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Just posted: Windows Mobile updates for daylight saving time changes available


 


This courtesy of the WinMobile team…. (thanks, Chris!): instructions for Windows Mobile users who connect to a PC, and users who do not connect to their PC, on how to update your devices for the upcoming daylight saving time (DST ) changes after you have installed the Windows OS update for DST (KB 931836). You can install the update via Microsoft Update if you don’t want to wait for it to install via Automatic Updates.


 


If you use Microsoft Outlook to synchronize your calendar, download and run the Outlook Time Zone Update Tool.


 


Here are the details on this Windows Mobile update: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/daylightsaving/default.mspx



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Got a Windws Mobile device with Outlook? Plan to get the upcoming daylight saving time fix

A special note to users of Microsoft Outlook on a Windows Mobile-based device: an update for Windows Mobile will be available on the Web by February 12, 2007. To download this update, visit the following Microsoft Web site on or after February 12, 2007: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/daylightsaving [link updated]



“If you do not update your Windows Mobile-based device, the clock on the device will be incorrect by one hour when daylight saving time (DST) changes occur. Specifically, calendar items will incorrect by one hour during the extended DST period. This period lasts for three weeks in March and for one week in November.”


And see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/923953 for more details.


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64-bit Vista in the Ultimate package: Q&A with Jim Allchin (Seattle Times)

The Seattle Times has this interview with our own Jim Allchin taking reader questions on Windows Vista. Of particular interest to me was one area dear to my heart, the support we have in Vista for 64-bit processors:



Q: I just bought a new notebook computer with a 64 bit processor.  I am eligible for the Express Upgrade to Vista.  I have heard that the full retail versions of Vista will contain both 64 and 32 bit versions in the same package.  Will this be the same for those of us who bought our computers before the full release?  If not, please explain why.  Thank you.
— Cheryl King, Edmonds


J.A.: If you bought a PC with a 32 bit OS installed (Windows XP home, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP media center edition) that is eligible for the Express Upgrade to Windows Vista, then your computer manufacturer should send the corresponding 32-bit version for Windows Vista.  If you bought a PC with a 64 bit OS installed (Windows XP professions 64 bit edition) than you qualify for an upgrade to 64-bit version of Windows Vista Business.  If you purchased a 32 bit OS on your new notebook and you would like to move to a 64 bit OS for Windows Vista please contact your computer manufacturer for fulfillment options.


If you buy the retail version of Windows Vista, then you are licensed to use either the 32-bit version or the 64-bit version. That said, we only include the 32-bit software in the package— unless you buy the Windows Vista Ultimate (which includes both versions). If you purchase the retail product and you want the 64-bit versions, then you can contact Microsoft and we will send you a disk.


Details on getting the 64-bit version for all packages under Ultimate should be included in the package.


Jim also referenced the new Windows Vista Family Discount offer, which makes it easier for households with multiple PCs to upgrade to Windows Vista. This limited-time offer is for customers who purchase retail copies of Windows Vista Ultimate between January 30 and June 30, 2007, where customers in the U.S. and Canada can obtain two additional copies of Windows Vista Home Premium in their home for US$49.99 each. See http://www.windowsvista.com/FamilyOffer for more details.

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Daylight saving time (DST) impacts on Windows Small Business Server 2003 (SBS 2003)

Sean on his Windows Small Business Server blog posted today that “there are no unique SBS 2003 updates required, although there are updates required to several SBS components (windows Server, Exchange Server, Outlook 2003, Windows SharePoint Services).”


This applies to all versions of SBS, That’s SBS RTM, SBS SP1, SBS R2, etc.


And as I said previously, please stay tuned for more information on a possible encore live event, as well as for general introduction and coverage of DST impacts: watch our Daylight Saving Time 2007 web page on Microsoft.com for more info. (Please see http://www.microsoft.com/dst2007.) 


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Now available: WebCast on Windows 2000 updates for daylight saving time

In case you missed Jorge Lopez in the Support WebCast on Daylight Saving Time and Windows 2000, the WebCast is now available for off-line viewing here  (at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930688/en-us). In it, Jorge covers the daylight saving time (DST) changes for 2007, and we also answered a number of questions on DST in general.


Offline viewing download: If you wish to download a copy of this broadcast to your local hard drive for playing off-line, we provide this as a separate file (.zip archive) that you can download.  (http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/5/3/8535cb71-6c90-4375-87fb-8908d692cb70/wc011807.wmv.zip


And please stay tuned for more information on a possible encore live event, as well as for general introduction and coverage of DST impacts: watch our Daylight Saving Time 2007 web page on Microsoft.com for more info. (Please see http://www.microsoft.com/dst2007.)  As I said previously, this public page on the Microsoft.com site will be revised regularly to include new product updates, compatibility information and links to Knowledge Base articles.


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