On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 15:02:35 -0500, David VanHorn wrote: > > > >The last time I reinstalled Norton (SW2000, I think) on a rebuilt PC, > >it reinitialized the "subscription" to updates to one year from the > >re-install date. > > > Amusing idea: Set the PC date to NEXT year, before installing. :) That would be a bit of a problem for me the first time my system queried the NIST time server to adjust the clock on the half hour... ;-) Someone commented recently about anyone having more than 1 computer never knowing what the time was. My six systems all stay in time sync within a couple hundred milliseconds thanks to automatic NIST time updates. Matt Pobursky Maximum Performance Systems -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu