Thanks, Scott! I've been expecting this. FYI all, this is an automated update that will only work with Internet Explorer 5 or later.

Do you know if there's a patch that can be dowloaded and put on my computers that aren't connected to the net?

 

Well kinda, I have a registry file you can apply to >= 2000 Pro, but it comes AS-IS! pm me if you want it, though I would recommend using windows update on the net if you can...

 

I've been hoarding bottled water and beef jerky for months.

Don't look so frightened.
This is just a passing phase.
One of my bad days.
(just noticed the new sig)

 

Good to see you can hold your water Jim

Ah, the Wall, some great quotes in there !

I don't need no arms around me
And I don't need no drugs to calm me.
I have seen the writing on the wall.
Don't think I need anything at all.
No! Don't think I'll need anything at all.
All in all it was all just bricks in the wall.
All in all you were all just bricks in the wall.

 

It was right up front when I went to microsoft.com. Downloaded tzedit.exe which is a self-extracting zip file. It's a cute little program which lets you enter any date, ie. 1st Sunday in April, as the DST change date. Propogate it to all my computers and bingo, bango bongo done.

 

bingo, bango bongo

I don't wanna leave the Congo, oh no no no no no

For XP, the update came through a few weeks ago. I was talking to a friend of mine about it since I hadn't seen anything and the next day it came through.

Might have to try your fix on my 98 machine that I let the granddaughter play with. Microsoft quit supporting 98 last July so it may not work on it. I found another update for 98 but I'm not too concerned about it, the granddaughter can't tell time yet anyway.

So what about VCRs, phones, etc., etc.

Bush is such an idiot. He didn't learn anything from the Nixon years.

 

Taz, the time change will not effect you. It will not change the blinking 12:00 on your VCR whatsoever.

So don't worry, be happy.

 

Taz, the time change will not effect you. It will not change the blinking 12:00 on your VCR whatsoever.

Aw, Scott, give it a rest. :headspin:

 

And if you're not confused enough:

MS Support for IT Professionals

 

I think Windowsupdate has already done for me on both my home PCs.
I just looked under installed updates.

 

First and foremost you need the OS update...MS only has it for XP & 2003...it will install via WindowsUpdate automatically (if you use auto update) or manually. If you have an older (unsupported) version of Windows, Intelliadmin has a free little utility that does it for you, or you can sift through the info on MS' site for how to manually make the changes. Next, if you're using Outlook, you need to download and run the TZ utility for it. If it's in an Exchange environment, then you also need to download and run an update for Exchange and there's also a tool that can be run from a server to update all of the user calendars without having to run the Outlook tool on each PC. I did my first non-XP/2003 customer yesterday afternoon, doing another today which also shares office space with the first customer's branch office so I'll finish them today, and hitting my two bigger ones on Friday (did their Exchange patch yesterday morning remotely, just have a couple of W2K PC's to hit, then the calendar tool). Home has been patched for a while, did my DVR's yesterday. A *lot* of folks are going to have phone system issues.

 

I'm still pretty allergic to all this computer stuff. Me, I'm just gonna change it manually Sunday morning. If the little DST reminder pops up at the end of the month, I'll just tell it to ignore itself.