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To: 45bday who wrote (13396)	12/17/1998 9:52:00 AM
From: Daniel Schumacher	Respond to of 13949

Touchstone Software (TSSW) has a at home use product for Y2K diagnostics CheckIt 98 Diagnostic Suite Earns Windows Magazine Award HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 1998-- TouchStone Software Corp. (Nasdaq: TSSW - news) Wednesday announced that the CheckIt® 98 Diagnostic Suite has been added to WINDOWS Magazine's prestigious WinList. The WinList represents WINDOWS Magazine's designation that CheckIt 98 Diagnostic Suite is ''best-in-class'' within its product category. The Jan. 5, 1999, WINDOWS Magazine review says, ''CheckIt 98 Diagnostic Suite earns a place on our WinList for its ability to survey your system for problems.'' It noted that the program will ''conduct a brutally thorough battery of hardware-level tests,'' and that it also checks and fixes Year 2000 problems. In conclusion, Windows Magazine states ''CheckIt 98 Diagnostic Suite has what you need to keep your hardware in shape.'' Numerous publications are touting CheckIt 98 Diagnostic Suite's benefits. In the Sept. 17, 1998, online article from PC World, Warren Ernst calls the product ''first rate,'' and indicates ''when it comes to hard-core hardware checking, CheckIt 98 does the job.'' PC Magazine's January 1999 issue also contains a review recommending that ''anyone who diagnoses and repairs PCs for a living should seriously consider this suite of tools.'' PC/Computing selected CheckIt 98 Diagnostic Suite as a finalist for their MVP award in the systems utility category. About CheckIt 98 Diagnostic Suite Providing advanced tools for PC technicians and power users, CheckIt 98 Diagnostic Suite combines five quality TouchStone utility products. The suite comes with CheckIt 98 diagnostics, which includes extensive hardware tests, system information, Windows tools and crash recovery and CheckIt Portable Diagnostics for use when Windows will not boot. CheckIt NetOptimizer™ utility, the best-selling, award winning Internet performance maximizer, and FastMove!® file transfer and synchronization utility, are also included, along with the CheckIt Year 2000 program to test and fix your PC hardware for the year 2000 compliance. Finally, CheckIt 98 Diagnostic Suite furnishes Bigelow's PC Technician Troubleshooting Pocket Reference. CheckIt 98 Diagnostic Suite is available at major retail chains, including Best Buy, CompUSA, Fry's Electronics and MicroCenter or through TouchStone's Web site at www.touchstonesoftware.com. About TouchStone TouchStone Software is a leading developer of innovative software designed to help people use complex technologies. The company's products, which include CheckIt 98 diagnostics, CheckIt 98 Diagnostic Suite bundle, CheckIt NetOptimizer Internet utility and FastMove! file transfer program, are distributed worldwide through the retail, VAR, distributor, direct and OEM sales channels. TouchStone's corporate headquarters are located at 2124 Main Street, Huntington Beach, Calif. 92648. Additional information about TouchStone Software is available at www.touchstonesoftware. Contact: TouchStone Software Corp., Huntington Beach Kevin Murray, 714/969-7746, Ext. 320 E-mail: kmurray@touchstone-sc.com