Y2k Patches

The Y2k Cinderella perpetual BIOS fix

The background story about SLUG2000

Current release status and change history for SLUG2000

At last - Download THE Cinderella fix you've been waiting for!

Just unzip it into the root directory and put SLUG2000 into the first line of AUTOEXEC.BAT

ftp://ftp.cinderella.co.za/pub/slug2000.zip
SA Site, USA Mirrorzipped EXE and BAS

THE Y2K STARTER KIT

Click here for details of Toolkit for Download


Y2k Software Patches

Microsoft Windows 95

Updated File Manager for Windows 95 and Post-Year-2000 Dates
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/W95FILUP.EXE
MS Win 95 2000 DIR and DATE fixes
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/WIN95Y2K.EXE

Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11

Updated File Manager for WFW 3.11 and Post-Year-2000 Dates
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/WFWFILUP.EXE

Microsoft Windows 3.1

Updated File Manager for Windows 3.1 and Post-Year-2000 Dates
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/W31FILUP.EXE

Windows Office 97

MS Excel 97 Date Fix Wizard Add in
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/DATEFIX.EXE
(local instructions on use)

MS Excel 97 Date Migration Wizard Add in
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/DATEMIG1.EXE
(local instructions on use)

Microsoft PowerPoint 95/97 Year 2000 Fix 1998-06-26 S21261
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/PPTY2KUS.EXE

MS Works for Windows Year 2000 Patch 1998-08-28 S21355
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/WORKSY2K.EXE

Microsoft NT

MS NT 4.0 Service Pack 3
http://www.microsoft.com/support/winnt/nt4sp3.htm

Note: the recommended Y2k service level is MS NT 4.0 Service Pack 4. This is a very large file set (+-70MB) and thus is impractical for downloading. A CDROM should be obtainable from your local Microsoft agent.

Microsoft Windows 98

Microsoft releases Year 2000 Update for Windows 98
http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/highlights/Win98Y2K.asp

Novell

Novell Patches
http://support.novell.com/misc/patlst.htm#y2k

(local) Novell Patlst file - Minimum list of Patches

Other Software Patches

Additional Patches Links
http://www.cinderella.co.za/patches.htm

Y2k BIOS Hardware Patches

Links to BIOS patch sites
http://www.cinderella.co.za/bios.htm

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