It’s Y2K in Seoul, and Tokyo. Any news?
There’s always another beer.
None - a power outage in New Zealand was due to a downed power line rather than a bug.
ABC and CNN are providing rather interesting coverage.
joe
There are three kinds of people: Those who can count and those who can’t.
Saw it come into China today on the news @8am. Beautiful display.
Check www.msnbc.com for updates. So far (12:30 p.m. EST) the only problems have been phone problems in Asia. That was due to overusage, not Y2K.
I’m looking forward to a quiet midnight here in Pennsylvania.
Bear in mind that in the USA, tens of millions of computers use Windows 95/98 which is NOT Y2K ready. Millions of computers use Excel to store invoicing data. Excel is NOT Y2K ready either. Nor is Office 97/95.
But you’re not going learn about these people as no one writes about them much…
Office 97 (of which Excel is a component) needs SR-1 and SR-2 to be declared Y2K-compliant. If you haven’t installed them, go to http://officeupdate.microsoft.com ASAP. There’s still time. 
MS Windows NT 4.0 (the software on many, many web servers) has numerous Y2K bugs. Service packs 3 and 4 need additional patches. Microsoft’s web site recommends that you get SP5 or 6a.
handy,
Microsoft delivers Windows all over the world. If you look at their website, you can get Windows and Office in virtually any language.
Windows 95 and 98 have updates available. Windows 98 Second Edition is apparently compliant.
As for Office 97, there is a fix for this…also called SR2b. If you have SR2, there are two files you can download to get it Y2K compliant.
I have tested my machine at home, and all things were up to par after these fixes. (Windows 95, Office 97 and Office 2000 on a machine that was built in 1997)
The only thing people need to worry about with regards to Y2K is rioting in the streets.
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So far at this writing, the role over has had minor glitches from what I have read on the web. I guess Japan had some problems from phone network overload, everyone calling everyone.
The first parts of Russia to role over have been reported that nuclear arms in their country are compliant…
Happy almost New Year!
As for ABC’s coverage, I just shut it off after listening to Cokie and Barbara yelling at each other over whether France or Italy is better.
Try PBS, the technical aspects aren’t that great but at least they’re not try to fill time with crap.
Most folks I hear are staying home. Us,too.I wont be back on til Monday;for some reason,the library will close til then. Then I’ll miss the very first poster of 2000. Who will it be?Lemme know Monday!Love orangecakes(soon to be 1000 posts)
I stopped watching the news after some idiot newsanchor told me that Chicago is 40% black, 20% hispanic “and the rest are white.” So chicago has only three races of people living there? How insulting.
It’s frightening how many crazies think that world is going to end in a few days. All of us smart people know that it’s not ending until next year.
(Oh, BTW, I meant I stopped watching it today, not forever!)
It’s frightening how many crazies think that world is going to end in a few days. All of us smart people know that it’s not ending until next year.
Well there was that Japanese nuclear plant problem:
http://www.nandotimes.com/front/story/0,1108,500148756-500180457-500732328-1,00.html
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Heh. I love the picture that they included with the story RM, I’d love to see a nuclear power plant in that condition…
Yes, tech, www.download.com, click on Y2K link then select the first small file it should be their free application checker. Checks all your applications, free too.
Really stupid of Microsoft to put out an operating system not compliant so near to 2000…
Some programs like WinFax Pro make you PAY for an update. yuck.
England just rolled to Y2k but I can’t get on to www.england.com
Love the quote on todays Oprah. She said underclothes on women are out for year 2000!. Yippee.
Hey y’all, I thought I’d be safe and sane and at home, but that’s not to be so I’ll say it now - Happy New Year SDMB!
It seems this thread has attracted a few who might know, so let me ask my remaining Y2K computer questions.
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I’ve got two systems at the office running Windows for Workgroups 3.1. There are File Manager patches available from MS for Windows 3.1, 3.11 and WFWG 3.11, but I’ve yet to find one for WFWG 3.1. Anyone know of one?
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I installed SP5 on our NT machines except for the one that told me I had 128 bit encryption installed and the SP5 installation would downgrade that to 40 bit encryption, and noted some services would no longer be available. The install software suggested I follow a link to get information about the 128 bit version. That link took me to a MS site that said there is no 128 bit version. Do I need to worry about it?
Thanks in advance.
And y’all be safe tonight.
What exactly is supposed to happen to Windows 95 at Y2K, then? I, like most, did nothing. My wife checked hers, but it runs Windows 98.
Beatle
I’m pretty sure that WFWG came out as 3.11 and Windows 3.11 was an updated version. It may not be reporting it that way. Look at the timestamp on the files, they’ll say 3:11a or 3:10a depending on the version. But I’m sure that is the update you want.
I installed SP6 for NT 4 a few weeks ago and I’m reasonably sure it was the 128 bit version.
sunbear
I doubt you will find many things, maybe a display problem or something here and there.
You might go here and take a look at the kind of problems in the original version of Windows 95. The trouble is that one bug in something you need to do to get your job done and it’s serious for you. The security problems with IE and Outlook are as important of a reason to keep updated, as the Y2K stuff.
The whole Y2k thang has been without a doubt one of the largest frauds ever committed. Sure, there is a problem, but the money spent relative to what appears to be a non-event in even low compliant countries highlights this fact. Anyone have thoughts on the real motives for this concerted movement by governments and industry demanding compliance? Did they err on the side of caution?, was it an artificial economic stimuli? Are we yet to see super structure failure? Or am I imagining this whole non-event
Uhm, the countries that have low levels of Y2K preparedness also have low levels of technology dependence - and as one analyst stated: their computers don’t work half the time anyway. They are so used to relying on contigency systems and manual processes that the roll-over will just be a few more migraines for them.
Five years ago, the United States and other developed countries faced a crisis of unbelievable proportions. Its very easy to sit back now and cry fraud, especially if you are essentially ignorant of the facts.