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RE: [ECS] ** y 2 k ** check this out David Schwinck Sun, 24 Oct 1999 23:36:54 -0500

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I think the person Dave Kolb is referring to is not Paul V, but the person
that gave the information to Paul V.  I have been bombarded with the very
same Email stating the very same thing, panicking many uninformed users.
The reason I say panicking, is because in most all cases, the receivers are
forwarding it to everyone they know, thinking they are helping.  Anymore,
this particular one is so common, I quit responding to them.

David S.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: paulv [mailto:paulv@bc.sympatico.ca]
> Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 2:43 PM
> To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> 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
>
>
> > 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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