March 13 2007
Q: I have a Treo.  Is there anything that I need to do to prepare for the new Daylight Savings Time change for this year?

A: If you own a Palm, Treo or even a BlackBerry, you have to update it to avoid any problems with Daylight Saving (Here I am just having problems keeping up with my coffee maker & microwave).

Anyway, here's is the Palm website that gives you the scoop. It's a download that will get everything on your portable brain all hunky-dory:
http://www.palm.com/us/support/downloads/dst.html?sssdmh=dm13.130166

For BlackBerries:
http://www.blackberry.com/select/dst2007/resolutions/internetservice/

February 26 2007
Q: Is there anything that I should do for my computer since the Day Light Savings change dates are different this year?

A: If you didn’t know, the change to Daylight Savings is happening earlier this year.  Actually, you need to change your clocks on March 11 (three weeks earlier than usual) and end on November 4 (1 week later than usual).  This affects you because all your appliances like your VCR, DVD, DVR, Alarm Clock, Microwave, and even your Computer are affected.  Since I can’t really help you on your other appliances, I will help you on your computer.

If your computer is already set to automatically receive updates from Microsoft, the change will be automatic like in Windows XP or Vista– your computer will make the adjustments without any intervention.  If you use Windows 2000 or if you want to just update other programs like Outlook, click on this Microsoft Link to download the update appropriate for your computer:

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/cp_dst

Even if you are an IT manager, there are downloads available to help manage your network.

If you use XP and do not have automatic updates turned on, click on this link:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=
66F1420C-DF2D-400B-A8A9-EF9061A9A3CA&displaylang=en

That’s it!