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-<title>ActiveLock 2.0 Alpha 1 Release Notes</title>
-<h1> ActiveLock 2.0 Alpha 1 Release Notes</h1>
-<p>2003-08-03: Current release is version 2.0.alpha.1</p>
-
-<p>ActiveLock has gone through a major architectural change and rewrite in version 2 with
-the goal of achieving better security.</p>
-
-<h2>Features in Alpha 1</h2>
+<title></title>
+<h1 align="center"><font size="5" face="Verdana"> <strong>ActiveLock 2.0 Alpha 1 Release Notes</strong></font></h1>
+<p><font size="2" face="Verdana">ActiveLock has undergone major changes since
+    version 1.89. Version 2.0 introduces a completely new system architecture.
+    It is important
+    that you read these release notes and the other accompanying documentation
+    so that you can have a better understanding of the new ActiveLock.</font></p>
+<p><font size="4" face="Verdana"><strong>WHATS NEW:</strong></font></p>
 <ul>
-   <li>Facility allowing the user program to perform a checksum on ActiveLock prior to using it.  This helps
-       detect whether ActiveLock has been tampered.</li>
-   <li>Trial and Time expiry licenses are now supported</li>
-   <li>Support for different types of license stores.  In Alpha 1, license file storage is implemented.
-       Future releases will support Windows Registry has a storage mechanism.</li>
+  <li><font size="2" face="Verdana">New DLL API - no more OCX</font></li>
+  <li><font size="2" face="Verdana">Enhanced security</font><font size="2">
+    </font>
+    <ul>
+      <li><font size="2" face="Verdana">Functions allow users to checksum the ActiveLock
+          DLL before use</font></li>
+    </ul>
+  </li>
+  <li><font size="2" face="Verdana">Strong Encryption - protects your license data</font></li>
+  <li><font size="2" face="Verdana">New Licesing Formats</font><font size="2">
+    </font>
+    <ul>
+      <li><font size="2" face="Verdana">Trial and Timed Expiry licenses now supported</font></li>
+    </ul>
+  </li>
+  <li><font size="2" face="Verdana">Support for more licese storage methods</font><font size="2">
+    </font>
+    <ul>
+      <li><font size="2" face="Verdana">Alpha 1 only includes licese file storage</font></li>
+      <li><font size="2" face="Verdana">Future releases will support Windows Registry
+          Storage</font></li>
+    </ul>
+  </li>
 </ul>
+<h2><font size="4" face="Verdana"><strong>BUG FIXES AND TO DO LISTS:</strong></font></h2>
+<p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Due to the dynamic nature of bug fixes and to
+    do lists you have to have a look <a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=70007&atid=526385">online</a> to see what is in the pot for the
+    next release of ActiveLock.</font></p>
 
-<h2>Design Changes</h2>
-
+<h2><font size="4" face="Verdana"><strong>FEATURES FOR FUTURE VERSIONS:</strong></font></h2>
+<p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Alpha 1 is the first of many releases of ActiveLock
+    2.0. Listed below are the features you can expect to see in upcoming releases
+    of ActiveLock. If you don't see a feature that you would like added to ActiveLock
+    have a look at our <a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=70007&atid=526388">Feature
+    Request system</a>... If you still don't see what
+    you want <a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=70007&atid=526388">submit
+    a feature request</a> and we will try to get your feature added
+    to ActiveLock.</font></p>
 <ul>
-   <li>For better security and flexibility, ActiveLock is now an ActiveX DLL instead of an OCX.</li>
-   <li>RSA public key encryption is now being used to encrypt license key and other sensitive information.</li>
-   <li>New API has been developed.  See API documentation for details.
+   <li><font size="2" face="Verdana">Concurrent licensing</font></li>
+   <li><font size="2" face="Verdana">Site licensing</font></li>
+   <li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=70007&atid=526388"><font size="2" face="Verdana">More Online...</font></a></li>
 </ul>
 
-<h2>Bug Fixes</h2>
-<p>Please refer to API documentation for details.</p>
-
-<h2>Work in Progress</h2>
-
+<p><font size="4" face="Verdana"><strong>HOW YOU CAN HELP:</strong></font></p>
+<p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Believe it or not your help is invaluable to
+    us and the rest of the ActiveLock users out there. The more users participate
+    the better we can make ActiveLock. Being a tester is not a big job but it
+    is important. Please follow the list below to help us make ActiveLock a great
+    product and to provide the best customer support we can.</font></p>
 <ul>
-   <li>Concurrent licensing</li>
-   <li>Site licensing</li>
+  <li><font size="2" face="Verdana">Download and Test ActiveLock</font></li>
+  <li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=70007&atid=526385"><font size="2" face="Verdana">Submit Bug Reports as you find Bugs</font></a></li>
+  <li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=70007&atid=526386"><font size="2" face="Verdana">Submit Support Tickets instead of Mailing
+      the Mailing List</font></a></li>
+  <li><font size="2" face="Verdana"><a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=70007&atid=526388">Submit Feature Requests for New Features
+      you Want</a></font></li>
+  <li><font size="2" face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.activelock.org/boards">Post Feedback in Our Forums</a></font></li>
+  <li><font size="2" face="Verdana"><a href="mailto:mc...@us...?Subject=I%20Want%20to%20Join%20the%20ActiveLock%20Dev%20Team&Body=Tell%20us%20why%20you%20want%20to%20join%20the%20dev%20team%20in%20this%20space...">Join the Development Team</a></font></li>
+  <li><font size="2" face="Verdana">Don't be Afraid to ask for Help!</font></li>
 </ul>
-
-<h2>ToDo List</h2>
-<p>Please refer to API documentation for details.</p>
-
-<h2>History of ActiveLock</h2>
-
-<h3>Version 1.x (1998-2002)</h3>
-<p>TBD</p>
-
-<h3>Version 2.0</h3>
-<table>
-<tr>
-   <td><b>Date</b></td>
-   <td><b>Comment</b></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-   <td>2003/05/01</td>
-   <td>New development group is formed to develop ActiveLock Version 2.
-       Discussions on features and implementations are discussed</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-   <td>2003/06/01</td>
-   <td>Development begins</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-   <td>2003/08/04</td>
-   <td>ActiveLock 2.0 Alpha 1 is released</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-
-<h2>Bug Fixes</h2>
-<p>Please refer to API documentation for details.</p>
+<p align="center"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><strong>Created August 4, 2003 by Michael E. Crute</strong></font></p>
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