Thank you, -John
============== > For some reason, I always had trouble with the XP time service so I > disabled it and added a different NTP demon. I never had another problem. > > As I understand it, NTP never does DST changes. That's up to your OS to > handle. I live in an area that doesn't do DST changes so I've never had > to deal with it - other than dealing with some WWVB clocks that don't > let you disable DST! > > Ed > > On 3/23/2013 11:02 AM, J. Forster wrote: >> Thank you. >> >> My question is really does NIST time change to DST. I'm completely happy >> with manually changing the time twice a year by hand. I'm trying to see >> if >> disabling the auto-update fixes the problem. Resetting a clock is not >> exactly a major task. >> >> I have no interest in going to Vista or Windows 7 or anything else. If >> it >> ain't broke, don't fix it. >> >> I made the mistake of clicking a link and 'upgrading' RealPlayer and the >> new version takes hugely more resources, crashes all the time, has loads >> of 'features' of zero interest, and I cannot even find out how to >> uninstall the bloatware, without losing saved files. >> >> YMMV, >> >> -John >> >> ============ >> >> >> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> >>> On 23/03/2013 14:50, Jim Lux wrote: >>>> It wouldn't surprise me that XP doesn't have an accurate table of >>>> this, since that would be one of the casualties of "being past >>>> support EOL" although the KB entries I link below indicate that >>>> they ARE still providing updates for XP. There are a lot of >>>> places where timezones can go wrong because it's all stored in the >>>> registry and there have been updates over the years that are >>>> incremental and others that purport to be monolithic, etc. >>> XP is still up to date with timezone changes as far as I am aware but >>> you will need to ensure all (including optional) updates are >>> installed, and that may only be possible with an enterprise support >>> contract now. >>> >>> If all else fails, you can disable automatic timezone updates with the >>> following registry key: >>> >>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation >>> DisableAutoDaylightTimeSet REG_DWORD (1 = disable daylight-savings >>> adjustment, 0 or not set = enable adjustment) >>> >>> Not sure if third party software can keep you in the right zone then, >>> but I'd imagine so. >>> >>> Really though the correct fix is to upgrade to Windows 7. It's stable, >>> works well, and will be supported for years to come; though if you >>> want long term stability/updates you're better off looking into Linux >>> systems. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> James Harrison >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) >>> > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.