Maybe and maybe not......only time will tell. (of course Dean has been telling me this for YEARS -- he too is a diehard Mac fan). Judy M. At 05:03 PM 8/9/1999 EDT, you wrote: >Here's an alternate suggestion: just buy a Macintosh Power PC instead of a >WinTel PC. Then you won't need to worry about any of this Y2K nonsense >affecting your computer. > :-) > >Bill Vincent >WmRVincent@aol.com > >In a message dated 8/9/99, SANDIDGE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > ><<Now that the year 2000 is getting closer remember to change the date on >your PC to a 4-digit (go to controlpanel of windows and change the >International or Regional date to 4-digit instead of 2). Date/Time also to >4-digit date. > >To check whether you have it correct use explorer (file manager) and look >at your file dates (if dates are not showing choose option to see full >details). Should now show as 4-digit. > >You can do this today and then forget about it. > >Reason this works is that 2-digit writes to harddrive as 00 and computer >doesn't recognize it as a year (but a null) while it does recognize 2000. > >Have a wonderful coming year!!! > >Judy M.>> > > >