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Time-shift caused by Windows XP can cause ADLAgent to fail to start up on OSX

Created: 06 May 2010
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ADLAgent 2.6-79 on Snow Leopard 10.6.3
Windows XP w/ latest bootcamp 3.1 And Aclient 6.9.453

Windows XP can reset the RTC based on local time, causing a time shift for OSX, which can panic SystemStarter, which is responsible for loading ADLAgent

SystemStarter[23] "/Library/StartupItems" failed sanity check: path was created after boot up

SystemStarter[23] "/System/Library/StartupItems" failed sanity check: path was created after boot up

Solution:
1)  Force windows to use UTC:  Set DWORD key called HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation\RealTimeIsUniversal to  "1".    This seems to work for me, however it may have other consequences or may be unreliable.
OR
2) Since SystemStarter is deprecated, a launchd item to startup ADLAgent might avoid this problem