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RE: [ECS] ** y 2 k ** check this out
Mark Sekelsky
Sun, 24 Oct 1999 09:58:26 -0500

Sun, 24 Oct 1999 09:58:26 -0500

I had made this change to my home systems some time ago.  I asked our
I.S. department how we would handle this for the company PCs.  They
checked with Microsoft and were told that it is NOT necessary to make
these changes.  It is one of the many hoaxes floating about.

Mark S
  -----Original Message-----
  From: paulv [mailto:paulv@bc.sympatico.ca]
  Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 9:07 AM
  To: ecs-list Van
  Subject: [ECS] ** y 2 k ** check this out

  Hi everyone, I'm sending this to everyone I know who has a computer.
   You may or may not already know this but thought I'd pass on this
tidbit
   I learned today. You may think your computer is Y2K compliant and
some
   little tests may have actually affirmed that your hardware is
compliant,
   however, you'll be surprised that Windows may still crash unless you
do
   this simple exercise below.  Easy fix but something Microsoft seems
to
   have missed in certifying their software as Y2K compliant.

   Click on "Start"  click on "Settings"  double click on "Control
Panel"
   double click on  "Regional Settings" (looks like a world globe) click
on
   "Date" tab at the top o the page.  Where it says "Short Date Sample"
   look and see if it shows a two digit year format ("yy").  If it does
   unless you've already changed it will, you must change it to "yyyy".
   Microsoft made the 2 digits setting the default setting for windows
95
   and 98.  This date format selected is the date that Windows feeds
"ALL"
   application software and will not rollover into the year 2000.  It
will
   roll over to the year 00.  To change it just click on the button
across
   from the "Short Date Style" and select the option that shows,
   "mm/dd/yyyy" or mm/d/yyyy".  Then click on "Apply" then click "OK".

   Easy enough to fix.  However, every "as distributed" installation of
   Windows worldwide is defaulted to fail Y2K rollover.  Pass this along
to
   your PC buddies....no matter how much of a guru they think they
are.this
   might be a welcome bit of information.

   Regards,

  paul venables
  paulv@bc.sympatico.ca
  or short text messages
  direct to cel..
  paulv@fido.ca

I had made this change to my home systems some time ago. I asked our I.S. department how we would handle this for the company PCs. They checked with Microsoft and were told that it is NOT necessary to make these changes. It is one of the many hoaxes floating about.

Mark S

-----Original Message-----
From: paulv [mailto:paulv@bc.sympatico.ca]
Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 9:07 AM
To: ecs-list Van
Subject: [ECS] ** y 2 k ** check this out

Hi everyone, I'm sending this to everyone I know who has a computer.
You may or may not already know this but thought I'd pass on this tidbit
I learned today. You may think your computer is Y2K compliant and some
little tests may have actually affirmed that your hardware is compliant,
however, you'll be surprised that Windows may still crash unless you do
this simple exercise below. Easy fix but something Microsoft seems to
have missed in certifying their software as Y2K compliant.

Click on "Start" click on "Settings" double click on "Control Panel"
double click on "Regional Settings" (looks like a world globe) click on
"Date" tab at the top o the page. Where it says "Short Date Sample"
look and see if it shows a two digit year format ("yy"). If it does
unless you've already changed it will, you must change it to "yyyy".
Microsoft made the 2 digits setting the default setting for windows 95
and 98. This date format selected is the date that Windows feeds "ALL"
application software and will not rollover into the year 2000. It will
roll over to the year 00. To change it just click on the button across
from the "Short Date Style" and select the option that shows,
"mm/dd/yyyy" or mm/d/yyyy". Then click on "Apply" then click "OK".

Easy enough to fix. However, every "as distributed" installation of
Windows worldwide is defaulted to fail Y2K rollover. Pass this along to
your PC buddies....no matter how much of a guru they think they are.this
might be a welcome bit of information.

Regards,

paul venables
paulv@bc.sympatico.ca
or short text messages
direct to cel..
paulv@fido.ca