Windows XP SP3 and 2003 Server handles DST incorrectly

[jhTommy]

Last Sunday (10/26/2008) all my Windows XP SP3 and Windows 2003 Server SP2
got their date changed back one hour. Any idea why? How do I repair this
problem? I've already read and gone through the following thread and it's not
working for me.

http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forum....handles-Daylight-Savings-Time-end-incorrectly


When I apply the patch to both 2003 sever or XP SP3, I got the following
error:

Update cannot be installed as a newer or same timezone update has already
been installed on the system


Any help is much appreciated.

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf]

Re: Windows XP SP3 and 2003 Server handles DST incorrectly

>Last Sunday (10/26/2008) all my Windows XP SP3 and Windows 2003 Server SP2
>got their date changed back one hour. Any idea why? How do I repair this
>problem? I've already read and gone through the following thread and it's not
>working for me.
>
>http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forum....handles-Daylight-Savings-Time-end-incorrectly
>
>
>When I apply the patch to both 2003 sever or XP SP3, I got the following
>error:
>
>Update cannot be installed as a newer or same timezone update has already
>been installed on the system
>
>Any help is much appreciated.

You could try installing the following two hotfixes and see if they
help:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957201
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951531

Click "View and request hotfix downloads", follow the instructions.
Let me know how it goes.

- Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[jhTommy]

Re: Windows XP SP3 and 2003 Server handles DST incorrectly

Thanks for the help. I needed for GMT -6. Will those two hotfixes fix my GMT -
6 time zone?

Thee Chicago Wolf wrote:
>>Last Sunday (10/26/2008) all my Windows XP SP3 and Windows 2003 Server SP2
>>got their date changed back one hour. Any idea why? How do I repair this
>[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>>
>>Any help is much appreciated.
>
>You could try installing the following two hotfixes and see if they
>help:
>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957201
>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951531
>
>Click "View and request hotfix downloads", follow the instructions.
>Let me know how it goes.
>
>- Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[jhTommy]

Re: Windows XP SP3 and 2003 Server handles DST incorrectly

Okay, I tried both fixes and I got the same error message:


Update cannot be installed as a newer or same timezone update has already
been installed on the system

Any other suggestion?


jhTommy wrote:
>Thanks for the help. I needed for GMT -6. Will those two hotfixes fix my GMT -
>6 time zone?
>
>>>Last Sunday (10/26/2008) all my Windows XP SP3 and Windows 2003 Server SP2
>>>got their date changed back one hour. Any idea why? How do I repair this
>[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
>>
>>- Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf]

Re: Windows XP SP3 and 2003 Server handles DST incorrectly

>Okay, I tried both fixes and I got the same error message:
>
>Update cannot be installed as a newer or same timezone update has already
>been installed on the system

Both fixes gave this error on Server 2003 and Windows XP?

>Any other suggestion?

Yes. Open windows explorer and search the C:\Windows folder and look
for file tzchange.exe, it should show up in \Windows\system32, and
have a date of 9/8/2008. Right click it, choose properties and check
the version info. The most current version is 5.1.2600.5671. What does
your show?

Do the same search procedure for w32time.dll. It'll be in
\Windows\System32, a date of 7/4/2008, and version of 5.1.2600.5635.

Is this correct for you as well?

- Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[Alan]

Re: Windows XP SP3 and 2003 Server handles DST incorrectly

Hi,

This has been a problem for some others -- including me. I also tried to
install the patch, and got the same error message that you did. Please see
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...1f43f7a6dcf/30ec8274a99dffb7#30ec8274a99dffb7
for more information.

I've more or less given up trying to fix this and just will wait until this
coming Sunday when DST officially ends here in the USA.

Alan

"jhTommy" <u47253@uwe> wrote in message news:8c592650b3670@uwe...
> Last Sunday (10/26/2008) all my Windows XP SP3 and Windows 2003 Server SP2
> got their date changed back one hour. Any idea why? How do I repair this
> problem? I've already read and gone through the following thread and it's
> not
> working for me.
>
> http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forum....handles-Daylight-Savings-Time-end-incorrectly
>
>
> When I apply the patch to both 2003 sever or XP SP3, I got the following
> error:
>
> Update cannot be installed as a newer or same timezone update has already
> been installed on the system
>
>
> Any help is much appreciated.
>

 

[Alan]

Re: Windows XP SP3 and 2003 Server handles DST incorrectly

Hi Three Chicago Wolf,

I'm having the exact same problem as jhTommy. Please see my earlier post at
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...1f43f7a6dcf/30ec8274a99dffb7#30ec8274a99dffb7

My tzchange.exe is version 5.1.2600.5640 and is dated 7/11/08.

My w32time.dll is version 5.1.2600.5512 and is dated 4/14/08.

Yet, when I download WindowsXP-KB951072-v2-x86-ENU.exe and try to install
it, like the OP I receive the message: " Update cannot be installed as a
newer or same timezone update has already been installed on the system."

