Computer Experts (UK) Ltd (www.computerexperts.co.uk), one of the world leader's in the field of PC hardware millennium compliance announced in mid November of last year a significant breakthrough in the war against the Millennium Bug. The latest version of its award winning Millennium Bug Toolkit is the first on the market to change in the PC's real time clock on the roll over precisely - as opposed to other fixes, which either pre empt the roll over or first dip into 1900 before changing the year to 2000. Should a PC be allowed to dip into 1900 - even if only a fraction of a second - there will be an inevitable delay before the real time clock obtains the correct date, a fact which can cause any number of problems. "The truly scary thing about the Millennium Bug is its unpredictability" comments Ian Partington managing director of Computer Experts (UK). "There is simply no telling what problems one errant bit of data will cause when introduced into an ordinary PC. It could no nothing, or it could cause the machine to crash - depending on the exact set of circumstances at that specific time. There have already been cases recorded of substantial data loss resulting from the Millennium Bug - and data corruption in almost certain to result. Even in a period as small as 55 milliseconds, a Pentium processor has the opportunity to supply an incorrect date to any number of programmes millions of times. We simply do not know what effect this will have." The revolutionary breakthrough comes from Computer Experts" remarkable ability to break down the standard 55 millisecond barrier experienced by most software fixes. When Partington was told by his engineers that they had achieved zero latency, he was amazed. "I had been working on this problem for months and like all other Y2K specialists, I had assumed that the 55 millisecond barrier was unbreakable," recalls Partington. "When my engineers proudly boasted that they broken the barrier, I lost a bet which cost me an entire evening's drinks" For further information, tel 44 (0)1273 696975 or fax: 44 (0)1273 696976. BACK TO NEWS Free Test and downloadable fix Fix your PC NOW!