clock in system tray

[dave]

Hi
I have set so many times clock in system tray.
But after 1 or 2 hours it always shows 1o or 15 mins late
than current time..
Whats the reason??
thanx
dave

 

[kim]

some say it is a problem with dell computers... or a bad
battery on your motherboard for the bios.

 

[Kelly]

Hi Dave,

See if this helps/applies:

Go to Start/Run and type in: cmd
At the prompt, type in:

net stop w32time, enter.
Then w32tm /unregister, enter.
Then w32tm /register, enter.
Then net start w32time, enter.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I have set so many times clock in system tray.
But after 1 or 2 hours it always shows 1o or 15 mins late
than current time..

This problem seems to happen quite often, especially with Dell
machines. Usually a steady rate of loss like 10 minutes in an hour. It
appears to result from a conflict with the BIOS over the interval
between 'timer interrupts'. Windows maintains the clock by counting
these, so if the interval is not the expected one, the rate is grossly
out in this manner.

Try these steps:

1. Start->Run cmd.exe
2. net stop w32time
3. w32tm.exe /unregister
4. w32tm.exe /register
5. net start w32time

(note spellings w32tm and w32time in different commands)