The
Millennium Bug Toolkit consists
of a comprehensive set of tools
for testing and fixing a PC's
compliance against Year 2000 conformity.
It
runs a series of extensive tests
to establish whether or not the
PC is millennium compliant and
offers to install a fix on non-compliant
hardware. After installing the
fix you can re-test the the machine
as many times as you like to ensure
the fix works.
The
Toolkit is consistantly rated
as THE definitive solution
by independant reviewers, and
is the only product to conform
to the British Standards Institute
conformance document - BSI PD2000-1.
Key
benefits include:
Easy to install and use
Comprehensive
testing routines and reporting
No
Fix No Fee - guaranteed
Guaranteed
"zero latency" at Y2000
roll-over
The
only product which goes beyond BSI
BS 2000-1:
Hardware
Test & Fix
Hardware
Tester The
hardware tester performs a series of
11 tests:
Bios
Year 2000 Support Test
Live RTC Roll-over
(Direct I/O) Test
RTC
Century Byte Retention Test
Live System Clock Roll-over Test
Live
RTC Roll-over (Via BIOS) Test
2000 & 2001 Leap
Year system Clock Test
RTC
2000 Leap Year Test
File Date Stamp Test
RTC
2001 Leap Year Test
Windows Short Date
Setting
RTC
2000 - 2005 Leap Year Tests
The
hardware tester interrogates a
PC's hardware (the physical components
which you can see and touch) and
it's firmware (the low-level system
software which is an integral
part of the PC).
No
tests are made on the PC's installed
application software, although
Computer Experts do provide a
separate software scanning program
for this purpose.
Hardware
Fixer The hardware
fixer is a small TSR (Terminate & Stay
Resident) executable file, which monitors
date activity at the system level -
it is essentially a small software program
which is permanently running. This file
is physically loaded via the autoexec.bat
at system start-up and is activated
before the main components of the operating
system.
There
are two different occurrences, which
the hardware fixer must deal with. If
the PC is switched on at the point where
the RTC rolls over to the year 2000,
the fixer pre-emptively monitors and
corrects any inaccurate date change
in real-time. If the PC has been switched
off at the time of the Millennium roll-over
and is then switched on after the year
2000, the fixer cuts in when the system
is restated and corrects the problem.
Pre-emptive
corrective action of an incorrect date
means that at no point in time is the
system allowed to change to 1900. This
means that any applications call date
information from the RTC directly will
NEVER receive the wrong date. This is
referred to as "zero latency". It is
important to note that not all millennium
fixes work in this way, with many only
changing the date to 2000 once the RTC
has changed to 1900. Although this happens
in a fraction of a second, there is
still a latent period where the PC thinks
it is 1900. This means that applications
calling information from the RTC, could
receive the wrong date.
Key
Product Features:
True
power-down
Direct
Real Time clock (RTC) interrogation
All recognised leap year tests
Unlimited
re-testing
Full BIOS tests
Safe
self-booting - protects
your existing programs & data
Easy to install and use
Bios
Year 2000 Support Test 