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Issue date: 3/1/07 Section: News
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The United States government moved Daylight Saving Time three weeks earlier. It will start at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 11.
Concerned Americans are approaching this day in much the same fashion as they approached Y2K. Fears of jumbled airline schedules, confused computers, cell phones and PDA's are being faced.
In the past, computers were programmed to observe Daylight Saving Time the first Sunday in April through the last Sunday in October. With the new energy act computerized clocks must also change.
Lakeland College's IT department is not concerned about the issue. "IT is going to take care of all Lakeland College owned machines," said Jeff Ritt, director of information technology.
The college's computers should automatically update, but IT is going to make sure every single computer is ready for March 11. The IT department will also update all of Lakeland's servers.
However, students, faculty and staff should take precautions on their personal computers at home and in dorms. This is easily done for computers running on Windows XP and Vista.
On Microsoft's Web site (www.microsoft.com) there is a link on the bottom half of the screen called "Daylight Saving Time updates." From there, follow the easy step-by-step directions to update your computer.
If your computer is set to automatically update (which it should be), this update will already be on your computer. If this is true, the updating process will tell you and you will not need to proceed any further. It is a good idea to run the update anyway, just to make sure all your bases are covered.
If you use Outlook Express you should also download that update from Microsoft to ensure that your calendar will be correct.
According to Andres Araujo, "Fifteen to 20 percent [of student computers], tops, are not [running] XP."
For those of you in the minority running on a system below Windows XP (ex: Windows 95, 98 and ME) there are not solutions from Microsoft. Microsoft stopped supporting these systems on July 11, 2006.
Concerned Americans are approaching this day in much the same fashion as they approached Y2K. Fears of jumbled airline schedules, confused computers, cell phones and PDA's are being faced.
In the past, computers were programmed to observe Daylight Saving Time the first Sunday in April through the last Sunday in October. With the new energy act computerized clocks must also change.
Lakeland College's IT department is not concerned about the issue. "IT is going to take care of all Lakeland College owned machines," said Jeff Ritt, director of information technology.
The college's computers should automatically update, but IT is going to make sure every single computer is ready for March 11. The IT department will also update all of Lakeland's servers.
However, students, faculty and staff should take precautions on their personal computers at home and in dorms. This is easily done for computers running on Windows XP and Vista.
On Microsoft's Web site (www.microsoft.com) there is a link on the bottom half of the screen called "Daylight Saving Time updates." From there, follow the easy step-by-step directions to update your computer.
If your computer is set to automatically update (which it should be), this update will already be on your computer. If this is true, the updating process will tell you and you will not need to proceed any further. It is a good idea to run the update anyway, just to make sure all your bases are covered.
If you use Outlook Express you should also download that update from Microsoft to ensure that your calendar will be correct.
According to Andres Araujo, "Fifteen to 20 percent [of student computers], tops, are not [running] XP."
For those of you in the minority running on a system below Windows XP (ex: Windows 95, 98 and ME) there are not solutions from Microsoft. Microsoft stopped supporting these systems on July 11, 2006.
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