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ADDENDUM TO AOR SEARCHLIGHT MANUAL

Copy Protection

AOR Searchlight is now copy protected. The protection does not use a dongle or

other cumbersome devices, however, there are a few simple points that you may need to

refer to. Please read this section carefully.

AOR Searchlight is now copy protected using a system which places two “tokens” on

your hard disk when you install the program. The program will only work on the disk you

installed it to. There is no dongle or key-disk, so once installed the program runs completely

normally and you will not be inconvenienced (unlike other schemes).

Specific points to remember:

1. The distribution disk contains two tokens. You cannot transfer the program to another machine

without moving the token back onto the original distribution disk then re-installing. The token

can easily be moved with the program that is provided. Contact your distributor if you need

additional copies of the software.

2. You should keep you original disk in a safe place away from strong magnetic fields, high

humidity or other environmental conditions that could damage it. You will not be able to re-

install the software or move it to another machine without the original distribution disk.

3. Two hidden files are copied to a hidden subdirectory of the AOR Searchlight directory

(SEARCH.CCC and CCONTROL.SYS) when you install the software. These contain configura-

tion information for the copy protection scheme and are normal DOS format files. DO NOT

DELETE THESE FILES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. If these files are deleted, AOR

Searchlight will not run.

4. If you are using a backup utility, make sure that the two hidden files are not backed up. When

restored, the copy protection scheme may not be able to validate the installation and AOR

Searchlight will not run. Most backup utilities do not touch these files because they have the

hidden, system and read-only attributes set. The two copy protection files also do not have the

archive bit set, so you should be able to exclude them from backups by setting up your backup

software to ignore files without an archive bit. Remember, it is not the backup but the restore that

can cause problems.

5. The /d+ option of the PC-Kwik disk cache software from Multisoft Corporation is not

compatible with the copy protection scheme and should be temporarily disabled when installing

AOR Searchlight or moving the token. HyperCache also affects the copy protection scheme in

the same way because of non-standard methods of

accessing the floppy disk drive. Again, it should be temporarily disabled, but both caches may be

used at other times.

6. The copy protection scheme is compatible with disk drives compressed with SuperStor, Stacker

and DoubleSpace. However, you should temporarily remove the token from the hard disk when

installing one of these compression utilities because the protection will appear invalid when the

drives are compressed. The disk compression utilities warn you of this in their manuals.

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