My system clock is wrong again
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Posted by on April 6, 2008, 11:59 pm
Please log in for more thread options This is a 2000 computer, running Win98se. Last year they changed the Daylight Savings Time (DST). I installed some download that was supposed to fix these older computers that were designed to change the DST on the old date. That software worked fine when I installed it. Now it apparently is not working. I cant even remember what I installed or if it's still on my drive. All I know is that when DST went into effect a few weeks ago, my computer did not change. Last night I was online at 2am when I got a message saying it was changing my clock for DST. The time was correct (since I set it manually) until that thing set it an hour ahead last night. Once again I manually set it correctly. This is about the 10th time I had to change the clock since DST took effect. My question is how do I disable the automatic time changes. I want them disabled entirely. I'd rather change the time manually, twice a year, than have to keep fighting with it. Is this something I do by changing a jumper on the motherboard, or do I change it on the CMOS, or is it strictly from Windows (or ALL of the above). I got one of these Atomic clock programs installed, and even that thing was setting the time an hour wrong since the actual time change. It's not that big a deal having the clock wrong, but I did leave the house an hour early once because I looked at the computer clock. More is the fact it's simply an annoyance that is most irritating. I have to manually change all the other clocks in the house, so I may as well set the computer manually too. Thanks for all assistance. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Paul on April 7, 2008, 12:46 am
Please log in for more thread options I was in the same situation as you. They changed DST in Canada, and I found out that Microsoft would not be releasing a patch as such, for my Win2K SP4 install. I found a tool here, which worked just dandy. I entered the time zone information manually, using "tzedit.exe", and the amazing thing is, it has worked without a hitch, since doing it. The time changed just as it is supposed to. http://www.soc.duke.edu/resources/timezone/ (executable here) http://www.soc.duke.edu/resources/timezone/timezone.html (instructions) The executable I have on disk here (when I originally got it), is 41,984 bytes, and has an MD5SUM of ec7bb331aba6f26372a6a1ab8b2430b1. I didn't keep any notes from my adventure, but only took note of the soc.duke.edu location (I change the downloaded filename, to include the source node). Since it worked for me, I no longer fear time zones :-) Tzedit is also mentioned in this KB article. This one is also a different file size, just to make things interesting. It is dated 1999. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927229 Microsoft also made the information available as a raw registry change, which boggles the mind. The above tool is much easier to deal with. Have fun, Paul | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Ron on April 7, 2008, 2:46 am
Please log in for more thread options On Apr 6, 11:59 pm, letter...@invalid.com wrote:
> I'm not sure if this is a hardware or software issue.
> This is a 2000 computer, running Win98se. Last year they changed the > Daylight Savings Time (DST). I installed some download that was > supposed to fix these older computers that were designed to change the > DST on the old date. That software worked fine when I installed it. > Now it apparently is not working. I cant even remember what I > installed or if it's still on my drive. Try this http://www.intelliadmin.com/Downloads.htm Scroll down to "Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 Daylight Saving Time Fix" Download, and then set your clock. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Splork on April 7, 2008, 3:26 am
Please log in for more thread options On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:59:55 -0500, letterman@invalid.com
wrote: >I'm not sure if this is a hardware or software issue.
There is something for 98SE
>This is a 2000 computer, running Win98se. Last year they changed the >Daylight Savings Time (DST). I installed some download that was >supposed to fix these older computers that were designed to change the >DST on the old date. That software worked fine when I installed it. >Now it apparently is not working. I cant even remember what I >installed or if it's still on my drive. All I know is that when DST >went into effect a few weeks ago, my computer did not change. Last >night I was online at 2am when I got a message saying it was changing >my clock for DST. The time was correct (since I set it manually) >until that thing set it an hour ahead last night. Once again I >manually set it correctly. This is about the 10th time I had to >change the clock since DST took effect. > >My question is how do I disable the automatic time changes. I want >them disabled entirely. I'd rather change the time manually, twice a >year, than have to keep fighting with it. Is this something I do by >changing a jumper on the motherboard, or do I change it on the CMOS, >or is it strictly from Windows (or ALL of the above). > >I got one of these Atomic clock programs installed, and even that >thing was setting the time an hour wrong since the actual time change. >It's not that big a deal having the clock wrong, but I did leave the >house an hour early once because I looked at the computer clock. More >is the fact it's simply an annoyance that is most irritating. I have >to manually change all the other clocks in the house, so I may as well >set the computer manually too. > >Thanks for all assistance. It is a registry insert of the new time changes. I do not know where it is on the net but I downloaded it and used it and it cured the problem. It is a "dot"reg file. I think mine was called "W98NewTimeZones.reg" I had downloaded others that did not solve the problem. | |||||||||||||
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> This is a 2000 computer, running Win98se. Last year they changed the
> Daylight Savings Time (DST). I installed some download that was
> supposed to fix these older computers that were designed to change the
> DST on the old date. That software worked fine when I installed it.
> Now it apparently is not working. I cant even remember what I
> installed or if it's still on my drive. All I know is that when DST
> went into effect a few weeks ago, my computer did not change. Last
> night I was online at 2am when I got a message saying it was changing
> my clock for DST. The time was correct (since I set it manually)
> until that thing set it an hour ahead last night. Once again I
> manually set it correctly. This is about the 10th time I had to
> change the clock since DST took effect.
>
> My question is how do I disable the automatic time changes. I want
> them disabled entirely. I'd rather change the time manually, twice a
> year, than have to keep fighting with it. Is this something I do by
> changing a jumper on the motherboard, or do I change it on the CMOS,
> or is it strictly from Windows (or ALL of the above).
>
> I got one of these Atomic clock programs installed, and even that
> thing was setting the time an hour wrong since the actual time change.
> It's not that big a deal having the clock wrong, but I did leave the
> house an hour early once because I looked at the computer clock. More
> is the fact it's simply an annoyance that is most irritating. I have
> to manually change all the other clocks in the house, so I may as well
> set the computer manually too.
>
> Thanks for all assistance.
>