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On 4/4/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Susan,
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected] >
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Daylight savings query
> Yeah in hindsight I think I can achieve bon bon status but just putting
> the stupid key in group policy.
>
>
>
>
> Dean Wells wrote:
>
>>I don't query the existing setting, I simply set it ... via site linked
>>policies or script or whatever's your preference -->
>>
>>Control.exe TIMEDATE.CPL,,/Z (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada);
>>Tijuana
>>
>>alternatively:
>>
>>RUNDLL32.EXE SHELL32.DLL,Control_RunDLL TIMEDATE.CPL,,/Z (GMT-08:00)
>>Pacific
>>Time (US & Canada); Tijuana
>>
>>... where '(GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada); Tijuana' is the
>>timezone
>>being
>>set.
>>
>>The supplied value behind /Z is from the Display value under the registry
>>key -
>>'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones'
>>
>>You can also use the Std value in those registry keys as well, this is
>>equivalent
>>to "(GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada); Tijuana":
>>
>>Control.exe TIMEDATE.CPL,,/Z Pacific Standard Time
>>
>>--
>>Dean Wells
>>MSEtechnology
>>* Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>http://msetechnology.com
>>
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>[mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Susan Bradley,
>>>CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
>>>Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 9:20 PM
>>>To: [email protected]
>>>Cc: Send - AD mailing list
>>>Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Daylight savings query
>>>
>>>Without walking around to every stupid new desktop every year and getting
>>>mad at Dell that they aren't picking up the right timezones.... I want to
>>>set at my desktop eating bon bons and scan them and see if they've
>>>screwed up and the Secretaries will be booking appointments in the wrong
>>>time zones and the bosses will be getting mad
>>>
>>>(Bosses get the new computers.. Secretaries get the old ones that already
>>>have the time zone problem resolved)
>>>
>>>Basically I'm asking... what do you guys do in big server land to ensure
>>>that every stupid Outlook is booking appointments in the proper zone?
>>>
>>>Dean Wells wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>It's late so that could well be it ... but I'm afraid I'm
>>>uncertain as
>>>>to what it is you've not already ascertained for yourself?
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Dean Wells
>>>>MSEtechnology
>>>>* Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> http://msetechnology.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Susan Bradley,
>>>>>CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
>>>>>Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 8:33 PM
>>>>>To: [email protected]
>>>>>Subject: [ActiveDir] Daylight savings query
>>>>>
>>>>>(someone go pick Joe up off the floor after I post this..
>>>I'm actually
>>>>>asking about scripting)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Is there a script that can be run to determine what a
>>>computers time
>>>>>zone status is? Some WMI status in AD or something? It seems like
>>>>>everytime I get new computers in the office...the OEM image that we
>>>>>don't nuke and pake means that they do not grab the "autotmatically
>>>>>adjust" setting, even though it's checked, so they end up
>>>staying on
>>>>>standard time rather than flipping to daylight savings and thus causing
>>>>>appointments to be off an hour.
>>>>>
>>>>>Okay so the setting is under
>>>>>
>>>>>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneIn
>>>>>formation
>>>>>But the values under there are not jumping out at me as to
>>>which one
>>>>>the machine is broadcasting?
>>>>>
>>>>>Is it "Daylight Bias" RegDword ffffffc4" ...as if I flip
>>>the gui on
>>>>>and off.. that value goes down to 0....
>>>>>
>>>>>...wonder if I can group policy that reg key value....hmmmmmm
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>How to configure daylight saving time dates for Brazil:
>>>>>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=317211
>>>>>
>>>>>"Use a script to delete "DisableAutoDaylightTimeSet" from the registry.
>>>>>When deleted 'Automatically adjust clock for daylight
>>>savings changes'
>>>
>>>>>in Windows will be checked.
>>>>>
>>>>>The registry key is:
>>>>>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneIn
>>>>>formation "
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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