Survive 2000TM will give you a complete printout of all the *.EXE and *.COM files on your computer. These files are the ones that make things happen by COMmanding or EXEcuting an application.

Once you have the printout, your real  work starts. Basically, you will be responsible for checking with the vendor of  each and every program you have installed on your computer's hard drive. In the accompanying Softnet - from the resource disk, you can link to the vendors directly, or consult the COTS listings.  You will find the majority of software vendors and their products listed in the COTS listing.

It’s a time consuming situation, but the reality is you are going to have to confirm all software you will need in the year 2000 is Year 2000 compatible.

Where possible, Survive 2000 has listed Vendor information with the file. At the very least, Survive 2000 has given you the location of every file you will need to check. The most affordable way to check for compliance is to refer to the COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf software) listing and determine which of your programs are fully compliant.  If your software is not listed, go directly to the software vendor and E-mail, fax or phone them.

NOTE: In the COTS information TBA stands for To Be Advised. In other words, the vendors are yet to release Year 2000 compliant information about their products.
 

Software Application Sample Report:
Software information:

The following information has been collected from this C: and if fitted D: drives.  Each file ending with EXE is an executable file. By running this file, a computer program will Execute.

Due to the complexity and possible variances in computer software, there is no hard and fast rule on software. This is where the work starts. You are going to have to identify all the software on the hard drives and make a valued judgement as to its required ability to handle the Year 2000 and beyond.

Once you have identified the software  you will need to access and use after the 1st  January 2000, you will then need to access the information contained in the Survive 2000  manual and contact the software vendors for information regarding the availability and costs of upgrading the currently installed software to Year 2000 compliant software.

The programs installed on this computer are:

c:\browser\msexpl~1\msie30m.exe
c:\browser\netscape\g32e301p.exe
c:\browser\netscape\setup.exe
c:\browser\netscape\g16e301p.exe
c:\browser\netscape\_isdel.exe
c:\dos\expand.exe
c:\dos\qbasic.exe
c:\dos\replace.exe
c:\dos\restore.exe
c:\dos\append.exe
c:\dos\msd.exe
c:\dos\fasthelp.exe
c:\dos\fastopen.exe
c:\dos\interlnk.exe
c:\dos\intersvr.exe
c:\dos\memmaker.exe
c:\dos\msbackup.exe
c:\dos\power.exe
c:\dos\print.exe
c:\dos\sizer.exe
c:\dos\smartmon.exe
c:\dos\msav.exe
c:\dos\mwav.exe
c:\dos\mwavtsr.exe
c:\dos\mwbackup.exe
c:\dos\undelete.exe
c:\eudora\eudora.exe
c:\eudora\addendum.exe
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