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Starting in the spring of 2007, daylight saving time (DST) start and end dates will change. DST dates will start three weeks earlier, at 2:00 A.M. on the second Sunday in March. DST will end one week later, at 2:00 A.M. on the first Sunday in November.

This date change may impact time-sensitive applications other than calendaring, such as those that process sales orders or keep track of time cards. Some e-mail servers, such as Microsoft Exchange and its clients, Outlook and Eudora, are affected as well. To make matters worse, if the time on your computers with Windows XP, Windows 2000 or Window 98 aren’t within minutes of your Servers, your network will not function properly and you may lose the ability to access data.

You will need to update any software that uses time-sensitive information in order to accomodate these changes. We have detailed Microsoft's Suggestions below.

If you would like to ensure that your computers are up to date and avoid potential problems or costly downtime, please call Escape Key Computing at 612-920-1000 to schedule a time for us to take care these critical updates.

Here are Microsoft’s recommendations:

Update rollup information (from www.microsoft.com)
The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download the Update for Windows Server 2003 package now. (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=554A94FE-A478-47A7-B004-0277A292E90E)
Download the Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems package now. (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5D16F9EC-BE72-487B-84E8-E4368049A644)
Download the Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition package now. (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=53D4F49B-AA6F-48A9-9244-6A1F7DCF2A94)
Download the Update for Windows XP package now. (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=66F1420C-DF2D-400B-A8A9-EF9061A9A3CA)
Download the Update for Windows XP x64 Edition package now. (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6404F3E9-736D-449A-911E-F7CC99A375A4)

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/119591/) How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services
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For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/119591/) How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services

Brian Kantar, Managing Partner

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