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Debabrata
This was a nice and disturbing thing that I found out yesterday. Just go to
the Windows Clock located on the bottom left corner of the screen and double
click on it. Double clicking on it will bring up the Date and Time Properties
Dialog Box. Now increase the Year field. Now the magic starts. The moment u
cross 2099 the Year becomes 1980. So……..now what. As u can clearly see when
the year 2099 comes (and ends) the next ear on Ur Windows calendar will
become 1980. That is u r actually going back in time (hahaha…). As u can now
have understood the implications can be manifold. U we staring at another
Y2.1 scenario.
Should not the Microsoft guys come out with a clarification for this glaring
mistake?
--
Debabrata Das
Software Engineer
Kolkata,
India
Matt Gibson
got a bridge to sell you.
Matt Gibson - GSEC
Kelly
>glaring
>mistake?
I really don't see this as a mistake but a wishful thought. Image if your
great-grandchildren were able to see your system clock needing to be changed
in 2099 on the same system. That said compare the prices now for systems
and operating systems compared to the 80's and then image the cost in 2099.
:o)
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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)
Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
"Debabrata" <Deba...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Have u seen what happens when u increase the Windows System Year from
> 2099.
>
> This was a nice and disturbing thing that I found out yesterday. Just go
> to
> the Windows Clock located on the bottom left corner of the screen and
> double
> click on it. Double clicking on it will bring up the Date and Time
> Properties
> Dialog Box. Now increase the Year field. Now the magic starts. The moment
> u
> cross 2099 the Year becomes 1980. So....now what. As u can clearly see
> when
> the year 2099 comes (and ends) the next ear on Ur Windows calendar will
> become 1980. That is u r actually going back in time (hahaha.). As u can
Kelly
--
All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)
Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
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Ed
<Deba...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Just go to
>the Windows Clock located on the bottom left corner of the screen
Those of us that belong to the society of "Bottom Right Corner Clocks"
don't have any worries about this, its just the people that have their
clocks in the bottom left corner that will have all the problems.....
Regards,
Ed
Kelly
think about giving up my day job which is sleeping as it doesn't seem to be
helping much.
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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)
Troubleshooting Windows XP
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Jon
should be ok
Jon
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Mark Jacobs
> Have u seen what happens when u increase the Windows System Year from 2099.
>
Micorsoft will have supplied an update to address this by then. It will
probably be called something like "I've got the horn".
--
Mark Jacobs
http://www.dkcomputing.co.uk
Lil' Dave
"Debabrata" <Deba...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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2099.
>
> This was a nice and disturbing thing that I found out yesterday. Just go
to
> the Windows Clock located on the bottom left corner of the screen and
double
> click on it. Double clicking on it will bring up the Date and Time
Properties
> Dialog Box. Now increase the Year field. Now the magic starts. The moment
u
when
> the year 2099 comes (and ends) the next ear on Ur Windows calendar will
All Things Mopar
thoughtful response:
I've heard it said that our sun will extinguish itself and/or go
nova in a couple billion years. I don't much care, as I most
surely will be dead. Ditto for whatever will go bump in the
night in Windoze on January 1, 2100.
As to 1980, that's the original DOS date when Bill Gates stole
DOS from its original author then tricked IBM into allowing him
to market it himself by burying one small clause into a 120 page
license agreement. So, whenever any Gatesian software gets
confused, it runs home to momma - 1980.
--
ATM, aka Jerry
Richard Urban [MVP]
are, you certainly won't be using a computer any longer.
--
Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"
"Debabrata" <Deba...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Have u seen what happens when u increase the Windows System Year from
> 2099.
>
> This was a nice and disturbing thing that I found out yesterday. Just go
> to
> the Windows Clock located on the bottom left corner of the screen and
> double
> click on it. Double clicking on it will bring up the Date and Time
> Properties
> Dialog Box. Now increase the Year field. Now the magic starts. The moment
> u
> cross 2099 the Year becomes 1980. So....now what. As u can clearly see
> when
> the year 2099 comes (and ends) the next ear on Ur Windows calendar will
> become 1980. That is u r actually going back in time (hahaha.). As u can
Jon
[**DO NOT TRY*** unless you know how to change the clock time within your
computer's BIOS]
Some pretty weird things start happening if you try and set it by using the
command line "date" function too
eg Start > run > cmd
date
Enter date eg 25-08-2100
The clock now shows the date.
