This article contains information about the availability of the Microsoft Windows 95 Year 2000 Update.

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The Windows 95 Year 2000 Update provides replacement files to correct known year 2000 (Y2K) issues with the Windows 95 and Windows 95 OEM Service Release (OSR) versions 1, 2, 2.1, and 2.5 operating systems.

The update can also upgrade the currently installed version of Microsoft Internet Explorer to address known year 2000 issues.

The following areas of Windows 95 are updated when you install the Microsoft Windows 95 Year 2000 Update:

•	Find "File or Folders"
•	Windows File Manager
•	Command Interpreter
•	Date/Time Picker
•	Phone Dialer applet
•	Time and Date Control Panel applet
•	DHCP Virtual Driver
•	Microsoft Foundation Class Library
•	DOS Xcopy
•	Microsoft Runtime Library file
•	Ole Automation

The following areas of Internet Explorer are updated when you install Internet Explorer version 4.01 Service Pack 2:

•	Microsoft Virtual Machine
•	Microsoft Wallet
•	Microsoft Data Access

In Internet Explorer 3.x, there are fixes for 2-digit cookies, off-line browsing of pages with 2-digit years, and file dates on browsed file transfer protocol (FTP) servers.

The following values are placed in the registry by the Microsoft Windows 95 Year 2000 Update (w95y2k.exe). Any future releases of the update that may be necessary will have a different version number, and will show up under a new key (different GUID beneath Installed Components):

Key: Values:

   Value Name   Value Type  Value Data
   (Default)    REG_SZ      "Windows 95 Year 2000 Update"
   IsInstalled  REG_DWORD   1
   Locale       REG_SZ      "EN"
   Version      REG_SZ      "4.00.0.2000"
				

Key: Value:

   Value Name   Value Type  Value Data
   Updates      REG_SZ      "Year 2000 Update for Windows 95"
				

For detailed information about the issues addressed in this update and the installation options, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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Updating a Computer Without Internet Connectivity

If you need to update a computer without Internet connectivity, you can order the Windows 95 Year 2000 Update on CD-ROM by calling 1-888-MSFT-Y2K. The CD-ROM is supplied at no charge.

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