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> >>Those of you who have PCs with Windows should be interested in this
> >>suggestion forwarded to me by a friend:
> >>
> >> You may think your PC is "Y2K" compliant, and some little test 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, 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 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
> 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!
> >>
>
> There's no such thing as chance; and what to us seems merest accident
> springs from the deepest source of destiny.
> -- Friedrich von Schiller
>
> Hope is Helpfull....
Juan A Lopez
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