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YEAR 2000 RESOURCE PAGE

Symantec's Norton 2000 Preparing your PC against Year 2000 problems.

EDS Y2K product compliance search">A database of more than 140,000 products and their compliance status. Vendor 2000 is a repository of Information Technology (IT) hardware, software, and other specialized products that may be impacted by the 'Year 2000 Bug'. Vendor 2000 is the culmination of over three years of research and development in support of various Year 2000 initiatives.

Millennium Solution was covered in a USA Today article 7-7-98 stating that a breakthrough may help squish Y2K bug. A new tool to fix the Year 2000 problem may be a breakthrough that could speed the government, banks and companies toward a solution. The product is Millennium Solution from little-known Data Integrity (DII) of Waltham, Mass.

Abderdeen Group articles and slide show on Y2000" - http://www.abderdeen.com

NSTL’s Year 2000 Testing Program Test your PC for compliance, plus pick up several other tips.

USA Today article entitled "Y2K bug could be a plague, many warn" - http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctd039.htm

How to Tell if You Have a Year 2000 Problem Simple steps from NetscapeWorld. http://www.netscapeworld.com/netscapeworld/nw-12-1996/nw-12-year2000.html

The Year 2000 Information Center™ http://www.Year2000.com

Yahoo's Y2K Links http://headlines.yahoo.com/Full_Coverage/Tech/Year_2000_Problem/

Novell's Year 2000 Web site http://www.novell.com/year2000/product.html

Microsoft's Year 2000 Resource Center http://www.microsoft.com/technet/topics/year2k/default.htm

ZDNet's article about Microsoft's new Web site http://www.zdnet.com/sr/breaking/980413/980415a.html

Law Journal Extra/New York Law Journal summary on Y2000 http://www.ljx.com/lawfirmmanagement/y2kdut.htm

Excellent primer on the Y2K problem http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/pctech/content/16/16/tu1616.001.html

TechnoLawyer TechnoPost http://www.technolawyer.com/technopost/winner3-20-98b.html

Y2000 planning table and book offering http://www.yourdon.com/books/fallback/CH05/pfplan.html

2k-Times - Year 2000 Newspaper - Articles about the Year 2000 and the computer. - http://www.2k-times.com/y2k.htm

ABC News.com: Millennium Bugged Special report includes simple explanations, a countdown and the Millennium Bug game. http://www.abcnews.com/sections/tech/millennium/millennium_intro.html    

Apocalypse Soon?A special report on the millennium bug from Ziff-Davis TV. http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/thesite/0797w3/work/work631_071497.html    

IBM Year 2000 Home Page Information, tech support, free online course. http://www.ibm.com/ibm/year2000/    

ITAA Year 2000 Software Conversion The nation's leading trade association for the Year 2000 software conversion. http://www.itaa.org/year2000.htm    

Microsoft Year 2000 Resource Center The Year 2000 Resource Center addresses the driving business challenges faced by all organizations as they work to remedy this worldwide problem. http://www.microsoft.com/year2000/    

Money.com: Year 2000 Information, downloadable diagnostic tools, links and a message forum. http://www.pathfinder.com/money/y2k/index.html    

Small Business Help for the Year 2000 Information and links from the U.S. Small Business Administration. http://www.sba.gov/y2k/    

Year 2000 Information Center / Millennium Bug Information about the Millennium Bug that's expected to cripple computers and software on January 1, 2000. http://www.year2000.com/    

Year 2000 News from Business Wire Updated headlines and news releases. http://www.businesswire.com/tradeshow/y2k.shtml    

Year2000 Information Network Current and back issues of The Year2000 Information Report. http://www.mbs-program.com/    

A Glitch in Time Article and discussion in Salon about the so-called "millennium bug" or year 2000 crisis. http://www.salonmagazine.com/21st/books/1998/03/cov_02books.html    

Army Y2K Page Review the Army Action Plan. http://www.army.mil/army-y2k/    

California 2000 Home Page From the Department of Information Technology. http://www.year2000.ca.gov/    

Everything 2000 - Computer Crisis News, survey, company listings. http://www.everything2000.com/comp/l1.html    

IBM Readies for the Year 2000 Facts about IBM and the Year 2000, including FAQs and answers. http://www.s390.ibm.com/stories/tran2000.html    

Ireland - 2000 Aware Information relevant to those who wish to know more about the Year 2000 problem in the context of the Irish experience. http://www.2000aware.ie/    

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. - The Year 2000 Problem An industry analysis. http://www.jpmorgan.com/MarketDataInd/Research/Y2Kupdate/Y2K.HTM    

Millennium Rollover: The Year 2000 Problem Information from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. http://www.itl.nist.gov/div897/yr2000.htm    

