MS: $4,000 for Daylight Saving Fix
Customers using Microsoft products that have entered their "Extended" support phase will need to fork over $4,000 for a patch that makes the software compatible with the new March 11 date for Daylight Saving Time (DST), according to Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley.
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1.3.2007 Updates from the Microsoft Daylight Saving patch trenches
It's going to be a busy weekend for IT administrators still struggling to get their systems patched to handle the change to Daylight Saving Time (DST) on March 11.
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10.3.2007 Fix Windows 7 Update Stopped Working with Fix WU
Often due to missing dlls or other files windows functionality like firewall, automatic updates etc stops working.
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10.11.2009 Australian Daylight Savings Changes for Microsoft Products for the Year 2006
Overview
The Commonwealth Games are scheduled to be held during March 2006 in Melbourne Australia. Several Australian states including New South Wales, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory, South Australia and Tasmania, have changed the Daylight Savings transition end dates to the first Sunday of April 2006.
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20.12.2005 Linux beats Windows 2008 power-saving measures
Ensuring your servers stamp as small a carbon footprint as possible on the earth and in your datacenter can encompass everything from making sure they are shipped in recyclable packaging to hiring an analyst who can predict the total lifecycle environmental impact.
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10.6.2008 Download Windows 7 RTM Power Saving Boost Update for AMD Multicore CPUs
Microsoft has made available for download an update designed to boost power-saving capabilities for the latest Windows client and server releases.
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12.10.2009 Exploit Puts Windows 2000, XP at Risk
Microsoft warned on Thursday that exploit code had been published that would allow attackers to take advantage of vulnerabilities in both Windows XP Service Pack 1 and Windows 2000. The flaw has been given a "moderate risk" by the French Security Incident Response Team.
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21.11.2005 Microsoft Turns Up The Heat On Windows 2000 Users
With the recent release of Microsoft's newest potential cash cows, Windows Vista and Office 2007, the company is expecting a wave of upgrades from users seeking the latest functionality.
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19.12.2006 Brute Force Keygens for Windows XP and 2000
I thought Vista had a brute force but found out they made ones for Windows XP too such as these files.. Thanks to our users btalex1990 and an2o1s12ds19dk for this info and downloads links.
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27.7.2007 Chinese Windows 2000 attack crashes PCs
Security researchers have spotted malicious code that triggers a critical vulnerability in the Chinese version of Windows 2000, and warned non-Chinese users to expect attacks.
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16.4.2008 No Surprise in XP Outperforming Vista, the Same Is Valid for Windows 2000, 95 and 3.11
With the advent of Windows Vista in 2007, the latest Windows client, and the product that could have done with a tad more refinement according to Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, a barrage of criticism started orbiting the operating system.
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3.4.2008 Fix for a Fix that fixes Windows Update fixes
Consider the following scenario. You apply the hotfix package that is described in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 916089.
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21.2.2007 Windows Vista vs. Windows 9x/Me, NT Server, 2000 and XP
If at just a couple of weeks short of the first anniversary since Windows Vista hit the shelves you are still looking for reasons to upgrade to the latest Windows client, then Biplab Paul, Partner Technical Consultant with Microsoft India, has an impressive, and exhaustive list of features that are bound to tilt the balance in Vista's favor.
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14.1.2008 Worm Could Wreck Exchange
The bug in Exchange that Microsoft disclosed Tuesday is too juicy a target for hackers to pass up, security companies warned Wednesday, and users should expect to see a worm pop up any time.
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14.5.2006 Exchange 2007 RTMed
This morning, we signed off Exchange 2007 for release to you!
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8.12.2006 Exchange 2010 RTM!
The big news today is that Exchange 2010 is now code complete.
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8.10.2009 Public Beta of Exchange 2007
Microsoft Corp. today announced availability of the public betas of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and the new Forefront Security for Exchange Server.
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24.7.2006 Microsoft Exchange 2007, still on track
Exchange 2007 is still on track for RTM in the end of the year and global availability in Q1 2007.
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25.9.2006 Microsoft begins testing Exchange 12
Microsoft said Wednesday that it has released the first test version of Exchange 12, the next iteration of its e-mail and calendar server software.
Among the new features Microsoft is touting are the ability to handle voicemail and faxes, improved manageability of the software for IT managers and a better Web-based mail client. As part of a push toward so-called unified messaging, Exchange users will also be able to use the telephone to access their e-mail and have it read to them by the computer.
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16.12.2005 Exchange Server "12" and Public Folders
A frequent topic of discussion with customers is the future of Public Folders, thus I think it would be good to capture that discussion on our blog.
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21.2.2006 Exchange 12 Preview Live Webcasts
IT professionals, keep your skills and knowledge about Microsoft Exchange Server up to date with tips and best practices from Exchange experts.
