Clock doesn't keep good time

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Jason Haas

I have Microsoft XP Professional and the clock's on our
office computers do not keep good time and always run
fast by 15-30 min. Has anyone had this problem and if so,
do you know how to fix it.

thanks
Jason
 
Thanks it is a Dell computer...brand new.I have looked on
Dell and talked to them and they said it was a Microsoft
Issue.
Jason
 
I have Microsoft XP Professional and the clock's on our
office computers do not keep good time and always run
fast by 15-30 min. Has anyone had this problem and if so,
do you know how to fix it.

thanks
Jason
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Jason,

Setup NTP (Network Time Protocol) on the computers. If you're on a
corporate network (behind a firewall) you'll need to setup an NTP
server, otherwise there are hundreds of NTP servers on the internet
that you can synchronise from.

For details search on "ntp" under Help, or post back here.

Cheers,

Chuck
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Jason said:
I have Microsoft XP Professional and the clock's on our
office computers do not keep good time and always run
fast by 15-30 min. Has anyone had this problem and if so,
do you know how to fix it.
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Hi

try this and see if it helps:

1. Start->Run cmd.exe
2. net stop w32time
3. w32tm /unregister [ignore error message]
4. w32tm /unregister
5. w32tm /register
6. net start w32time
 
Jason Haas said:
I have Microsoft XP Professional and the clock's on our
office computers do not keep good time and always run
fast by 15-30 min. Has anyone had this problem and if so,
do you know how to fix it.

thanks
Jason
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I had a similar problem a while back, except my clock was getting off
by a lot more than 30mins. There's some feature where XP tries to
connect to the Internet to synchronize time and that's what was
messing my time up. I disabled that feature and I haven't had a
problem since. You might try that.

James
 
thanks i'll try that
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Jason said:
I have Microsoft XP Professional and the clock's on our
office computers do not keep good time and always run
fast by 15-30 min. Has anyone had this problem and if so,
do you know how to fix it.
Click to expand...

Hi

try this and see if it helps:

1. Start->Run cmd.exe
2. net stop w32time
3. w32tm /unregister [ignore error message]
4. w32tm /unregister
5. w32tm /register
6. net start w32time



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Jason said:
I have Microsoft XP Professional and the clock's on our
office computers do not keep good time and always run
fast by 15-30 min. Has anyone had this problem and if so,
do you know how to fix it.
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This problem seems to happen quite often, especially with Dell
machines. Usually a steady rate of loss like 10 minutes in an hour, but
can be a gaining rate. . 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)
 
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