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The About Time Group (ATG)

Tom Penzone
tpenzone@pcfix2000.com
http://www.pcfix2000.com/
PCfix 2000

With over 350 million IBM compatible PCs worldwide, large corporations, SOHOs, and single users must have a solution that fixes the Year 2000 hardware problem for the life of the PC.

Instead of upgrading or purchasing new desktops or laptops, companies now have a cost-effective, simple and fast alternative - PCfix 2000(tm) from The About Time Group. Based on four years of research and development, Pcfix 2000 is the only guaranteed universal fix for the Y2K PC desktop and laptop problem. At boot up, PCfix 2000 recovers the valid date for the operating system, real time clock (RTC) and basic input/output system (BIOS) chip and provides automatic date adjustments and recovery without disruption of workflow for the life of the PC.

Key Benefits:

  • Guaranteed to correct Y2K problems on any IBM compatible PC. A fix for all PCs from 286 models to the latest Pentium II models with MMX technology.
  • Works with all popular operating systems. Includes DOS, OS/2, Windows 3.1/95/98, and Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0.
  • Corrects hardware compliance for the life of the PC. Cost-effective and total solution that avoids upgrading or replacing hardware.
  • Not a memory resident (TSR) program or device driver. Won't take up valuable memory space or conflict with existing drivers or software.
  • Fixes hardware problem in mere seconds per PC. On large enterprise environments, utility may be loaded from a central server to hundreds of PCs simultaneously and without human intervention.
  • Works with every RTC and BIOS combination including all AWARD BIOS'

PCfix2000 intercepts the date from both the CMOS Real Time Clock (RTC) and the BIOS, making corrections and adjustments, then writes the corrected value back to the CMOS RTC on every system boot. Because this utility is not memory resident and does not use any system resources or memory after execution, it works on all PCs including notebook and laptop computers which frequently have problems when TSR and Device Driver patches are installed and on Windows-based PCs which often have problems and system lock-ups when TSRs or Device Drivers are loaded.

This utility features multiple internal threads that automatically detect the Operating System and RTC on every PC. This information allows direct hardware remediation of 100% of all PCs, regardless of the Operating System, RTC and BIOS type from the very first 286/AT through today's high performance Pentiums and beyond. PCfix2000 is a smart' utility that can automatically reinstall itself if accidentally removed and has been designed from the ground up with the total hardware remediation - including implementation - process as the product focus. The technical philosophy has always been that the only acceptable performance criteria is 100% hardware remediation on all PCs and extreme simplicity of installation.


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