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                                          FORM OF COMMON STOCK CERTIFICATE

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                                               XIOX CORPORATION LOGO


NUMBER                                                                                                          SHARES


THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN                                           SEE THE REVERSE FOR A STATEMENT AS TO THE
LOS ANGELES OR NEW YORK                                                             RIGHTS, PREFERENCES, PRIVILEGES AND
                                                                               RESTRICTIONS OF THE CORPORATION'S SHARES

                                INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE



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This certifies that                                                                                   CUSIP 983905 10 0



is the registered owner of
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         FULLY-PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK, WITH
                              PAR VALUE OF $.01, OF

                                XIOX CORPORATION

Transferable  on the share  register  of the  Corporation,  in person or by duly
authorized  Attorney,  upon surrender of this Certificate  properly  endorsed or
assigned.

This  Certificate  is not valid until  countersigned  by the transfer  agent and
Registered by the registrar.

WITNESS the facsimile  seal of Corporation  and the facsimile  signatures of its
duly authorized officers.

Dated:

/s/                                                  /s/
SECRETARY                                                                                                   PRESIDENT

                                               XIOX CORPORATION SEAL
                                                     GOES HERE
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                                XIOX CORPORATION


A full  statement  of the  rights,  preferences,  privileges,  and  restrictions
granted to or imposed upon the respective  classes of shares of the Corporation,
including  the  Common  Stock,   ownership  of  which  is  represented  by  this
certificate,  and the Preferred Stock, and upon the respective  holders thereof,
may be  obtained by any  shareholder  upon  request and without  charge from the
Secretary of the Corporation, at the principal office of the Corporation.

The Board of  Directors  has the  authority  to fix the  number of shares of any
series of Preferred  Stock,  to determine the  designation of such series and to
determine or alter the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions upon any
wholly unissued series of Preferred Stock.

The following  abbreviations,  when used in the  inscription on the face of this
certificate,  shall  be  construed  as  though  they  were  written  out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:

                                                                             
TEN COM-- as tenants in common                                                  UNIF GIT MIN  ACT--..Custodian...
TEN ENT-- as tenants by the  entireties                                             (Cust)                (Minor)
JT TEN--as joint tenants with right                                                 under Uniform Gifts to Minors
        of survivorship and not as                                                      Act......................
        tenants in common                                                                                 (State)

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

For Value Received, _______________ hereby sell, assign and transfer unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
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(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)
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of the Common Stock represented by the within certificate, and do hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint


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to transfer  the said shares on the books of the within named  Corporation  with
full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated
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                NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST
                CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE
                OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT
                ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.


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