Netfinity Manager & Client Services Y2K patches Versions 5.20.1 - 5.20.4 Japanese Download and Installation Instructions README file This README file contains information on downloading and installing the Netfinity Manager & Client Services Y2K patches. CONTENTS ________ 1.0 Installing the patches for Netfinity Manager & Client Services 2.0 Details about Y2K and Netfinity Manager & Client Services 3.0 Trademarks and Notices 1.0 Installing the patches for Netfinity Manager & Client Services ___________________________________________________________________ * Download and save the executable to your hard drive. * Execute the program. This program will self-extract. * This patch should only be applied to the versions for which it was intended. * This is a list of the versions by OS that need the patch. OS/2: versions 5.20.1 - 5.20.2 Windows 95/98/NT: versions 5.20.1 - 5.20.2 Windows 3.x: versions 5.20.1 - 5.20.4 * Fixes for each OS supported are found in the following directories: NM52Y2KJ\OS2 - OS/2 NM52Y2KJ\W32 - Windows 95/98/NT NM52Y2KJ\WIN3X - Windows 3.x * SINFG30.EXE should be applied to Manager and Client Services (Stand-alone and Active mode only) * SYSINFO.WEB should be applied to Managers only. * Stop the Netfinity Support Program, NETFBASE. * Replace the appropriate files. * Restart the Netfinity Support Program. 2.0 Details about Y2K and Netfinity Manager & Client Services ______________________________________________________________ The Y2K related defect recently discovered and corrected in IBM software products, Netfinity Manager & Client Services for Netfinity Manager, is an incorrect date presentation to the end-user in the System Information Tool. When the year portion of the date of any of the operating system files: CONFIG.SYS AUTOEXEC.BAT AUTOEXEC.NCF STARTUP.NCF or any of the files referenced in any of the above operating system files is 2000 or above, the "System Information Tool" will incorrectly display the year portion of the date of that file as "0100" (instead of "2000"), "0101" (instead of "2001"), "0102" (instead of "2002") and so on. Since this issue surrounds the Graphical User Interface (GUI) not all installations are affected. By default, the Client Services "passive" installation option would NOT be affected since the System Information Tool's GUI "SINFG30.EXE" is not installed. This defect was corrected and is included in version 5.20.3, (both the US and Japanese versions), except for Windows 3.x which is corrected in 5.20.5. All versions above 5.20.5 include this fix. 3.0 Trademarks and Notices __________________________ The following terms are trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the United States or other countries or both: IBM Netfinity OS/2 Windows, Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. IBM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND MERCHANTABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT. BY FURNISHING THIS DOCUMENT, IBM GRANTS NO LICENSES TO ANY PATENTS OR COPYRIGHTS. Note to U.S. Government Users -- Documentation related to restricted rights -- Use, duplication or disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp.