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Non-Tech : The Y2K Newspaper -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill Ounce who wrote (183)	12/9/1999 6:45:00 PM
From: Mike Learner	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 198

Does anyone agree with this write-up? "little tip for Y2k problem A Y2K tip for everyone: 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 Jan 1, 2000. Easy fix, but something Microsoft seems to have missed in certifying their software as Y2K compliant. Even though your computer may be compliant, it is not yet prepared. This is simple to do, but VERY important. Follow these steps: * 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 because Microsoft 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 roll over into the year 2000. Left unchanged, 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 the Y2K rollover... " Thanks for your comments.

To: Bill Ounce who wrote (183)	12/13/1999 12:23:00 PM
From: Bill Ounce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 198

c.s.y2k: doomer goes kaboom (this is prety funny) From: "John Galt" <consulting@NOSPAMc7.com> Newsgroups: comp.software.year-2000 Subject: Doomer goes Kaboom Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 10:10:18 -0500 Organization: ICAN.Net Customer [...] Not so long ago there was a thread about the evils of laws that limit how much gasoline can be stored in one's house or garage. Here's an example of why such laws exist. [...] - JG * * * * * * * full story at: freep.com Propane blast destroys house of man stockpiling for Y2K December 12, 1999 BENTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- A man who was stockpiling food and fuel to prepare for possible Y2K problems escaped serious injury after some of the propane gas he was storing in his basement exploded. The Friday blast pushed out sections of the cement-block foundation, bowed walls and sprayed shards of glass over Alonzo Anderson's lawn, but he suffered only singed hair and a burn on his cheek. "I don't know how he survived," said Lt. Ken Doroh of the Benton Township Fire Department. Officials in the Berrien County community said the explosion was caused by gas leaking from one of several 120-pound propane tanks Anderson planned to use for heat if utilities failed Jan. 1.