Hidecalc Version1 by Sean Hegarty 2000
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sean.hegarty@esoteric-solutions.com


What is Hidecalc?
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Hidecalc is a program I knocked up to make it easier to set the registry up for hiding drives within Windows. This is usefull if you need to lock down a machine to stop users
from doing damage where they shouldn't be or saving data where they shouldn't be.

Running hidecalc will not alter anything in your Registry. It is the data files it creates
that will make changes when executed.

Okay, so what do I do?
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Easy, make sure you have the hidecalc.exe and the hidecalc.hcl file in the same directory.
e.g: c:\hidecalc

1.) Now just run the hidecalc.exe icon.
2.) Set a path where you would like data files the program creates saved.
3.) Click on the drives listed you want to hide from your users.
4.) Click on one of the three buttons to Create the data file you want.

The three data types it creates are:

Reg Hack File - hidedrives.reg - hideundo.reg
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This file is nice and simple and ideal for peer to peer networks where login scripts 
or where policies can not be ran.
Just double click on the hidedrives.reg file that gets created by hidecalc and away you go.
You may have to logout as that user and back in to see the changes.
It also produces a hideundo.reg files, which will as it says undo your changes!

Policy Editor ADM File - hidedrives.adm
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This file can be loaded as an ADM template into poledit.exe and can compliment ADM files you already use.
It will create a entry called hidecalc and under here you can just tick the box to implement 
your drive lock down.

Kix32 login script - hidedrives.scr
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The third file is for KIX32. Just edit your existing login script and cut and paste from
the hardrives.scr created by hidecalc


And thats about it.

Note from Author
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Right here we go with the other shit!

I am no great programmer and knocked this up with a simple software editor, so if you find
any bugs then please report then to me at sean.hegarty@esoteric-solutions.com

I am not responsible if you use this program and lock up half your companies machines or
Domain!. You use this program at your own risk.
I have tested it here on my local Domain with windows 95,98 and NT machines with no problems. Know abit about the registry before you start playing.

Any feedback good or bad welcome to:

sean.hegarty@esoteric-solutions.com
or message me in
alt.os.citrix
