> And in addition, if you have a W2K box there is no patch distributed via > Windows Update because W2K is in maintenance mode and this apparently > isn't considered a critical update. According to a co-worker, you have > to pay MS $4000 to get a patch. OTOH there is a utility called TZEDIT > that you can run on pretty much any version of Windows and manually > change the TZ info.
Yeah right. You can get the 3rd party patch here, so you don't have to do it manually on NT/W2K, and it'll even work on higher platforms for simplicity's sake: http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2007/01/unofficial-windows-2000-daylight.html We have hundreds or even thousands of computers/stations running our software in turnkey installs where the owners have no clue about how to maintain a computer, let alone think about something like this. We had to send postcards to all our customers with a current support contract and link them to a page on our site with instructions on updating their computer system-- we wrote a tool that they can run on the 'server' and it will push it out to the stations automatically. Even still, I suspect there will be a very large number of calls starting Sunday with people wondering why their systems are off by 1 hour... -- Derek _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
