Win98SE SP2

[Forebears]

What's happened to Auckland, New Zealand?

Since installing the time-saving "unofficial" SP2 I've found that my own time zone is no longer available. I like to have it so that I don't have to remember to adjust daylight saving.

Can anyone suggest how I may re-install whichever file contains the time zone info without losing any of the other benefits of the SP2 update?

Many thanks

Ray

[eidenk]

Timezones values are stored in the registry. Here is for Auckland (set as default) :

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Time Zones\New Zealand]
"Display"="(GMT+12:00) Auckland, Wellington"
"Dlt"="New Zealand Daylight Time"
"Std"="New Zealand Standard Time"
"MapID"="78,79"
"TZI"=hex:30,fd,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,c4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,03,00,00,00,03,00,02,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,0a,00,00,00,01,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation]
"ActiveTimeBias"=hex(3):C4,FF,FF,FF
"StandardName"="GMT Standard Time"
"DaylightName"="GMT Daylight Time"
"Bias"=hex(3):00,00,00,00
"StandardStart"=hex(3):00,00,0A,00,00,00,05,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"DaylightStart"=hex(3):00,00,03,00,00,00,05,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"DaylightFlag"=hex(3):02,00,00,00
"DisableAutoDaylightTimeSet"=dword:00000001

I don't think SP2 has wiped those values off the registry but as it replaces the Date/Time Control Panel Applet there might be possibly a problem with it though I do not think so as I have just tried it on my ME system and it displays correctly the Timezones stored in the registry.

There is a GUI tool in the Windows 98 Resource Kit called Time Zone Editor with which you can edit or create time zones. It is called Tzedit.exe and should be on your 98SE CD. You can get it here if you haven't got it.

Try merging the above registry file anyway and see if it helps.

[dusteetrails]

Which SP version (date) did you install. Before answering, Can you move (or repost) this post to the correct forum... you would have had alot quicker responses (i just now noticed it here) with the fix posted right away...

The forum for sp2 is

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=46399&st=120

Thanks