I know that this sounds strange, but I have a requirement for one WinXP PC to
NOT change it’s time when our Win2k DC’s change their clocks to reflect
daylight savings.

Bottom line: When the servers change from Eastern Standard Time to Eastern
Daylight Savings Time, I have one PC that must stay on Eastern Standard Time,
and not get it’s time changed from the DC’s. Is there a way to prevent this
from happening?

One thought was to do a registry hack on the PC, and change the following
parameter:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters

Type : REG_SZ
Used to control how a computer synchronizes.
NoSync = do not synchronize time

Is this the way to go, or is there a GPO that I can implement? Or, would it
be much simpler to change the clock setting on the desk top, and uncheck the
option to “Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes?”

What do you all think?

The easy way would be to set the timezone back one zone.

start/run, type: rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL timedate.cpl,,/f
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Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
FAQ for MS Antispyware version 1.0.509
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
marfers notes for windows xp http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
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"KeithD." <(E-Mail Removed)(donotspam)> wrote in message news:8324760F-0DAD-4D9C-9A1B-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I know that this sounds strange, but I have a requirement for one WinXP PC to
> NOT change it's time when our Win2k DC's change their clocks to reflect
> daylight savings.
>
> Bottom line: When the servers change from Eastern Standard Time to Eastern
> Daylight Savings Time, I have one PC that must stay on Eastern Standard Time,
> and not get it's time changed from the DC's. Is there a way to prevent this
> from happening?
>
> One thought was to do a registry hack on the PC, and change the following
> parameter:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters
>
> Type : REG_SZ
> Used to control how a computer synchronizes.
> NoSync = do not synchronize time
>
> Is this the way to go, or is there a GPO that I can implement? Or, would it
> be much simpler to change the clock setting on the desk top, and uncheck the
> option to "Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes?"
>
> What do you all think?
>

No, the EASY way would just be to uncheck the box that tells Win XP to
Automatically adjust for Daylight Savings time...

Right-Click your clock, choose Adjust Date/Time. Choose the TIME ZONE
header in that window. Uncheck box at bottom of the Time Zone page....

Simple and easy...


"Mark L. Ferguson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%239%(E-Mail Removed)...
> The easy way would be to set the timezone back one zone.
>
> start/run, type: rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL timedate.cpl,,/f
> --
>
> Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
> FAQ for MS Antispyware version 1.0.509
> http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
> marfers notes for windows xp
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
> .
> "KeithD." <(E-Mail Removed)(donotspam)> wrote in message
news:8324760F-0DAD-4D9C-9A1B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I know that this sounds strange, but I have a requirement for one WinXP
PC to
> > NOT change it's time when our Win2k DC's change their clocks to reflect
> > daylight savings.
> >
> > Bottom line: When the servers change from Eastern Standard Time to
Eastern
> > Daylight Savings Time, I have one PC that must stay on Eastern Standard
Time,
> > and not get it's time changed from the DC's. Is there a way to prevent
this
> > from happening?
> >
> > One thought was to do a registry hack on the PC, and change the
following
> > parameter:
> >
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters
> >
> > Type : REG_SZ
> > Used to control how a computer synchronizes.
> > NoSync = do not synchronize time
> >
> > Is this the way to go, or is there a GPO that I can implement? Or,
would it
> > be much simpler to change the clock setting on the desk top, and uncheck
the
> > option to "Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes?"
> >
> > What do you all think?
> >
>
>