Re: Windows FY00 tip
by G. Douglas and/or Jeanette Clarke
This is a hoax. All you do is change the display of numbers on the screen.
Go to the Microsoft website, where they will tell you that Windows95 is y2k
compliant. I've had this confirmed from several sources.
----- Original Message -----
From: Wes Campbell <wes(a)texas.net>
To: <CAMPBELL-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: Windows FY00 tip
> With the year 2000 coming and all the fear about Y2K, there's a little
> known Windows tip that every Windows user should know about. Check your
> computers to make sure the date option is set correctly. I'm a Windows 95
> user (never saw the added value of 98), so, Windows 98 or versions or NT
> might be slightly different. If so, you may have to use your ingenuity
there.
>
> You may want to print this out to make it easy
> follow the instructions.
>
> 1) From your desktop (the mode your computer powers
> up in), double click on the "My Computer" icon.
> 2) Now, double click on the "Control Panel" icon
> (looks like a little file folder).
> 3) Double click on "Regional Settings" icon
> (looks like a globe or earth).
> 4) Click on the "Date" tab at the top of the "Date
> Wizard" (this is one of several tabs at the top
> of the window).
> 5) Where it says, "Short Date Sample" look and
> see if it shows a "two digit" year (MM/dd/yy)
> or four digit year (MM/dd/yyyy). If it's a
> two digit year, continue on. If it's already
> set to four, you can stop here.
>
> *** Some notes:
> *** This is the default setting for
> *** Windows 95, Windows 98 and NT.
> *** This is the date that feeds the
> *** application software and WILL NOT
> *** rollover in the year 2000. It will
> *** roll over to 00 which can confuse
> *** some applications software.
>
> 6) Click on the button just right of the "Short
> Date Style" and select from the "pull down"
> menue the Option that shows, "MM/dd/yyyy".
> (Be sure your selection has four y's
> showing for the year, not just two).
> 7) Then click on "Apply" and then click on "OK".
> 8) Restart your system.
>
> Easy enough to fix. However, every single installation (yy) of Windows
> world-wide is defaulted to fail the Y2K rollover.
>
> How many people know about this? How many people know to change that.
> Please pass this on to as many people that you know who own computers.
>
>
>
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