This was offered up to the list a while back and it is a HOAX!!.
Microsofts own website defines it as such. Either the Bios in your
computer is Y2K ready or not. Setting the date in the control panel will
not fix the underlying problems in the hardware. Most but not all new
Pentiums and all PII's and PIII's have a Y2K ready BIOS.
BTW Microsoft will not certify any of its software as fully Y2K
compliant. Mainly for legal reasons but for a lot of reasons they aren't
really sure that it is.
Larry (Y2K BTDT working for 3 yrs to get ready for one Saturday)
>>>>On 10/12/99 3:15 PM so and so (Dan Dwelley) said. (And I quote:)
>All,
>Sorry to bomb everyone with this but I thought it was important enough to
>pass it along.
>
>Here's some information about a Y2K update that I had to make to my PC.
>
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>
>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, and but VERY important.
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>
>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!
>
>
>
>Dan Dwelley
>77 Midget
>Alexandria, Va.
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Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
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Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
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