How Will Daylight Savings Time Impact Your Computer??

At the recent International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners (IAMCP) meeting, I discovered an interesting fact that will effect users of Windows/Exchange 2000 or older. The United States Energy Policy Act of 2005, passed by President Bush and Congress in July 2005, will extend Daylight Savings Time (DST) in the US by approximately 4 weeks beginning this year! As a result, DST will start 3 weeks earlier on March 11, 2007 and will end one week later on November 4, 2007, resulting in a new DST period longer than previously observed in the past.

Unless certain updates are applied to your computer, it is possible that the Time Zone Settings for your computer's system clock may be incorrect during this four week period, effecting such things as meetings scheduled in your Outlook Calendar!

At this time, if you run Windows Vista...no need to worry - no updates will be needed for your system. If you run Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2003 SP1, updates will be available through the Microsoft Download Center. Windows 2000 will have the update available only under Extended Hotfix Support. Windows XP SP1 and Windows NT4 are not supported to fix this issue.

Just one more reason you should upgrade to Vista!