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Y2K:  An Important, Quick Fix For Your PC

Windows is reputed to use the Regional Settings date for its main reference, and most Windows 95 and 98 packages were sent out with a two-digit rather than four-digit year date.  Here's an EASY way to fix the problem.  It's well worth the few seconds you'll spend to save LOTS of headaches later:

  1.  Click on "START.”

  2.   Click on "SETTINGS.”

  3.  Double click on "Control Panel.”

  4.  Double click on "Regional settings" icon (look for the little world globe).

  5.  Click on the "Date" tab at the top of the page. (last tab on the top right).

  6.  Where it says, "Short Date Sample", look and see if it shows a "two-digit" year format ("YY"). Unless you've previously changed it (and you probably haven't) -- it will be set incorrectly with just the two Y's.  It needs to be four!

  7.  That's because Microsoft made the 2 digits setting the default setting for Windows 95, Windows 98 and NT.

  8.  This date format selected is reputed to be the date that Windows feeds *ALL* ap plication  software and will not rollover into the year 2000. It will roll over to the year 00.

  9.  Click on the button across from "Short Date Style" and select the Option  that shows, "mm/dd/yyyy" or "m/d/yyyy.” (Be sure your selection has four y's showing, not just "mm/dd/yy).

  10. Then click on "Apply.”

  11. Then click on "OK" at the button.

Easy enough to fix. However, every "as distributed" installation of Windows worldwide is said to be defaulted to fail at Y2K rollover.

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