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Re: Microsoft Security Bulletin(s) for 12/12/2006
said by altermatt  : ... If you are running Win2k or any version other than 2003 or XP SP2, they are suggesting you download the entire Server 2003 Resource Kit, just to get the tzedit.exe utility that will allow you to change things for 2k, etc. Why did they not just post the updated tzedit file? Or have they and I've missed it? Google tzedit and you should be able to find it. You can use it for unsupported systems Win9x/ME and W2K. It's very easy to use. Just run it, select your time zone if it's not already pre-selected, click Edit, and change the values to have daylight savings time start on the second Sunday in March, and end on the first Sunday in November. No other changes are needed. When you close the program the registry is updated and you're all done.
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Mele20
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Thank you, Bubba. That was what I was trying to find out.
Ugh though that DST has been extended by one month. |
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altermatt
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said by dp Google tzedit and you should be able to find it. I'm VERY uncomfortable just grabbing any old file that says it's tzedit.exe...I want the official MS one. Yet MS seems to only be making that available as part of the entire 2003 Server Resource Kit. That makes no sense to me (yes, I know, they don't have to make sense, they're Microsoft  ).
But it seems that they would lose nothing by just making that one file available for download for those still running older OS's, like Win2k. We have one laptop that is still running that.
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said by Mele20 :Ugh though that DST has been extended by one month You bet....more daylight for yard work and Golf....regardless what it does to my "circadian rhythms" 
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said by Bubba :In 2006 Windows knew to adjust the clock for DST on April 2 and October 29, 2006. For 2007 DST is extended 4 weeks and starts March 11 and ends November 4, 2007. The OS will be patched to refleck that change so the clock will be updated properly. HTH, Bubba The changes of when DST starts and ends part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
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AB
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said by Bubba :....regardless what it does to my "circadian rhythms" It will sap all your precious bodily fluids . . . |
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I already know that medically and otherwise it is a very bad idea.
I would think Jet Lag and 3rd Shift is harder on the body then DST. A one hour shock of the body is not noticed by me when I am spending that extra hour of sunlight on my hammock. Did not even notice DST at all.
If you really are concerned with the negative effects of DST on the human body try mixing Feng Shui and DST and see how you feel.
Trying to organize furniture an hour earlier or later is really tough on the body and mind.
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I hate it when I go to visit my mother in Arkansas and have to live with light artifically ended in the evening too late and starting funny in the morning.
By starting funny are you saying the Sun is telling jokes before rising? I will have to get up earlier to hear them.
The Pros and Cons of DST are brought up every year and it is forgotten until time to Spring forward or Fall back depending on when the complainers started complaining.
*Edit* Minor grammar correction.
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said by dp :Google tzedit and you should be able to find it. You can use it for unsupported systems Win9x/ME and W2K. It's very easy to use. Just run it, select your time zone if it's not already pre-selected, click Edit, and change the values to have daylight savings time start on the second Sunday in March, and end on the first Sunday in November. No other changes are needed. When you close the program the registry is updated and you're all done. Thanks, that'll be useful..why M$ couldn't be so concise is beyond me. Oh wait..they want me to upgrade, thats right. 
I'm still planning to move my main operations to a non-M$ system pretty soon though..they just refuse to support older hardware..that a lot of people use including me.
Funny, *nix supports legacy hardware, while progressing in the new.
Planned obsolescence..BAH.
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Libra
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First of all, thank you DP for giving more information on this. It's given me hope.
Altermatt,
I did a search of Google and came across this site which gives a few extra steps in using tzedit.exe and also gives a link to a Microsoft ftp site that has that tool for Windows 98se. I downloaded it and scanned it with AVG and tested it with BOClean. Haven't tried using it yet. Here's the site:
»help.lockergnome.com/windows2/Wi···268.html
Sincerely, Libra
EDIT: I just used the tzedit.exe tool and it seemed to go well We'll see what happens in March. (Also, the properties of the file all reflected MS.)
Again, thank you so much DP. |
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For what it's worth for Win98FE users, tzedit.exe and its help file, etc. are included in the Resource Kit on the Win CD... and it worked perfectly to implement the changeover to the new DST dates. 
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said by Libra :Hi LaLuna, I was referring to the work-around they give for unsupported OS's (I have Windows 98se). All of that is too confusing to me. I haven't updated our XP computer yet, but when I do I will install the DST update on it. Sincerely, Libra Yep, I understand that now.
