It’s been well over 25 years since the world was heading toward chaos and the end of the world as we knew it. The Y2K collapse of the mighty computers would lead to destruction and, according to some, the second coming - all before the rapture even arrives (for those who believe in the pre-tribulation period).
Panic set in as the new century, 2000, crept closer. Microsoft held its breath, coders held their breath and the computer- literate fainted from holding their breath. Microsoft put out a potential patch to potentially fix the potential meltdown of society.
With just a few clicks of the mouse, you, too, could be spared the tribulations after the rapture.
These were the instruc- tions to fix what ultimately wasn’t broken.
Click on START.
Click on SETTINGS. Double click on the REGIONAL SETTINGS icon (look for the little world globe).
Click on the DATE tab at the top of the page. Last tab on the top right.
Where it says, “Short Date Sample,” look and see if it shows a two-digit year format (YY). Unless you’ve previously changed it (and you probably haven’t), it will be set incorrectly with just the two Y’s…it needs to be four. That’s because Microsoft made the two-digit setting the default setting for Windows 95, Windows 98, and NT.
The date format selected is the date that Windows feeds ALL application software and will not roll over into the year 2000. It will roll over to the year 00.
Click on the button across from SHORT DATE STYLE and select the op-tion that shows “mm/dd/ yy” or m/d/yyyy. Be sure your selection has four y’s showing and not just “mm/ dd/yy.
Then click on APPLY. Then click on OK at the button.
However, every “as distributed” installation of Windows worldwide defaults to fail the Y2K rollover.
Easy peasy.
You have been saved, you think, as you hold your breath.
Now it’s funny.
