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May 1, 2006 - OneMeg.com
releases PasswordAttendant as a free application. Over
the past few years, we have had great response to the
application and our users tell us that they use the program
on a daily basis. The manner in which we licensed
PasswordAttendant (sending customers an application key) is
too time consuming to justify continuation and the market
will not bear a price increase as there are other
applications available. We were faced with the dilemma
of making either changes to the code to simply and
streamline the licensing process or simply generating one
more license and offering the software for free. It
was an easy decision.
So, is the product dead?
Simply put, no. We continue to use the product each
and every day. It has worked flawlessly for years now
and performs all the functions we and the majority of our
clients need. If we make a change to the software to
enhance it for our purposes, we will gladly share those
enhancements. We appreciate all the support we have
received over the years and wanted to say thanks!
Getting your free copy:
- Download and install
PasswordAttendant
- After installing
PasswordAttendant, download and run the
license key installer.
PasswordAttendant can be
run from a USB memory stick. There are a couple of
precautions you should be aware of though. You will
need to get the latest version of the
executable (yes it is different than the one installed
from step 1 above) and use it. This new version
utilizes two icon colors to indicate when files are open
(unsafe to unplug the drive) and when the files are closed
(safe to unplug as far as PasswordAttendant is concerned -
there may be other systems using the drive so check them as
well).
We also wrote a small
utility called PasswordAttendant Auto Start, that will
monitor drives (like USB drives) and automatically execute
PasswordAttendant if it is not already running. Copy
PAAS.EXE to the same folder as PasswordAttendant and
create a shortcut in your STARTUP menu so that it will run
whenever your computer starts. |
