Hi,
Henter-Joyce is officially saying that JFW is completely Y2K compliant. I received
such a message from their technical
support department as the result of this question, and have since noticed this same
information on the Henter-Joyce
Web site at http://www.hj.com. Check it out. Regards.
On Sun, 07 Feb 1999 07:59:28 -0600, Walter Siren wrote:
>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]
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>>
>>
>Walter
>-
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