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12Ghosts™
Reviews and Awards 98/99
 "Best collection of
utilities I've pulled off the Internet this year."
Ron Sequitur, PC Computing Magazine, 11/99, 5 Star rating: "Boo to You
-- I have no idea what the name means, but 12Ghosts is the best
collection of utilities I've pulled off the Internet this year. It includes everything
from automatic document backup to a quick launcher for applications, a desktop organizer
for absolute control over the look and position of icons an automated shutdown utility,
alarms, and a task scheduler. You can find some of the utilities in other packages, but
12Ghosts delivers them all with a Pac-Man-inspired flair. Download the lot, try them all,
and after your 30-day test period, buy the utilities you like for $14 each or shell out
$34 for the bunch."
(The name is derived from the idea of the good little ghost, always ready to do a good
turn.)
 Windows Chronicles: "All-Time Favorite"
Jeff Bertolucci, former staff editor at PC World, Byte, and c|net, has reviewed several
desktop enhancing shareware tools for the Windows Chronicles
9/99 under the title "Build a Better Desktop - Five dirt-cheap utilities to
enhance your Windows experience". His conclusion:
"My all-time favorite has to be 12 Ghosts, which offers the most goodies for your
dough. [...] Overall, the 12Ghosts are a spirited bunch and worth their price." [...]
"My favorites are two of the simplest: Quick and DeskTOP. Quick, like its fellow
ghosts, places a PacMan-like icon in the Taskbar Systray at the bottom right corner of the
screen. Click it, and up pops a four-column menu of Windows system folders and maintenance
tools just a click away." Full Review
 NBC GIGA: Hilfreiche Geister für Euren PC
Norbert, 2/2000: "Zwölf kleine Helferlein warten darauf, Euch in Sachen Windows
und PC unter die Arme greifen zu dürfen. Fein verschnürt in einem Paket zum Download.
Mit diesem Paket könnt Ihr die alltäglichen Zipperlein unter Windows prima in den Griff
bekommen. Sei es, dass Ihr das Desktop-Layout auf die Schnelle ändern wollt oder
Eingriffe in die Registry probiert, für viele dieser kleinen Aufgaben steht ein eigenes
Mini-Tool zur Verfügung. Das Ganze als Freeware und mit einer Größe von 850 KB."
 WCM: "Zwölf gute
Geister"
Eine interessante Beschreibung der 12Ghosts in deutscher Sprache bietet die
österreichische Zeitschrift WCM
- Wiener Computer Markt - Ausgabe 109-99 - "Zwölf gute Geister". Christian
Hofer hat jeden Ghost ausführlich beschrieben und eine kleine Einführung in die
Benutzung gegeben.
Yahoo! Internet Life: "Utility Belt For Your PC"
From Yahoo! Internet Life, August 27, 1999: "Get a great set of must-have
utilities with 12Ghosts. It provides an automated document backup system, a desktop
application launcher, registry and associated file backups, icon layout saver, desktop
appearance and layout tools, a fully-optioned shutdown utility, a program scheduler, and
more. Command-line options and excellent documentation are provided for each of these
useful tools, most of which could come in handy on a daily basis."
 Finalist ZD Shareware Awards
PACT 12Ghosts has been nominated as finalist in the category System Utilities
for the 6th Annual Ziff Davis Shareware Awards.
PC Magazine, Computer Gaming World, FamilyPC, ZDTV, and ZDNet
have teamed up to honor the year's best PC-based shareware programs. Awards will be
presented on July 22nd, 1999, at the Shareware Industry
Conference in Tampa, FL.
ZDNet: "It gives us great pleasure, once again, to recognize many of the unsung
heroes and true innovators of the software industry, whose programs can easily compete on
the same playing field as the software giants. [...] Despite the varied nature of the
software we evaluated, every single one of these categories contains stand-out programs
that rise above the rest."
 PACT 12Ghosts reviewed by c't
PACT 12Ghosts is listed on this years annual c't shareware
CD-ROM, 7/99. c't is one of the most respected magazines for computer technology
in Europe. psz: "12Ghosts is a bundle of self-sufficient utilities. Every one of the
Ghosts has some kind of tricks up his sleeve to outwit the operating system or for the
typical tasks of everyday PC use. The focus of 12Ghosts is essentially to accelerate and
to automate your computers activities as well as to deal with backup tasks. While one of
the utilities makes the desktop contents available in a window, another leads directly to
important keys in the registry editor. A third saves and restores user profiles, while
again another automatically protects the different stages of revision of a document. The
context menu is just as much an object of the 'spiritual' activities as is the computer
shutdown or the exact repositioning of windows."
 ZDNet "5-Star"  for PACT ShutDown, 5/99
"PACT ShutDown is one of the most versatile Windows quick exit utilities we've
seen. Depending on the program's configuration, you just click on its system tray or
"flying" icon, and your existing session of Windows is history. The default may
be set to Power Off, Shutdown, Restart, Logoff, Standby, or start your screen saver.
Several options are provided -- from popping up a confirmation box and/or running a
program before Windows shuts down to forcing applications to close. Other features include
sound events, the ability to eject CD-ROMs, and the clearing of system history files and
your Temp folder."
 PACT ProfileCopy
"Pick of the Day", Slaughterhouse, 4/99
"If you’ve ever had to move over to a new computer or reformat an existing
drive and start from scratch, you know that often the hardest thing about the ordeal is
not getting the software re-installed, but getting all your settings back in place. ...
All those little items you never think about, such as how you’ve configured your
mouse or what’s stored in your browser’s bookmarks all need to be redone. ...
