presbp Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 I have heard that DST is different this year or something weird like that and that the computers might not be able to handle it. Will XP Pro SP2 stay in sync with the time or should I set my computer to synchronize with a different internet time server. Or should I just simply just move ahead (or is it behind?) an hour midnight of March 10 or you could say 12 in the morning March 11th and then switch back November 3 at midnight and disable the internet time server for the time being? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMTNT Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 You should have received a patch through automatic updates but here is a link to make sure.http://support.microsoft.com/gp/cp_dst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Just for the record, the hour goes forward in March. ;) I always remember it by a little rhyme: Spring forward, Fall back. ('Fall' being the American term for autumn) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 The clocks would be better left one hour on all the year. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 The clocks would be better left one hour on all the year. :D Actually, I agree with that. I detest the early darkness nights. I think I must suffer from the S.A.D. syndrome. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 You will all have to start using up all the daylight you saved last year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thos Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 I recall an experiment several years ago when the change was not made. The overwhelming response was that we should go back to daylight saving. The Scots and North of England people were especially vehement about it. Paperboys were murdered and papergirls were raped in the dark mornings1(Not really that bad----just a little hyperbole.)Thos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Yes, I realise that there are reasons that others would like to retain it, but I hate "bringing down the shutters" so early. When was that experiment done Thos? I don't remember it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Forty odd years ago, I think I was still at school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thos Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 !968 to 1971.Thos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 And whilst you are tinkering about, and heaving the last bit of naturally occuring "anything-we-have-left" into obscurity, why don't you move December and January to a point in between June and July. This will give a shorter winter, and will give a short sking holiday opportunity for those who are overwhelmed with the heat of our overbearing summers.To me it all goes to show that whoever created time made an absolute mess of it, and Christopher Wren, John Flamsted, Edmond Halley and all those early dunderheads hadn't the slightest idea of what they were doing and got it all wrong when they created the Prime Meridian of the world, all those years ago. They should have waited until someone who knew better should happen to come along to put them right.Oh! What about pancake Monday being swapped with Ash Friday, and Martinmas Thursday switching with All hallows Tuesday and doubling up with Little Old Lady Down the Road (with a Dog with a Wooden Leg) Friday? Or would that interfere with Bishop Crabtangler's half day off to see his granny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 The changed daylight saving time affects only the United States and Australia. The patch to make sure that computers adjust DST correctly con be downloaded from here (Genuine Windows validation required):http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...A9-EF9061A9A3CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 It's easy enough to reset the computer anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thos Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 The changed daylight saving time affects only the United States and Australia. The patch to make sure that computers adjust DST correctly con be downloaded from here (Genuine Windows validation required):http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...A9-EF9061A9A3CAYes, I think we were aware, but Irene made a comment in post 3 that extended it to the UK daylight saving coming up soon. :) Thos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 It's easy enough to rest the computer anyway.Do you mean switch it off...? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 This is typical of this forum. Self, self, self and not a care about Bishop Crabtangler who's mother relies on him to visit her regularly, to starch and iron her budgies, and give her a hose down and a quick rub over with wet-and-dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thos Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 This is typical of this forum. Self, self, self and not a care about Bishop Crabtangler who's mother relies on him to visit her regularly, to starch and iron her budgies, and give her a hose down and a quick rub over with wet-and-dry.I suspect that the Bishop wouldn't be where he is today if it wasn't for his dear mother's propensity for reliance on hosing down and rub-overs. If she had gone to an automatic hoser-down and rubbing-over like the mothers of ordinary clergymen, he would not have to turn out in the gloom of a Yorkshire evening. And talking of evening, why doesn't she get non-iron, or at least minimum-iron budgies, now readily available in all good pet shops, or at B & Q breed-your-own stores everywhere staffed by over-80 year old pensioners anxious to please and lift one budgie on top of another.It is all the fault of this Establishment. He should have gone months ago leaving the field clear for his Deputy to tidy up after him after he had finished with his secretary.Thos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 It's easy enough to rest the computer anyway.Do you mean switch it off...? ;)Sorry, should have read RESET! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 . And talking of evening, why doesn't she get non-iron, or at least minimum-iron budgies, now readily available in all good pet shops, or at B & Q breed-your-own stores everywhere staffed by over-80 year old pensioners anxious to please and lift one budgie on top of another.It is all the fault of this Establishment. He should have gone months ago leaving the field clear for his Deputy to tidy up after him after he had finished with his secretary.Thos.He tried, on one occasion, to get her to have them PTFE coated, but had only got the word "Polytetra" out of his mouth when she screamed at him, that her budgies were not going to be treated with anything that was for a parrot, using language that caused him to tell her to do a dozen"Hail Mary's".He's totally gone off genuflection, big style, now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thos Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 He's totally gone off genuflection, big style, now.Which is a good thing, because it puts you off your driving. The Road Safety campaigners are adamant that genuflecting whilst doing 90 miles an hour up the B32 between Skipdale and Nowhere is, not only detrimental to your health, but also causes real anxiety to the sheep and other wild life. For instance, the starlings just cannot stop murmuring.We should start a petition.Thos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 It was rumoured that the sheep up Skipdale go into total panic if they ever even see a Bishop.Whilst the sheep in Bishopdale, which as I am sure you know, runs between the top end of Wharfedale and Wenslydale, are always in total disarray.Makes you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 It's no wonder that the rozzers frown on men genuflecting whilst driving a car - you are supposed to keep both hands on the steering wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 It's no wonder that the rozzers frown on men genuflecting whilst driving a car - you are supposed to keep both hands on the steering wheel. No one told me that when I was a young girl ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 I wonder why this thread has received so many silly postings, as it is a perfectly legitimate question, and many users all over the world are confused about this issue.I have already posted the patch that must be applied if you live in a DST world.In addition, if you use Outlook (not Express!), you must also apply this patch http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931667/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 It's no wonder that the rozzers frown on men genuflecting whilst driving a car - you are supposed to keep both hands on the steering wheel. No one told me that when I was a young girl ! It's different for passengers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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