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Dateline: 6 December 1999 All Day Edition Read Yesterday's Edition
Editorial
A surprising number of people seem to be leaving it to the last minute to
actually confirm that their systems are Y2K compliant -- and that's not good.
Don't assume that just because you bought your PC and software only a year
or so ago that you're okay, it's surprising just how many incompatibilities
exist in even comparatively new systems.
If you're a Windows user then now's the time to make sure you've applied all
the latest patches to your operating system and Office products. In case you
don't realise it -- earlier releases of Win'95 and Windows/NT are not fully
compliant and a number of turn-of-the-century bugs made their way into even
very recent releases on Microsoft Office.
Unix, Linux and Apple users are a lot better off than their Microsoft peers --
but be warned that although the operating systems themselves are compliant,
a number of utility and application programs may not be. Check your vendor's
website for the latest bulletins.
Whatever you do, don't leave it to the last minute to download the fixes -- odds
are you'll be one of millions and the site you need could well be overloaded.
Hell, there's a small but not zero chance that the Net itself may be disrupted
by Y2K issues.
Also remember -- there are various levels of Y2K compliance. Some PCs will
need to have their clocks manually reset as the new century kicks in -- others
will roll over themselves.
If your machines will be left running and processing important data through New
ear's eve -- make sure that the Y2K compliance you're dealing with doesn't mean
you need to reset the year manually or you could end up with very unexpected
data in your files.
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