Programs may crash and your computer may not reboot, so be careful
Jon
"Debabrata" <Deba...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Have u seen what happens when u increase the Windows System Year from
> 2099.
>
> This was a nice and disturbing thing that I found out yesterday. Just go
> to
> the Windows Clock located on the bottom left corner of the screen and
> double
> click on it. Double clicking on it will bring up the Date and Time
> Properties
> Dialog Box. Now increase the Year field. Now the magic starts. The moment
> u
> cross 2099 the Year becomes 1980. So....now what. As u can clearly see
> when
> the year 2099 comes (and ends) the next ear on Ur Windows calendar will
> become 1980. That is u r actually going back in time (hahaha.). As u can
Peter Foldes
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bxf
Matt Gibson wrote:
> If you think that any Win2K/XP/2003 boxes will be around in 2099, then I've
> got a bridge to sell you.
Get in line, please.
NoNoBadDog!
"Debabrata" <Deba...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 2099.
>
> This was a nice and disturbing thing that I found out yesterday. Just go
> to
> the Windows Clock located on the bottom left corner of the screen and
> double
> click on it. Double clicking on it will bring up the Date and Time
> Properties
> Dialog Box. Now increase the Year field. Now the magic starts. The moment
> u
> the year 2099 comes (and ends) the next ear on Ur Windows calendar will
> have understood the implications can be manifold. U we staring at another
> Y2.1 scenario.
>
> Should not the Microsoft guys come out with a clarification for this
> glaring
> mistake?
>
> --
> Debabrata Das
>
> Software Engineer
> Kolkata,
> India
You will not be alive in that year, so it does not matter to you.
No one will be running Windows XP in the year 2099, so it does not matter.
Your life is so insignificant and boring that you have nothing more to fret
over than the date that
Windows XP will no longer function...I find that sad.
Get a life....
Bobby
Stan Brown
<ma...@blueedgetech.ca> wrote:
>If you think that any Win2K/XP/2003 boxes will be around in 2099, then I've
>got a bridge to sell you.
You're right.
However, the same justification was used in 1967 (I was a programmer
then) for two-digit years because "these programs will all be
rewritten long before the end of the century." Guess what -- not all
of them were.
Sure, it's silly to worry _now_ about 2099, and in 2098 it will be a
crisis. But when exactly does it make sense to start worrying?
That's not so frivolous a question as you make it out to be.
--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"My theory was a perfectly good one. The facts were misleading."
-- /The Lady Vanishes/ (1938)
bxf
Stan Brown wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 22:16:28 -0700, "Matt Gibson"
> <ma...@blueedgetech.ca> wrote:
>
> >If you think that any Win2K/XP/2003 boxes will be around in 2099, then I've
> >got a bridge to sell you.
>
> You're right.
>
> However, the same justification was used in 1967 (I was a programmer
> then) for two-digit years because "these programs will all be
> rewritten long before the end of the century." Guess what -- not all
> of them were.
>
> Sure, it's silly to worry _now_ about 2099, and in 2098 it will be a
> crisis. But when exactly does it make sense to start worrying?
> That's not so frivolous a question as you make it out to be.
I don't know if your analogy is quite valid. The situation here is not
with individual programs, but rather with the operating system. I will
go out on a limb here and make a prediction that neither we nor anybody
else will be running WinXP SP2 in the year 2099.
Vagabond Software
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> 2099.
>
> This was a nice and disturbing thing that I found out yesterday. Just go
> to
> the Windows Clock located on the bottom left corner of the screen and
> double
> click on it. Double clicking on it will bring up the Date and Time
> Properties
> Dialog Box. Now increase the Year field. Now the magic starts. The moment
> u
> the year 2099 comes (and ends) the next ear on Ur Windows calendar will
> have understood the implications can be manifold. U we staring at another
> Y2.1 scenario.
