The U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005, passed by the U.S. Congress July, 2005, extended Daylight Saving Time (DST) in the U.S. by approximately four weeks. As a result, beginning in 2007, DST will start three weeks earlier on March 11, 2007, and end one week later on November 4, 2007, resulting in a new DST period that is four weeks longer than previously observed. [1]

Unless certain updates are applied to your computer, it is possible that the time zone settings for your computer's system clock may be incorrect during this four week period. This depends on where you live and which time zone you have selected. [1]

When your time zone settings are incorrect your clock may be off by one hour, and certain applications may not display the correct time. [1] This could affect the time displayed by your Dipix Inspection System and could affect reports generated using the Envision or Q-Reporter reporting software.

To address this, Microsoft is providing many free updates and tools that will update your system automatically. [1] To assist our customers in finding the correct update for their Dipix Inspection Systems, please find below a list of operating systems and the relevant instructions.

Windows 95/NT
These operating systems are no longer supported by Microsoft and therefore no update is available.

Windows 2000
Please review Microsoft Knowledgebase Article 914387
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914387/en-us
See “Method 2 : Change the time zone settings on a single computer”

Windows XP
Please review Microsoft Knowledgebase Article 931386
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931836/en-us
The individual update can be downloaded from this website and then implemented on the Dipix Inspection System.

IMPORTANT NOTES :

A: ONLY the Department in charge of PC/Windows support should implement the fixes described above. A network-wide fix may have already been applied.

B: Please ensure that full system backups are taken before applying any of the fixes described above.

C: Dipix Technologies cannot be held responsible for any loss of data or system failure due to these updates or incorrect implementation of them.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this document, please contact Dipix Technologies Field Service.

[1] - http://support.microsoft.com/gp/dst_topissues