if it isn't already: "I received this in e-mail this morning. I hope it helps you all....... Julie For those running Windows, this is a fix for a small Y2K problem. After running this quick little test, much to my surprise, I learned that my computer would have failed on 01-01-2000, due to a computer clock glitch. Fortunately, a quick fix is provided, should your computer fail the test. TEST: Double click on "My Computer." Double click on "Control Panel." Double click on "Regional Settings"icon. 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 setting 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 arrow 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" and then on "OK" at the bottom. It is easy enough to fix, yet every single installation of Windows worldwide is defaulted to fail the Y2K rollover. Now you know how to prepare your computer. How many people know about it? How many people know to change that? What will be the effect? Who knows? But this is another example of the pervasiveness and systematic nature of the problem. Make a copy of these instructions and in five minutes, your computer will be ready to roll over to the year 2000."

Umm... As far as windows 95 and 98 are concerned, 00 is a perfectly okay abbreviation for 2000. Your suggestion doesn't change the way the operating system stores the time in memory, only how it shows it to you. Windows 95 will not blow up if the year changes to 00. Some software may, but changing the date appearance to 4 digits will not change that.