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Test Your PC For The Year 2000
by Dave Murphy
ISSN 1535-3613

Dave Murphy, DGL President & ITrain founder A few simple tests using publicly-available software can tell you if your PC is ready for the year 2000 (Y2K). If not, you've got about a year and a half to get ready.

Y2K problems may be caused by three parts of your PC:

  1. Software applications
  2. BIOS, the computer's basic input/output system
  3. Operating system (Win3.x, Win95, WinNT, etc.)

When a PC is booted (powered on), the BIOS checks the RTC (real time clock) for the date and time. The BIOS and RTC must be able to accurately report the date and time because the operating system will get the date and time from the RTC. And software applications will get the date and time from the operating system. It's a chain of events that must work together...one failure and the PC becomes a thousand-dollar boat anchor.

Y2K compliance for your software applications requires the most work. You should check with the software manufacturer. Make it easy on yourself, check their website before you lock yourself into their technical support phone jail.

Some Pentiums, 486s and just about all older processors will have problems come January 1st, 2000. Check with your hardware vendor to confirm you're hardware is Y2K ready.

If you want to test your hardware, you can download a diagnostic utility from the National Software Testing Laboratories.

Win98 and WinNT 4.0 -- and all later versions -- should be Y2K ready. However, Win3.x, and older versions of Win95 should be upgraded in accordance with Microsoft's recommendations.

Microsoft maintains a website with details of Y2K compliance for all of its products.

Macs and compatibles are all Y2K ready.

Are your systems ready for the Year 2000? Leave you comments on the DGL Message Center. Help out others around the world.

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