Darren you are correct, BUT, by turning your computer off pre midnight, Dec31st will mean that if a problem does arise then your data won't be trashed.
What some people are doing is to power off their machines, look on the Internet on Jan 1st for any problems to arise on their make of machine before comitting to turning back on. If there is a problem by booting from a floppy disk where the forst line in the autoexec.bat is date 1/1/1999 and time 15:00 should fool the PC.
Before you lot shout me down and say "they check on the Internet therefore they use there machine, d'oh!" - they'll probably be logging via their TV or Internet Cafe if they're in the UK...some people in the office log on via their mobile phone - although the speed it runs at I would prefer to watch paint dry.
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Capt IF Snailtrails, gawd bless 'im!
Slurp coffee and fire up PC....PPRUNE time!
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