Microsoft KB Archive/224328

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MPA -Microsoft Year 2000 Product Analyzer

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Q224328

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Year 2000 Product Analyzer

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SUMMARY
The Microsoft Year 2000 Product Analyzer performs the following tasks:


 * Identifies installed software products on specified drives by scanning the drives for executable files.
 * Compares the resulting list of products to the products listed in a compliance database.
 * Generates a report of the compliance levels of the products it discovered, based on the information in the compliance database.

A Microsoft products compliance database is supplied with the Microsoft Year 2000 Product Analyzer. You can add your own compliance information to this database.

What does Microsoft mean by Compliant?
The Microsoft Products Year 2000 Compliance status will be listed in one of five ways in your Microsoft Year 2000 Product Analyzer Report:


 * Compliant: The product meets Microsoft's standards of compliance. The product may require a prerequisite service pack or patch as described in the product's "Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure & Resource Center" page.
 * Compliant with minor issues: The product meets Microsoft's standard of compliance but has some "minor" outstanding issues that have no fix or have a fix on the way.
 * Not compliant: The product does not meet Microsoft's standards for compliance.
 * Testing yet to be completed or Unknown: The product is still undergoing testing and the compliance is not yet known.
 * Will not be tested: The product is not scheduled to be tested for compliance.

Windows 98 "Compliance Unknown" Issue
Windows 98 Second Edition may be reported as Compliance Unknown or Not Compliant by the Microsoft Year 2000 Product Analyzer. The Windows 98 Second Edition is fully Year 2000 compliant with no necessary updates at this time.

For more information contact a Windows Update Site Representative through one of the following methods:


 * Call 425-635-7222
 * Review online support options at http://www.microsoft.com/support/
 * Submit a question for response by e-mail at http://support.microsoft.com/support/email/windowsupdate/wassist.asp

Some products may periodically be listed with a compliance status of Unknown. This usually occurs because the database, which is updated on a regular basis, has not yet been updated with the most current information.

You may wonder why the Microsoft Year 2000 Product Analyzer recognizes updates for Office 97 SR1 and SR2 and not updates for Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT. The MPA recognizes Office SR1 and SR2 updates because they create different product version numbers while Windows updates do not effect the version numbers.

You should never receive a report that shows your whole system as Compliant, many products will continue to reference (generically) prerequisites required for Compliance.

Microsoft Year 2000 Compliance Statement
A Year 2000 Compliant product from Microsoft will not produce errors processing date data in connection with the year change from December 31, 1999 to January 1, 2000 when used with accurate date data in accordance with its documentation and the recommendations and exceptions set forth in the Microsoft Year 2000 Product Guide, provided all other products (e.g., other software, firmware and hardware) used with it properly exchange date data with the Microsoft product. A Year 2000 Compliant product from Microsoft will recognize the Year 2000 as a leap year.

Disclaimer
The Statement of Compliance refers to the Microsoft product as delivered by Microsoft. The Compliance Statement does not apply to user customizable features or third party add-on features or products, including items such as macros and custom programming and formatting features. The Microsoft Statement of Compliance does not constitute a warranty or extend the terms of any existing warranty. The warranties provided for Microsoft's products, if any, are set forth in the end user license agreements (EULAs) that accompany the products or the terms of the license agreement under which you make use of a Microsoft product. The information available from Microsoft concerning the Year 2000 is provided for the sole purpose of assisting our customers in their planning for the transition to the Year 2000.

How to make your Microsoft products Y2K compliant
To make your Microsoft Product Year 2000 compliant, please refer to the "Product Details" section of your Microsoft Product's "Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure & Resource Center" page. These pages are usually linked to from the "Year 2000 Compliance Summary" of your Microsoft Year 2000 Product Analyzer Report, but can also be found by choosing your product from the online "Year 2000 Product Guide" at:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/pca/pca.htm

Command-line and Wizard Versions:
Microsoft Year 2000 Product Analyzer includes two different executable files: a command-line version (Y2kscn32.exe) and a wizard (Y2kscan.exe).

You can download the latest version of the compliance database while using the wizard version of the program. When you use the command-line version, the database must already be accessible on the local network.

The command-line version of the program can generate an inventory list of all discovered programs, including programs that are not included in the compliance database.

Report Formats
You can choose any of the following formats for the report:


 * Text (.txt)
 * HTML (.htm)
 * Comma-separated value (.csv)
 * Management Information Format (.mif)

Accuracy of Reports
The Microsoft Year 2000 Product Analyzer does not test for compliance. It only identifies programs by the presence of their executable files, looks up the compliance level for those programs in a local copy of the Microsoft products compliance database, and then generates a report from this information. The quality of reports generated by the Microsoft Year 2000 Product Analyzer is affected by the following factors:

=== The Completeness of the Database ===

The database supplied with the Microsoft Year 2000 Product Analyzer lists known Year 2000 compliance levels for Microsoft products only. This information is subject to change, because additional information is gathered by continued testing. Therefore, a copy of this database is frequently updated and placed on Microsoft's Web site, at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/y2kdbEN.txt. For other information about Microsoft products and the year 2000, check the Microsoft website at:

http://microsoft.com/year2000.

The Accuracy of the Database
While product testing continues, the information in the supplied database is subject to change. For the most current information about Microsoft products, run the Microsoft Year 2000 Product Analyzer using a compliance database that has been updated with information from:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/y2kdbEN.txt

If products from other companies are added to the database, the accuracy of the reporting of those products reflects the thoroughness of the tests used to determine compliance for those products, and the care with which the database was edited.

The Accuracy of the Scan
Microsoft Year 2000 Product Analyzer determines which products are installed on your computer by searching for executable files (*.exe). In most cases, this produces an accurate list of installed software products. However, if a user has changed the name of a product's executable file, that product will not be correctly identified.

For example, if Play.exe has been renamed Productivity.exe, the Microsoft Year 2000 Product Analyzer would not discover the program Play. Play, and its compliance level, would not appear in the report even if Play were listed in the compliance database.

Microsoft provides the compliance database that accompanies the Microsoft Year 2000 Product Analyzer for the sole purpose of helping you plan your computer's transition to the year 2000. The information provided in the compliance database is limited by the testing that has been done on these products. As more testing is done, more information is added to the database, and the updated database is posted to:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/y2kdbEN.txt

For the best results, download the most recent version of the database before you run the Microsoft Year 2000 Product Analyzer.

System Requirements:
You can run the Microsoft Year 2000 Product Analyzer on any computer with the following characteristics:

"An Intel 486 or greater processor, 25 MHz or faster. One of the following operating systems: - Microsoft Windows 95 - Microsoft Windows 98 - Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 At least 2 MB of free hard-disk space to run Setup"

To run the wizard version of the Microsoft Year 2000 Product Analyzer, your computer must also have a mouse and monitor.

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