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This software and the accompanying documentation are subject to copyright. You may not modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the software - or create derivative works based on it - without prior written consent of HELIOS Software. HELIOS Software does not give any guarantees or make any warranty or representation regarding this software and documentation, its correctness, accuracy, reliability, currentness, or otherwise. Neither HELIOS nor anyone else who has been involved in the creation, production or delivery of this product shall be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential, or incidental damages (including loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information, and suchlike) arising from the use or inability to use the product.
HELIOS Software GmbH
Steinriede 3
D - 30827 Garbsen, Germany
Internet: www.helios.de
The following products, which are protected by trademarks, are mentioned in this manual:
HELIOS and EtherShare are trademarks of HELIOS Software GmbH.
Apple, AppleTalk and Macintosh are registered trademarks, EtherTalk is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
Windows, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
Sun and SPARCstation are registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
3Com is a registered trademark of 3Com Corporation.
IBMPC is a trademark and IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
Ethernet is a registered trademark of XEROX, Inc., Digital Equipment Corporation and Intel Corporation.
UNIX is a registered trademark of AT&T Bell Laboratories.
Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc.
All other trademarks used in this documentation belong to their respective owners.
Thank you for purchasing HELIOS PCShare 3.
HELIOS PCShare is a networking software that allows you to use the resources of a UNIX workstation from standard Windows computers. You can create complex internets by connecting different networks such as Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Token Ring, and FDDI to one server.
PCShare is an independent networking software product, but it is - beyond that - also part of a HELIOS cross-platform solution. It perfectly co-operates with EtherShare and EtherShare OPI, the HELIOS software products for UNIX-Apple Macintosh networks.
Our PCShare 3 product follows PCShare 2.5. The new program version, which has been totally revised rather than simply updated, comes with a large number of improvements. Details are given in
3.6 "New features of PCShare 3".
Note: If you need information about a certain update or update level, please check the distribution CD-ROM or the HELIOS web site: www.helios.de
Contents of the software
package
Your PCShare 3 software package includes an ISO 9660
CD-ROM, a software manual, and an "Activation Key Request" form that serves to request the individual key (kind of password) you need to license and run the software.
Your individual PCShare 3 software activation key has to be entered during the server installation process. Without the activation key, you cannot start the software. The generation of your key is based on the machine ID of your server, your PCShare serial number, and the number of users you have purchased the software for.
PCShare user expansion licenses
Keep in mind that - in case you buy several PCShare user expansion licenses - you should make a long-term decision about which license you want to use on which server machine and about which license you want to use as base product for expansions you intend to install user expansions. These expansions always remain bound to the original PCShare base product.
We have enclosed with our software package an "Activation Key Request" form that has to be used for obtaining the key.
The form already contains your 8-digit PCShare serial number. You have to add your ("Enduser") name and address, and the machine ID of your server.
The machine ID consists of "8-2" digits. The last two characters serve to identify the make of the machine. We have implemented in our product installer a program that displays the machine ID automatically. So, to find out your server's machine ID, you have to proceed as follows:
Mount our distribution CD-ROM and follow the instructions given in the accompanying booklet to open the "Networking Products Installer CD-ROM" menu that is shown in Fig.
0-1. Note that the commands that are required to open the menu are different on different platforms. That is why we have listed all of them in the CD's booklet. After writing down the machine ID, quit the menu again with the number of the
Quit item (here:
8) and press RETURN.
Fig. 0-1: Finding out the server's machine ID
Networking Products Installer CD-ROM
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The machine ID of this computer is "00001703-61"
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Fax or mail the "Activation Key Request" form to HELIOS Software GmbH, Steinriede 3, 30827 Garbsen, Germany, Fax: +49-5131-70 93 25.
- we only accept requests by fax or regular mail.
- in some countries, the keys are issued by our distributors. You should ask your dealer for details.
What you will get in return
On receipt of your request form we will generate your individual activation key and then send you an "Activation Key Reply" summarizing the data you need for software activation, namely:
- your PCShare serial number (digits given in line "Serial:")
- the machine ID of your server (hexadecimals given in line "MachID:")
- the number of clients you can connect (digits given in line "Units:")
- your PCShare Activation key (characters given in line "Checksum:")
Fig.
0-2 shows an example of an "Activation Key Reply".
Fig. 0-2: Example of an "Activation Key Reply"
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