Harvey:

Here are the instructions for the DST time update that you sent out last 
week.

Let me know if they came through, and thanks for sending them along.

They were very helpful.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Harvey Heagy" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 10:06 PM
> Subject: Fw: daylight saving time update info
>
>
>> Ray Campbell, posted this info and it was forwarded to me by someone.  I
>> thought it might be of help to members of this list.  Ray is from Chicago
>> and is a ham, but I don't know his call sign.
>> Harvey
>>
>> ----- Original message
>>
>> Subject: ***PLEASE READ*** Daylight Savings Time Update
>>>>
>>>> Hello:
>>>>
>>>> You are receiving this e-mail either because I have your address in my
>>>> contact book, or, because you have called the Adaptive Technology Help
>>>> Desk and I have your e-mail address in my database.  I know that what
>>>> I am about to tell you applies to computer users in the United States,
>>>> please use as needed in other countries.
>>>>
>>>> As you may or may not know, there has been a change in the start and
>>>> stop dates for Daylight Savings Time in the United States, per Act of
>>>> congress.  Starting this year, Daylight Savings Time will begin at 2
>>>> a.m. on the second Sunday in March and end at 2 a.m. on the first
>>>> Sunday in November.  In 2007, the start date is this Sunday, March 11
>>>> and the end date is Sunday, November 4.  Microsoft has released an
>>>> update so that your computer will change the time properly, taking
>>>> these new dates into account.
>>>>
>>>> For your computer at work if you are employed, check with your
>>>> employer as to how they plan to update the systems at your place of
>>> employment.
>>>> For your home computers, if you are running Automatic Updates, an
>>>> update has been distributed by Microsoft that will make your computer
>>>> ready for the DST change, and it probably ahs been installed for you,
>>>> so you should be OK.
>>>>
>>>> To check if your computer is up to date, do the following:
>>>> 1.  Go to
>> www.microsoft.com.
>>>> 2.  Press "f" (for JAWS Users) or "c" (for Window-Eyes Users) to get
>>>> to the first form field on the page which is a search box.  Press
>>>> enter to turn forms mode on (JAWS) or Browse/MSAA Mode Off
>>>> (Window-Eyes).  Type the following (without quotes) into the search box
>>> and press enter:
>>>> "daylight savings".
>>>> 3.  When the page loads, search for a link that says "Daylight Savings
>>>> Time Help and Support" and press enter on it.
>>>> 4.  You will be placed onto a page with a Daylight Savings Time update
>>>> guide.  Arrowing down the page you will come to a series of radio
>>>> buttons.  The one which says "I am a home user" will already be 
>>>> checked.
>>>> Arrow down past the radio buttons to the next button and press enter
>>>> on it.
>>>> 5.  The next page that comes up will have a series of radio buttons
>>>> for the type of operating system you have NOTE: Windows 98 and Windows
>>>> Milennium ARE NOT supported anymore by Microsoft so there won't be
>>>> choices for them.  Press space bar on the radio button above the
>>>> operating system you have, arrow down to the next button and press
>>>> enter.
>>>> 5.  The next page that comes up will have a download button on it.
>>>> Arrow down to it and press enter.  A dialog box saying "file download"
>>>> will appear.  Up arrow two times until you hear "run," and press enter.
>>>> 6.  A program will download, and then you will be asked if you want to
>>>> run it.  Press "r" to run it, you do not have to press enter.
>>>> 7.  One of two things will happen.  Either your computer will be
>>>> updated to reflect the change in Daylight Savings time, or you will
>>>> get a message indicating that your computer is already up to date.  In
>>>> either case, you will hear an "ok" button, press enter on it.
>>>> 8.  You are taken back to the microsoft website to a page with a next
>>>> button on it.  Arrow down to it and press enter.
>>>> 9.  If you do not use the calendar feature of Microsoft Outlook, you
>>>> have one more step.  You are now on a page where you can choose which
>>>> version of Outlook you are running, or that you don't use Outlook or
>>>> don't want to update the calendar.  If you don't use Outlook, press
>>>> space bar to check the radio button above that choice, arrow down to
>>>> the next button and press enter.  If you don't have any appointments
>>>> in your Outlook calendar between either March 11 and April 1 or
>>>> October 28 and November 4, 2007, check the radio button above the
>>>> choice that says "I do not want to update my calendar," arrow down to
>>>> the next button and press enter.  If either you don't use outlook or
>>>> don't want to update the calendar, you are done and your computer is
>>>> up to date.  You can skip to step 14.
>>>> 10.  If you use Outlook and you do have appointments in your calendar
>>>> between March 11 and April 1 or October 28 and November 4, press space
>>>> bar to check the radio button above the version of Outlook you have.
>>>> If you are running Outlook XP, check the radio button above "Outlook
>>> 2002."
>>>> Arrow down to the next button and press enter.
>>>> 11.  On the page that displays, look for a link that says to download
>>>> the calendar update tool and press enter on it.  A file Download
>>>> Dialog will come up, arrow up twice to "run," and press enter.
>>>> 12.  You will again be asked if you want to run software, press "r" to
>>>> do so, you don't have to press enter.
>>>> 13.  A dialog box will come up asking what you want to update and
>>>> verifying your time zone.  You can press tab until you hear "ok," and
>>>> then press enter.
>>>> 14.  Your calendar will be updated and you will be taken back to the
>>>> Microsoft web page.  Arrow down to either a "next," or "finish,"
>>>> button and press enter on it.
>>>>
>>>> Your computer is now completely up to date for the Daylight Savings
>>>> Time change.  Of course, you are welcome to call me here at the
>>>> Adaptive Technology Help Desk if you need me to walk you through any
>>>> of this.  I will be here today, Tuesday, March 6 through Thursday,
>>>> March 8 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. central time.  Friday, March 9 I
>>>> will be here from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. central time.
>>>>
>>>> Good luck,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ray Campbell, Help Desk Technician
>>>> Adaptive Technology Center
>>>> Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired 1850
>>>> W. Roosevelt Road Chicago, IL  60608
>>>> 312-997-3651 (Voice/Relay) or
>>>> 888-825-0080 (voice/Relay)
>>>>
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