The Value Entered Does Not Match with the Specified Type

ID: Q184132

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you try to add a Custom Date using the year 00 on the Custom tab of the properties sheet for a Microsoft Office document, you receive the following error message:

The value entered does not match with the specified type. The value will be stored as text.


RESOLUTION

Windows NT 4.0

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

The English version of this post-SP3 hotfix has been posted to the following Internet locations.

http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/archive/NT4y2kpostSP3/default.asp
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/NT40/hotfixes-postSP3/y2k2-fix/


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.


MORE INFORMATION

For more information on what is fixed in Y2K2-fix, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q175093 User Manager Does Not Recognize February 2000 As a Leap Year
Q180122 After Changing the Time, Windows NT May Skip a Day
Q183123 Find Files Displays Garbled Date if Year is 2000 or Greater
Q183125 Shell Doc Property Dialog Custom Date Incorrect after Year 2000
Q186669 FPNW Logout.exe Incorrectly Reports Year After Jan. 1, 2000
Q191768 Date of Print Job May Be Displayed Incorrectly in Print Queue
Q193056 Problems in Date/Time after Choosing February 29 in a Leap Year
Q193434 Migration Changes NetWare Accounts Expiration Date
Q194726 FPNW Client Does Not Get Correct Time or Date After Y2K
Q207799 IBM PS/1 will not Boot on or After January 1, 2000
Q216916 NTBACKUP Writes Incorrect Year to Log File
For information on the Y2K2-fix for Windows NT 4.0, Terminal Server Edition, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q196548 Y2K Update for Windows NT 4.0, Terminal Server Edition

Additional query words: word excel powerpoint access doc xls mdb ppt file 4.00 


Keywords          : NT4SP4Fix kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00 kbfix4.00.sp4 NTSrvWkst 
Version           : winnt:4.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: May 5, 1999