Steve:

This info has been both very helpful and re-assuring. ... I hope it will 
help others in addition to just me.

Thank you so much.

73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: Microsoft patches for Time Change


> Tom,
>
> Automatic Updates is supposed to run only security and critical updates, 
> not
> every single update known to Windows.  Unless you've disabled Automatic
> Updates, it runs by default.  If you need to enable it, go into the 
> Control
> Panel and select Automatic Updates.  In that dialog, there's a series of
> four radio buttons, the first of which is Automatic.  You then tab to a
> series of radio buttons that determines how often the updates will be run.
> Your choices are: every day, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, etc.  You then tab 
> to
> the time you want them to run.  Usually, that time is set for early in the
> morning, but if you shut off your computer every night, you may have to 
> pick
> a different time, or Automatic Updates won't run at all.
>
> If you prefer not to enable Automatic Updates, you can tab beyond all of
> what I've just described and you'll come to a link that lets you download
> and install any outstanding updates immediately.  Depending on your
> connection speed and the number of updates you have to download, this may
> take quite a while, so you may want to go off and do something else while
> the machine is working.
>
> If you don't like the idea of Automatic Updates at all, you can go to the
> Microsoft Web site and search for the specific update that fixes the time
> problem.  Personally, that seemed like far too much work, so I let 
> Automatic
> Updates fix the problem.  I don't think this update will break your 
> system.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 21:16
> Subject: Re: Fwd: Microsoft patches for Time Change
>
>
>>    Steve:
>>
>> I'm almost embarrassed to ask this, but how exactly do you "enable
>> automatic
>> updates"?  I'm running XP here on both the PC and the laptop, and wonder
>> if
>> this would be the easiest fix for the upcoming time-change problem.
>>
>> I usually don't run automatic Windows updates, because I have heard some
>> horror stories about certain updates or update features causing all kinds
>> of
>> unanticipated problems, but may just take the risk in this case.
>>
>> The only thing I make sure to keep updated automatically is my Norton
>> anti-virus software.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 9:07 PM
>> Subject: Re: Fwd: Microsoft patches for Time Change
>>
>>
>>> Ed,
>>>
>>> They do, but not for products they no longer support, such as Windows 
>>> 98.
>>> If you're running XP or Vista, this will be taken care of automatically
>>> if
>>> you enable Automatic Updates.  Despite the phobia, this is not really a
>>> big
>>> deal to fix.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Ed Malmgren" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 20:26
>>> Subject: Re: Fwd: Microsoft patches for Time Change
>>>
>>>
>>>> Why don't M S send out something to correct the time for their 
>>>> products?
>>>> Ed
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>