Through the use of Microsoft Office PowerPoint presentations and product demos, our subject matter experts cover in-depth topics such as operations, mobility, migration, management, and security, providing you with the tools and knowledge that help optimize your Exchange Server 2003 environment.
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23.2.2006 Exchange Server 2007 RTM released
I just received a bulletin from Microsoft that Exchange Server 2007 RTM has been made available for download to subscribers of the TechNet and MSDN services
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11.2.2007 Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) has been designed specifically to help meet the challenges of any business and the needs of all the different groups with a stake in the messaging system.
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25.8.2009 Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP2 Released
Microsoft recently released Exchange Server 2003 SP2 to the masses.
Following on from a public beta, SP2 enables devices with Windows Mobile 5 and the Messaging and Security Feature Pack for Windows Mobile 5.0 to accept push mail similar to Research In Motion's (RIM) Blackberry devices. SP2 uses an HTTP connection, maintained by the device, to push new e-mail messages, calendar, contact, and task notifications to the device.
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Microsoft Readies Exchange Server 2007 Beta 2
Microsoft recognizes that today?s businesses are depending on the ability to seamlessly and instantly connect with colleagues, customers and partners, to gather and analyze information and take action. Exchange Server 2007 will help meet this need enabling access to communications, calendar and contacts, any time, any place.
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12.6.2006 Exchange Server 2007 Beta 2 Installation Screenshots
The Black Digital blog has posted an extensive screenshot review of the upcoming Exchange Server 2007 Beta. The images speak for themselves and there's very little comment on the whole process.
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25.7.2006 Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Beta Released
Microsoft today released the beta of Microsoft Exchange 2010! Codenamed Exchange 14.
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15.4.2009 Microsoft announces Exchange Server 2010 availability
Today at the Microsoft Tech-Ed Europe 2009 conference in Germany, Microsoft Business Division President Stephen Elop announced that Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 is now available worldwide.
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9.11.2009 Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 available in Q3 2009
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 is the industry's leading server for e-mail, calendaring and unified messaging.
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12.5.2009 Tuesday Microsoft will release 2 Windows patches, 1 Exchange patch, some critical
Security Updates - One Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft Exchange. The highest Maximum Severity rating for this is Critical. These updates may require a restart. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer.
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5.5.2006MS: $4,000 for Daylight Saving Fix
Customers using Microsoft
products that have entered
their "Extended"
support phase will need to
fork over $4,000 for a patch
that makes the software
compatible with the new March
11 date for Daylight Saving
Time (DST), according to
Microsoft watcher Mary Jo
Foley...
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28.02.2007Microsoft Preps for Daylight-Saving Time Headaches
Microsoft is taking steps to ease the transition back from daylight-saving time.
Microsoft is trying to ensure that when
daylight-saving time ends and Americans turn the clock back in the first week of November, the experience is seamless.
That was
not the case on March 11, when daylight-saving time started three weeks earlier than usual.
It will also end a week later than
usual, on Nov. 4, as a result of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which extended daylight-saving time by a month in the United States, and came into
effect in 2007.
For those companies that do business in other parts of the world, the pain is not yet over. As much of the United
States and Canada "fall back" in November, there are going to be changes happening in Jordan, Egypt and New Zealand that were not planned in the
spring.
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14.09.2007Western Australian Daylight Savings Changes for Windows
Western Australia is
introducing daylight saving
for a trial period commencing
December 3, 2006. Several
Microsoft products require
updates in order to display
the correct time during the
daylight saving period.
Western Australia is
introducing daylight saving on
a trial basis for the next
three years.
Microsoft products which are
aware of daylight saving time
changes need to be updated to
include the new Western
Australia time zone rules.
The following table shows
the start and end dates for
the daylight saving period in
each year of the trial
Start /
End
the hour of 2
a.m. on 03 Dec 2006 / the hour
of 2 a.m. on 25 March 2007
the hour of 2 a.m. on 28 Oct
2007 / the hour of 2 a.m. on
30 March 2008
the hour of
2 a.m. on 26 Oct 2008 / the
hour of 2 a.m. on 29 March
2009
Note: Both the
start and end time are
specified in standard time, so
the end time is 3 am daylight
saving time.
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06.12.2006Microsoft: Daylight Saving Fix for $4000 in Extended Support
Microsoft have decided to
reduce the pricing of a patch
to fix the new March 11 date
for Daylight Saving Time (DST)
from a whopping $40,000 to
a mere $4000 for products
that have left mainstream
support and have entered the
"Extended" support phase,
according to
Microsoft watcher Mary Jo
Foley.
Products
affected are Windows 2000,
Exchange Server 2000 and
Outlook 2000,
among
others. Microsoft explains
in a PowerPoint document
distributed to
analysts
"For
products that have entered
into the Extended Support
phase, Microsoft will provide
customers with the opportunity
to purchase the DST 2007
hotfix at a reduced price of
Four Thousand Dollars (US
$4,000). Customers will
only be charged a single fee
of $4,000 to obtain all
hotfixes, for products in
Extended Support phase, needed
to update their systems for
DST 2007.
