The date and time keeps changing on my Windows 8.1 Laptop..please help

mdb1983

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I've noticed since a couple days ago that the clock and date on my laptop keeps jumping ahead and suddenly the computer hangs and nothing responds..i have to force restart the computer..

i restarted and it shows the wrong date and time again and i have to hurry and change the date and clock settings so that the computer doesn't hang again...

It doesn't happen all the time but Sometimes when i turn on the laptop i see the wrong date and time again and i have to set it to automatically sync with the internet clock again..

why is it doing this? i read that it could be the CMOS battery but it doesn't say anything about your computer hanging when the clock and date changes...has this happened to anybody else before?
 
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It's very possible that it's the battery. When the clock and date are off, Windows can jam itself up, especially if it tries to check for updates. I've had this happen in Windows 7, but I'd think it would be worse with windows 10 as it does update s automatically for seemingly more often that Windows 7 did.
It's very possible that it's the battery. When the clock and date are off, Windows can jam itself up, especially if it tries to check for updates. I've had this happen in Windows 7, but I'd think it would be worse with windows 10 as it does update s automatically for seemingly more often that Windows 7 did.
 
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