Re: Windows XP SP3 handles Daylight Savings Time end incorrectly?

Alan,

I decided to run the Daylight Savings Time tool at
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/dst_hu1 to see if that helped. Even though I
have SP3, I selected the option to install the one for XP SP2, as after
reading through other stuff in the knowledge base it appears that the update
should only affect some time zone entries in the registry. It did work. I
think my problem was that I had to rebuild my system after some previous
problems and went directly from SP1 to SP3. SP3 evidently does not include
the time zone changes (neither did SP2 for that matter). So, you have to
apply this change to your system. Perhaps you had a similar situation. As I
said, in any case the utility worked and I am now officially on DST!

"Alan" wrote:

Well, I DO have SP3, and my PC is off by an hour.

There is supposedly a fix at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951072, which
was released

I downloaded the file and when I try to install it, I am told that "Update
cannot be installed as a newer or same timezone update has already been
installed on the system.

Microsoft, in its own inimitable jargon has this to say:

"Note When you apply this update, you may receive the following message:
Update cannot be installed as a newer or same time zone update has already
been installed on the system.
This message indicates that you have already applied the correct update or
that Windows Updates or Microsoft Update has automatically installed this
update. No additional action is required to update the Windows operating
system software.

The update that this article describes is also supported by Windows XP
Service Pack 3 (SP3).

Note This update is not included in Windows XP SP3. If you have already
applied Windows XP SP2, and you then apply Windows XP SP3, you do not have
to reapply this update. If you have not applied Windows XP SP2, and then you
apply Windows SP3, you must apply this update after you apply Windows XP
SP3."

I might just set the time manually and deselect the tick mark in the box
that says: "Automatically synchronize with an Internet time server" until
next Sunday.

I wonder if this is still going to be a problem when we go back on Daylight
savings Time next Spring.

Alan

"Joe Zygala" <JoeZygala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Well, I don't think I have the SP3 beta. Due to various problems, I had
to
reinstall this computer back in May. I did the SP3 update on May 8, 2008.
Granted, I have not done updates since then, but don't know what, if any,
fix
in the interim would have fixed this problem. Do you have a specific fix
number for this? I will probably go to the library to do an update
tomorrow.
At home, with dial-up, this is just too painful.

"Daave" wrote:

"Joe Zygala" <JoeZygala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This morning (Sunday, 10/26/2008) when I got up and rebooted my 3
computers,
the 2 that are at SP2 say, correctly, that they are on Eastern
Daylight Time.
The one running SP3 says it is on Eastern Standard Time. All three
are
configured the same way - (GMT - 5:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) and
Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes.

Is there a bug in the SP3 code? How can I fix this?

I believe this is expected behavior for the earlier *beta* version of
SP3. From Shashank Bansal:

"Our current plan is not to integrate the time zone package with SP3,
but instead release a new updated update to windows update. the new
package would be installable on SP3."

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2834373&SiteID=17






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