The issue

The U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005, passed by the U.S. Congress July, 2005, extended Daylight Saving Time (DST) in the U.S. by approximately four weeks.
As a result, beginning in 2007, DST will start three weeks earlier on March 11, 2007, and end one week later on November 4, 2007, resulting in a new DST period that is four weeks longer than previously observed.

Unless certain updates are applied to the systems in your environment, their time zone settings will become incorrect during this four week period.
Resulting problems will be database synchronization issues, erratic service startup/shutdown, incorrect document dating, batch/script delays, disrupted appointments and meetings…

Microsoft’s solution: the free 2007 Time Zone Update(s) for Windows OSs

Microsoft has provided free updates for Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP in order to solve this issue.

Nevertheless, the updates still need to be deployed on all relevant servers, desktops and laptops.

IS Decisions’ solution: Deployment with RemoteExec

In order to allow you to deploy the free 2007 Time Zone Update for Windows OSs rapidly, efficiently and cost effectively, IS decisions is offering 15 day temporary RemoteExec licenses at an exceptional rate.

The process is very straightforward:

You purchase the licenses necessary for your deployment online
(a license is required for each computer on which you want to install the pack)

We deliver your licenses within 24 working hours by email

You download the relevant free 2007 Time Zone Update(s) for Windows OSs from Microsoft’s site

You deploy the pack within minutes
throughout your network using RemoteExec

You benefit of 15 days of RemoteExec to achieve lots of other tasks
(see a few examples)

If you’re convinced of RemoteExec’s utility and efficiency and would like to keep it,
you may transform your “15 day” licenses into permanent licenses
with a 10% discount off the pricelist.

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