Fixing Windows 98 TimeZones for the New 2007 Daylight Saving Time Rules

http://www.solprovider.com/articles/win98timezones

Fixing Windows 98 TimeZones for the New 2007 Daylight Saving Time
Rules
Originally written on 02/02/2007

I still think Windows 98 is the best operating system from Microsoft
so this article explains how to fix the rules for Windows 98's time
zones with the new 2007 Daylight Saving Rules. The fix is very easy,
These rules are from Microsoft. I just changed the format so they work
with Windows 98. Since Congress reserved the right to change the rules
for time zones back to the rules as they were since 1986 if no energy
savings are noticed or the public complains, I also provide a method
to return to the old rules.

To change to the new 2007 Daylight Saving Rules for Time Zones for
Windows 98:

Download New Time Zones:

http://www.solprovider.com/solprovider/articles.nsf/file/timezones/$FILE/W98NewTimeZones.reg

If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer, you can choose "Open".
If you are using a better browser, you should choose "Save" or "Save
it to disk", wait for the download to complete, and double-click the
file to run it. Continue either method by clicking OK twice (on each
of two messages about the registry.) Then double-click the time
(usually in lower right corner of your screen.) The clock will appear.
Change the time zone if necessary.

To change to the old 2006 Daylight Saving Rules for Time Zones for
Windows 98:

Download Old Time Zones:

http://www.solprovider.com/solprovider/articles.nsf/file/timezones/$FILE/W98OldTimeZones.reg

Follow the same instructions as for the new fix.

You can apply this fix at any time. Your computer will update the
clock correctly when DST starts or ends. I recommend using it before
March 11, 2007 because that is the next change in the United States.

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MDGx sent some corrections. His webpage about time zones is here.

http://www.mdgx.com/add.htm#TZU

He has an EXE program to make the update even easier. (I prefer to
provide REG files since they are text and can be easily checked for
maliciousness. I trust MDGx to provide safe programs, but that does
not imply you should.)

Unofficial DST Update for Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2/98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME [68
KB]:

http://www.mdgx.com/files/Q931836.EXE

This could be a great conspiracy theory. Microsoft stops supporting
Windows 98, and the President of the United States announces the first
change to the rules for Daylight Savings Time in 20 years. This is the
first time a change in the rules has affected personal computers in
the United States since the last change was before personal computers
were popular. Because Windows 98 is no longer supported by Microsoft,
many people think they need to upgrade for their computer's clock to
work correctly. The above fix required about ten minutes of work to
create and test, and it is only available here.

Cheers 98 Guy,,,, good research.

Ian H

(btw, gov's do what they want, when they want, and use tax-payers
money to do it....... they even justify police to act on their behalf.

an average 'joe' in any country is screwed no matter what. its times
like this that one has to 'think and see' outside the nutty box we allowed
ourselves to be put in.)


"98 Guy" <98@Guy.com> wrote in message news:45E593AB.FDC0EB20@Guy.com...
> http://www.solprovider.com/articles/win98timezones
>
> Fixing Windows 98 TimeZones for the New 2007 Daylight Saving Time
> Rules
> Originally written on 02/02/2007
>
> I still think Windows 98 is the best operating system from Microsoft
> so this article explains how to fix the rules for Windows 98's time
> zones with the new 2007 Daylight Saving Rules. The fix is very easy,
> These rules are from Microsoft. I just changed the format so they work
> with Windows 98. Since Congress reserved the right to change the rules
> for time zones back to the rules as they were since 1986 if no energy
> savings are noticed or the public complains, I also provide a method
> to return to the old rules.
>
> To change to the new 2007 Daylight Saving Rules for Time Zones for
> Windows 98:
>
> Download New Time Zones:
>
>
http://www.solprovider.com/solprovider/articles.nsf/file/timezones/$FILE/W98
NewTimeZones.reg
>
> If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer, you can choose "Open".
> If you are using a better browser, you should choose "Save" or "Save
> it to disk", wait for the download to complete, and double-click the
> file to run it. Continue either method by clicking OK twice (on each
> of two messages about the registry.) Then double-click the time
> (usually in lower right corner of your screen.) The clock will appear.
> Change the time zone if necessary.
>
> To change to the old 2006 Daylight Saving Rules for Time Zones for
> Windows 98:
>
> Download Old Time Zones:
>
>
http://www.solprovider.com/solprovider/articles.nsf/file/timezones/$FILE/W98
OldTimeZones.reg
>
> Follow the same instructions as for the new fix.
>
> You can apply this fix at any time. Your computer will update the
> clock correctly when DST starts or ends. I recommend using it before
> March 11, 2007 because that is the next change in the United States.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
------
>
> MDGx sent some corrections. His webpage about time zones is here.
>
> http://www.mdgx.com/add.htm#TZU
>
> He has an EXE program to make the update even easier. (I prefer to
> provide REG files since they are text and can be easily checked for
> maliciousness. I trust MDGx to provide safe programs, but that does
> not imply you should.)
>
> Unofficial DST Update for Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2/98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME [68
> KB]:
>
> http://www.mdgx.com/files/Q931836.EXE
>
> This could be a great conspiracy theory. Microsoft stops supporting
> Windows 98, and the President of the United States announces the first
> change to the rules for Daylight Savings Time in 20 years. This is the
> first time a change in the rules has affected personal computers in
> the United States since the last change was before personal computers
> were popular. Because Windows 98 is no longer supported by Microsoft,
> many people think they need to upgrade for their computer's clock to
> work correctly. The above fix required about ten minutes of work to
> create and test, and it is only available here.

Ian H wrote:

> Cheers 98 Guy,,,, good research.

I had to take action on this DST thing because our win-98 machines
were acting a little screwy lately with scheduled items in outlook.

Someone using a machine with XP (with the DST update) was setting
future schedule items in outlook and when the win-98 machines looked
at those items they were off by an hour.

I ran tzedit (it was already on our win-98 systems) and it was dead
simple to change the DST rules.

In the end, I think we ultimately solved that problem by also
correcting the DST settings on our win-2K exchange server. The server
didn't have tzedit, but for the hell of it we ran the win-98 tzedit on
the 2k server - and it worked!

OL and Exchange both have their own TZ updates.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931667/
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930879/

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"98 Guy" <98@Guy.com> wrote in message news:45E8E4C6.7599A146@Guy.com...
> Ian H wrote:
>
>> Cheers 98 Guy,,,, good research.
>
> I had to take action on this DST thing because our win-98 machines
> were acting a little screwy lately with scheduled items in outlook.
>
> Someone using a machine with XP (with the DST update) was setting
> future schedule items in outlook and when the win-98 machines looked
> at those items they were off by an hour.
>
> I ran tzedit (it was already on our win-98 systems) and it was dead
> simple to change the DST rules.
>
> In the end, I think we ultimately solved that problem by also
> correcting the DST settings on our win-2K exchange server. The server
> didn't have tzedit, but for the hell of it we ran the win-98 tzedit on
> the 2k server - and it worked!