Mijenix Redefines the Problem-Solving Utility Market With Release of Fix-It Utilities 99

Business Wire, March 22, 1999

BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 1999--

Bold New Utility Redefines Problem-Solving Utility Market For Windows

95, 98 and NT Server/Workstation

Following its tradition of delivering next-generation Windows utilities, Mijenix Corporation announces a new problem-solving utility for Windows PCs. Competing directly with Norton Utilities and Nuts and Bolts, Fix-It Utilities 99 is the first in its class to run on Windows 95, 98 and NT as an integrated modern application, resulting in clean, robust operation.

Fix-It Utilities 99 delivers all-new crash protection; hard disk repair and defragmentation; powerful Windows Registry cleaning; Registry optimization; hardware diagnostics; Year system 2000 checking; and system monitoring. In addition, recovery of deleted files, anti-virus protection, and a complete copy of PowerDesk Utilities 98 are included.

The Fix-It Utilities program can also be used on Windows NT workstations or servers, providing a significant value for NT administrators and users alike.

"Fix-It Utilities 99 is the result of an enormous effort on our part to develop a clean, fast, efficient utility," said Jennifer Kronenberg, president and CEO of Mijenix Corporation. "The product is designed as a modern application, using finely tuned modules. This allows us to provide a technologically superior solution to both end-users and to enterprises."

Fix It Utilities 99 includes:

-- FixWizard - One simple wizard leads users through a variety of

Fix-It Utilities features, painlessly and automatically. -- CrashProof 99 - CrashProof 99(TM) can help stop many Windows

crashes, and whenever possible, gives users a chance to save

their work. -- Disk repair - Working faster than Microsoft Scandisk, DiskFixer

finds and fixes errors in Windows FAT and FAT32 drives and works

with Windows NT to find and fix errors in NTFS hard drives. -- Powerful disk defragmentation- DefragPlus defragments hard drives

so files and programs are placed optimally. It uses Mijenix' new

IntelliCluster technology, which watches how programs load, and

then optimizes the way certain files are placed on the disk at

the cluster level. -- Registry optimization and repair - The Windows Registry can get

filled up with junk and errors over time. RegistryFixer hunts

down invalid information -- sometimes displaying hundreds of

broken items and offering to clean and repair these items. Undo

capability is also included should the user change his/her mind

right after a change.

In addition, since the Registry can become fragmented

(develop empty unused spaces), Fix-It Utilities offers a Registry

Defrag to defragment and optimize the Registry. -- Extensive diagnostics and system information-PC Diagnostics

comprehensively tests a wide range of hardware, including memory,

CPU and video. Year 2000 diagnostics tests system settings for

Y2K compatibility. Under Windows 95 and 98, it can insert a

special device driver to patch a BIOS incompatibility. Under NT

it checks for operating system Y2K compatibility and allows users

to download or install updated components. Finally, System

Explorer provides detailed driver and system information. -- Comprehensive anti-virus protection--not a "starter" edition-

Developed in partnership with the anti-virus experts at the

Aladdin Knowledge Systems' Internet Security Unit, Fix-It

Utilities' anti-virus technology offers protection against

viruses for a full year as part of the package price, with

subsequent updates available for an expected low fee. The

built-in anti-virus offers real time ("on-access") and on-demand

virus scanning. -- Deleted data and system file recovery - The Undelete Plus feature

can help users recover deleted Windows files that otherwise might

not be recoverable if they were deleted in DOS or lost through

emptying the Recycle Bin. In addition, SystemSaver and

DiskSnapshot safeguard certain key system and hard drive files. -- NT Emergency Boot- Included for Windows NT is the System Lifeline

feature, which gives NT administrators an optional command prompt

during the early NT boot process to help bring back a crashed

system. This command prompt provides, among others, Copy, Move

and Delete functions to assist a recovery process. -- Included Rescue disk - Instead of requiring users to create a

rescue disk, Fix-It Utilities 99 includes a rescue solution in

the box for Win 95 and 98 systems. If a system is down, users can

simply boot to the rescue disk to help the recovery process. -- "Tweak" Windows - WinCustomizer allows users to customize Windows

settings, such as displaying BMP files as "thumbnail" icons in

Windows Explorer, customizing menu speed, or changing Windows

startup/shutdown logos. -- Other tools - Also included are efficient monitors to oversee

system health (which can be run at the user's discretion, or

every time the system starts); Disk Cleaner(tm), which cleans out

a wide variety of pre-defined types of unnecessary files with