Y2k Tip

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson <quotation-ring@gunnar.cc>]

Hi!
Below please find a Y2k tip from a helpful Quotation Ring member. Some
of his "guru" friends were surprised to find this little fix helpful.
/ Gunnar
> 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, 1999. Easy fix but something Microsoft seems to
> have missed in certifying their software as Y2K compliant.
> 
> This is simple to do, 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 - may be at the bottom of your window),
> NOT the date and time icon -- "Regional Settings"
> 
> 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 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 botton.
> 
> 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!