Subj : IEXPLORER problem
To   : CHARLES ANGELICH
From : Gerald Miller
Date : Wed Mar 02 2005 09:40 pm

Hello CHARLES,

    Responding to a post in the WINDOWS area:
    On Thursday February 24 2005 at 14:54,
    CHARLES ANGELICH [1:123/140] wrote to GERALD MILLER,
    about: IEXPLORER problem

[snip]

-Regarding lost time in WFWG:

 GM>>>> I was under the impression that the lost time had something to do
 GM>>>> with an update to the filemanager or winmanager. I'll have to open
 GM>>>> up the archive of my previous Wfw311 installation and do a
 GM>>>> file-by-file comparison and see what I can find.
 CA> The filemanagers for W3.x have Y2K issues and can be replaced by
 CA> downloads from Microsoft to fix those. The filenmanager for W31 is not
 CA> the same as for WFWG, each has it's own replacement download. The
 CA> calculator for W3.x has a rounding error and there is a replacement
 CA> for that also available for download.

As you know, I've been preoccupied with the W2K install...  I made a
printout of your message and placed it on top of the DOS / WFWG box for
when my time permits.  Thank you.

[snip]

 CA> The 'tweaks' are changes to the ".ini" files btw, nothing major.

Yes, I saw a couple of message regarding that -- gotta find them again and
do printouts before the messages disappear.  <g>

 GM>> I did locate an archive of a program that will connect with a time
 GM>> server to adjust the system time (configurable from once an hour,
 GM>> once a day, once a week, etc.). Don't remember the name of the
 GM>> archive or where I found it... :-((
 CA> I'm not sure what the name of my W31 atomic clock software is.  I use
 CA> it once a month (or less).  My machines are 140 miles from here right
 CA> now - unfortunately.

Why so far away?  What you can't touch, you can't break?  <G,D&R>

 GM>> I vaguely recall that there was some sort of Y2K problem with one (or
 GM>> more) of the Windows 3.x files
 CA> There are Y2K problems but they don't affect the 'clock' (see above).

I think M$ referred to the time problem as a Y2K problem rather than admit
it was a problem that they had created...

 GM>> and the particular file that I'm trying to find was made available to
 GM>> address the problem of systems loosing time. I'll find it eventually.
 CA> I'm reasonably certain the 'fix' applied to the ".ini" file mentioned
 CA> at AXCEL216's website is the solution to the problem and does not
 CA> require any other software - honest. :-)

When I no longer have 'the hounds' of W2K snapping at my heels, I'll go
back to the WFWG box and its time travel problem.  By then, I'll likely
have forgotten about it or it will be an inconsequential matter.  :-)

           Thanks ... Gerald

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