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EndItAll, Version 2.0
Copyright (c) 2001 Ziff Davis Media, Inc.
Written by Neil J. Rubenking
First Published in PC Magazine, US Edition, October 16 2001, v20n17
http://www.pcmag.com/utilities/
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PLATFORMS:
Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT 4, Windows 2000

NOTES:
Requires version 4.7 or later of the system library comctl32.dll. If you're running Windows 95 or NT4 you may need to download an update. You can get it here: http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/ieplatform/ie/comctrlx86.asp.

DESCRIPTION:
Install utilities usually tell you to shut down all other tasks while they're operating. Other programs demand so much of your system's computing power that any concurrently running tasks will impact their performance. On today's powerful systems, you easily can have a dozen or more programs loaded at any given time. Shutting them down manually is tedious and time-consuming.

EndItAll 2 lists all the programs running on your system, and lets you decide which ones to close down. The processes necessary for basic system operation are protected from termination. From the remaining processes, you can choose which to close, which to kill (close down forcibly), and which to protect. Once you know which files you want to shut down, you can configure EndItAll for automatic action via script or batch file. This is useful for backups and defrags during off-hours. Options let you block power management and the screen saver during operation. Version 2 is a major update to EndItAll, which was originally published on the PC Magazine Extra Web site. 

REVISION HISTORY:
Changes in Version 2.0:
- Ability to block power management during operation.
- Ability to block screen saver during operation.
- Command line support for automatic operation.
- Ability to select which programs to close down.

THANKS TO OUR BETA TESTERS:
Bob Abrahams
David Bookbinder 
Herbert Bushong
Dennis Cummins
Robert Eisenbach
Josh Fitzgerald
Steven Gehres
David Morse
Patrick Philippot
Steve Sipe
 
INSTALLATION:
To install EndItAll, run the supplied installation program INSTALL.EXE. To uninstall the program, use the Add/Remove Programs applet in the Windows Control Panel. For details on program operation, refer to the program's online help file.

FILE LIST:
Install.exe   - EndItAll installation program
readme.txt    - the file you are reading
license.txt   - PC Magazine Utilities license agreement
eia_src.zip   - EndItAll source code (for programmers)

SUPPORT:
Help for PC Magazine's free utilities can be obtained in our online discussion area on the World Wide Web (http://discuss.pcmag.com/pcmag). You may find an answer to your question simply by reading the posted messages. The authors of current utilities generally visit this forum daily. If the author is not available and the forum sysops can't answer your question, the Utilities column editor, who also checks the forum each day, will contact the author for you.

LICENSE INFORMATION:
PC Magazine programs are copyrighted and cannot be distributed, whether modified or unmodified. Use is subject to the terms and conditions of the license agreement distributed with the programs.

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Neil J. Rubenking, the author of EndItAll 2, is the Contributing Technical Editor to PC Magazine. Sheryl Canter is the editor of the Utilities column and a Contributing Editor of PC Magazine.

