Y2K and Windows

Y2K and Windows

This was sent to me in e-mail......and on every computer with Windows pre-installed, I have found this to be true.

Give this a quick check...

For those of you running Windows this is a fix for a small Y2K problem almost everyone should do...

After running this quick little test, much to my surprise, I learned that both of my computers 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.

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.

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