"For
customers who have previously
purchased DST 2007 hotfixes
for products in Extended
Support, Microsoft will
reimburse the difference to
them under the new pricing
category."
A
Microsoft spokesman was quoted
saying the $4,000 price
represents a "substantial
discount" and that it was
merely to "cover costs".
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01.03.2007FAQ: What the daylight saving shift means to you
Editor's note: This FAQ was originally published last spring. It's been updated to account for the fall changing of the clocks.
The fact that the U.S. is "falling back" a week late has left some folks with a few headaches, along with an unwarranted extra hour of
sleep.
Daylight saving time, which ordinarily would have kicked in last week, won't take place until next week. Congress is to
thank (or blame) for the change, which also meant daylight saving time started two weeks early. The thing is, computers weren't programmed with
legislative intent in mind. Many gadget and software makers have issued patches to adjust to the change, though not everyone has installed the
changes, and even people whose systems are now patched could see some calendar items showing up an hour off.
Here's a list of
some commonly asked questions and answers regarding the time shift.
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29.10.2007Australia Daylight Saving - Revised Announcement - February 2008
Australia Eastern (New South Wales, Victoria, Australia Capital Territory and Tasmania) and Central (South Australia) time zones will extend daylight
saving and also harmonise start and end times commencing April 2008. From April 2008, daylight saving will end on the first Sunday in April and
recommence on the first Sunday in October in all states.
This change will affect Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office Outlook and
other Microsoft, third party and custom applications:
- All Microsoft Windows PC, server and mobile devices in the affected time
zones will need to be updated.
- Microsoft Office Outlook calendars may need to be adjusted. Client and Server-based tools to automate this
process are available from the Microsoft Download Centre.
- Microsoft, third party and custom applications which schedule events at future
dates should be reviewed to ensure they will operate correctly during the extended daylight saving period. Previously scheduled events may also need
to be adjusted.
- Microsoft recommends that all PC and server systems are updated regardless of location to ensure consistency of
operation.
The
Australia 2008 Daylight Saving Planning
Guide is now available for download.
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06.02.2008Time flies: DST ends Nov. 4 -- are your systems ready?
Remember all the patches, hassles and worries your IT department experienced at the start of daylight-saving time in March?
Well,
it's time to revisit some of that work -- particularly if your company has international partners or customers.
That's because
several other countries -- including Jordan, Egypt and New Zealand -- adopted their own specific daylight-saving time updates since the time change
took place in the U.S. last spring, meaning companies might want to update their patches again to ensure conformity when clocks spring forward next
year. But first, companies have to deal with the return to standard time in most parts of the U.S. Clocks roll back an hour on Sunday, Nov. 4.
Ray Wang, an analyst at Forrester Research Inc. in Cambridge, Mass., said that only companies with a large global presence need to
run daylight-saving time updates for their applications and systems again. "Forrester believes this is the safest approach for those with
international employees, especially those in Jordan, New Zealand, as well as Australia. It will apply to any person, device, or system that has
authentication requirements, time stamp scenarios
events in calendaring software like those in PDAs."
winbeta.org - 10.10.2007
Microsoft & Daylight Savings Time in North America
Because this year, Daylight Savings Time starts three weeks earlier than normal, on March 11th, 2007, and it is ending one week later than usual, on
November 4th, all software on your computer needs appropriate updates in order to have the correct time. Windows users with Automatic Updates
configured for Windows Update already have the necessary update to ensure the date and time change is made correctly. There are, however, various
other Microsoft programs that need to be updated as well. If you have noticed that one of your programs is not up to date, follow the links below to
download the appropriate update.
neowin.net - 04.11.2007
Microsoft Exchange Calendar Update Configuration Tool v2.0 Available
The Exchange Calendar Update Tool enables administrators to update multiple user mailboxes and adjust calendars and meetings for daylight savings
times.
Before you run the Exchange Calendar Update tool, refer to Microsoft Knowledge Base article 941018, "How to address daylight saving time by using the Exchange Calendar
Update Tool," for complete information about potential effects on your IT environment and user base.
After you install the DST
updates for Microsoft Windows, all old appointments that occur during the DST change periods will be incorrectly displayed as occurring one hour
later. This is true for both recurring and single-instance appointments. These appointments must be updated so that they will be displayed correctly
in Outlook, in Outlook Web Access, and in CDO-based applications. Outlook provides a tool that is named the Time Zone Data Update Tool for Microsoft
Office Outlook . This tool enables users to update their own calendars.
winbeta.org - 04.09.2007
Daylight Saving Time Update Available For XP SP2 & SP3
Looks like we've got our first XP SP3 update although this was expected as Microsoft had previously announced that the DST update would not be included with
SP3.
