Posted on 03/08/2007 1:25:02 PM PST by dickmc
"Microsoft Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP (no SP), XP SP1
"These no-longer-supported versions of Windows should use the tzedit.exe utility to reset the Daylight Time change dates for your time zone. Here are the instructions, and also links to download tzedit.exe in case you can't find it on your Windows installation CD. Versions of tzedit are available for all levels of Windows, from 95 to XP. Tzedit is compatible with all application software. The alternative timezone.exe utility should not be used, because it is not compatible with some applications such as Lotus Notes.
"Using tzedit.exe avoids the need for (risky!) registry modifications described elsewhere. (It makes them for you, correctly, under the covers.) ....
This article explains how to use a small Microsoft tzedit.exe program that edits time zones directly via a point and click without patches or registry edits. I've tried it and it is simple to use and it works directly on the selected time zones.
They really don't need to, outside of a small registry patch file which you can download, because the clock DST setting is in the Windows registry.
Got it. But my understanding is if you get all the "regular" updates, that patch was included.
s'all I'm sayin'...
Assuming they bothered to add it to one of the more recent updates is all I'm saying. I stopped updating my computer after Windows XP SP2 rolled out, because they're unnecessarily large downloads, and ties up my dialup connection for 2 hours or more.
I tried that too, and it continues to run a 3MB background process. I found that out because when I tried to delete the file I downloaded it said that another user or application was using it. I have 1 Gig of RAM, but that's 3MB of RAM that could easily be used elsewhere.
I suggest using TZedit. Choosing your current timezone (it should be highlighted by default), then editing the start and end dates to reflect as follows:
Start "Second Sunday in March at 2:00 a.m."
End: "First Sunday in November at 2:00 a.m."
Might as well forget about doing it manually in the Windows registry (I found the corresponding time zone entries in the registry by searching for them in Regedit). The time zone entries are all in hexidecimal.
TZedit should work on all flavors of Windows, all the way back to Windows 95, as it's also on your install CD.
Just checked my XP updates and there is the update to fix the clock situation..no problems expected here.
Got up this morning and all the clocks including the ones on the two computers had already changed to DST. The clock in the bedroom and bathroom are "Atomic Clocks" and they changed automatically as did the computers.
Only clocks I had to change were the ones on the built-in oven and range. Still need to change the car clocks.
My PC did it on it's own.
Find later
Only if you have SP2.
I think I see where you put the bread in.
XP and up do the the updates on there own too.
There are Older versions of mac software that can't be updated. At least older versions of windows can. So I Guess that makes windows better than mac in this regard.
How come you could not use TZedit on your NT4, and 2000 systems?
I wasn't going to but my system made its change automatically. ..
Go figure.
But freerepublic did not set itself for daylight savings time. The times are off by an hour.
We'd paid a consultant to do the work for us already. MS didn't come out with the newer program until recently. Our execs "jumped the shark," if you will.
My XP did it automatically this morning. - tom
Why does the OS manage the time and not get it instead from a time server?
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