DST instructions for PC and PDA

[Hechler Family]

John, et all,

Just a friendly reminder - anytime you do online updates, you are
opening your whole desktop/laptop so Microsoft can spy on you - meaning
what you have installed, legally or illegally, all your data files,
public and/or private.

Make a full backup or order the update via CD.

MS worry-wort

John Dutton wrote:
>
> Anyone that is utilizing automatic updates on their desktop/laptop
> should have the fix automatically installed. This is Microsoft hotfix
> KB931836. If in doubt one can click on:
>
> Start >Control Panel >Add/Remove Programs
>
> Make sure the box is checked for “Show Updates”
>
> Scroll towards the bottom of the list and check for “Windows Software
> updates—Update for Windows XP (KB931836)”.
>
> If it is not there, then one should run Windows Update (or Microsoft
> Update) and download the fix. Alternately, the link is here
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931836.
>
> After running this update the computer’s Daylight Savings Time will be
> fixed. If not, then no amount of monkeying with times will rectify the
> problem in the given calendar program (this is not just a M$ Office
> issue) until last year’s DST dates occur. Just for the record the
> dates have been moved from previous years by Congress. Of course if
> you live outside the US or in Arizona or about three counties in
> Indiana you are unaffected as they don’t observe DST anyway.
>
> Quote: Starting in the spring of 2007, daylight saving time (DST)
> start and end dates for the United States will transition to comply
> with the Energy Policy Act of 2005. DST dates in the United States
> will start three weeks earlier, at 2:00 A.M. on the second Sunday in
> March. DST will end one week later, at 2:00 A.M. on the first Sunday
> in November. This results in a new DST period that is four weeks
> longer than in previous years. Unless certain updates are applied to
> your computer, the time zone settings for your computer's system clock
> may be incorrect during this four-week period. In particular, you must
> make sure that both your Windows operating system and your calendar
> programs are updated.
>
> 95% of you will already have KB931836 installed on your laptop/desktop
> from the Automatic Update and will only need to manually update a PDA.
> The PDA link is
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/daylightsaving/daylightdownload.mspx
> . If anyone has any questions about how to go about this feel free to
> email me. I can walk you through it.
>
> John Dutton
>
> Billings, MT
>
> duttonjw at gmail.com <mailto:duttonjw at gmail.com>
>