>
> Should not the Microsoft guys come out with a clarification for this
> glaring
> mistake?
>
> --
I'll just stock up on water and ammunition.
Carl
Ken Blake
> I will
> go out on a limb here and make a prediction that neither we nor
> anybody else will be running WinXP SP2 in the year 2099.
Since even if you turn out to be wrong, few, if any, of us will be around in
2099 to prove you wrong, you're not really crawling very far out on that
limb.
Besides, in my darker moments, I'm not at all convinced that there will even
be a 2099.
--
Ken Blake
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Ken Blake
And those with the clocks in the upper right corner. ;-)
Mark Jacobs
> You will not be alive in that year, so it does not matter to you.
> No one will be running Windows XP in the year 2099, so it does not matter.
> Your life is so insignificant and boring that you have nothing more to fret
> over than the date that
> Windows XP will no longer function...I find that sad.
>
> Get a life....
<TONGUE SLIGHTLY IN CHEEK>
Some of us have children (those with lives, anyway) and want them to have our
grandchildren, so we have vested interests in 2099. How can I leave my great
great grandson a nice shiny PC if it doesn't work 'coz of the date? Come on,
NoNoBadDog, try caring a bit.
</TONGUE SLIGHTLY IN CHEEK>
bxf
Ken Blake wrote:
> bxf wrote:
>
> > I will
> > go out on a limb here and make a prediction that neither we nor
> > anybody else will be running WinXP SP2 in the year 2099.
>
>
> Since even if you turn out to be wrong, few, if any, of us will be around in
> 2099 to prove you wrong, you're not really crawling very far out on that
> limb.
>
> Besides, in my darker moments, I'm not at all convinced that there will even
> be a 2099.
Yes, the world may end, and it would be all because of that damned
WinXP clock problem!
bxf
Debabrata wrote:
> Just go to
I've been looking for an hour and I can't find any clock on the bottom
left corner, which is where I have my START button. What gives?
bxf
Is this possible? How? Why?
Peter A. Stavrakoglou
Is that igloo air-conditioned? It's gets mighty hot in southern Lousiana.
Ken Blake
The Task Bar, which contains the clock, is on the bottom of the screen by
default, but it can be dragged wherever you want it (unlock it first) Put it
on the left side of the screen and the clock is in the lower left corner.
Put it on the top, and it's in the upper right corner.
bxf
Of course, how silly of me! It's just that the OP referred to its
location in such a nonchalant way, as if the bottom-left was the usual
position.
WTC
If the task bar is on the left side of the desktop, the clock would be at
the bottom left corner.
--
William
Ken Blake
I think that was the point of his little joke (and my follow-up little
joke).
Ed
>DANG! You get the prize, Ed. I totally missed that. I really need to
>think about giving up my day job which is sleeping as it doesn't seem to be
>helping much.
Well, it seems as though I am the one with egg on my face after
reading some of the replies. It so happens that you can end up with
the clock on the lower left by relocating the task bar.
Blushing Regards,
Ed
Avlan
2099 I'd advise to seek some counseling, cause your life can be a whole
lot more fun and you don't know it :-D
Lil' Dave
ZA Pros' truevector closed.
MS Outlook's calendar started notifying me of appointments and events.
No, not kidding here.
"Debabrata" <Deba...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Have u seen what happens when u increase the Windows System Year from
2099.
>
> This was a nice and disturbing thing that I found out yesterday. Just go
to
> the Windows Clock located on the bottom left corner of the screen and
double
> click on it. Double clicking on it will bring up the Date and Time
Properties
> Dialog Box. Now increase the Year field. Now the magic starts. The moment
u
> cross 2099 the Year becomes 1980. So....now what. As u can clearly see
when
> the year 2099 comes (and ends) the next ear on Ur Windows calendar will
> become 1980. That is u r actually going back in time (hahaha.). As u can
now
> have understood the implications can be manifold. U we staring at another
> Y2.1 scenario.
>
> Should not the Microsoft guys come out with a clarification for this
glaring
> mistake?
>
> --
Bother@forgedpostsanonymous.unorg Cymbal Man Freq.
....Back To The Future!
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