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Q172707: File Manager Shows Incorrect Date for Year 2000 or Later

Article: Q172707
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:95
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbfile kbtool kbYear2000 osr2 win95kbfixlist
Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
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SYMPTOMS
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File Manager displays an incorrect date for files created with a date of
01-01-2000 or later.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this issue, obtain and install the Windows 95 Year 2000 Update.
Microsoft also recommends that you obtain and install the Windows 95 Year 2000
Corporate Update. For additional information concerning these updates, please
refer to the "References" section below. You can obtain these updates from the
following Microsoft Web site:

  http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads

MORE INFORMATION
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For information about a similar issue with Windows 3.1 and Windows for
Workgroups, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
For additional information about , please see the following article(s) in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q85557 File Manager Shows Garbled Date for Year 2000 or Later

This problem does not occur in Windows 98.

REFERENCES
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For additional information about the Windows 95 Year 2000 Update, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q225050 Availability of the Windows 95 Year 2000 Update

Additional query words: y2k

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Keywords          : kbfile kbtool kbYear2000 osr2 win95 kbfixlist
Technology        : kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : WINDOWS:95
Issue type        : kbprb

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