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'Automatically adjust clock for DST' is missing

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Flightless Bird
If I double-click the time on my Win XP Pro machine, and then select the
"Time Zone" tab, the option to adjust the clock for DST is not there.
("automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes"). Why has it
disappeared, and how can I bring it back? Thanks for reading.
 
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a

Flightless Bird
"Mike Easter" <MikeE@ster.invalid> wrote

> Do you think your question is of such burning importance that you need to crosspost it to 3 different groups?


It's called casting a wide net to catch a bigger audience.

> There are a few timezones such as Arizona time and your current +11 setting which do not have/use daylight time, so that option is
> removed when you set for those time zones. If you select a timezone offset which actually *has* daylight time, then the feature
> will reappear.


I've tried setting different zones but it never re-appears.

> If you select a +10 setting, for example, you will see the option reappear.


No, it didn't.
 
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richard

Flightless Bird
On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:26:47 +1100, a wrote:

> If I double-click the time on my Win XP Pro machine, and then select the
> "Time Zone" tab, the option to adjust the clock for DST is not there.
> ("automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes"). Why has it
> disappeared, and how can I bring it back? Thanks for reading.


Now I'm just being curious. Does australia use DST?
What would happen if you set the time zone say to US Eastern?
I'll bet it becomes available.
 
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PA Bear [MS MVP]

Flightless Bird
From your post's headers: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180

Check in at http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate & install the scores
of updates the computer needs. Follow all prompts & reboot. Any different
now?

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)?
What third-party firewall (if any)?

Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on the
computer (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought
it)?

Do you use Registry cleaners?


a wrote:
> If I double-click the time on my Win XP Pro machine, and then select the
> "Time Zone" tab, the option to adjust the clock for DST is not there.
> ("automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes"). Why has it
> disappeared, and how can I bring it back? Thanks for reading.
 
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a

Flightless Bird
Re: 'Automatically adjust clock for DST' is missing -- Solved

"Andy" <no@invalid> wrote

> Had the OP bothered to mention which timezone he was in, it may have
> been useful information.


It's all solved now. The problem was the city set for the timezone does
not have DST at all, which is why the option doesn't appear. Also, I did
not mention the timezone I am in because (a) it's not my PC with the
problem, and (b) it didn't occur to me to be relevant anyway. I was
posting on behalf of someone else, and was getting them to replicate
your responses.

Thanks to all who replied. And believe me, the in-fighting in some of
the reponses are what makes Usenet so adorably wonderful. :) Out.
 
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nobody >

Flightless Bird
Re: 'Automatically adjust clock for DST' is missing -- Solved

a wrote:

> Thanks to all who replied. And believe me, the in-fighting in some of
> the reponses are what makes Usenet so adorably wonderful. :) Out.



Not to worry. Twisting RtS's pubic hair (gaahh... what a thought..
*banish that*...).............
 
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VanguardLH

Flightless Bird
a wrote:

> Mike Easter wrote:
>
>> Do you think your question is of such burning importance that you need to crosspost it to 3 different groups?

>
> It's called casting a wide net to catch a bigger audience.


No, it's called shotgunning (for the effect you note). It also means you
haven't a clue where to post so you just scatter it everywhere. If you are
unwilling to find and decide on an appropriate newsgroup, why would anyone
else give any more consideration to your post than you did?

Different posters have different thresholds as to what they consider
EXCESSIVE cross-posting. My threshold is at 4; however, I simply kill file
anyone posting to 4, or more, groups so I wouldn't see their posts to notify
them that shotgunning means their post is unimportant because THEY decided
it was unimportant (by not employing any initiative of their own to pick a
valid newsgroup). Some users' threshold is down at 3, and some even down to
2 (i.e., they don't believe cross-posting is ever applicable). The more
newsgroups you add, the more likely that your post is off-topic to some of
them. There are some newsgroups that are duplicates of each other, like
microsoft.public.outlook and microsoft.public.outlook.general, so including
both of them is okay.

The more groups you add, the more likely your post is off-topic or will
irritate other posters due to your excessive cross-posting. Once you get 4,
or more, groups listed, it becomes very likely that they are UNRELATED
groups. My recollection of netiquette is that 4 groups, or more, is
considered excessive. It might be more than 4 groups but my experience
shows that when they reach 4 then one of the groups is unrelated to the
others (of course, not always true but a typical experience).
 
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PA Bear [MS MVP]

Flightless Bird
Re: 'Automatically adjust clock for DST' is missing -- Solved

The computer you used to post here is still not fully patched at Microsoft
Update!

a wrote:
> "Andy" <no@invalid> wrote
>
>> Had the OP bothered to mention which timezone he was in, it may have
>> been useful information.

