Y2K

[John Ross]

Hi List,
I thought this was interesting.


Subject:

Year 2000 windows problem
> 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. 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.
> (and maybe a "Bill Gates Conspiracy" :)
>
> Now YOU know - pass it on.
>
>
> Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.