clock problem

[Guest]

for some time I have had a problem with the clock showing the wrong time.
Currently it is 3 hours behind. I have checked everything, synchronised a few
times but now there is an error message when I try to synchronise it. I also
checked the battery. Is there a general clock problem? (running up to date
windows xp home)

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

for some time I have had a problem with the clock showing the wrong
time. Currently it is 3 hours behind.

*Exactly* three hours behind?

You are likely set for the wrong time zone.

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I have checked everything,

 

[Guest]

no, I have the time zone right. and it is now 2 hours behind

 

[Harry Boyne]

Is your CMOS Battery dead?

Harry

no, I have the time zone right. and it is now 2 hours behind

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Is your CMOS Battery dead?

Before anyone whose clock is running slow rushes out to buy a new battery,
he should first take note of whether he is losing time while the computer is
running or while it's powered off. If it's while powered off, the problem
*is* very likely the battery. But if it's while running, it can *not* be the
battery, because the battery isn't used while the computer is running.

Moreover, his clock is apparently always wrong by exactly two or three
hours. A battery issue would never cause the clock to be wrong by some exact
numbers of hours.

Almost certainly, his problem is unrelated to his battery.

 

[Harry Boyne]

So it sounds like something in Windows?

Also, did he say "Exactly"? I can't find him saying it.

Harry

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

So it sounds like something in Windows?

I was almost sure it was his time zone setting, but he says no. So at this
point I'm not sure what it is.

Also, did he say "Exactly"? I can't find him saying it.

Well, I asked "*Exactly* three hours behind?" He didn't directly reply to
that question, but I take his not correcting me as acknowledging it.