Introduction to ShareExpo

• What is ShareExpo?
• Requirements
• Downloads
• How to buy
• Configuration concept
• Administrator overview
• Script usage
• Contacts

The ShareExpo utility helps to connect shared resources automatically on computer startup and keep connections alive. It is useful for network administrators to connect laptops or personal computers to windows NT domain without loggin to domain itself.

It contains two modules: administrative and script module. The first one exploring current network structure and help to identify and connect shared resources. After definition of necessary shared folders you simply need to execute script to connect automatically to all predefined shares.

To apply connection automatically you simply need to add the script shortcut to Startup folder. Now the resources(printers, servers, shared folders) will be loaded automatically on Startup and can be accessed by simple click on the remote link without prompting a login and password.

Before installing ShareExpo make sure that your system satisfy with the following requirements:

Operation system:
Microsoft Windows 95, 98, NT4, 2000, ME, XP, 2003

Network:
Local Area Network connection established

Login:
You must be logged in as administrator to connect most of the network resources and to know the credentials for shared resources

№	Description	File	Size	Date
1	ShareExpo for Windows, version 1.0	(Download)	861 Kb	26.09.2005
2	ShareExpo Help file	(Download)	34 Kb	25.09.2005

The following information you need to know to complete purchasing and registration of the product.

Before purchase the software you must download, install and evaluate the demo version. The demo version is limited only by promt to enter a digital code each time for script execution. In other words the script will not loading automatically without human intervention. All other features are fully enabled without limitations. During evaluation, please, make sure that the software works properly without errors. If for some reason you feel that the product works incorrect you can always ask support over email or phone (see contact details). As far as we do not cover the purchasing of the product by unconditional money back guarantee it is your responsibility to test the product properly before registration.

The ShareExpo software distributed as a setup file within zip archive, called shareexpo.zip. The common file name of the setup file is shareexpoXX.exe where [XX] is the version number of the software. You do not need to worry about the demo version of the software if you would like to order the product. After completing purchase we will send you a registered full featured script file over email. So you just need to replace the old file with new one.

The price for the product is $49 US Dollars. The price is cover the one copy of the software for single computer.

*Please, note that the price above may changed, according to market situation and other circumstances, however the prices are fixed for already purchased software and can not be changed without agreement of both sides

To properly configure the ShareExpo software you need to complete basically 3 main steps:

1. Search for computers within a network or add your own computers manually

Within Administrator module select a "Search for computers" option to automatically load all available computers into tree. If some computers currently unavailable you can add them manually by typing domain/workgoup name and the name of the PC. You can also save configuration to file and load it from file without searching for network.

2. Request availabes shares for each selected computers and provide a login and password for each computer to connect.

After you have select a computer you need to request a shared resources by clicking "Request" button and then select resources to connect to. After that you need to specify a logon attributes and save configuration for selected computer. Then repeat this step for each computer you would like to connect to.

3. Test connection by script testmode execution and add the script to the startup shortcut with "normal" parameter

After you have complete the configuration you need to execute script by choosing "Run shload.exe -testmode" menu item. Then your script will connect to all selected resources. In -testmode then script will disconnect automatically after connecting. So to keep connections alive you need to start script in -normal mode.

The main configuration program called Administrator you can see below:

Here the menu item description:

Network
- Search for computers
- Add computer manually
- Delete computer/domain
- Load network from file
- Save network to file
- Exit
Script
- Run shload.exe -testmode
- Run shload.exe -normal
Help
- Content
- Purchase
- About

Search for computers
By selecting this menu item the program will clear all displayed computers and will start searching for all available computers and domains within local network.

Add computer manually
By selecting this menu item the program will prompt you to enter a domain/workgroup and computer name and will add defined computer to network tree.

Delete computer/domain
After selecting certain computer or domain you can delete it by selecting this menu item.

Load network from file
After you have define the network structure you can save it to file and load in the future without searching network again

Save network to file
After you have define the network structure you can save it to file and load in the future without searching network again

Exit
Close the software window

Run shload.exe -testmode
Start script execution in testmode. You need to select this menu item to control script execution for selected shared resources.

Run shload.exe -normal
Start script execution in normal mode. Basically, you do not need to use this item within administrator module, however if you would keep all configured connections alive you can select this menu item. As usual, you need to start the script in normal mode once after computer startup.

Script is the console application named shload.exe. You can use this script with two possible parameters:

shload.exe [TESTMODE]

shload.exe [NORMAL]

In testmode you can connect to all selected shared resources without keeping connections alive. In normal mode all connections are keeped alive for further usage.

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