>
> It's all solved now. The problem was the city set for the timezone does
> not have DST at all, which is why the option doesn't appear. Also, I did
> not mention the timezone I am in because (a) it's not my PC with the
> problem, and (b) it didn't occur to me to be relevant anyway. I was
> posting on behalf of someone else, and was getting them to replicate
> your responses.
>
> Thanks to all who replied. And believe me, the in-fighting in some of
> the reponses are what makes Usenet so adorably wonderful. :) Out.
 
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a

Flightless Bird
Re: 'Automatically adjust clock for DST' is missing -- Solved

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote

> The computer you used to post here is still not fully patched at Microsoft Update!


What makes you say that? You just trusting my Usenet headers?
 
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Carmel

Flightless Bird
Re: 'Automatically adjust clock for DST' is missing -- Solved

"Andy" wrote:

> PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
>
> > The computer you used to post here is still not fully patched at Microsoft
> > Update!

>
> Please don't top-post here.
>
> http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html


Seriously, this is a Microsoft forum. You cannot really expect them to
understand 'posting etiquette' now can you? In any case, here are a few more
useful (informative) sites regarding 'posting etiquette".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-post
http://groups.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=12348&topic=250
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
http://www.html-faq.com/etiquette/?toppost
http://www.neverending.org/~ftobin/resources/formatting_email_replies/
http://www.reedmedia.net/misc/mail/using-mailing-list.html
http://www.river.com/users/share/etiquette/
http://www.river.com/users/share/etiquette/trumpetpower-netiquette.html

--
Carmel

Never forget: 2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large values of 2.
 
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Bert Hyman

Flightless Bird
In news:4b5e52f0$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au "a" <b@invalid.com> wrote:

> If I double-click the time on my Win XP Pro machine, and then select
> the "Time Zone" tab, the option to adjust the clock for DST is not
> there. ("automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes"). Why
> has it disappeared, and how can I bring it back? Thanks for reading.


That checkbox comes and goes depending on what timezone you select.

When yours (GMT+11, apparently) is selected, the checkbox is gone; pick
another timezone and it will come back.

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert@iphouse.com
 
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PA Bear [MS MVP]

Flightless Bird
Re: 'Automatically adjust clock for DST' is missing -- Solved

a wrote:
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote
>
>> The computer you used to post here is still not fully patched at
>> Microsoft
>> Update!

>
> What makes you say that? You just trusting my Usenet headers?


They don't lie, d00d.
 
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PA Bear [MS MVP]

Flightless Bird
Re: 'Automatically adjust clock for DST' is missing -- Solved

Top-posting is default behavior in MS newsreaders and is the accepted
convention when posting in MS public newsgroups.

PS: Bite me!


Andy wrote:
> PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
>
>> The computer you used to post here is still not fully patched at
>> Microsoft
>> Update!

>
> Please don't top-post here.
>
> http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html
 
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Carmel

Flightless Bird
Re: 'Automatically adjust clock for DST' is missing -- Solved

On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:09:37 -0500
PA Bear [MS MVP] <PABearMVP@gmail.com> articulated:

> Top-posting is default behavior in MS newsreaders and is the accepted
> convention when posting in MS public newsgroups.


Yes, it is the default behavior of the 'newsreader' being employed in
the MS newsgroups. That simply goes to show how poorly Microsoft
conforms to accepted RFC specifications. Is it any wonder that Microsoft
is continually losing market share to FOSS which does conform to
accepted standards.

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Unknown

Flightless Bird
Re: 'Automatically adjust clock for DST' is missing -- Solved

Your brain is twisted. MS losing market share??? What a joke.
"Carmel" <carmel_ny@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:20100126164907.1fa2ddc1@scorpio.seibercom.net...
 
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ANONYMOUS

Flightless Bird
Re: 'Automatically adjust clock for DST' is missing -- Solved

Is your mummy still into s*cking men's c*cks?



Unknown wrote:

> Your brain is twisted. MS losing market share??? What a joke.
> "Carmel" <carmel_ny@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:20100126164907.1fa2ddc1@scorpio.seibercom.net...
 
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~BD~

Flightless Bird
Re: 'Automatically adjust clock for DST' is missing -- Solved

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:

>
> They don't lie, d00d.


They may not - but *you* do!

The truth will out Robear - it's just a matter of time! ;)
 
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Kevin Troll

Flightless Bird
Re: 'Automatically adjust clock for DST' is missing -- Solved

Is your mummy still into s*c k i n g men's c* c k s?



Unknown wrote:
>
> Your brain is twisted. MS losing market share??? What a joke.
> "Carmel" <carmel_ny@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:20100126164907.1fa2ddc1@scorpio.seibercom.net...
 
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Kevin Troll [MSFT]

Flightless Bird
Re: 'Automatically adjust clock for DST' is missing -- Solved

Mummy still working in the oldest profession right?

Unknown wrote:
>
> Your brain is twisted. MS losing market share??? What a joke.
 
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