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

Hi Alias,

You say that this past Sunday daylight savings time kicked in, so it sounds
as if you are in the Southern hemisphere.

I'm in the Eastern Time Zone of the USA, and here in the USA -- and Canada I
believe -- Daylight Savings Time ends this coming Sunday.

I wonder if it makes any difference what Time Zone someone is in as to
whether the DST 'fix' works or not.

Alan

"Alias ;-)" <iamalias@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Alan wrote:
Joe,

After I did the repair install, I did have to re-register certain DLLs as
described in the article that PA Bear posted, in order to be able to use
Window Updates again.

I just went to the Windows Update site and performed a Custom scan; there
were no updates related to DST that were offered.

At this point, I think I'll just wait until the official end of DST this
coming Sunday and worry about DST again in March 2009. :-)

Alan

I have SP3 and this past Sunday daylight savings time kicked in and XP
recognized it and changed the clock.

Alias

"Joe Zygala" <JoeZygala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Alan,

The only thing I can suggest is to read through the links that PA Bear
supplied earlier in this thread. It deals with not being able to do
additional updates in an environment such as you and I have - having
done a
reinstall pre-SP3 then doing the SP3 update. I have not yet done this,
so
have no feedback.

Why the DST update worked on my system but not on yours? I have no clue
other than what I said in the previous paragraph. Not being at all a
Windows
expert, I can supply no further guidance. Good luck!

"Alan" wrote:

Hi Joe,

This computer came with SP2, which I upgraded to SP3 in May.

About a month ago, I did a Windows Repair install using the SP2 CD that
came
with the machine. At that point I was back to SP2 so I re-installed
SP3.

I just downloaded the DST patch from the link you provided.

As it turns out, it is the same file that I had downloaded from
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951072. However, I did download the
file
from your link and tried running it. I received the same message as
yesterday: ""Update cannot be installed as a newer or same timezone
update
has already been
installed on the system."

Alan

"Joe Zygala" <JoeZygala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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."

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