Clock is always wrong.

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Nelson Douglas

Everyday I change the clock to the correct time and by
the end of the day it's at least 40 minutes slow. I have
tried to synchronize over the internet and that doesn't
work either. Anyone have any advice?
 
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Everyday I change the clock to the correct time and by
the end of the day it's at least 40 minutes slow. I have
tried to synchronize over the internet and that doesn't
work either. Anyone have any advice?
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assuming u are using a pc that is newer, like 1998, and
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you are not over-clocking the system, you probably have a
bad clock on your motherboard that would unfortunately
require replacing the motherboard.
best of luck 2 u
 
Nelson said:
Everyday I change the clock to the correct time and by
the end of the day it's at least 40 minutes slow. I have
tried to synchronize over the internet and that doesn't
work either.
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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. 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)
 
You could always try a different time sync program than the one built into
XP. Here's one that is available for free:
http://www.arachnoid.com/abouttime/index.html

AboutTime lets you set the interval that it sync' time, what time severs it
will use and in what order among other things.

| In [email protected], Nelson Douglas wrote:
|
| > Everyday I change the clock to the correct time and by
| > the end of the day it's at least 40 minutes slow. I have
| > tried to synchronize over the internet and that doesn't
| > work either. Anyone have any advice?
|
|
| Try this:
|
| Open a command prompt window (Start | Run | cmd) and enter the
| following commands:
|
| net stop w32time
| w32tm /unregister
| w32tm /register
| net start w32time
|
|
| --
| Ken Blake
| Please reply to the newsgroup
|
|
 
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