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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?

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Debabrata Das

Software Engineer
Kolkata,
India
 
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Debabrata said:
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?
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I have no idea, and the Microsoft guys don't talk to me about such things,
but I can't imagine this is a "known issue." Have you reproduced this on
other machines?

Also, what on earth prompted you to try it in the first place? ;-)
 
"Also, what on earth prompted you to try it in the first place? ;-) "

Complete boredom. Maybe the time could have been better spent learning
to spell...
 
Debabrata said:
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?
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Do you really believe that Microsoft/Windows will still be around 94
years from now. There is a limit to our patience.
 
Do you plan on being around in 2099 using that same version of windows?

Tom

| Debabrata wrote:
| > 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?
 
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