Installing this update enables your computer to automatically adjust the computer clock on the correct date in 2007 and
2008 due to revised Daylight Saving Time laws in many countries. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
winbeta.org - 22.04.2008
Microsoft Gives Customers Something to Fall Back On
Q&A: Rich Kaplan discusses the second part of the Daylight Saving Time extension to come in North America, lessons learned from Marchs spring
forward, and the effects these changes have on customers around the world...
microsoft.com/presspass - 10.09.2007
Earlier DST Has Had Minimal Energy Effect
Having Daylight Saving Time
start a month earlier than
normal was supposed to help
conserve energy, but early
indications are that the
change did not make much of a
difference...
betanews.com - 04.04.2007
Not Y2K, but Glitches Loom with '07 Daylight-Saving time
Sounding a little like the Y2K
concerns at the turn of this
century, the U.S. Congress's
expansion of daylight-saving
time, which moves the clock
change from early April to
March 11, may cause some VARs
to lose a little sleep. The
change will require patches
for many software products,
some which will require manual
installations. But customers
shouldn't expect VARs to be
pushing such patches very
hard.
"People will
wait and see what will really
happen because of Y2K," said
Jim Locke, president of
JWLocke and Associates, a VAR
based in Pasadena, Calif.
"Everybody shouted that the
world was going to come to an
end with Y2K, and of course it
didn't." But in spite of the
negative connotations that may
automatically go along with
the daylight-saving time
issue, Locke believes that it
will indeed be an issue, and
one that will most likely be
handled through remediation
rather than proactive efforts.
neowin.net - 11.01.2007
Microsoft users: DST D-day is Sunday
On November 4, it’s time to fall back, in terms of Daylight Saving Time (DST) in the U.S. Microsoft users: DST D-day is Sunday
If you
haven’t already done so, you might want to make doubly sure that all your Microsoft (and non-Microsoft) software that revolves around
dates/times is updated. Microsoft has published a list of
Microsoft products that are affected by DST. In short, any and all Windows operating systems and calendar programs need updating.
More
DST guidance for Microsoft users is available on Microsoft’s Daylight Saving Time Help and Support Center site.
neowin.net - 03.11.2007
DST Videos Now Available
Steve Justice (Senior Escalation Engineer) and Joel Schaeffer (Escalation Engineer) from Microsoft Product Support have put together some
instructional videos to assist your DST planning efforts.
On-Demand (hosted by Channel9.MSDN.com)
These videos can be
streamed on-demand for viewing.
- DST:
Cumulative Time Zone Update for Microsoft Windows
- DST: Using the Outlook v2.0 Time Zone Data Update Tool
- DST: How to Address Daylight Saving Time in Exchange Server by Using
the Exchange Calendar Update Tool v2.0
winbeta.org - 15.09.2007
Quick update about Exchange 2007 fix
Just a quick update, Exchange 2007 will release the new Rollup Update at the end of this month or the next month.
winbeta.org - 24.01.2008
12 Time-Saving Tips for Microsoft Word
Samuel Dean: Despite the availability of many excellent, free word processors many of us still spend most of our writing time in Microsoft Word. It tends to be the most compatible tool
you can choose to exchange documents with others, and lots of people are even forced to use it by dictatorial IT departments. In this post, Ill round
up some good tips that can make you more productive and save you lots of time in Word.
winbeta.org - 23.02.2008
Nokia tries a business rebound by extending Exchange services
In attempting a quick fix for declining sales, will smartphone maker Nokia be able to tip the tables a bit against ascending rival RIM? Certainly, the
potential demand for mobile Microsoft Exchange access seems to be real...
betanews.com - 11.09.2008
DST Reminder August 2008 Cumulative Package for Windows
Todays post is a friendly reminder about the August 2008 Cumulative DST Packages for Windows which have been released to the Microsoft Download Center
for supported versions of Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.
This update, which is
published as Microsoft KB Article 951072 supersedes and replaces the December 2007 DST Update
(Microsoft KB Article 942763). This update also includes additional time zone changes
that were signed into law after the update in Microsoft KB Article 933360 (August 2007 Cumulative
DST update for Windows) was released.
If you have already deployed the December 2007 DST Update, please review the
information in Microsoft KB Article 951072 to determine whether you need to deploy this update
immediately. For Exchange specific DST information, please refer to the Daylight Saving Time Help and Support Center and as well as the Exchange
team blog.
winbeta.org - 15.08.2008
Exchange, Windows Fixes on Tap
Microsoft will issue three
patches as part of its monthly
Patch Tuesday next week, of
which at least two have been
rated "critical," the
company said. It is likely
that these patches would fix
various code execution flaws.
Two of the patches will be for
Windows, with another for
Exchange...
betanews.com - 05.05.2006
