Announcing Remote Pack for Windows 95/NT 1.1; Free Upgrade Now Available.ORINDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 1997--Dantz Development Corporation is now shipping version 1.1 of the Remote Pack for Windows 95 and NT operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , an add-on A purchase of additional goods before payment is made for goods already purchased. An add-on may be covered by a clause in an installment payment contract that allows the seller to hold a security interest in the earlier goods until full payment is made on the later goods. product to the award-winning Adj. 1. award-winning - having received awards; "this award-winning bridge spans a distance of five miles" Retrospect and Retrospect Remote backup software See backup program. (tool, software) backup software - Software for doing a backup, often included as part of the operating system. Backup software should provide ways to specify what files get backed up and to where. . Version 1.1 now automatically backs up Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. registries and supports very long file names File names that exceed the common eight plus three (8.3) character limitation used in DOS and Windows 3.1. Unix, Mac and Windows starting with Windows 95 support long file names. For compatibility with the 8. . The upgrade for version 1.1 of Remote Pack for Windows 95 and NT is available free of charge on Dantz's web site, www.dantz.com, under "Upgrades" or by contacting Dantz customer service directly at 510/253-3000. Easy-to-Use Network Backup Remote Pack for Windows 95/NT allows any computer running Retrospect to back up a PC over the network. Once a Remote is installed on a Windows computer, that computer can be protected regularly, reliably, and automatically. New Features in Version 1.1 Remote Pack for Windows 95/NT 1.1 supports file names of up to 254 characters. It also simplifies Windows NT registry The configuration database in all 32-bit versions of Windows that contains settings for the hardware and software in the PC it is installed in. The Registry is made up of the SYSTEM.DAT and USER.DAT files. Many settings previously stored in the WIN.INI and SYSTEM. backup. The Remote Pack automatically makes a copy of the Windows NT registry so that Retrospect can back it up along with the rest of the hard disk contents across the network. If a registry becomes corrupt or damaged, the backup registry can easily be restored. If the hard disk crashes, the entire disk can be completely restored, including the registry. Version 1.1 also has full support for backup and restore of the Windows 95 registry. Pricing and Availability Remote Packs for Windows 95/NT are now available in increments of five, ten, or fifty user licenses. Remote Packs for Macintosh computers are also available in increments of five, ten, or fifty users. Five user Remote Packs are available for under $169. Ten user Remote Packs are available for under $249. Fifty user Remote Packs are available for under $1095. Retrospect and Remote Packs Retrospect and Remote Packs together provide an excellent backup solution that saves time and money while increasing backup reliability. Any administrator can back up the computers on the network to a single storage device using Retrospect on the backup computer plus one or more Remote Packs for the other computers on the network. This eliminates the need for separate storage devices for each person on the network. CONTACT: Dantz Development Corp. Kerry MacInnes, 510/253-3035 kerry_macinnes@dantz.com |
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