Is your company or home PC Y2K compliant? Because many older systems (hardware) and programmes (software) rely on a two-digit year rather than a four-digit date, many computers will not handle the year change well and will return inaccurate data results. Some may fail completely. To protect your investment, either personal or business, you should have your hardware and software tested to determine Y2K compliance.

For DOS based machines, not using Windows.

1. AT the C:\ prompt and type in the word TIME, change the time to 11:55pm and hit Enter
2. Type DATE, change the date to Friday, December 31, 1999 and hit Enter
3. Turn the computer off and wait for 6-7 minutes and then turn it back on again
4. At the prompt type TIME, then DATE and see what it says

For Windows 3.xx machines

1. Double click on Main, the Control Panel, then Date and Time.
2. Change the Date and Time to Friday 31 December 1999 and 11:55pm
3. Close Windows and turn your PC off.
4. Wait 6 to 7 minutes then turn the computer back on, follow steps as above and see if date and time is rendered correctly in Control Panel.

For Win'95/98 machines

1. Double Click on My Computer
2. Double Click on Control Panel
3. Double Click on Date and Time
4. Change date and time as above
5. Turn machine off and follow procedure as above

If you do have a problem, give us a call and we can have one of our Y2K specialists test your system(s) and make any needed upgrades.