This was sent to me by a Christian friend, and I thought I should pass it on for the reasons she mentions. Sure enough, when I checked, mine was not set correctly either - in spite of several Y2K download fixes from Microsoft! What's with these guys anyway? Jo Sawyer >>This is just an fyi but could save some heartache later. Thought everyone >>ought to check out their system(Win 95/98/NT) to make sure they have >correct >>date default of MM/dd/yyyy. I didn't and changed it. >> >>TEST: >> >>Click on your bottom task bar "Start." >>Click on "Settings." >>Click on "Control Panel." >>Double click on "Regional Settings" icon -- NOT "Date/Time". >>Click on the "Date" tab at the top of the page. >> >>Where it says "Short Date Sample," look and see if it shows a "two digit" >>year. Of course it does. >>That's the default setting for Windows95, Windows98 and NT. >>This date RIGHT HERE is the date that feeds application software and WILL >>NOT >>roll over in the year 2000. It will roll over to 00. >> >>Click on the button across from "Short >>Date Style" and select the option that shows mm/dd/yyyy. (Be sure your >>selection has four "y's" showing, not two.) >> >>IMPORTANT: Click on "Apply"(if it exists) and then on "OK" at the bottom. >> >>Easy enough to fix, yet every single installation of Windows worldwide >>is defaulted to fail Y2K rollover. >> >> >> >> >