Microsoft to fix more Y2K problems in Windows 98

Microsoft Corporation has discovered three new small bugs in Windows 98 thatare related to Year 2000 issues and will fix them in its Windows 98 SecondEdition, which is due mid-year. The company says that the problems areunlikely to affect anyone

Paul Thurrott

April 23, 1999

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Microsoft Corporation has discovered three new small bugs in Windows 98 thatare related to Year 2000 issues and will fix them in its Windows 98 SecondEdition, which is due mid-year. The company says that the problems areunlikely to affect anyone using their computer normally day-to-day and thatthey will not cause data corruption or loss. Existing Windows 98 users willbe able to download a small fix from the Windows Update Web site soon.

For more information, please visit Microsoft's Year 2000 Readiness Center

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Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is senior technical analyst for Windows IT Pro. He writes the SuperSite for Windows, a weekly editorial for Windows IT Pro UPDATE, and a daily Windows news and information newsletter called WinInfo Daily UPDATE.

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