Thanks for your help with this. This article was a great read. Thanks for posting it, it got rid of most of my pre-flight jitters. I tried both, I tried every single server name, serverDN string, Ip address, everything. Not a single one worked, and it was getting to be 8pm so I figured everyone could do their own and I went home.
I dont want this thing to beat me, I'd like to know what serverDN I have to put in there, but every time I tried it said "Please select the valid server. Just did an interesting experiment this morning with regards to DST and Exchange. We have a redundant server room located at an alternate location in our city. This morning I went to an XP workstation and applied the time update to it.
I then tested 4 different scenarios: 1. All appts stayed the same even when viewing via OWA. None of the appts fell back or moved forward. It told me that it found 20 appts that needed re-basing but I just cancelled out at that point thinking it would just screw up his calendar as in other tests that I had done.
I did not take time to look at the EDST period during November but thought that I would get the same results as 3 above. Does anyone see any weakness in the test above. I know that we are an EST organization only and this may have something to do with it. Just came across this post by chance - obviously this will have the most impact on users in the states, but for users in europe, will there be any ill effects if the updates aren't applied to our PC's?
We generally keep our PC's patched up, but just wondering if we need to start doing some testing also. Sorry if it sounds like a silly question!! I am trying to run the tool now. When i run the batch, outlook does no open. Do you have Outlook installed? Stupid question, I know. Can you open it directly from the Start Menu? What version of Exchange? What is the "client" on which you are running the tool?
Under what username? Are you sure you set permissions properly for the mailstore? Outlook is installed with a profile connected to the administrator account. I am running Exchange sp2. I believe i get the error that i am denied access because outlook is not opening, the program thinks i am denied access but it has no means of getting access to it.
The "administrator" account doesn't necessarily have all the correct permissions to the exchange mailbox store. Have you ran this tool yet? Mine does not.. Red Flag This Post Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate.
Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework. Close Box. Log In Come Join Us! Posting Guidelines Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden. RE: DST - My Experience Just came across this post by chance - obviously this will have the most impact on users in the states, but for users in europe, will there be any ill effects if the updates aren't applied to our PC's?
I ran your script with wscript as well? Perhaps I'm missing a component from that build that's causing this problem. Ok, I believe I know why this might be occuring. It's because I'm trying to do this using a Remote Desktop connection and there is a bug in it that didn't allow you to save the time zone settings when you logged off from the system. Sorry about that, I too have seen the time zone value come back as blank.
Idoubt it is releated to the remote destop, I think it may actually have something to do the the version of wscript. I have seen it on xp pro sp1 but not embedded sp1. If I install sp2 on the pro sp1 machine, the time zone shows up. Either way the update is effective. I changed the registry values for the time zone database and also ran the update script.
I performed the same tests as Dwayne with the same results. One thing I do notice is that if I cycle the timezone in the timezone tab and apply the changes - the clock moves to either am or am correctly. I've run many other tests as well and I cannot come up with a stable solution - I need a fix for around 40 machines running SP1 and no we cannot upgrade to SP2 at this current time. Since the modules are executing from the same location, I removed the paths in the bat script.
So refreshTZinfo does not complete execution. Is refreshTZinfo sending a prompt to the screen and not getting a reply because it executes during machine start up? The content you requested has been removed. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Sign in to vote. Friday, February 2, PM. John, I too have the same issue. Thursday, February 22, PM. This article is also available as a TechRepublic download. With the federally mandated changes to Daylight Saving Time fast approaching, many companies are scrambling to get all of their systems patched.
Only the absolute newest of Microsoft products Exchange , Windows Vista, and Windows Mobile 6 have these changes built in. Many workstations, servers, and handheld devices need to be updated to reflect this change.
In this article we will look at several of the major patches available and how to find them and get them onto your servers. The patch for Windows XP can be downloaded here the version for 64bit XP is here , and the Windows Server patch can be downloaded here the version for X64bit server is here and the version for Itanium systems is here. These are standard Microsoft patches that can fully fit in with your standard patching methodology. It can be deployed via WSUS, or many other patch distribution packages.
It can also be installed by an administrator without the need for a reboot, which is very useful in shops where patches are applied manually. You will want to check to make sure this patch KB is set for distribution, as it is not listed as a critical update. If you only typically push or install critical updates then you may need to manually add this patch to your systems.
If you are still running Windows you will have to do a bit more work for the time change. Microsoft has released KB article which outlines the process you must go to for the change. There are two methods by which you can change the time zone for Windows Professional and Server. The first is to download the TZEdit tool from Microsoft. This method will require you to manually change every computer. While this is not a major task if you only have a few Windows , it can be quite daunting if you have a large number of systems to update.
The second method provided by Microsoft for updating Windows is a combination of a registry edit and a VBS script. These are both available here , though you must copy the text for each of them and save them locally with the proper file extensions. You must then import the registry settings change by double clicking the.
This process can easily be automated. Microsoft provides steps to automate the process through group policy by making a simple command file , but it can also be done using a batch file or another VB script.
The only requirement again is that administrator privileges are used to run the files or the script created. This can be mitigated by using group policy to assign it as a startup or shutdown script for a computer not a user.
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