Hello everyone, I have a few questions about this timezone editor program. It says unzip the file into your windows directory, does that mean I would move the file into the directory and then unzip it, or would I unzip it first before I move it? Also, where is the windows directory? I have never had to go in there, so I don't know how to get to it. Thanks in advance to anyone who can answer my questions! Take care, Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ferrin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 7:11 AM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Fw: Something for the tips and tricks page.
> > From: "Denny Huff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'David Ferrin'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 8:45 PM > Subject: Something for the tips and tricks page. > > > Windows and Daylight Saving Time > > This issue is important if you live in the United States and have a Windows > PC. Because of recent rule changes, Daylight Saving Time was extended > starting > in 2007, and unless you make some changes, your system's clock will not be > accurate. Unlike other problems that become a big deal when Microsoft does > this > or that, when this or that product is updated or discontinued, etc, this > issue has a very specific time at which it will bite you. At 2:00 AM local > time > on Sunday March 11, 2007, your system's clock will be one hour slow. This > will continue for three weeks, until the old rules call for Daylight Saving > Time > to take effect, on Sunday April 1, 2007, at 2:00 AM. At that time, > everything will be back to normal, and you will have an accurate clock once > again. The > problem will resurface at 2:00 AM on Sunday October 28, 2007, when the old > rule has Daylight Saving Time end, and last for one week, during which time > your system clock will be one hour fast. There will be similar periods of > inaccuracy in future years. This document describes a way to fix this > problem > by editing your Windows timezone data to reflect the new changes. Windows > Vista has these changes installed already from the factory, so you don't > need > to worry about this if you're running Vista. In addition, there is an update > for supported Windows operating systems to make these changes, but this > method > can be used if you don't want to bother with that. This method also works on > operating systems that are no longer being supported by Microsoft, such as > Windows 95/98/98SE. > > To do this, you first need to download the timezone editor program > here. http://www.bluegrasspals.com/tzedit.zip > Unzip the file into your windows directory. Now you need to run the > tzedit.exe program from the Start, Run dialog. A window will pop up. You > will be in > a list of the available timezones, with your current timezone already > selected. If you live in the United States, you will almost definitely want > to edit > this timezone, so tab to the "Edit" button and click it. A new dialog will > come up. Tab over to the Daylight Saving Time section, and change the combo > boxes for the days. Currently, the "Start Day" boxes will read "First Sunday > of April," and you want to change them to "Second Sunday of March." > Likewise, > for the "Last Day" combo boxes, change them from "Last Sunday in October" to > "First Sunday in November." These are standard combo boxes, so arrowing > through > them will make all of this self-explanatory. Don't change the time edit > boxes or anything else. Click "OK" to save your changes. Now Shift+Tab over > to > the list of timezones and arrow until you get to another timezone you want > to edit. For completeness, I always edit all of the US timezones. These > include > "(GMT-05:00) Eastern (US and Canada)," "(GMT-06:00) Central (US and > Canada)," "(GMT-07:00) Mountain (US and Canada)," "(GMT-08:00) Pacific (US > and Canada); > Tijuana," and "(GMT-09:00) Alaska." You don't need to edit "(GMT- 10:00) > Hawaii," because Hawaii does not observe Daylight Saving Time. If you live > in > some parts of Mexico that use US Pacific Time, the Daylight Saving Time > dates have not changed. To deal with this, you will need to create a new > timezone, > set the GMT Offset to - 08:00 and use the old Daylight Saving Time dates > described above. When you're all done, click the "Close" button to exit the > program. > > > Once you've edited your timezones, you need to go into your system's Control > Panel, and select the Date/Time option. On Windows 98SE, the Timezone > selection > is on the Date/Time tab, while on XP, there is a separate Timezone tab. In > any event, find the timezone selector, and arrow up once then down once to > reselect > the current timezone, then hit Enter, and exit the Control Panel. At this > point your system should be ready to deal with the new Daylight Saving Time > rules. > > Denny Huff > Assistive Technology Specialist > > Gateway For The Blind LLC. > P.O. 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