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To: WW.com who wrote (32752)	9/23/1999 2:50:00 AM
From: Niels Larsen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33268

My humor for you will stay salty.

To: WW.com who wrote (32752)	9/28/1999 1:01:00 AM
From: Rappin1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33268

To all my Friends on SI, a little Y2K info that may or may not affect you: > You may think your PC is "Y2K" compliant, and some little tests may >have actually affirmed that your hardware is compliant, and you may even >have a >little company sticker affixed to your system saying "Y2K Compliant"... but >you'll be surprised that Windows may still crash unless you do this simple >exercise below. I know that I had not thought of >this and my home computer and work computer would have failed Jan1, 2000. >Easy >fix but something Microsoft seems to have missed in certifying their >software as >Y2K compliant. This is simple to do, and but VERY important. * Click on >"START". >* Click on "SETTINGS". >* Double click on "Control Panel". >* Double click on "Regional settings" icon (look for the little world >globe). >* Click on the "Date" tab at the top of the page. (last tab on the top >right) >Where it says, "Short Date Sample", look and see if it shows a "two digit" >year >format ("YY"). Unless you've previously changed it(and you probably >haven't) -- >it will be set incorrectly with just the two Y's.. it needs to be four! >That's >becauseMicrosoft made the 2 digits setting the default setting for Windows >95, >Windows 98 and NT. 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. >() > Click on the button across from "Short Date Style" and select the >option >that shows, "mm/dd/yyyy" or "m/d/yyyy". (Be sure your selection has four >y's >showing, not just "mm/dd/yy). >* Then click on "Apply". >* Then click on "OK" at the button. >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!