I don't recall where i saw this before.... but here is the complete item on
it..... my apologies for the length....
Christy Duncan
"Microsoft Product Analyzer" that
scans a user's hard drive to create an inventory of Microsoft
products, compares this inventory to the Microsoft year 2000
compliance product guides, identifies products (if any) for which
the user should download a free software update, and provides
URLs to enable the user to obtain the updates easily.
[quote taken from a Microsoft press release at
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1999/jan99/y2krespr.htm]
Well, Microsoft's Product Analyzer is finally available for download
at
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/pca/pca.htm">
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/pca/pca.htm </a>.
The file itself is alarmingly small for a Microsoft product -- it only
takes up 485 K -- so it shouldn't take more than two-and-a-half
minutes to download over a 28.8 modem. The Product Analyzer's system
requirements are also surprisingly friendly:
- An Intel 486 or greater processor, 25 MHz or faster
- At least 2 MB of free hard-disk space to run Setup
- One of the following operating systems:
* Microsoft Windows 95
* Microsoft Windows 98
* Microsoft Windows NT 3.51
* Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- To run the wizard version of the Microsoft Year 2000 Product
Analyzer, your computer must also have a mouse.
Once you install the Product Analyzer (by running the self-extracting
Y2K.exe program), the program will add a "Microsoft Year 2000 Product
Analyzer" group to your Start menu (under Start --> Programs). All
you have to do is run the program from the Start menu.
Microsoft's Product Analyzer will:
1. Scan your hard drive(s) for any installed Microsoft products;
2. Compare your versions to a built-in database of known Y2K
problems;
3. Launch your Web browser (brace yourself: if Netscape is your
default browser, the Analyzer will actually launch Netscape
instead of IE!);
4. Display an HTML-based "Year 2000 Compliance Summary" showing
you which of your Microsoft products are Y2K compliant and
which need updates. Best of all, since the compliance summary
is just a Web page, you can click on the links in the summary
to download the necessary Microsoft product patches and
upgrades.
My only complaint about the Product Analyzer is that its database
doesn't seem to contain any information about Money 99 (a.k.a. Money
7.00.0724), so I am not quite sure if my version of that program is
Y2K compliant. Other than that, though, the Analyzer works like a
charm. [Unfortunately, I have not heard any word on when, or if,
Microsoft will release a Mac version of the Analyzer. Sorry.]
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At 12:03 AM 4/16/99 -0600, you wrote:
>hello listies,
> can anyone recommend a good Y2K checker freeware,
>shareware,anywhere i have been looking around and theres enough out
>there but sure could use some guidence TIA
>
> travis west
>
>
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