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After protecting some files (e.g., my system key files) using SafeSystem some programs do not behave correctly or as expected. What should I do?
Will SafeSystem encrypt
my protected files?
Will SafeSystem slow
down my computer or degrade my system
performance?
Sometimes after making
my folders invisible they still show
up in directory listings. Why?
How do I protect files
and folders on removable drives (e.g.,
floppy disk, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, SCSI
or ZIP drives)?
How do I prevent users
from running specific applications
(e.g., Outlook Express, Microsoft
Word or Internet Explorer)?
How do I protect Control
Panel applets?
How do I protect the
Start Menu?
I installed SafeSystem in a Virtual Machine created with VMware Workstation but everytime I enable the program protection the Virtual Machine shuts down unexpectedly. Why?
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After protecting some files (e.g.,
my system key files) using SafeSystem
some programs do not behave correctly
or as expected. What should I do? |
A. It is clear that the program(s)
you are running need to access any of
the files SafeSystem is currently
protecting, so you should begin testing
all your protections one by one (uncheck
all items and check only one at a time)
until you find the one causing the conflict.
Once it is found, you can remove the
item from the list or proceed to detect
the specific denied operation that is
preventing the program from running
correctly. |
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Will SafeSystem encrypt my protected
files? |
A. SafeSystem will never
encrypt or otherwise modify your protected
files or folders in any way. SafeSystem
just protects your files and folders
dynamically, by intercepting or filtering
requests from programs to perform specific
operations on files and folders, and
then allows or rejects such requests
according to the list of protected items
currently enabled. |
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Will SafeSystem slow down my computer
or degrade my system performance? |
A. SafeSystem has been carefully
designed to perform the protection with
minimum overhead. Thus, you should not
notice any decrease of performance in
your system, unless you protect too
many files and folders. So, if you are
concerned about performance try using
wildcards to protect groups of files
instead of protecting specific ones
and protect the contents of entire folders
whenever possible. |
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Sometimes after making my folders
invisible they still show up in directory
listings. Why? |
A. Some programs keep their directory
listings in memory. So, if you hide
a folder after the program has performed
the directory search, then the program
will continue using the old directory
information instead of the updated one
which does not contain your hidden folder.
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How do I protect files and folders
on removable drives (e.g., floppy
disk, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, SCSI or ZIP
drives)? |
A. First, make sure the removable
disk is inserted into the drive. Now,
protect the desired files and folders
in the same way as you would do it for
a regular fixed drive. Please, keep
in mind that the files and folders on
the removable disk will be protected
only on your computer. If you insert
the disk into a drive attached to some
other computer without SafeSystem
installed on it, the disk will not be
protected.
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How do I prevent users from running
specific applications (e.g., Outlook
Express, Microsoft Word or Internet
Explorer)? |
A. Simply browse to the folder where
the desired application is currently
installed and select its executable
file (e.g., msimn.exe for Outlook Express,
winword.exe for Miscrosoft Word, iexplore.exe
for Internet Explorer, and so on). Once
added to the list, deny read access
to the executable file. |
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How do I protect Control Panel applets? |
A. Simply deny read access to the
CPL files, usually located in the C:\Windows\System
or C:\Winnt\System32 folder. Each CPL
file is responsible for one or several
applets in Control Panel (e.g., TIMEDATE.CPL
for Date and Time settings, APPWIZ.CPL
for Add/Remove Programs, INETCPL.CPL
for Internet Options, etc). |
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How do I protect the Start Menu? |
A. Browse to the special folder
where Windows stores the Start Menu
items on your hard disk, usually C:\Windows\Start
Menu or C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Start Menu. Once added to the
list, deny read access to the folder. |
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| Q. I installed SafeSystem in a Virtual Machine created with VMware Workstation but everytime I enable the program protection the Virtual Machine shuts down unexpectedly. Why? |
A. Just because the filesystem driver used by SafeSystem is not compatible with the virtual environment the guest operating system runs on. However, we have tested SafeSystem on Virtual Machines created with Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 and it works fine. |
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