AplusWebMaster
2007-01-20, 14:26
FYI...
- http://www.optimizemag.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196902283
January 2007 ~ " Does anybody really know what time it is? Hopefully, they will on March 11, when the new daylight savings time kicks in - three weeks earlier than it did in previous years. Despite the congressionally mandated change, which was announced in 2005 as an energy-saving plan, many IT vendors have yet to issue patches, and are still clarifying which systems will or won't be supported by the fixes. At risk are all time and calendar features on corporate E-mail, PDAs, voice mail, and database applications. According to the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), "computers, personal digital assistants, video cassette recorders, digital video recorders, phones, and any other electronic devices that have a time-zone setting" will require software patches. Many other devices and non-Internet phones will have to be manually updated... Microsoft only began issuing patches at the end of last year. On its Windows Web site*, Microsoft says it will continue to issue patches through March for Office, Windows, and Exchange servers. Many of the older systems—such as Windows 2000, XP SP1, and NT4—are not supported, and will require manual updates..."
* http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928388
Last Review: January 19, 2007
Revision: 9.2
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/timezone/dst2007.mspx
Updated: January 19, 2007
"...To ensure you have the latest information available, please refer to this page frequently..."
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- http://www.optimizemag.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196902283
January 2007 ~ " Does anybody really know what time it is? Hopefully, they will on March 11, when the new daylight savings time kicks in - three weeks earlier than it did in previous years. Despite the congressionally mandated change, which was announced in 2005 as an energy-saving plan, many IT vendors have yet to issue patches, and are still clarifying which systems will or won't be supported by the fixes. At risk are all time and calendar features on corporate E-mail, PDAs, voice mail, and database applications. According to the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), "computers, personal digital assistants, video cassette recorders, digital video recorders, phones, and any other electronic devices that have a time-zone setting" will require software patches. Many other devices and non-Internet phones will have to be manually updated... Microsoft only began issuing patches at the end of last year. On its Windows Web site*, Microsoft says it will continue to issue patches through March for Office, Windows, and Exchange servers. Many of the older systems—such as Windows 2000, XP SP1, and NT4—are not supported, and will require manual updates..."
* http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928388
Last Review: January 19, 2007
Revision: 9.2
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/timezone/dst2007.mspx
Updated: January 19, 2007
"...To ensure you have the latest information available, please refer to this page frequently..."
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