A Portable Malaise?: Fwd: IMPORTANT

G'morning, folks.

If you haven't already, please DO take a couple of minutes today to run updates on your laptops, in advance of Daylight Savings Time. Step one (below) is the one you need to worry about.

Fred

PS: Macs: You just need to run "Software Update," which you can access at the "light switch" icon that opens the control panel.

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From: "helpdesk@bsu.edu" <helpdesk@bsu.edu>
Date: February 27, 2007 5:34:09 AM EST
To: abjohnson@bsu.edu
Subject: IMPORTANT - Daylight Saving Time
Reply-To: helpdesk@bsu.edu

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UNIVERSITY COMPUTING SERVICES
This message contains important information about your computer and electronic devices, and is a follow-up to the message you received last week about the upcoming daylight saving time change. Please read this message entirely and follow the steps provided to make sure you are protected.

If these steps are not followed, your appointments and clocks will be one-hour off after March 11.
Step One – Update Your Computer:

Please be sure to perform this step before Wednesday, February 28^th.
If you have Windows XP, make sure all critical updates are installed on your computer by visiting Windows Update. If you are running a Macintosh or some other version of Windows, check the Daylight Saving Time web site at www.bsu.edu/ucs/dst for more information. A tool is also available on this site which you can use to make sure the update has been successfully applied to your computer.

After performing this update, you may notice Outlook appointments occurring after March 11 are off by one hour. Do not attempt to correct these appointments manually by dragging them to a different time! They will be corrected automatically later.

Need help with this step? Click Step One - Update Your Computer

Step Two – Wait For UCS Server Update:

UCS will begin an update to all central e-mail servers at 5:00pm on Wednesday, February 28^th. This update may take several days to complete, as it will update and fix all appointments occurring after March 11^th in all Outlook calendars across the entire university. You will receive a message from UCS when this process is complete.

Need help with this step? Click Step Two - Wait For UCS Server Update
Step Three – Check Your Appointments:

After you receive the message that the UCS central e-mail server update has been completed, you should check your appointments in Outlook occurring after March 11^th to make sure they have been corrected.

Even if the appointment times appear correct in your calendar, you should re-verify important meeting times with all attendees for appointments occurring after March 11^th. Your calendar may be correct, however others may not be. This is especially true for appointments involving individuals outside the university, since their computers or calendars may not have been updated.
Need help with this step? Step Three - Check Your Appointments
Thank You!
Thank you for your assistance as we work though this change to the daylight saving time. Again, verifying appointments by phone or e-mail follow-up is a good idea for appointments occurring after March 11^th especially if the appointment involves individuals outside of Ball State University.