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A P P E N D I C E S
Using The Factory Lock Utility
Background
The Factory Lock utility tool was originally designed for audio processing consul-
tants who use and recommend our processors to their clients. The utility allows them to
unlock our factory presets, create and “factory lock” their own presets, or even remove
all but their own custom presets from an Audio Processor. Those consultants often make
custom presets for their clients and after saving them to the processor hardware they then
Factory Lock them. Sometimes they even remove all other presets from the processor
but theirs, which is their way of ensuring that no one tampers with the work they’ve put
into giving the station the sound desired by management – the sound that management
has paid those consultants to create!
As installed, Wheatstone GUI’s offer medium-level preset security, meaning that
any preset locked by one user can be unlocked by another. On the other hand, when
presets are Factory Locked the GUI is not normally allowed to overwrite or delete those
presets from the processor’s hardware because the GUI’s preset library utility does not
have permission to remove or modify those presets. However, by giving the GUI some
special “permissions” it is able to factory lock and factory unlock any preset regardless
of how it was locked or who locked it. This is precisely what the Factory Lock utility
does – it grants the user’s GUI the special permissions that it needs to enable it to create,
save and lock presets at the Factory level. Because the utility is also useful when updat-
ing factory presets in the hardware, we’ve made the utility also available to customers.
Installation
To install the Factory Lock utility double click on the FactoryLockUtil-
ity_3_1_0.exe icon to start the program. If you are a Windows Vista or
Windows 7 user you may see a message that looks like the following,
noting that it is acceptable to uncheck the Always ask before opening
this file
and clicking on the Run option.
Next up is the License Agreement prompt. Please select the I Agree option to begin
the installation process.
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