Win95 Year 2000 fix Step-by-Step Instructions

[Benjamin Sher]

Dear Colleagues:

Yesterday, I forwarded a message concerning Microsoft's fix for the
Year 2000 bug, critical to all computers worldwide. To make sure
everyone knows precisely how to find it and install it, here is a
step-by-step procedure:

First, go to Microsoft's FTP address.

1 -- Using your browser, go to File, Open (in Internet Explorer) or
to File, Open Page in Netscape and type in the box:

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/


You'll see at the top a line that says:

 "FTP Root at FTP.Microsoft.com"

2- Go to the bottom of the list, next to last item called
"Soflib" (Software Library). Double click on this link.

3- Next page says:

FTP Directory/Softlib/at ftp.Microsoft.com

Go down to the second item called "MSLFILES." Double click and wait a
few minutes. The entire list of Microsoft's files will appear
shortly. (If it's very busy or you have an old computer, it will take
longer. Try after midnight.)

4- Next pages says:

FTP DIRECTORY/Softlib/MSLFILES/at ftp.microsoft.com

Go down to the bottom and look for the files for Win95. The numbered
series precede all alphabetic series. Therefore the Win95 series will
be among the first under the letter W. Now look carefully and you'll
find a file called WIN95Y2K.EXE. It will appear exactly as follows:

03-27-98  4:06 P.M. (259,208) WIN95Y2K.EXE

This is the Year 2000 file. Simply download it as you would download
any file, double-clicking on it and saving it to your TEMP file or
anywhere. Write down the name of the file before you download it for
easier identification later. After it's been downloaded (shouldn't
take more than a few minutes), go to your TEMP directory, or wherever
you indicated you want to download it to and double-click on the
file. It will install itself in a few seconds. If you can't find it,
go to Start, then Find, then type in the name of the file (
WIN95Y2K.EXE). In a second, you'll find out where it is. Double-click
on it to install it or else go to Start, Explorer and look for it,
then double-click on it. And that's it!

Yours,

Benjamin


Benjamin Sher
Russian Literary Translator
Email: sher07 at bellsouth.net
http://personal.msy.bellsouth.net/msy/s/h/sher07/