On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 16:09 -0700, Andrew Farris wrote: > Matthew Saltzman wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 05:58 -0700, Andrew Farris wrote: > > > >> You can set a registry key in windows that sets it to use universal time as well > >> for the hardware clock, then you don't get that constant fight between them. > > > > Sorry, I know it's OT[1], but could you tell how to set that? > > > I've always just used GMT as the timezone in Windows and turned off the > > DST flag, but having a UTC HW clock and local time in Windows would be a > > convenience. > > > > [1] Maybe not, as it's relevant to dual booting... > > I think its on topic as thats a very annoying issue to deal with while > dualbooting which is supported. ;) > > The registry string that does it is 'RealTimeIsUniversal' in the following. I > keep this enter key in a .reg file and merge it all whenever I reinstall a > machine. When it is merged in and the time set (I still let windows update time > via ntp) the machine boots with the correct time in both OSes. > > [...] Thanks! One more question: Do you (or does anyone on the list) know if running the raw XP installation in VMware handles the time correctly with these settings? > > -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list