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Re: [ECS] ** y 2 k ** check this out Dave Kolb Sun, 24 Oct 1999 22:11:50 -0400

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Read my 2nd post...I don't respond well to spam and I thought that's what it
was. Sorry if you really posted that in earnest. In any event, this is a
feature of Windows and not a Y2K thingie to get alarmed about or even a bug
at of any sort. Windows will certainly not crash any more or less if you
choose to display the actual datetime value with 2 or 4 digits for the year.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: paulv <paulv@bc.sympatico.ca>
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: [ECS] ** y 2 k ** check this out


>I DON'T APPRECIATE BEING CALLED AN IDIOT.......
> I THOUGHT WE ALL HAD MORE CLASS THAN THAT YOU COULD HAVE RESPONDED WITH A
>BETTER ATTITUDE.
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Dave Kolb <davekolb@email.msn.com>
>To: <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
>Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 8:19 AM
>Subject: Re: [ECS] ** y 2 k ** check this out
>
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>> That guy is an idiot. The windows software is designed to display 2 or 4
>> digit years by design and then let the user select which he prefers.
>> Internally, the date time is kept in an 8 byte double with integral years
>> and fractional hours no matter how displayed.
>>
>> Dave Kolb
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mark Sekelsky <Mark@sekelsky.com>
>> To: ecs-list@netbloc.com <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
>> Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 10:59 AM
>> Subject: RE: [ECS] ** y 2 k ** check this out
>>
>>
>> >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
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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