Our Chief Technician is a man of few words but many strong opinions. With Spring in the air he’s focused on one area that needs some cleaning up.

A few people have reported trouble with the time in Trade-Ideas recently. This was caused by the recent changes to the rules for Daylight Savings Time. If you correctly adjust your computer, Trade-Ideas will continue to work.

Some people have just manually changed the time on their computer one hour. This is not a complete fix. It will cause problems with Trade-Ideas and other programs. The most talked about example is when you use Outlook to schedule meetings with other people. But even email is affected; sometimes people will see the wrong time on messages you send, even though your clock appears to be correct. You need to update your computer to make these programs work.

If you are running Windows XP, you should download all of the updates that are available for your computer. The process may take some time, depending on how long it has been since the last time you updated your computer. But the process is straightforward. There are several ways to start this process, including going to http://update.microsoft.com.

For older computers, such as those running Windows 2000, you will need to do something more specific. http://support.microsoft.com/gp/dst has instructions. Sometimes it’s a little tricky; if you need help, let us know.