[Dxbase] USA Daylight Savings time change this weekend

Thu Mar 8 18:23:46 EST 2007

Ron,
Thanks for the heads up. I had figured that my old radio computer (WIN98SE)
was not going to be upgradeable. This was easy and clear...even for old
folks!
Bill, W5VX
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dxbase-
>bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ron Stordahl
>Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 3:57 PM
>To: Bob Main; DXBase
>Subject: Re: [Dxbase] USA Daylight Savings time change this weekend
>>What Bob successfully did is described here: What Bob did is well
>described here:
>http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/systems/daylight/windows.html
>>So there are several options....
>>Ron, N5IN
>>Bob Main wrote:
>> Actually the other operating systems aren't that bad. Microsoft has a
>> program that you run on the computer. It bring up the time zone you are
>> presently set to. You click on "Edit" and the begin change to Second
>Sunday
>> in March and ending is changed to First Sunday in November. After you do
>> that you close the program and go to the Control Panel double click "Date
>> and Time" change to any different time zone, select Apply, then change
>back
>> to correct Time Zone and you're done. Not really a big deal. I had to
>do
>> it on 6 NT servers and took about a minute a piece. The best part, no
>> reboot was required.
>>>> Bob
>> KB4CL
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dxbase-
>bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>> On Behalf Of Ron Stordahl
>> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 4:11 PM
>> To: Joseph Glockner
>> Cc: DXBase Reflector
>> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] USA Daylight Savings time change this weekend
>>>> Joseph Glockner wrote:
>>>>> [non-USA subscribers don't have to read this]
>>> Daylight Savings Time begins 2 a.m. local time on March 11 this year.
>>> Read more about it here:
>>> http://www.energy.ca.gov/daylightsaving.html
>>> Make sure your PC operating system is up-to-date:
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/dst2007
>>>>>> 73 Joe wa6axe
>>>>>>>> You can test if your system is updated for this by going to:
>> http://www.it.ubc.ca/news/dstchanges2007/sysadmininfo/testdst.html
>>>> The Microsoft updates, assuming you are doing them, resolve the DST
>> issue for XP SP2, Server2003 and Vista, but earlier OS's are more
>> difficult to update. But there is a program that you can run on W2K
>> (and a different one for W98/ME) you can read about here:
>>>> http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2007/01/unofficial-windows-2000-
>daylight.ht
>> ml
>>>> They have a patch also for W98/ME.
>>>> I have run the updates from Intelliadmin on a W2K machine and a Win98
>> machine and they appear to have worked. After running the updater you
>> have to click on the time (lower right hand corner) and go to the time
>> zone section and click on OK to get it to take effect. At least that is
>> what it seemed to require on Win98.
>>>> Do this at your own risk!
>>>> Ron N5IN
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