PACT ProfileCopy does more than just ensure you won’t lose that Xena: Warrior
Princess wallpaper you love so much, it can also backup a number of other important
settings. For example it can save your keyboard/mouse and logon settings, other important
folders like your Favorites, Start-up, and Send To folders, as well as files stored in the
My Documents folder. As far as program customization settings go, you can use Pact
ProfileCopy to save info like Microsoft Word and Excel templates and options and even your
Outlook options and accounts. Furthermore, you can tell Pact ProfileCopy to save any other
files or registry entries that you wish." Full Review
 Among
the Best 55 Free- and Shareware Programs
PC Tip, Switzerland, included PACT 12Ghosts on their Anniversary CD-ROM 4/99 as one of
the best 55 free- and shareware programs: "Eine Sammlung von verschiedenen,
nützlichen kleinen Programmen, mit denen die Arbeit unter Windows 9x einfacher wird:
Backup, Systemkonfiguration, einfacher Programmstart und Windows-Ende und vieles mehr
können die zwölf kleinen Geister, sobald sie installiert sind. Die witzige Animation der
Icons erinnert Sie ebenso wie die Sounds daran, bestimmte, immer wiederkehrendne Aufgaben
wie Backup oder Systempflege zu erldeigen." Overview
 BetaBites
YeeHaw! Award for PACT ShowTime, PACT QuickStart, PACT Shutdown, and PACT
JumpReg, 3/99
"What an innovative collection of utilities has PACT Software come up with in PACT
12Ghosts. These 12 little applet ghosts all provide a unique windows extension for Windows
95/98/NT. ... PACT 12Ghosts was extremely easy to install, and the help for each Ghost is
extensive. Included in the Windows help are many examples of command lines for each Ghost
that uses commands. Each individual ghost has been well designed, and does not eat up your
memory while they are in use. The settings for each ghost are truly amazing, and the
ability of all 12Ghosts to collectively work together is just an added bonus."
"ShowTime is probably my favorite of all the ghosts, and it is
really not even necessary because you have a clock in your systems tray. Why then, do I
get excited about ShowTime? Because, I can put the clock anywhere on my desktop and never
have to move my mouse to see it (I have my taskbar on "autohide" so, the clock
is not always visible). I can set the font size, color, and background of ShowTime. I can
add in the Moon phases or leave them out...even select an alarm to go off at a selected
time."
"QuickStart gets an A+ from me for availability and easy access.
QuickStart is an excellent way to access your system folders. You have 14 system folders
and 14 tools to select from such as: My Documents, Destktop, Start Menu, Windows
Directory, Control Panel, Display, MS-Dos, and more... There are also 12 additional
commands: hide/unhide or minimize/unminimize all windows, clear history lists, start
screen saver, initiate standby, shutdown, restart, power off, log off, restart shell, and
all 12Ghosts! If you spend anytime in Windows Explorer like me, then this is the is the
quickest, fastest way to get to open it." Full Review
ZD-Net AnchorDesk Killer Downloads "5 Star" for PACT 12Ghosts, 2/99
"12Ghosts is a collection of impressive utilities that perform a variety of useful
tasks. It provides an automated document backup system, a desktop application launcher,
registry and associated file backups, icon layout saver, desktop appearance and layout
tools, a fully-optioned shutdown utility, and a program scheduler. Other parts of the
package include new context-menu selections, a quickstart-folder access menu, and a
desktop time display -- with world times, alarms, notes, and more. Each applet is a
well-written, fully-featured system, dedicated to its own purpose. You can purchase each
separately for $14, or buy them as a group for $34. Command-line options and excellent
documentation are provided for each of these useful tools, most of which you could find
yourself using on a daily basis."
 "Just the principle of 2ndBackup is
brilliant."
PC Online, Germany, 1/99, tested 27 backup tools for Windows and Linux, and
2ndBackup was one of seven fully described programs. Albrecht Reinicke, reviewer for PC
Online: "Backups Every Minute -- Just the principle of
2ndBackup is brilliant. While you are working with your documents, backups are
created automatically. During the first hour after a file has been changed, the
software creates backup copies every minute. With older files 2ndBackup keeps hourly
as well as daily copies. If you are pleased with 2ndBackup, you can try out more
tools of this sort. The security expert is just one of a series of 12 programs that are
not limited to the task of making backups." More
 "COOL TOOL Award Winner" for PACT
SaveLayout, PACT JumpReg, PACT ShellX, and PACT ShowTime, Desktop98.com, 10/98. William
Eckles, editor in chief of Desktop98.com about PACT ShowTime: "I downloaded the
program and loved it. In my opinion ShowTime should be a major hit with a large portion of
the demographic out there."
 "Download
Pick" for PACT ProfileCopy, C-Net Download.com, 9/98.
 Tip of the Week, ZDNet, 9/98, Jason Curtis, Ziff-Davis
Verlag GmbH, Germany: "Twelve diverse utilities of the most various types allow for
the expansion of the Windows shell, the saving of files and user profiles and the
facilitating of everyday use of the system. A product to be strongly recommended!"
  Highest rating
"5 Star Excellent" and "Pick" for
PACT 12Ghosts, 5Star-Shareware.com,
8/98.
"5 Star" for PACT 12Ghosts, PACT JumpReg, and PACT ShellX, PACT
ShutDown, ZDNet Editors' Pick, 5/98: "Outstanding in all respects.
One of the best of its class."
 "4 Star" for PACT ProfileCopy, PACT QuickStart, PACT
SaveLayout, PACT ShowTime, PACT ShutDown, and PACT Timer, ZDNet Editors' Pick,
3/98: "A very good program, with some outstanding features."
 
     
 
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