README.TXT
Boss Everyware 2.3  
06-Jun-2001


In this document:

PURPOSE
WHO NEEDS IT?
SUPPORTED PLATFORMS
LIMITATIONS
PRICING STRUCTURE
CONTACT INFORMATION
WHAT'S NEW - VERSION HISTORY



PURPOSE

Boss Everyware gives a clear picture of how a computer is being used. 
Boss Everyware secretly logs program names, window titles, visited URLs, 
user names, and keystrokes. With its Report Manager, Boss Everyware
also provides a powerful tool for the analysis of logged data.  


WHO NEEDS IT? 

Boss Everyware lets EMPLOYERS observe and record what the users 
were really doing at any particular time.

It is useful for PARENTS who want to control how their 
Children are interacting with the family computer (e.g., 
computer games, learning software, Bart Simpson's Web Site 
or Dad's on-line banking service). 

Boss Everyware can also be useful for SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS who
can track user actions which may have caused a system failure.
 

SUPPORTED PLATFORMS

Boss Everyware 2.3 is a 32-bit application designed for 
Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000.

You must have administrator privileges to install Boss Everyware 
on Windows NT4/2000 platform. 


LIMITATIONS

Unregistered copy of Boss Everyware stops writing log file on 100th record.


PRICING STRUCTURE

 First single computer license: US$ 49.00
 Each additional single computer license: US$ 29.00 
 Site license: US$ 490.00
 Corporate license: US$ 1490.00

 Site license - educational: US$ 320.00
 Corporate license - educational: US$ 1090.00

Please read license.txt for an explanation of different license types.

On-line registration: http://boss.dids.com/register.htm


CONTACT INFORMATION

Author: Alexander Jmerik
E-mail: info@boss.dids.com
Web: http://boss.dids.com


WHAT'S NEW IN BOSS EVERYWARE (VERSION HISTORY)

VERSION 2.3 (06-Jun-2001)

- More control on keystrokes reporting: Keystrokes are shown in a column as all other fields. Keystrokes memo can contain all keystrokes at once without linking to a particular record.

- New print preview engine.

- Word wrap option added to the report settings. 

- Enabled sort by click on a column title.

- You can now select/copy a portion of a report cell, as well as an entire cell or a range of cells.

- You can turn off [N/A] in the blank fields. 



VERSION 2.2 (02-Apr-2001)

- New silent Logger Deployment Package: you can generate it as a single setup exe file within Logger Configurator. While generating, it captures currently shown logger settings for later use as initial configuration of installed loggers. Generated setup program runs silently, so you can use it in logon scripts. 

- New feature: Log user inactivity. If user has not performed any actions for a specified amount of time, Logger starts to count the time of inactivity and writes it as a separate record. Program name in this record is changed to <no user actions>.

- No logs will be lost. When Logger can't write to the specified log file, it writes into a local buffer. After the specified file becomes accessible, Logger updates it with the data from the local buffer. Useful for notebook users who is not always connected to the corporate network.

- New look of Logger Configurator and Report Settings panel: more simple and easier to use.

- Creating report by double-clicking on a log file (in full installation only).  

- Improved writing to a single log file from multiple loggers.

- Fixed bug in Report Manager on applying filter criteria. Several other bugs were fixed.



VERSION 2.11 (07-Nov-2000)

- Enabled logging on specified time for the night hours (i.e. when specified Start time is later than End time).

- Disabled logging of passwords handled by "Username and password required" dialog within Netscape Navigator 4.x.

- Numerous bugs were fixed.


VERSION 2.10: (09-Oct-2000)

- Now it runs also on Windows NT4 and Windows 2000. 

- New option is added to the logger configuration: <Prevent logger from unauthorized termination>. Use this option to disable possibility to terminate the logger via Windows Task Manager.

- Disabled logging of passwords handled by MPREXE.EXE (Microsoft Internet Explorer).



VERSION 2.0: (14-Apr-2000)

- Log files are now written either in dBase III+ or in original encrypted format.

- Logging keystrokes.

- Logger configuration file has now more sense: a logger can update its configuration from the file automatically. 

- Easy to hide: there is a special utility which removes Boss Everyware icons, folders, uninstall info. and all non-functional files.  

- Easier to monitor multiple computers: a special setup package to install the logger only. 

- Boss Everyware Manager has grown to a full-sized report building application: 

   - Storing reports as files. A report file does not contain logged data, but the rules which define where to get the data and how to present them. These rules include:
      List of log files (where to get the data),
      How to group data, 
      Filter statements, 
      Sorting statements,
      Formatting options (e.g. show full URLs or domains only, show keystrokes as typed text or with all non-character keys),
      Grid formatting options (fonts, colors, column visibility).

   - Exporting reports to HTML or XLS tables.

   - Printing reports.
