I just tested this, and I would like to
clarify a bit – you must be an admin of the local machine to install the
Outlook Time Zone Update Tool (tzmove.exe), but regular users can run it.
So we should be able to push out the tool via Group Policy to install it and
then instruct the users on how to run it. However, just to make things
interesting, Microsoft decided not to put any shortcuts anywhere, so you have
to hunt the executable down within Program Files to run it. We’ll
have to come up with some way of distributing a shortcut, batch file, or manual
instructions to users to help them run the darn thing.
From: MSU Network
Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mark Szymczak
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007
10:09 PM
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Subject: Re: [MSUNAG]
Understanding early DST update for Outlook
And to add even more encouraging words, from the reading and testing
I’ve done, you have to be an admin to run the Outlook Time Zone Update
Tool. Oh yeah, and you can’t use the “runas” command either
since it will try and update the Outlook profile of the user whose credentials
you type in. So, if you try to use the local admin account, it tells you that
the specified user does not have a profile setup, and then the update tool
fails.