Frequently Asked Questions
Checking the timezone bias used by WMI
Go to the Run box (off the Start menu) and type in WBEMTEST to start up the WMI Tester app.
This should return a single record that is the PC's currently assigned timezone. Double-clicking will open it up and you can read off various values, the most crucial of which is "Bias" (the offset from UTC in minutes).
- Tick "Enable all privileges", then click "Connect..."
- In the "Namespace" box of the connect dialog, type:
\\\root\cimv2
[where is the name of the networked computer whose logs are to be read] - In the "Credentials" section, enter the account name and password you're using in EventMeister to connect to the remote machine, and press "Connect"
- Back on the main screen, press "Enum Instances..."
- Enter the following superclass name and hit OK: Win32_TimeZone
This should return a single record that is the PC's currently assigned timezone. Double-clicking will open it up and you can read off various values, the most crucial of which is "Bias" (the offset from UTC in minutes).
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