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Merry XMas from Microsoft
Data from Microsoft's Year 2000 Product List.
As of 12/26/1999, there are now 935 products listed as having Y2K status
changes since 12/01/1999. Most of this number comes from language
variations in a product; if a product is available in 12 languages, it
will be listed 12 times. There are also a few products that are listed
as compliant, such as Windows 2000, recent versions of Media Player, and
some games.
There were also several hundred products that had negative status
changes in November and other recent months, so don't think you're safe
just because you don't use anything on this list.
Below is the list of products that have had negative status changes
since 12/01. At the end is the explanation of what the *, #, and + mean
as far as Y2K compliance.
Access 2.0 - 16-Bit Win, Compliant*
Access 95 7.0 - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*
Excel (Macintosh) 98 - Mac, Compliant+
Excel 2000 9.0 - 32-Bit Win, Compliant+
Excel 95 7.0 - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*+
Excel 97 8.0 - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*+
FoxPro 2.6, 2.6a - 16-Bit Win, Compliant#
Internet Explorer (16-bit) 5.0 - 16-Bit Win, Compliant*
Internet Explorer (16-bit) 4.01 - 16-Bit Win, Compliant*
Internet Explorer (16-bit) 3.0x - 16-Bit Win, Not Compliant
Microsoft Cluster Server - Win NT, Compliant*
Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.5 - DOS, Compliant*
Microsoft Virtual Machine - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*
MS-DOS 6.22 - DOS, Compliant#
MS-DOS 6.21 - DOS, Compliant#
MS-DOS 6.2 - DOS, Compliant#
MS-DOS 6.0 - DOS, Compliant#
Office 2000 Premium 9.0 - 32-Bit Win, Compliant+
Office 2000 Professional 9.0 - 32-Bit Win, Compliant+
Office 2000 Small Business Edition 9.0 - 32-Bit Win, Compliant+
Office 2000 Standard 9.0 - 32-Bit Win, Compliant+
Office Professional 4.xx - 16-Bit Win, Compliant*#
Office Professional 95 7.0 - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*#
Office Professional 97 8.0 - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*#
Office Standard (Macintosh) 98 - Mac, Compliant*+
Office Standard 95 7.0 - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*#
Office Standard 97 8.0 - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*#
Outlook 97 - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*
Outlook Express 5.0 - 16-Bit Win, Compliant*
Outlook Express 4.01 - 16-Bit Win, Compliant+
PowerPoint 95 7.0 - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*
Services for Netware 4.0 - Win NT, Compliant*
Site Server Enterprise 2.0 - 32-Bit Win, Not Compliant
Visual Basic (16-bit) 4.0 - 16-Bit Win, Compliant*#
Visual Basic (32-bit) 6.0 - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*
Visual C++ 6.0 - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*
Visual C++ 5.0 - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*#
Visual C++ 4.2 - 32-Bit Win, Compliant#
Visual C++ 1.52 - 16-Bit Win, Compliant#
Visual C++ 1.51 - 16-Bit Win, Compliant#
Visual C++: MFC (mfc40.dll) 4.1 - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*
Visual FoxPro 6.0 - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*
Visual FoxPro 5.0, 5.0a - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*
Visual SourceSafe 5.0 - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*#
Visual Studio 97 - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*#
Visual Studio 6.0 - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*
Windows 3.1 - 16-Bit Win, Compliant#
Windows 3.11 - 16-Bit Win, Compliant#
Windows 95 OSR 2.5, 4.00.950c - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*
Windows 95 OSR 2.1, 4.00.950b - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*
Windows 95 OSR 2, 4.00.950b - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*
Windows 95 OSR 1, 4.00.950a - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*
Windows 98 4.10.1998 - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*
Windows for Workgroups 3.11 - 16-Bit Win, Compliant#
Windows Media Services 4.0, 4.1 - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*
Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a - Win NT, Compliant*
Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6 - Win NT, Compliant*
Windows NT Server - Terminal 4.0 SP5 - Win NT, Compliant*
Windows NT Server - Terminal 4.0 SP4 - Win NT, Compliant*+
Windows NT Server - Terminal 4.0 SP3 - Win NT, Compliant*#
Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a - Win NT, Compliant*
Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6 - Win NT, Compliant*
Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP5 - Win NT, Compliant*
Word 95 7.0 - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*
Works 4.5 - 32-Bit Win, Not Compliant
Works 4.0, 4.0a - 32-Bit Win, Not Compliant
Works 3.0 - 16-Bit Win, Not Compliant*
Works Suite 99 (1.0) - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*
Works Suite 2000 - 32-Bit Win, Compliant*
Microsoft's Legend of Symbols:
* The product is compliant with recommended customer action. This
indicates a prerequisite action is recommended which may include loading
a software update or reading a document.
# The product is compliant with acceptable deviations from Microsoft's
standard of compliance. An acceptable deviation does not affect the core
functionality, data integrity, stability, or reliability of the product.
+ The product is compliant with pending Year 2000 software updates.
Future maintenance actions will be recommended shortly. See Product
Guide for further details.
Note: Compliance ratings given for each product assume that all
recommended actions have been taken.
My interpretation of Microsoft's Legend of Symbols in relation to this
list:
* Usually means that MS has released a new patch to fix some newly
discovered Y2K bug.
# Some minor Y2K bug has been found which will not be fixed.
+ A new Y2K bug has been found, which may be major, and MS is working on
a patch which will be released at some point in the future.
Of particular interest (to me, at least) are the recent status changes
in several major application development products. It is possible that
the newly discovered Y2K problems could have an impact on applications
written using these products. This could have a negative implact on the
Y2K compliance of nearly all PC software.
Enjoy the new year!
Jerry Heidtke
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