XP Pro SP1 and Daylight Saving Time update
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Microsoft Update says you have to update to SP2 before you can update the
Daylight Saving Time.
Thanks
Tony
Cari (MS-MVP)
manually update when DST comes into effect or (preferably) install SP2 and
protect your PC properly.
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Uhhh, if MS says that's so, what can anyone here tell you? Without SP2 you
have an obsolete and archaic system anyway so why care? Just set the clock
when the time comes.
Stan Brown
<anon...@msnews.aosake.net>:
> will run under Windows XP SP1. According to Mike Maltby, you can get it
> here:
>
> http://www.softshape.com/download/tzedit.zip
I can confirm that TZEDIT does indeed work under XP SP2.
By "work" I mean that when I run it, it shows the current status in a
sensible way and lets me edit it. When I close and reopen the
program, the status is as I set it.
The proof of the pudding will come on about 30½ hours. :-)
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<N> wrote in message news:%23RAvgre...@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Microsoft Update says you have to update to SP2 before you can update the
> Daylight Saving Time.
>
Yes, and no. You can do it yourself, if you are competent enough to fiddle
around in the registry without screwing things up...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914387/en-us
...or you can download SP2 and get the hotfix...
Stan Brown
<the_sta...@fastmail.fm>:
> > will run under Windows XP SP1. According to Mike Maltby, you can get it
> > here: http://www.softshape.com/download/tzedit.zip
>
> I can confirm that TZEDIT does indeed work under XP SP2.
>
> By "work" I mean that when I run it, it shows the current status in a
> sensible way and lets me edit it. When I close and reopen the
> program, the status is as I set it.
This morning I restarted after hibernation, and the EST time was
still in effect. I rebooted, and the EST time was still in effect. I
double-clicked on the time, selected the "Time Zone" tab, and made
sure that "Automatically adjust for Daylight Saving Time" was
checked; it was.
Out of curiosity, I unchecked and rechecked it, then clicked Apply.
There was a pause of nearly a minute, and the time changed to EDT. I
guess it's necessary to uncheck and check that adjustment box after
doing any edits in TZEDIT.
John John
> Out of curiosity, I unchecked and rechecked it, then clicked Apply.
> There was a pause of nearly a minute, and the time changed to EDT. I
> guess it's necessary to uncheck and check that adjustment box after
> doing any edits in TZEDIT.
Yes it is. Using the Date/Time applet to reapply the settings refreshes
the information stored in:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation
If you don't refresh the key it will still contains the old time zone
information and the time changes will not be made as expected.
John