UnitStar simplifies the task of converting measurements from one standard unit of measure to another. Whereas most conversion utilities limit themselves to U.S. Customary and SI (Metric) units, UnitStar offers considerably more range. For example, if you need to know how many miles there are in a light year, just select the Length category and choose the appropriate units for the FROM and TO values. The answer (5.878499811E12) is then clearly displayed. If your needs are a bit further out, you can even find the number of Long Biblical Cubits in a Light Year (2.069231934E16). You'll find 23 categories of measurement and thousands of units. You can copy and paste the calculated answers through the Clipboard as well as create conversion tables in HTML format for posting on the Web. If you need to make a specific conversion not covered with UnitStar, it's reasonably simple to modify or create your own conversion values. Registered users can also access periodic online updates from the author's Website. For the price, UnitStar is one of the most powerful and adaptable conversion utilities available. Five stars ***** out of five. Reviewed on Jan 3 1998.

Profile Picker is a helpful program for those who share a computer running Windows 3.x applications with others. It allows you to specify and save your own particular configuration for the various programs you share. This way, each time you start the program, you'll have your own setup and preference options. Likewise, the next time someone else runs the program, they can use their own preference options. When the program is started, the user is presented with a list of different preset configurations. Just select your special configuration and run the program. Profile Picker does the rest and allows you to run the program, personalized to suit your tastes. This version is a maintenance update that fixes minor problems. Four stars **** out of five. Reviewed on Dec 31 1998.