Overview

Somar ACTS is a program for Windows NT and Windows 95 that allows you to set
the internal clock of your computer with accurracy of about a second, using
either the National Institute of Standards and Technolog (NIST) or United 
States Naval Observatory (USNO) time source. It dials the time source with a
modem, receives the current time, and uses that time to set your computer's time.

Note: There is a known bug with Windows 95 concerning daylight savings time. A
workaround is to disable the "automatic adjust for daylight savings time" option 
using the Date/Time applet of Control Panel. This bug should be fixed by the
time daylight savings time starts again in April 1995.

There are programs similar to Somar ACTS for Windows 3.1 and DOS, but these will 
not work under Windows NT, because Windows NT requires a program to have the 
SetSystemTime privilege in order to set the internal clock, and programs do 
not have this privilege by default. 

Somar ACTS is normally run using a GUI dialog, but can also be run as a batch 
program. The batch option is especially useful when using the AT command to
schedule Somar ACTS to be run late each night.

                        Copyright/License/Registration

Somar ACTS (TM) is Copyright © 1994 Somar Software, All Rights Reserved.
Send problem reports and comments to 72202.2574@compuserve.com.

Somar ACTS is Shareware. You may try it for a period of 21 days. After this 
trial period, you must either pay a $10 registration fee or delete Somar ACTS 
from your computer. See the Somar ACTS online help for complete license and 
registration details and disclaimer of warranty.

		                         Installation

Place ACTSNT.EXE and ACTSNT.HLP together in any directory. ACTSNT.HLP 
contains details on how to use Somar ACTS, including modem setup. The first 
time ACTSNT.EXE is run, it will create some registry entries. These registry
changes are described in ACTSNT.HLP. Somar ACTS does not make any other 
changes to your system.

Complete uninstallation instructions are contained in ACTSNT.HLP.

                           What's New in Version 1.4

Use combo box instead of list box in setup dialog, to support non-standard
comm ports, such as those on a digiboard adapter. Make compatible with 
Windows 95.

                           What's New in Version 1.3

Fix bug in batch execution (using AT command). Jobs executed by AT command
run using the LOCAL_SYSTEM account. Somar ACTS was storing setup values in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER. So when started using AT command, Somar ACTS always picked
up default values. Fix was to move registry entry to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE so
all users (including LOCAL_SYSTEM account) share registry entry.

                           What's New in Version 1.2

Show error event log entry as error instead of information. Do not display 
message box if error during batch execution. Show reason for error in event
log entry. Change name from ACTS-NT to Somar ACTS. 

                           What's New in Version 1.1

Fix bug where Open Error message box appeared behind main windows instead
of in front. Show correct list of serial ports, instead of hardcoded COM1 
thru COM4. Add batch execution parameter. Make 3 attempts to set time before
giving up. Add event logging. Documentation improvements.