I’m happy about a few extra weeks of longer days resulting from this weekend’s early change to Daylight Savings Time, but it’s caused quite a commotion with fixing our computers.  My understanding is that for Windows XP / Vista, the operating systems will be patched automatically if automatic update is on.  But since I support staff across the US, I can’t be assured that automatic update is turned on everywhere.  In addition, Windows 2000 PCs and earlier need to be patched manually.

A vendor that I work with has found a patch available at IntelliAdmin which will work on Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 platforms.  (There is a separate fix available for Windows 98/ME.)  This patch ake care of the necessary time changes this weekend and again in November when DST is scheduled to end.  Of course by next year everything could change again (just to keep things interesting).

Also see Microsoft’s Daylight Savings Time Help and Support Center.