David, I did the same thing about setting my computer for the 31 od
December, but I was rather stupid, because I did not backup, but that was
before I heard this foolish thing about the y2k problem with jfw. Like
you, my computer booted up fine, and ran fine, and also I was even able to
check the leap year date, and it worked also. So that is just garbage
about the key not bing y2k.
At 10:26 PM 2/6/99 -0500, you wrote:
>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
>
>
Walter
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