Get Ready For the Time Change
Tomorrow morning at 2am, we gain an hour, thanks to Congress’s decision to push Daylight Savings Time from October to November. On the plus side, we gain an hour of sleep, but on the other hand, some computers and gadgets may have a hard time with the time change. If you’re running Vista or 
Windows XP with Service Pack 2, you shouldn’t run into any problems. Earlier OS’s may require manual tweaking (which if you have one, you probably already know since they most likely switched to DST automatically on the old date in October). If you have any devices running Windows Mobile, click here for a patch. Speaking of PDA’s, if you have a Treo 700p, 680, 650, 600, 300, or 270, or a Zire or Tungsten, you’ll also need a patch, available here from Palm.
Cellphones, DVRs, and TiVo devices should handle the time change with no problems. However, any computerized device manufactured before 2005 is likely to have problems handling the time change. Check the website for your device’s manufacturer for patches and step by step fixes if you have any problems.
Don’t worry too much however. So far the change in DST has been relatively problem free and most issues are easily fixed. There have been a few minor glitches though. For example, in Baltimore, some drivers were cheated out of an hour of parking and received violations after the parking meters switched to DST back in October. In Pittsburgh, a major traffic jam hit during rush hour when traffic lights started blinking yellow an hour too early!
computers, daylight savings time, Windows XP, Vista, Palm
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