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From: Jack Ray <>
Subject: Unidentified subject!
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 13:36:51 -0700


From: "Neil Samuels" <>
Date: Saturday, July 31, 1999 4:44 PM
Received from CFP list. Please check your computer dates and fix if
desired.
Neil

" I really feel the need right now to specify that this is not a joke,
and is so simple to fix that I never even thought to check into it
before. So, read the instructions, follow them step by step, IT'S SIMPLE!
For those of you running Windows this is a fix for a small Y2K problem.
After running this quick little test, much to my surprise, I learned that
my computer would have failed on 01-01-2000 due to a computer clock
glitch. Fortunately, a quick fix is provided, should your computer fail
the test."

TEST:
Double click on "My Computer".
Double click on "Control Panel".
Double click on "Regional Settings" icon.
Click on the "Date" tab at the top of the page.
Where it says, "Short Date Sample", look and see if it shows a "two
digit" year.

Of course it does. That's the default setting for Windows 95, Windows 98
and NT.

This date RIGHT HERE is the date that feeds application software and
WILL NOT rollover in the year 2000. It will roll over to 00.

Click on the button across from "Short Date Style" and select the option
that shows mm/dd/yyyy.

(Be sure your selection has four Y's showing, not two)

VERY IMPORTANT:
Then click on "Apply" and then click on "OK" at the bottom. Easy enough
to fix. However, every single installation of Windows worldwide is
defaulted to fail Y2K rollover.

How many people know about it? How many people know to change that? What
will be the effect? Who knows? But this is another example of the
pervasiveness and systematic nature of the problem.

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