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Re: [OM] OT - Windows and dates.

Subject: Re: [OM] OT - Windows and dates.
From: "George M. Anderson" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 09:05:45 -0700

Ingemar Uvhagen wrote:
> 
> Friends,
> 
> Jeez!
> Anyone noticed the date on my reply to the ADITL_5?
> The date was Sun, 16 Jul 1995!! That is four years ago!
> 
> I have not had the computer turned off for a month or so, but suddenly I
> noticed many strange things, like when I started ScanDisk and there were
> so many error messages I thought the whole machine was about to explode.
> One of the errors was the Windows folder - still I could open and run
> all programs...
> 
> It also appeared that some .dll and .drv files were not okay, so I had
> to exit Windows and start working in DOS to copy and replace some files.
> I don't know what went wrong or how it went wrong, but to me it appears
> that Windows suddenly changed the time from present to four years ago.
> Can that be? It must since I don't change the time - and no one else
> could have as I am single...
> I blame Windows, and Microsoft!


This is Microsofts' Y2K fix, obviously.



> 
> Folks, *never* pay for such crap! And if you are thinking of getting a
> new OS, look for anything but Windows.
> 
Good advice.  If only it were reasonably possible to do so. (**Please,
lets not do a Unix - Windows - Mac war)

George

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