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CHECK IT OUT... is your computer Y2K set?
- 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).
- Then click on "Apply" and then click on"OK"
at the bottom.
This is 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.
Now YOU know - Please pass it on
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