Early DST--no problems here
 

Just checked both computers to make sure they didn't spontaneously combust when Daylight Saving(s) Time came 3 weeks early this year.

They had been hyping it up on the news (even Jon Stewart did a parody of it on his show) the past week saying how some older computers, especially if they were over 3 years old, might have problems adjusting. Of course, I thought, well that's easy, you just adjust the clock as if you were adjusting the time. But then I spend a lot of time working/playing on computers.

My laptop, which is 4 years old, showed the correct time on startup, and the family desktop (which I've been using lately) changed right over automatically without needing to reboot.

So all's good on this end! Just wanted to let you all know!

Now I'm gonna go to bed! SmileWavy

Windows 2000 servers, even though they were patched, are having issues (at least where I work).

Thanks, MS!

My Win 2000 desktop didn't flip. But I haven't patched . . .

Ian

Edit: OS Name: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Version: 5.0.2195 Service Pack 4 Build 2195

All of my PCs are patched. I manually set my Palm to the correct DST settings, a few weeks back. No problems.

WTF?

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Where are patches?

Ian

Nevermind. I googled & found it in Support.

Ian

My wrist watch exploded while I slept.

Larry

I might have to stop by the office today and check the Server. I am using MS Server 2003 if I remember correctly.

My PC at home adjusted itself.

My computers seem okay. We've been losing electrical power at our place intermittantly for the last two days, but I think that's probably unrelated.

11 computers. No patches. No problems.

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Here in Arizona we had no problems at all. Course we do not change times either... :)

Arizona stays on DST all year round, right?

Man, I hope California adopts that policy some day. I can't stand it in the dead of winter when it gets dark at 5 PM. Depressing.

Ditto, I hope that where ever I live eventually adopts that policy. I'd much rather have dark mornings and light evenings.


My XP PC changed itself last night. I hadn't done anything special.

My fing alarm clock woke me up on time this morning, yes, it changed.

Damn.

Yep, we keep the same time all year around. Its sunny enough here that its just not needed.

As well there are a couple of states back East where part or all of the state does not change either.

+1

Although I had to change the time in 48 pieces of analytical equipment starting at 0200 / 0300 last night, and finished at 0630.

Good one:D Buuuttt... That's what ya get for not buying an Apple wrist watch. :rolleyes:

Seriously, why are people making such a big fuss? Is it like the ultimate op, to diss both the Prez, and the richest man in the world?

Wow do you use all 11 of them at the same time? You really are amazing!

Mine didn't flip, so I right clicked the clock and changed it.

It was scary for a stretch there:)

Imagine that .... the early DST change scare didn't quite play out. The list of these bungled scares is getting really long:

Y2K - 1999
Overpopulation/famine - 1960s
China Syndrome/Nuclear Power - 1970s
Freon & the Ozone Hole - 1980s
Communist Invasion - 1950s
Global Cooling / Ice Age - 1980s
DDT - 1970s
HIV/AIDs - 2000

Next thing we'll hear is manmade Global Warming is a hoax too ..... nah, couldn't be! :D