Oracle - Rdb Beyond the Year 2000 Rdb has long anticipated the impact of the Year 2000. http://www.oracle.com/products/servers/rdb/html/y2000.html    

South Africa - The 2000 Forum An independent body that has been established to identify key areas surrounding the year 2000: IT, business and general.http://www.icon.co.za/~forum/    

The SEC and the Year 2000 The Security and Exchange Commission discusses readiness, disclosure, and market regulation. http://www.sec.gov/news/home2000.htm    

U.S. Army - Year 2000 The Army will not assign Y2K as an "extra duty." http://www.army.mil/army-y2k/Home.htm    

U.S. News - Year 2000 Time Bomb The year 2000 time bomb ought to be simple to fix (6-8-98). http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/980608/8y200.htm    

Viasoft - Enterprise 2000 News, solutions, success stories, white papers. http://www.viasoft.com/sltns/e2000/index.htm    

Westergaard Year 2000 Strategic analysis of the Millennium Meltdown. http://www.y2ktimebomb.com/    

Y2K Information, FAQs and links provided by the Electronic Systems Center and The MITRE Corporation. http://www.mitre.org/research/y2k/    

Y2K News Magazine Daily updated news from across the Web and print media as well as an archive of past articles, Y2K chat, and more. http://www.y2knews.com/    

YEAR 2000 National Symposium Series of workshops focusing on the Year 2000 computer crisis. http://www.brainstorm-group.com/Y2K_Events.html    

YEAR 2000 National Symposium Articles and Features Related to Y2K and Other Y2K Related Sites. http://calvin.arentfox.com/features/y2k/links.html

Yr2000.Net Online guide to year 2000 PC problems issues and solutions. http://www.yr2000.net/    

Hearing on the FDIC's Year-2000 Preparedness Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services and Technology, February 10, 1998. http://www.senate.gov/~banking/98_02hrg/021098/index.htm    

PC Magazine's Year 2000 Resource Guide Online resources, from the Y2K experts at PC Magazine, the Virtual Labs, and ZDNet. http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/special/y2k/index.html

Roadmap to Y2K Compliance Article from ZDNet's Anchor Desk. http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_2123.html    

The Fribble: Y2K - The Horrors of a New Millennium Article from The Motley Fool, January 20, 1997. http://www.fool.com/Fribble/1997/Fribble970120.htm    

Year 2000 May Hold Embedded Time Bomb Ron Wilson writes in EETimes, December 08, 1997. http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?EET19971208S0003    

Year 2000 Problem in PCs Brief explanation and links. http://www.freeyellow.com/members2/kerryn/index.html    

InfoWorld Electric Aug 7, 1998 No Y2K safety net: Most insurance policies have holes

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Note: See InfoWorld's July 6, 1998 Article Microsoft not Y2K ready; key apps offer confusing fixes

Microsft's announcement regarding their products includes the following:

COMPLIANT:
1. Access 95 (version 7)
2. Access 97 (version 8)
3. Bookshelf 98
4. Encarta Encyclopedia 98
5. Encarta Reference Suite 98
6. Excel 95 (version 7)
7. Excel 97 (version 8)
8. Excel 98 (Macintosh)
9. Excel 5.0
10. Exchange Server 5.5
11. FrontPage 98
12. Internet Explorer 4.x (16 bit)
13. Internet Explorer 3.x (16 bit)
14. Internet Explorer 4.x (Macintosh)
15. Office 97 Professional (with Access 97)
16. Office 97 Standard
17. Office 98 (Macintosh)
18. Outlook 97 (version 8.x)
19. Outlook 98 (version 8.5)
20. Publisher 97
21. Publisher 98
22. PowerPoint 95 (version 7)
23. PowerPoint 97 (version 8)
24. PowerPoint 98 (Macintosh)
25. Project 98
26. Word 97 (version 8)
27. Word 98 (Macintosh)

COMPLIANT WITH MINOR ISSUES
1. FoxPro 2.6
2. Internet Explorer 3.x (32 bit)
3. Internet Explorer 4.x (32 bit)
4. MS DOS 6.22
5. Office 4.x Standard
6. Office 95 Professional
7. Office 95 Standard
8. Outlook Express (Macintosh)
9. PowerPoint 4.0
10. SQL Server 6.5 for Small Business
11. Visual Basic versions 1-5
12. Windows 95
13. Windows for Workgroups 3.11
14. Windows NT Server 4.0
15. Windows NT Workstation 4.0
16. Word 95 (version 7)
17. Word 6.0

NOT COMPLIANT
1. Access 2.0
2. Word for MS-DOS 5.0
3. Office 4.x (Access 2.0 only)

TESTING YET TO BE COMPLETED
1. Internet Explorer 3.x (Macintosh)
2. Windows NT 3.51