Without calendaring or other time-sensitive software, it may not be an issue.  Our users are expected to use Outlook to keep in contact, and those users still running W2K workstations do have Exchange, so it’s a problem for us.

 

 

As far as I can tell, we have six Windows 2000 computers left, all members of our domain, none using Exchange.  Several of them are rarely used.  My plan was to just have those users set the time manually to the correct time on (or about) March 11 and September 28 each year until we replace the computers (which probably won't be that long). Why wouldn't that work? And even if they don't set it, as long as they aren't using calendar software, how much does it matter if their clock is wrong?

 

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From: Hoort, Brian [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 4:15 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [MSUNAG] DST 2007 on Windows 2000

Greetings:

 

I contacted Microsoft with the intention of paying them for the DST patch for Windows 2000 (for those of you sleeping  under a rock W2K is out of M$’s support cycle and they are not distributing non-security patches to organizations without Extended Support Contracts).  We still have a small percentage of servers that haven’t been replaced yet.  The response was that it would cost $4000.

 

We’re not paying $4000 for a patch.  I don’t suspect many departments across the University are.  So what are you guys doing?  I know we aren’t the only ones with W2K servers and workstations lingering…  Here, we’ve discussed the following alternatives:

a)     One of my co-workers found a 3^rd party company that was giving an unsupported patch away for free on their web site; sounds great, but, it’s not from M$ and who knows how well it works come March.  I’d feel much safer if it was from M$.

b)     M$ offers instructions on how to do it manually in KB914387.  It’s very complicated.  I wouldn’t trust myself to even copy and paste without errors, and being a registry patch there would be no feedback as to whether it was wrong.

c)     My limited understanding of Kerberos and AD/Domain behavior suggests that trying to fake it out by changing the time won’t work for any machine in the domain (it seems as though it might for non-domain-members). (Kerberos refuses net connectivity to any connection more than 5 minutes offset from the DCs – try it yourself – change your workstation date ahead and try and connect to Exchange – no go).

d)     Could the U. buy the patch and distribute it, much like U. site licenses?  Perhaps we would all pay a fraction of that cost?

 

Are you aware of any other options?

 

 

 

Brian Hoort
Business & Personnel Office
Rm. 1 Physical Plant Bldg.
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1215
517-432-0242
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