WinXP clock problems

goloap

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I have problems with WinXP keeping the right time. Once in a while I look at the clock (in the taskbar) and the time is lagging. Not always though. What can cause the problem?

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Your CMOS battery is going out.

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goloap

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Actually I tough of that, and that wasn't the problem. It was much more stupid than that. The time zone was not the right one in "Regional Settings" and I had WinXP (without my knowledge) syncronize my clock with a microsoft server. So when it syncronized the clocks it always put it back 3 hours.

Dam Microsoft's auto-crap-your-system.

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try to sync your time in the BIOS, and enter windows and see if it's the correct time. Then go to Date and Time Properties .. select Internet Time tab.. uncheck synchronize with an internet time server.

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HeHe! :smile:

I do stuff like that all the time. So don't feel bad. I've gone out and spent a hundred dollars to fix something, that turned out to not be broken.

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spent a hundred dollars to fix something, that turned out to not be broken.

That would be disappointing.

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Why would you uncheck that? Those time servers (nist.gov) are cesium atomic clocks... They're way more accurate than your PC's internal clock.

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i think it's the other one:

Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes.

It happened to me before.

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Because, I don't need my PC clock to be exact to the micro second, and I don't like anything that is done automatically without me knowing.

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You control your own heart beat consciously???

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