or problem in the appropriate folder. 
Our techs visit our message board daily and will be happy to 
respond to your questions.

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Bug Reports
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In the event you encounter any bugs in Watch Right, please 
send all your bug reports to BPSCoBugReports@aol.com. Please 
be sure to list how and what you were doing to duplicate the 
bug report.

Remember, there are really such things as "glitches" in 
software, and most of these are cured by simply restarting 
your computer.

