Re: Daylight Savings Time
The battery, or rather its state, should only come in to play when the
computer is powered down and disconnected from the mains at which point
the battery is used to power the motherboard clock and CMOS memory.
Were you able to make changes to your clock last year, or was it the one
before, when the US first changed the dates? Which version of TZEdit are
you using? In the past I've used the copy downloadable that formed part
of the Windows 98 Resource Kit [KB247024 "Tools Included with the
Microsoft Windows 98 Resource Kit"
(
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=247024] which can be downloaded from
http://www.softshape.com/download/tzedit.zip. Extract the three files
from the zip to a folder on your desktop. then run tzedit and select your
time zone from the drop down box. Hit edit and it will show the offset
from GMT and the current start and stop dates for DST. Edit to match the
new ones for your location and click OK to save. Reboot.
A later version of TZEdit can be downloaded from Microsoft
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/8/a/58a208b7-7dc7-4bc7-8357-28e29cdac52f/tzedit.exe
but for some reason this version doesn't always seem to work with Win Me.
--
Mike Maltby
mike.maltby@gmail.com
Dapper Dan <dapperdan@home.com> wrote:
> Thanks Mike
>
> I restored to a point last month, reinstalled and edited TZedit but
> to no avail. The initial change in Control Panel /Date- Time, I
> selected Pacific Time but the clock did not change. I closed,
> reopened and correctly selected Eastern Time Zone but again no change
> to the time.
> I'll play with it over the next day but it's looking like I can't
> change the time on my computer. Would this be a sign that the battery
> is going?