XP Pro SP1 and Daylight Saving Time update

[Guest]

Is their an update for XP Pro SP1 for the new Daylight Saving Time.
Microsoft Update says you have to update to SP2 before you can update the
Daylight Saving Time.

Thanks
Tony

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

No, it's for XP with SP2 only. Obviously it's time for you to either
manually update when DST comes into effect or (preferably) install SP2 and
protect your PC properly.

 

[Poprivet]

Is their an update for XP Pro SP1 for the new Daylight Saving Time.
Microsoft Update says you have to update to SP2 before you can update
the Daylight Saving Time.

Thanks
Tony

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.

 

[N. Miller]

Is their an update for XP Pro SP1 for the new Daylight Saving Time.
Microsoft Update says you have to update to SP2 before you can update the
Daylight Saving Time.

I have heard that the 'tzedit' utility, from the Windows 98 resource kit,
will run under Windows XP SP1. According to Mike Maltby, you can get it
here:

http://www.softshape.com/download/tzedit.zip

 

[Stan Brown]

Mon, 5 Mar 2007 01:00:23 -0800 from N. Miller

I have heard that the 'tzedit' utility, from the Windows 98 resource kit,
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.

 

[FeMaster]

Is their an update for XP Pro SP1 for the new Daylight Saving Time.
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]

Fri, 9 Mar 2007 19:32:29 -0500 from Stan Brown

Mon, 5 Mar 2007 01:00:23 -0800 from N. Miller


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