Re: System clock modified after crash
From: P Gentry (rdgentry1_at_cablelynx.com)
Date: 05/05/04
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Date: 5 May 2004 08:43:33 -0700
Neil W Rickert <rickert+nn@cs.niu.edu> wrote in message news:<c78m0d$3ft$1@usenet.cso.niu.edu>...
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> Until recently, everything worked fine for me. I told windows to not
> change the time. I changed it in unix (solaris in this case).
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> Then I installed XP.
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> As before, the time change was made in solaris (by a cron job).
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> When I next booted XP, apparently the XP logic said:
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> The hardware clock has been changed to daylight savings time (presumably
> there is a flag setting somewhere).
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> XP has not been told to change to daylight savings time.
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> Therefore, change the hardware clock back to standard time.
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> It seems that, if running XP, you must allow XP to do the clock changes.
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> No doubt this is part of Bill Gates' diabolical plan to rule the
> universe :-(
More like "let there be chaos", IMO.
>From Win 3.x days I learned to not let Windows touch the RTC if at all
possible -- for a stand alone sysytem, understand. It's not always
easy to ferret out the many (inconsistent) ways of the Windows clock
and timestamps.
Just (web) Google this string for a glimpse (it's even scarier when
googling groups):
windows xp time change daylight savings
Had not checked the tech pages recently and it appears that they've
screwed it up again -- at least in some specific situations, eg., time
based printer availability. The many and never ending joys of Windows
...
For a quick taste you can try these that pop up at the top of the
Google returns:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;830483&Product=WinXP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822806&Product=WinXP
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1082073770
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;129574
Windows clock/timestamp behavior can be very dependent on the
environment you run in and not simply the settings on a particular
machine -- oh joy, oh joy!
hth,
prg
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