## Year 2000 problems with Microsoft products

A number of problems have been identified in Microsoft products in use within the University. A table of compliance issues and the action required, follows for the English versions of the applications.

Microsoft provide a Year 2000 Resource CD containing Year 2000 updates. Computing support staff would be welcome to borrow a copy from me or you can obtain your own (free) copy from Microsoft.

- Operating Systems / Environments
- Office Applications
- Web browsing / email

### Operating Systems / Environment
Product | Version | Notes | Action required | All issues addressed?
MS-DOS | 6.22 | Issues | None Available (nor planned) | Usable with care But see also
6.2 | Issues
6.0 | Issues
5.x | Issues
Windows 3.1 | Winfile.exe version 3.10 dated 10/14/97 3:10a 146,864 bytes | See first | Apply patch w31filup.exe | No, See...
Windows for Workgroups 3.11 | Winfile.exe version 3.11 dated 3/6/97 3:11a 170,496 bytes | See first | Apply patch wfwfilup.exe
Windows 95 | OSR 2.5, 4.00.1111 | Issues | Apply software upgrade | If DUN 1.3 or winsock2 installed, Apply additional update
OSR 2.1, 4.00.1111 | Issues
OSR 2, 4.00.1111 | Issues
OSR 1, 4.00.950 | Issues
4.00.950 | Issues
Windows 98 | 4.10.1998 | Issues | Apply updates, Select: Start -> Windows Update | To date
Second Edition 4.10.2222 | Compliant | None |
SP1 | Not yet tested. Results due July 1999
Windows NT Workstation | 4.0 (incl Enterprise edition) | Issues | Apply SP6 or SP5 or SP4. Notes: Service Packs 5 and 6 do not include additional Year 2000 patches Read all relevant documentation before applying a service pack, eg... | Apply further patches: Internet Explorer Front Page Data Access Components (MDAC) Internet Locator Service 1.0 Site Server Express 2.0 Virtual Machine Additional patches for SP4
3.51 | Issues | Apply SP5 | Apply hotfix
Windows NT Server | 4.0 (incl Enterprise edition) | Issues | Apply SP6, SP5 or SP4. Notes: Service Packs 5 and 6 do not include additional Year 2000 patches Read all relevant documentation before applying a service pack, eg... | Apply further patches to: Internet Explorer ADSI 1.0 Data Access Components (MDAC) Front Page Internet Locator Service 1.0 Site Server Express 2.0 Transaction Server 1.0 or 1.1 Virtual Machine Netshow Services 1.0 Media player (<6.0) Additional patches for SP4
3.51 | Issues | Apply SP5 | Apply hotfix

### Office Applications
Product | Version | Notes | Action required | All issues addressed?
Access | 2.0 | Issues | Apply patch acc2date.exe | 4-digit date entry still recommended
95 (7.0) |  | See Office 95 | Enter 4-digits of year Prepare VB applications
97 (8.0) |  | See Office 97
2000 (9.0) (English British) | Compliant | Force 4 digit entry (Tools, Options) |
Excel | 4.0a | Issues | None available | Use 4-digit years care: 1900 treated as leap year
5.0 | Issues | None available
95 (7.0) | Issues | See Office 95
97 (8.0) (not Alpha) | Issues | See Office 97 | Useful wizards: Date migration Date fix Date function Date watch Care: see Y2K failure warning and failure proof Note: 1900 treated as leap year
2000 (9.0) English British | Compliant | None
5.0 (Macintosh) | Information | None available | Use 4-digit years care: 1900 treated as leap year
Powerpoint | 4.0 English British | Compliant | None required | Care: Powerpoint 95,97 files
95 (7.0) | Issues | See Office 95 |
97 (8.0) | Issues | See Office 97
2000 (9.0) English British | Compliant | Not required
98 (Macintosh) | Issues | Download PP 8-4 Translator v8.0.4
4.0 (Macintosh) | Issues
Word | 5.0 English British | Not compliant | Upgrade to Word 5.5 | Documents may be lost if used after 1/1/2000
5.5 English British | Issues | Use 4-digit dates for summary information and macro solutions avoid displaying dates in annotations
2.0 | Issues | None available | Use 4-digit years Find file workaround
6.xx English British | Issues
95 (7.xx) English British | Issues | See Office 95 |
97 (8.0) (not Alpha) English British | Issues | See Office 97
2000 (9.0) English British | Compliant | None required
98 (Macintosh) | Compliant | None required | Use 4-digit years
6.xx (Macintosh) | Issues | None available | Use 4-digit years Avoid advanced (date) use of Find File
5.1a | Compliant | None required |
Office | 95 | Information | Apply update Download OLEAUT32.dll, v2.20.4118 | See individual applications
97 | Information | Apply SR2 Jet 3.5 update (Access users) Date import/export fix (Outlook 97 users) | See individual applications

### Web browsing / email
Product | Version | Notes | Action required | All issues addressed?
Internet Explorer | Versions before 3.0 | Unknown, no testing planned | Consider upgrading to a later version | affects: cookies ftp cache expiry java scripts, applets...
3.0x (16-bit) | Not compliant
3.XX (16-bit) | Issues | Install SP1 for IE3.03 |
3.XX (32-bit) | Issues | Install 3.02 update patch (users of IE3.02) Update MS Virtual Machine
4.0 (32bit) | Issues | Update to 4.01 | See 4.01 below
4.01 (32-bit) | Apply SP1 | Apply SP2 for Outlook Express compliance
4.01, 4.5 (Mac) | Security Alert | Upgrade | further steps to address security issues in v4.5 (Mac)
5.0 (32-bit) | "Compliant" | Check version of mfc40.dll Update if necessary (see "Compliant", left) |
Outlook Express | 5.0 (32-bit) | Compliant | None required |
Outlook | 98 | Issues | Apply Lotus cc:mail update (if req'd: ccmailsp.exe incl in Office 97, SR2) Apply 098dtfix patch (to import/export text files with 2-digit year fields) |
97 | Issues | Apply Office 97, SR2 (outllib.dll v8.04) Apply 097dtfix patch (to import/export text files with 2-digit year fields) |
2000 (9.0) English British | Compliant | None required |

Maintained by the Year 2000 coordinator
Please mail y2k-coord@bristol.ac.uk if you have any queries regarding the information on this page or about Year 2000 in general

Last modified on 6 January 2000