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#173816 - 2007-02-09 11:21 PM US/Canada DST changes
Glenn Barnas Glenn Barnas KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-01-28 Posts: 4402 Loc: New Jersey	As you likely know, the US and Canada have enacted a law that changes when DST begins and ends. There are ramifications not only for computers in these countries, but for those who communicate with the US/Canada. Microsoft has released hotfixes for W2K3, XP, Exchange, and other products. Windows 2000, however, is not supported. A patch is available (for a few thousand $$) for users with enterprise support. Those without an ESA are SOL. $;\)$ I'll be putting up some tools on my web site over this weekend that will update the W2K server and professional systems. Keep your eyes out if you are running W2K systems. Glenn _________________________ Actually I am a Rocket Scientist! $\:D$
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#173821 - 2007-02-09 11:29 PM Re: US/Canada DST changes [Re: Glenn Barnas]
Gargoyle Gargoyle MM club member Registered: 2004-03-09 Posts: 1597 Loc: Valley of the Sun (Arizona, US...	Or everyone could move to AZ as we don't change our time $\:\)$ _________________________ Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
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#173823 - 2007-02-09 11:39 PM Re: US/Canada DST changes [Re: Gargoyle]
Glenn Barnas Glenn Barnas KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-01-28 Posts: 4402 Loc: New Jersey	And, what? you don't talk to anyone anywhere else? $\:o$ One of the issues is with Exchange appointments/meetings, which might include users in other areas.. G- _________________________ Actually I am a Rocket Scientist! $\:D$
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#173826 - 2007-02-10 12:42 AM Re: US/Canada DST changes [Re: Glenn Barnas]
Gargoyle Gargoyle MM club member Registered: 2004-03-09 Posts: 1597 Loc: Valley of the Sun (Arizona, US...	Was only making the point that we don't have the issue of the new standards as we don't change time, so if all the company's out there relocated to AZ, the issue would not be that big of a deal. Besides AZ is one of the fastest growing states in the US and I can only hope that with more people that my property values will increase just that much more. _________________________ Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
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#173827 - 2007-02-10 02:53 AM Re: US/Canada DST changes [Re: Gargoyle]
Glenn Barnas Glenn Barnas KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-01-28 Posts: 4402 Loc: New Jersey	I see... so, if everyone moved to AZ, how deep would we be stacked? Does AZ have so much daylight, it doesn't need to save any? (bah-boom!) AZ has so much daylight that we could adjust all the other time zones and forget about the back and forth nonsense? (I'm here all week!) Sorry - I missed my joke allotment for bad-joke Thursday and am trying to make up for it now.. My Brother-in-law lives outside of Phoenix - he was upset that we had warmer weather in Jan (in NJ) than they did out there. G- _________________________ Actually I am a Rocket Scientist! $\:D$
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#173832 - 2007-02-10 04:22 AM Re: US/Canada DST changes [Re: Glenn Barnas]
Allen Allen KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-04-19 Posts: 4572 Loc: USA	argh! It's like I knew this was coming since November... and I guess I just assumed it was a quick fix on the time zones... but this is a PITA! All Workstations, Servers, Exchange, Outlook, Blackberries.... the list keeps growing! Anyway... if you need a wake up call, here it is... you've got about a month from now to get this done. Here are a few links that have gotten me started: Preparing for Daylight Saving Time changes in 2007: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/dst_topissues#a2 How to address the daylight saving time changes in 2007 by using the Time Zone Data Update Tool for Microsoft Office Outlook: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931667/ How to address daylight saving time by using the Exchange Calendar Update Tool: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930879/ BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Microsoft Exchange: http://www.blackberry.com/select/dst2007/planned_resolutions/enterpriseserver/exchange/index.shtml http://www.blackberry.com/select/dst2007...ft_Exchange.pdf _________________________ (... better days ahead)
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#173834 - 2007-02-10 08:09 AM Re: US/Canada DST changes [Re: Allen]
Gargoyle Gargoyle MM club member Registered: 2004-03-09 Posts: 1597 Loc: Valley of the Sun (Arizona, US...	Ok I was going to try and keep it going but I will just let it go and declare the winner to be Glenn It was a nice spar... _________________________ Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
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#173837 - 2007-02-10 02:04 PM Re: US/Canada DST changes [Re: Allen]
Glenn Barnas Glenn Barnas KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-01-28 Posts: 4402 Loc: New Jersey	Well, the good news is that Vista doesn't need to be patched! $;\)$ Let's all just do a masive upgrade. Hmm - the patch is sounding better... There's one more CRUCIAL bit of info.. you can't roll this out over time. You can patch your servers, and then your workstations, but if you use Exchange - well - the Exchange patch, appointment rewrite tool, followed by the patch on every device connected to Exchange, including client workstations and any WinCE or WinMobile device SHOULD be patched in rapid succession. Failure to do so will result in clients creating appointments based on their local DST change values. Further, the appointment rewrite tool only updates RECURRING appointments! Any individual appointment falling into the New/Old DST change window - Spring or Fall - must be updated manually. Canada decided to follow the US on the DST change, but Mexico did not.. so the southwestern US states bordering Mexico will have a couple weeks where the time is different across the border. (Just like the states bordering AZ) Not to lose sight of the original post, remember too that Windows 2000 does NOT have a free patch available from MS. (and that we would not have this problem if we relocated the world's population to AZ. Gargoyle - I got dibs on your couch, buddy!) Glenn _________________________ Actually I am a Rocket Scientist! $\:D$
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#173845 - 2007-02-12 04:10 PM Re: US/Canada DST changes [Re: Glenn Barnas]
Benny69 Benny69 Moderator Registered: 2003-10-29 Posts: 1036 Loc: Lincoln, Ne	Here is what to do for older machines including win2k: How to configure daylight saving time for the United States in 2007 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914387 _________________________ Wait don't order yet,... get KiXforms Designer .NET 2.0 (Beta) KiXforms Designer .NET 2.0 (Beta)
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#173903 - 2007-02-14 01:34 PM Re: US/Canada DST changes [Re: Benny69]
gregglsc gregglsc Fresh Scripter Registered: 2000-11-16 Posts: 21 Loc: USA	IntelliAdmin has a patch that you can silently install that will fix this on NT/2000/XP/2003 systems. They are offering it for free. Go to http://www.intelliadmin.com/downloads.htm It is the first item under their freeware downloads. Gregg
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#173909 - 2007-02-14 03:39 PM Re: US/Canada DST changes [Re: gregglsc]
Allen Allen KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-04-19 Posts: 4572 Loc: USA	Thanks for the link... I've already passed this on to some other people who I know will be grateful. _________________________ (... better days ahead)
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