Subj : Re: BRE question
To   : Michael Gilbert
From : Scott Adams
Date : Sat Jun 21 2003 07:28 am

 -=> Quoting Michael Gilbert to Scott Adams <=-

 >         You will have to change the physical date on the computer.
 >         the snafu :)
 >         You will have to change the physical date on the computer.
 >         The problem with this is BRE has a feature now that detects
 >         when the clock is changed.  So it might not run it'll bomb
 >         out with such a message.  So I'm not sure how you can change
 >         the date manually and get around this.  Now if only you could
 >         write a program to advance time rapidly so bre doesn't detect
 >         the snafu :)

 MG> Actually I think I figured out what the problem was.. I think (I'm not
 MG> sure) that it was because I was using BRE 987 instead of 988, which I
 MG> didn't think would be a problem.. but I read rumors somewhere that 987
 MG> might not be y2k compliant, which would certainly explain the problem..
 MG> I gave it another shot using BRE 988 and it works perfectly-- all I
 MG> have to do is set the clock ahead a day and it works.  

 MG> Thanks for the suggestion though! I really appreciate the help!

        hmm..I think 986 came out after y2k if I recall?...but then
        the betas came out for us to test and ...been awhile.
        But glad to see it fixed.



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