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Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 12:43:47 -0500 (CDT)
From: jackray@ix.netcom.com
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Subject: [DragonRaid] Y2K problem?
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Hi all 
This came down the Promise Keeper's list.  Has merit, and all the WIN9x computers here needed 
the change. 
Jack

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From: "Neil Samuels" <neil01@sprint.ca>
Date: Saturday, July 31, 1999 4:44 PM
Received from CFP list. Please check your computer dates and fix if desired.
Neil

" I really feel the need right now to specify that this is not a joke, and is so simple to fix 
that I never even thought to check into it before. So, read the instructions, follow them step 
by step, IT'S SIMPLE!  For those of you running Windows this is a fix for a small Y2K problem. 
After running this quick little test, much to my surprise, I learned that my computer 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."

 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)

 VERY IMPORTANT:
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.

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