Attention! Managers, Network Administrators, Parents, Employers, Windows Users, or anyone who wants to know what is going with their computers when they are not around. Mr. Burns is the perfect windows monitoring, metering, tracking, spying, and security product.

Mr. Burns: PC Monitoring Software for Windows

Esm Software proudly announces Release 1.00 of "Mr. Burns", a PC Productivity Monitoring Software Package for Microsoft Windows 3.x.

Added to Windows Magazine's list of Superior Shareware! (Jan. 1996)

"Mr. Burns" runs on any PC that supports MS Windows 3.x, either networked or standalone. The program maintains a daily log of statistics describing the usage of the PC, including which applications have been run, how often, and for how long. Mr. Burns even counts the number of keystrokes entered by the user! Consequently, system idle time will also be recorded.

"Mr. Burns" has been designed to be transparent to Windows, so that it will remain undetected by even the most sophisticated user.

The files containing the log of activities may be retrieved remotely in a networked environment, or they may be accessed directly from a standalone PC being monitored.

"Mr. Burns" is a productivity management tool with numerous advantages and uses:

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS can use Mr. Burns to monitor the popularity of software packages in a networked environment in order to maximize usage of software user licenses.
INTERNET/BBS/COMPUSERVE/AOL users can monitor the amount of time that they spend on-line in order to keep access fees under control.
PARENTS can monitor the activities of their children including game playing, and access to the Internet or other on-line services.
EMPLOYERS can monitor inappropriate PC usage during business hours by their employees (game playing, personal usage), as well as monitor employee productivity (idle time, frequency of keystrokes).

The files which log statistics describing system usage are encrypted and may only be converted and viewed using the "Mr. Burns Administrator" utility. The administrator may choose to create a DETAILED LOG of daily activities and/or a general SUMMARY. Two sample files are shown below. This is an example of a short session where the user was running the Windows Program Manager (PROGMAN), has the clock (CLOCK) running in the background, used the File Manager (WINFILE) to load a file ("GUIDE.WRI") into Microsoft Write (WRITE), and interrupted the editing session with a brief (20min, 38sec) game of Solitaire (SOL).

DETAILED LOG:
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Wednesday, June 14, 1995
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09:20:12PM   PROGMAN    Started   Cmd Line = <none>
09:20:12PM   PROGMAN    Deactivated 
09:20:13PM   CLOCK      Started   Cmd Line = <none>
09:20:13PM   CLOCK      Activated 
09:20:13PM   CLOCK      Deactivated 
09:20:16PM   PROGMAN    Activated 
09:20:24PM   WINFILE    Started   Cmd Line = <none>
09:20:24PM   WINFILE    Activated 
09:20:24PM   PROGMAN    Deactivated 
09:20:35PM   WRITE      Started   Cmd Line = 
        C:\BURNS\MRBURNS\GUIDE.WRI
09:20:35PM   WRITE      Activated 
09:20:35PM   WINFILE    Deactivated 
09:31:10PM   PROGMAN    Activated 
09:31:10PM   WRITE      Deactivated 
09:31:17PM   SOL        Started   Cmd Line = <none>
09:31:17PM   SOL        Activated 
09:31:17PM   PROGMAN    Deactivated 
09:52:55PM   SOL        Stopped   
09:52:56PM   WRITE      Activated 
10:29:00PM   WRITE      Idle  00:15:12
10:54:17PM   WRITE      Stopped   
10:54:17PM   WINFILE    Activated 
10:54:19PM   WINFILE    Stopped   
10:54:19PM   PROGMAN    Activated


SUMMARY:

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Wednesday, June 14, 1995
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PROGMAN    Times Ran = 1   Keystrokes = 7
     Running = 01:34:07  Active = 00:00:15  Used = 00:00:15

CLOCK      Times Ran = 1   Keystrokes = 0
     Running = 01:34:06  Active = 00:00:00  Used = 00:00:00

WINFILE    Times Ran = 1   Keystrokes = 0
     Running = 01:33:55  Active = 00:00:11  Used = 00:00:11

WRITE      Times Ran = 1   Keystrokes = 2642
     Running = 01:33:42  Active = 01:11:56  Used = 00:56:44

SOL        Times Ran = 1   Keystrokes = 0
     Running = 00:21:38  Active = 00:21:38  Used = 00:21:38

Ordering/Dowloading Information

Here is a list of some of the sites that your can download your copy of the screen saver. If you having a hard time doing so, let us know and we will E-mail you a copy.

WinSite

A copy of Mr. Burns can be downloaded from the WINSHAR forum on CompuServe. CompuServe users can register the software by visiting the Shareware Registration forum (GO SWREG) and using the registration number 7757

On-Line Ordering with Immediate Download

You can also order Mr Burns using the setSystems secure online order processing system with your VISA, MasterCard, American Express or Novus card by clicking HERE. The registered version will be available IMMEDIATELY!

Order by phone

Toll Free 1-888-201-7131 (United States only)

Call 1-805-284-2681 (outside the United States)

Available 11:00 am to 9:00pm Eastern Time.

To order by mail, download a copy of the demonstration version of the program and see the file ORDER.WRI for details.

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Mr. Burns: PC Monitoring Software for Windows

Ordering/Dowloading Information

Here is a list of some of the sites that your can download your copy of the screen saver. If you having a hard time doing so, let us know and we will E-mail you a copy.

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