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said by Mele20 :said by La Luna :said by Mele20 :We don't have daylight savings. What is this time change? Never heard of it. Do I need this software update if Hawaii doesn't observer daylight savings (which all states should stop observing IMO)? Why does this concern you if you "never heard of it" or don't have DST (which is it?)? Most people like DST as it gives more hours of daylight in the evening. Why would you need this update if Hawaii doesn't participate in DST?  "...which all states should stop observing IMO"....which is a negative opinion on something that you "never heard of" or doesn't affect you. No one answered my question. I didn't especially need a link to an essay about how awful Daylight Savings Time is although that was ok as it is just more ammunition against it ....I already know that medically and otherwise it is a very bad idea. I don't know why anyone would like it. Who wants sunshine at 9PM and darkness at 10PM? That's nuts. I hate it when I go to visit my mother in Arkansas and have to live with light artifically ended in the evening too late and starting funny in the morning. It wasn't like that when I was growing up in Arkansas and we all managed just fine. There is no need to artifically manipulate time twice a year and disrupt circadian rhythms. I asked what is this time change? And no one told me...that Wiki essay doesn't either ....maybe somewhere in that long article is a reference to what I asked but I didn't see it and Wiki says the article badly needs updating and cleaning up...so I ask again what is this time change this coming year? I have sort of figured out it is going to be longer than in past years? Is that correct? That will be awful for us in Hawaii. Just awful ....we all hate it when you guys go on it and can't wait for you to get off it and if that time is extended...then double UGH. Plus, what is this Microsoft patch? It is only for those going on this NEW DST? Or what? Why is a patch needed in 2007 that wasn't needed when going on DST on the Mainland in 2006? Remember in Hawaii we don't have a bunch of news articles about DST on the Mainland. We can't even remember when you guys have it and don't...we just hate it and wish it would go away permanently as it is very disruptive of health, circadian rhythms, etc. for those who must endure it and bad for us in Hawaii for any business we have to do with the Mainland because it extends the already significant time difference so that in many instances I cannot call customer service for a business on the East Coast ever during DST because the hours are during my sleep hours and breakfast and I don't do mornings so I am not sufficiently awake to make a business call until after breakfast and by then customer service has closed. *headdesk* 
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2 edits | headdesk? What is that? What is that smilie? I've never seen that one before, but then I use only a few common smilies even though I have a fancy smilie extension for Fx.
Earlier today, when I was out running I had two people stop me and ask me about this patch. (I've helped them in past with computer problems).They had no idea either that the Mainland was going on extended DST next year and they are unhappy also to hear this is happening because of the problem of not being able to call East Coast businesses during their business hours without inconvenience to us here. Hawaii, I think, needs to go on DST in self defense. |
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altermatt
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said by Libra :and also gives a link to a Microsoft ftp site that has that tool for Windows 98se. Alas, even the official tzedits from MS that are found around the Net in standalone are NOT the latest---that is only found in the Server 2k3 Resource Kit. Since it works on all older Windows versions, THAT'S the one MS is recommending (though it probably isn't necessary) and so my point was that that's the one they should make available separately.
The older ones probably do the job fine.
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KachiWachi
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Why is a tool needed when it appears all that is needed is to adjust the registry accordingly? |
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Bubba17
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said by Mele20 :There is no need to artifically manipulate time twice a year and disrupt circadian rhythms. You figure DST will create any radar screen blimp in the "circadian rhythms" of the hundreds of thousands of us that work shift work, or swing shifts?
I cannot call customer service for a business on the East Coast ever during DST because the hours are during my sleep hours and breakfast and I don't do mornings so I am not sufficiently awake to make a business call until after breakfast and by then customer service has closed.
You poor thing. Well, depending on how bad you wanted to make that business call, you just might be required to interrupt your "sleep hours" or, god forbid, delay your breakfast.
And tomorrow? Force yourself to step on pavement cracks .. they will NOT harm you. Honest.
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2 edits | reply to dp
Ok, I found one for you pre-XP guys that dont want to d/l the whole resource kit...that seems to be safe:
website link
»www.petri.co.il/download_free_re···ools.htm
(file you want is TZedit: Time Zone Editor almost at the bottom of the page)
D/L'd, scanned with NOD32 and was fine:
NOD32 Scan
It's an older version, but worked fine on my win2k sp4 box using dp 's instructions.
Screenshot:
Tzedit Usage
Thanks folks
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AB
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said by Bubba17 :said by Mele20 :There is no need to artifically manipulate time twice a year and disrupt circadian rhythms. You figure DST will create any radar screen blimp in the "circadian rhythms" of the hundreds of thousands of us that work shift work, or swing shifts? I cannot call customer service for a business on the East Coast ever during DST because the hours are during my sleep hours and breakfast and I don't do mornings so I am not sufficiently awake to make a business call until after breakfast and by then customer service has closed.
You poor thing. Well, depending on how bad you wanted to make that business call, you just might be required to interrupt your "sleep hours" or, god forbid, delay your breakfast. And I suppose it just never ocurred to you that not everyone has the phenomenally important 'CRY2' gene??
Not all plants or mice have it, and, given the evidence at hand, quite possibly not all Hawaiians, either.
»www.hhmi.org/news/takahashi.html
. . Force yourself to step on pavement cracks .. they will NOT harm you. . . Ha! Says you!
»www.gvsotopa.com/PracticeAreas/S···ents.asp
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altermatt
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said by caffeinator :Ok, I found one for you pre-XP guys that dont want to d/l the whole resource kit...that seems to be safe: Thanks, caffeinator. That DOES look safe, though it's an older version (as you noted); that version should be in the older resource kits many may have.
My point was that MS should have made this much easier by just letting one download the single file instead of an entire resource kit---this just didn't make sense.
The whole DST thing is kinda silly anyway . But, like gravity, it's a law I don't like but have to follow .
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