Now software is a different story.  If you are running date sensitive software (such as Quicken), you will need to check with the manufacturer as to any problems and how to fix it.

As far as public utilities go, I have checked with all of them and none of them expect any problems. 

Public Service has been working since 1996 to rectify any problems and as of April was 100% compliant with all their software and computer systems.  Their embedded systems are slated to be finished by June.  You can call 303-294-2000 for more information and a free report.

Grand Valley Rural Power Lines stated that they get their power from Public Service and they expect to be fine.  They are in the midst of ironing out some details in Accounting.

I received the greatest Y2K quote I've heard yet from Rex at Ute Water; "Water runs downhill."  That pretty much sums it up in three words.  He did elaborate that in addition to our system being gravity fed, that the filter plants are almost 100% manually operated and computers are only used to "monitor" the system.  In the event of a computer problem, the monitoring can simply be done manually.

1. Click Here to download a Y2K test (~40K...will take less than 1 minute)
2. Save it to your desktop
3. Once downloaded, double-click on the icon created on your desktop...you will then see the following screen:
4. 
5. Click on the "Unzip" button
6. Click on OK, when it finishes extracting
7. Click on Close on the above screen
8. Click on Start on your computer
9. Click on Shut Down
10. Click on Restart Computer in MS-DOS mode
11. At the Dos screen type:    cd\
12. Press Enter on your keyboard
13. Now type:    2000
14. Press Enter on your keyboard
15. Answer yes to the agreement and then watch the test!
16. When the test is finished, you can type:   win  and press enter on your keyboard to return to Windows.

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