On 11/29/06, Ken Irving <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 01:51:21PM -0600, Owen Heisler wrote:
> With the regular GUIs in Windows (XP), I don't think it is possible to
> use BIOS UTC time... but maybe (probably) there is some very well
> hidden, badly named registry key that magically makes Windows read UTC
> time from the BIOS. If someone knows what it is, I'd be interested.
Someone else pointed this out, maybe in another thread, and after
some googling it appears to be RealTimeIsUniversal. Someone found this
registry string by using the strings utility on an XP (or something)
image, and it's not documented. <cynical>Typical</cynical>. This seems
to have been included pretty far back in the Windows bloodline, maybe
to accomodate AIX (an old MS *nix variant?) or something, but while it
apparently remains, it is not well or properly supported.
This page discusses the issue:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/mswish/ut-rtc.html
Sounds promising, but it doesn't actually work.
You tried it, eh? Or did I miss that on that page...
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