Daylight Savings patch for West Australia in 2006-2009

Microsoft have released a patch for Windows XP (and Windows Servers) to make it aware of the start and finish dates for the Daylight Savings trial in Western Australia, beginning in December 2006. It is a very small download, and only takes a few seconds to install.

       Download the patch:
       Win XP SP3 (32 bit)
       Win Server 2003 (x86)
       Win Vista (x86) - coming soon

Note: This patch should be installed on both servers and workstations that run Windows XP, 2003, or Vista.

After installing the patch, you should also check to make sure your computer is set to Automatically update the time when daylight savings kicks in.
To do this, just double click on the clock (in the bottom right corner of your screen), then click on Time Zone, then make sure the time zone is set to GMT+8 Perth , and make sure that you Tick the box next to "Automatically adjust clock for daylight savings".

MORE INFO: ** UPDATED ** More information about this patch is available on Microsoft's web site. Click here to view the page.

TROUBLESHOOTING 1: If the patch wont load or gives an error message, try logging off, and then login on as Administrator (or a user than has Administrator rights), and try again.

TROUBLESHOOTING 2: If question "Automatically adjust clock for daylight savings" is missing from the Time Zone section, then you will need to apply a small fix to the registry, by following these instructions. Click on This Link and save the file to somewhere on your hard disk (download will only take 1 or 2 seconds, as it is tiny). Then use Windows Explorer to rename the file to timezone-w.australia.reg (by removing the .bin from the end of the name. Note, to do this, you must have the "hide extensions for known file types" unticked, in the Tool, Options, View section of Windows Explorer). Then double click on the file, and say "yes" to allow it to be merged into the registry. Now, go back into the Time Zone as per instructions above. Untick the "Automatically adjust clock for daylight savings", then Apply it, the re-tick it, and re Apply it. The time should now be correct.

If you were unsuccessful with the troubleshooting, then please contact our office on 9240 2981.