Subject: Re: some merry x-mas spam.
From: Jonathan Koehn (Eleril) (dgkoehn@gbasin.net)
Date: Thu Dec 30 1999 - 17:42:29 EET
Happy new millenium
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>
>Hi everybody
>
>This is interesting and typical of Microsoft. This could mean nothing but
>doing it would not do you any bad either.
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>
>Rgds
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>dumindra
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>
>>FOR WINDOWS & NT USERS
>>
>>You may think your PC is "Y2K" compliant, and some little tests may have
>>actually affirmed that your hardware is compliant, and you may even have
>>a little company sticker affixed to your system saying "Y2K Compliant"...
>>but you'll be surprised that WINDOWS may still crash unless you do this
>>simple exercise below. I know that I had not thought of this and my
>>home computer and work computer would have failed Jan 1, 2000. Easy fix
>but
>>something Microsoft seems to have missed in certifying their software as
>>Y2K compliant.
>>
>>This is simple to do, and but VERY important.
>>Click on "START".
>>
>>Click on "SETTINGS".
>>
>>Double click on "Control Panel".
>>
>>Double click on "Regional settings" icon (look for the little world
>>globe).
>>
>>Click on the "Date" tab at the top of the page. (last tab on the top
>>right)
>>
>>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!
>>
>>That's because Microsoft made the 2 digits setting the default setting
>>for Windows 95, Windows 98 and NT. This date format selected is the date
>>that Windows feeds *ALL* application software and will not rollover into
>>the year 2000. It will roll over to the year 00. (*)
>>
>>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).
>>
>>Then click on "Apply".
>>
>>Then click on "OK" at the button.
>>
>>Easy enough to fix. However, every "as distributed" installation of
>>Windows worldwide is defaulted to fail Y2K rollover... Pass this along
>>to your PC buddies...no matter how much of a guru they think they
>>are...this might be a welcome bit of information!
>>
>>John Fernald
>>Senior Hardware Engineer
>>Cisco Systems, Inc.
>>25 Sundial Ave.
>>Manchester, NH 03103
>>Phone: 603-665-3143
>>Fax: 603-668-4491
>>e-mail: jofernal@cisco.com
>>
>
>Best regards,
>Ravinda
>____________________________________________________________________
>Ravinda Mahagamasekera
>
>Notes ID : Ravinda Mahagamasekera/Sri Lanka/IBM @ IBMSG
>EMail : ravindam@sg.ibm.com
>IBM WTC - Sri Lanka. 48, Nawam Mawatha, Colombo 2, Sri Lanka.
>Tel : 941-440810 Ext : 317, Fax : 941-434594
>
This email was to the TrueSpace list. For those using Microsoft win this
might help I dont know :)
Happy New Years!!
(Eleril) eleril@majik3d.org
Check out https://majik3d-legacy.org/
Majik 3D project
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