Hmmm,  no problem here....   



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BRETT WINCHESTER
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-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of john vernaleken
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 3:56 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: daylight saving time update info

FYI For the group:

We applied the DST patch on our Severs at work last night. Well really
no surprise, Microsoft Office Calendar has problems with any dates after
Saturday.

John KC2QJB

----- 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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