Alan

"Thee Chicago Wolf" <.@.> wrote in message
news:77keg4h94ig7vfbhdn4a63due96isg5k0h@4ax.com...
> >Okay, I tried both fixes and I got the same error message:
>>
>>Update cannot be installed as a newer or same timezone update has already
>>been installed on the system
>
> Both fixes gave this error on Server 2003 and Windows XP?
>
>>Any other suggestion?
>
> Yes. Open windows explorer and search the C:\Windows folder and look
> for file tzchange.exe, it should show up in \Windows\system32, and
> have a date of 9/8/2008. Right click it, choose properties and check
> the version info. The most current version is 5.1.2600.5671. What does
> your show?
>
> Do the same search procedure for w32time.dll. It'll be in
> \Windows\System32, a date of 7/4/2008, and version of 5.1.2600.5635.
>
> Is this correct for you as well?
>
> - Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf]

Re: Windows XP SP3 and 2003 Server handles DST incorrectly


>I'm having the exact same problem as jhTommy. Please see my earlier post at
>http://groups.google.com/group/micr...1f43f7a6dcf/30ec8274a99dffb7#30ec8274a99dffb7
>
>My tzchange.exe is version 5.1.2600.5640 and is dated 7/11/08.
>
>My w32time.dll is version 5.1.2600.5512 and is dated 4/14/08.
>
>Yet, when I download WindowsXP-KB951072-v2-x86-ENU.exe and try to install
>it, like the OP I receive the message: " Update cannot be installed as a
>newer or same timezone update has already been installed on the system."

Are you running these updates as the Admin account? Try to run those
updates again in Safe Mode. There's no way it should be kicking back
an error message that you have a newer version installed because you
can't possibly have a newer version installed. Something else is wrong
with your computer if that is happening.

- Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf]

Re: Windows XP SP3 and 2003 Server handles DST incorrectly

>I had been running the Time Zone update from my own account, which has admin
>privileges.
>
>Just now, I logged into the built-in Admin account in Safe Mode and tried
>running it. I received the same error message: " Update cannot be installed
>as a newer or same timezone update has already been installed on the
>system."

Something else is wrong with your PC then. There's no way this
behavior is normal or should be happening.

Try installing the updated version of Windows Installer 4.5 (XP
version is 3.1), reboot, and try the patches again.

Windows Installer 4.5 is here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942288

- Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[Alan]

Re: Windows XP SP3 and 2003 Server handles DST incorrectly

I had been running the Time Zone update from my own account, which has admin
privileges.

Just now, I logged into the built-in Admin account in Safe Mode and tried
running it. I received the same error message: " Update cannot be installed
as a newer or same timezone update has already been installed on the
system."

Alan

"Thee Chicago Wolf" <.@.> wrote in message
news:9bifg4toiv9g2o9dahk5krc3nuenftls09@4ax.com...
>
>>I'm having the exact same problem as jhTommy. Please see my earlier post
>>at
>>http://groups.google.com/group/micr...1f43f7a6dcf/30ec8274a99dffb7#30ec8274a99dffb7
>>
>>My tzchange.exe is version 5.1.2600.5640 and is dated 7/11/08.
>>
>>My w32time.dll is version 5.1.2600.5512 and is dated 4/14/08.
>>
>>Yet, when I download WindowsXP-KB951072-v2-x86-ENU.exe and try to install
>>it, like the OP I receive the message: " Update cannot be installed as a
>>newer or same timezone update has already been installed on the system."
>
> Are you running these updates as the Admin account? Try to run those
> updates again in Safe Mode. There's no way it should be kicking back
> an error message that you have a newer version installed because you
> can't possibly have a newer version installed. Something else is wrong
> with your computer if that is happening.
>
> - Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf]

Re: Windows XP SP3 and 2003 Server handles DST incorrectly

>Okay, I downloaded and installed Windows Installer 4.5, rebooted, and tried
>the Time Zone patch again.
>
>I'm still getting that same error message.

Sorry but something must be seriously wrong with your computer. I
guess you could always try and manually install the files. Run the
patch and at the screen where it would say Next>, open Windows
Explorer and look at you C: drive. Look for a folder called
253jh45gjh23453h254gh45hj43 or some such name, look inside for an
SP3QFE folder, locate the tzchange.exe file inside and copy it
somewhere safe like Desktop. Do this same procedure for the other
patch, copy the w32time.dll to Desktop as well.

Go to \Windows\System32 and find the old tzchange.exe and w32time.dll
and copy them somewhere safe, NOT to Desktop. Now, copy the
w32time.dll and tzchange.exe from Desktop to \Windows\System32 and
overwrite what's there. It should let you overwrite. You may have to
copy win32time.dll to \Windows\dllcache as well or if you try and
overwrite w32time in \System32 Windows may try to replace it with what
IT thinks it needs. Beyond this, I don't know what else to tell you.

- Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[Alan]

Re: Windows XP SP3 and 2003 Server handles DST incorrectly

Okay, I downloaded and installed Windows Installer 4.5, rebooted, and tried
the Time Zone patch again.

I'm still getting that same error message.

Alan

"Thee Chicago Wolf" <.@.> wrote in message
news:06vgg453lil70qu8g35cilu9at7vsfm1bn@4ax.com...
> >I had been running the Time Zone update from my own account, which has
> >admin
>>privileges.
>>
>>Just now, I logged into the built-in Admin account in Safe Mode and tried
>>running it. I received the same error message: " Update cannot be
>>installed
>>as a newer or same timezone update has already been installed on the
>>system."
>
> Something else is wrong with your PC then. There's no way this
> behavior is normal or should be happening.
>
> Try installing the updated version of Windows Installer 4.5 (XP
> version is 3.1), reboot, and try the patches again.
>
> Windows Installer 4.5 is here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942288
>
> - Thee Chicago Wolf