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To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (1308)	4/7/1999 10:36:00 PM
From: EL KABONG!!!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1361

Cheeky, BFD! That report is telling you that the Real Time Clock (RTC) failed the rollover. I think what that means is that if at midnight on December 31, 1999 you were on your computer when the time rolled over to 1 minute past midnight on January 1, 2000 your computer would show the date as January 1, 1900. So you go into your date/time manager and correct it. As far as I know, it's as simple as that. If you're not doing anything that's date/time dependent, such as e-mail, ignore it and fix it later. If you weren't on your computer at that time, the BIOS will either pick up the wrong date from the RTC or the RTC will pick up the correct date from the BIOS (I forget which is which now). Again, just reset the date if need be in the date manager utility, as far as I know. KJC