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What the doctor ordered.


Whether you're running a superfast 166 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc.  Pentium or an older machine, at some point you'll need to run a diagnostic check on your machine. Cybermedia's First Aid 95 Deluxe de·luxe also de luxe  
adj.
Particularly elegant and luxurious; sumptuous: deluxe accommodations; a de luxe automobile.

adv.
 acts as a built-in PC doctor to make sure your computer passes its physical and is running at optimum levels.

It fixes configuration and setup problems with Windows 3.11 and Windows 95 applications, checks and repairs INI files (INItialization file) A Windows configuration file used to store settings for the operating system or application. In the days of Windows 3.x, the WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI system files were required by the OS, and applications commonly used the INI format to store settings.  and Windows 95 Registry for invalid entries and recovers disk space by safely removing or archiving unused features of applications. When First Aid 95 Deluxe finds an error it explains the problem in lay terms, and generally offers to fix it. First Aid 95 Deluxe automatically keeps up-to-date with software updates and new applications via downloading from the Internet.

For those familiar with PC crashes, the program intercepts them before your work is lost, and allows you to recover from the error so that the system doesn't shut down. It also creates and stores snapshots of your PC's changing configuration to let you go back to an earlier configuration in the case of a problem. First Aid 95 Deluxe is available for Windows 95 and 3.11 on both CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc.
CD-ROM
 in full compact disc read-only memory

Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser).
 and diskette The official name for the floppy disk. See floppy disk.

diskette - floppy disk
. The retail price is $59.95. Contact Cybermedia at 800-721-7824 or www.cybermedia.com.
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Title Annotation:Evaluation; First Aid 95 Delux diagnostic software
Author:Muhammad, Tariq K.
Publication:Black Enterprise
Article Type:Product/Service Evaluation
Date:Aug 1, 1996
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