RE: DST woes - you won't believe this one

Hi,

Your user is running an operating system that is no longer covered by
Microsoft's Mainstream support.

See:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/evaluation/news/bulletins/ex
tendedsupport.mspx

Excerpt:
--
Microsoft is not ending support for Windows 2000. During the Extended
Support phase, Microsoft continues to provide security hot fixes and
paid support but no longer provides complimentary support options,
design change requests, and non-security hotfixes.*
--

The DST fix was issued by microsoft for customers who paid.

What you're doing right is the same thing is complaining that IBM didn't
offer Timezone fixes for V4R5 - oops, that OS version doesn't even
timezone support.

More details here:

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/dst_topissues

Excerpt:
--
Windows 2000 has passed the end of Mainstream Support and will not be
receiving an update without Extended Hotfix Support.
--

There are a few unofficial, and unsupported fixes if you don't have an
extended hotfix support contract. AutoUpdates wouldn't have helped you.

I suggest you to hire some people who actually have a clue about
maintaining a Microsoft infrastructure - stuff like this won't happen
then.

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Darrell A Martin
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 7:41 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: DST woes - you won't believe this one


This is just too ... well, it just is.

1. User is running Win2KPro on a laptop.
2. Automated updates don't work for some reason.
3. Network admin forced critical updates earlier this week to deal with
Y2Klock.
4. User lost all personal settings, including connection to network
printer.

So, the network admin has been trying to fry other fish this week, and
every morning I have been resetting the time on about 2/3 of all the
Win-based servers and PCs acting as servers. Today I finally got a
chance
to look at the above user's laptop.

5. Got the printer connected.
6. Verified that (for the moment) the time was correct to within a
second
or two.
7. Attempted a manual Windows Update using the Microsoft Web site.
8. Got an error. The message was:

   -----------------------------
   You cannot download this file
   because your date and time
   are not properly synched ...
   -----------------------------

"Sorry, you can't go in the Emergency Room because you are bleeding too
profusely."

Darrell

Darrell A. Martin  -  630-754-2141
Manager, Computer Operations
dmartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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