Hello David,
You've got to change the date in your bios, your operating system date
is irrelevant.
Dave.
On Sat, 06 Feb 1999 22:26:36 -0500 David Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>Hello all;
>
>I have heard that ignorance is bliss, so bear with me as I express my
>ignorance. First, I admit there may be y2k problems in large network
>situations.
>
>I saw on the list today that there is a rumor about JFW or its' key
>having
>some kind of y2k problems. I have lived through the second coming of
>Christ and the end of the world at least 10 times. I am, therefore,
>very
>skeptical about the y2k bug causing any problems to my little PC.
>Here
>is what I did to prove my theory.
>
>About 3 weeks ago I did a routine backup of all my data files etc.
>Before
>I shut down for the night I changed the date on the computer to
>12/31/99.
>The next morning the computer booted up with no problems. My
>calendar
>program told me the date was Saturday January 1, 2000. The next 3
>days I
>ran the computer as usual except I made sure I accessed every
>application I
>ever used. I had absolutely no problems. After 3 days I changed the
>date
>back to the correct date.
>
>The only hold over from the experiment is the messages I sent those 3
>days
>are the last ones in the out box. After the last one sent in 1999.
>
>In my blissful ignorance I believe it is bunk. Only an attempt by
>some to
>scare the public into buying new computers and/or software programs
>that
>are not needed.
>
>I'll probably have the first computer crash of 2000. {;-) Grin
>
>
>Dave Maynard
>Franklin NC
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>-
>Visit the jfw ml web page: http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~nallan/jfw
>
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