IBM Year 2000

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Tools to Help

IBM provides four primary tools to help you assess the Year 2000 Status of your system quickly and easily.

IBM PC Year 2000 Readiness Tool To help you determine Year 2000 readiness status of your IBM PC quickly and easily, IBM Personal System Group has provided a resource called the IBM Year 2000 Product Readiness Database. This database provides useful information related to your IBM Personal Computer. IBM also provides a corporate Year 2000 Product Readiness Database for other products, including software and hardware offered by IBM.

IBM PC Year 2000 Evaluation Tool
This software tool is designed to test and evaluate an individual system to assess how the hardware clock within your PC will respond to the Year 2000 transition. You must download this tool to your computer. Instructions are provided.

BIOS
If you determine that a BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) update is available for your system, updating to the most current level may improve the ability of the BIOS to update the hardware clock within your system.

IBM Year 2000 Device Drivers
This Device Driver was developed by IBM to support several operating systems. The device driver is an option for your system only if your system is running on one of the supported operating systems. You must download this tools to your computer. Instructions are provided.

Some Simple Steps you can take - Manually resetting the date on your PC.

Strategies to Consider

In order to successfully transition into the Year 2000, you need to know what the latest information on the Year 2000 is and where to get it. IBM provides two main strategies to keep informed and knowledgeable about the Year 2000 challenge: The IBM Year 2000 PC Systems Readiness Road Map and The IBM PC Systems Offerings Matrix.

IBM Year 2000 PC Systems Readiness Road Map
The Road Map offers the latest, most comprehensive information on the potential impact of the Year 2000 to your business and the most advanced strategies available to smoothly transition into the next century.

IBM PC Systems Offerings Matrix
The Matrix provides centralised links to IBM's information on the Year 2000. Whether you are managing one PC or an entire enterprise of networked computers, the Matrix is an excellent resource for you to the information you need.