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General Tips
For help finding out which version of Windows 95 you are running, see How to Determine the Version of Windows 95 in Use.
Windows 98 4.10.1998 - 32-Bit Windows (English)
Windows 98 Second Edition 4.10.2222 - 32-Bit Windows (English)
Windows 95c OSR 2.5 - 32-Bit Windows (English)
Windows 95b OSR 2.1 and OSR 2.0 - 32-Bit Windows (English)
Windows 95a OSR 1 - 32-Bit Windows (English)
Windows 95 4.00.950 - 32-Bit Windows (English)
Windows for Workgroups 3.11 - 16-Bit Windows (English)
Windows 3.1 - 16-Bit Windows (English)

Windows 98 4.10.1998 - 32-Bit Windows

Recommendation: Install the Windows 98 Year 2000 Software Update. Window98 users: Please start the Windows Update service from the link on the Start menu. This will prompt you to install the appropriate year 2000 updates for your Windows 98 system.

To request the update on CD-ROM call 888-673-8925 toll free.

If you use Outlook Express, install Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 1 and the Outlook Express 4.01 SP1 Year 2000 Update.

OR, install Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2 and the Outlook Express 4.01 SP2 Year 2000 Update.

Date handling: Dates are stored and manipulated as full dates. Dates are integral to the product's operation. The system clock is used for current date and time data.

Dates are displayed in two-digit and four-digit year formats, using the short and long date formats specified in the Control Panel Regional Settings.

The MS-DOS DATE command interprets two-digit shortcuts 00 - 80 to be years between 2000 and 2080.

For more information: See the Windows 98 Product Guide document. For information on how Windows interacts with the clock built into PC hardware, see the white paper, "Microsoft Operating System Interactions with BIOS and Real time Clock."

Windows 95c OSR 2.5 - 32-Bit Windows

Recommendation: Install the Windows 95 Year 2000 Software Update. To request the update on CD-ROM call 888-673-8925 toll free.

If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) as your browser, Microsoft recommends installing either IE 4.01 Service Pack 2 or the software updates for IE 4.01 Service Pack 1: Wallet, the latest version of comctl32.dll, and Microsoft Virtual Machine.

Date Handling:Dates are stored and manipulated as full dates. Dates are integral to the product's operation. The system clock is used for current date and time data.
Dates are displayed in two-digit and four-digit year formats, using the short and long date formats specified in the Control Panel Regional Settings.

For more information: See the Windows 95 OSR 2.5 Product Guide document and Knowledge Base article, "Windows 95 Year 2000 Update may not update VDHCP.386." For information on how Windows interacts with the clock built into PC hardware, see the white paper "Microsoft Operating System Interactions with BIOS and Real time Clock."

Windows 95b OSR 2.1 and OSR 2.0 - 32-Bit Windows

Recommendation: Install the Windows 95 Year 2000 Software Update. To request the update on CD-ROM call 888-673-8925 toll free.

Install the Year 2000 software updates for Dial Up Networking 1.3 and Winsock 2.

If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer as your browser, Microsoft recommends installing either IE 4.01 Service Pack 2 and the Outlook Express year 2000 software update for IE 4.01 SP2 or the software updates for IE 4.01 Service Pack 1: Wallet; the latest version of comctl32.dll (401comupd.exe); Microsoft Virtual Machine; and the Outlook Express year 2000 software update for IE 4.01 SP1.

Date handling:Dates are stored and manipulated as full dates. Dates are integral to the product's operation. The system clock is used for current date and time data.

Dates are displayed in two-digit and four-digit year formats, using the short and long date formats specified in the Control Panel Regional Settings.

For more information: See the Windows 95 OSR 2.0 Product Guide document or the Windows 95 OSR 2.1 Product Guide document. For information on how Windows interacts with the clock built into PC hardware, see the white paper "Microsoft Operating System Interactions with BIOS and Real time Clock."

Windows 95a OSR 1 - 32-Bit Windows

Recommendation: Install the Windows 95 Year 2000 Software Update. To request the update on CD-ROM call 888-673-8925 toll free.

If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer as your browser, Microsoft recommends installing either IE 4.01 Service Pack 2 and the Outlook Express year 2000 software update for IE 4.01 SP2 or the software updates for IE 4.01 Service Pack 1: Wallet; the latest version of comctl32.dll (401comupd.exe); Microsoft Virtual Machine; and the Outlook Express year 2000 software update for IE 4.01 SP1.

Date Handling: Dates are stored and manipulated as full dates. Dates are integral to the product's operation. The system clock is used for current date and time data.
Dates are displayed in two-digit and four-digit year formats, using the short and long date formats specified in the Control Panel Regional Settings.

For more information: See the Windows 95 OSR 1, Product Guide document. For information on how Windows interacts with the clock built into PC hardware, see the white paper "Microsoft Operating System Interactions with BIOS and Real time Clock."

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