clock problems

[Pat]

Please help. I just installed windows xp professional on
my machine. Now, my clock is running slow. I've changed
it several times so that it reads the correct time;
however, an hour later, it's 5 minutes slow again. The
next day, it might be 30 minutes slow. Any ideas? Thanks

 

[S.Sengupta]

-----Original Message-----
Please help. I just installed windows xp professional on
my machine. Now, my clock is running slow. I've changed
it several times so that it reads the correct time;
however, an hour later, it's 5 minutes slow again. The
next day, it might be 30 minutes slow. Any ideas? Thanks
.

Hi!
It seems that time has come to change the battery.Replace
the exsisting one with a new one.
with bestwishes,
ssg
pronetworks.org

 

[Jake]

-----Original Message-----
Please help. I just installed windows xp professional on
my machine. Now, my clock is running slow. I've changed
it several times so that it reads the correct time;
however, an hour later, it's 5 minutes slow again. The
next day, it might be 30 minutes slow. Any ideas? Thanks
.
How old is your machine? The clock does not run on

system power but runs on a battery about the size of a
quarter (25¢) and lasts about 3 to 5 years. A new
battery costs about $3.00

 

[Bill James]

A weak mother board battery will not cause the clock to lose time while Windows is running.

Running this series of commands might solve the problem:

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

May not apply in your case, but copying a disk image from a different machine instead of doing a clean install from the XP setup disk can cause the kind of problem you are seeing.

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-----Original Message-----

system power but runs on a battery about the size of a
quarter (25¢) and lasts about 3 to 5 years. A new
battery costs about $3.00
.
The machine is fairly new (i.e. less than a year

old). It had Windows ME installed when I first purchased
it. Clock worked fine then. Just installed the new OS
and "boom" the clock is messed up. Please help. Thanks

 

[Unknown]

The clock does not run on the battery when powered on. The battery is ONLY
used to run the clock when power is off and to maintain the BIOS data.
What's more, these types of batteries do not just get weaker and weaker.
They die suddenly.
Search google.com for the command routine to correct this problem. Then, in
control panel date and time sync your clock to a server on the net.

-----Original Message-----

system power but runs on a battery about the size of a
quarter (25¢) and lasts about 3 to 5 years. A new
battery costs about $3.00
.
The machine is fairly new (i.e. less than a year

old). It had Windows ME installed when I first purchased
it. Clock worked fine then. Just installed the new OS
and "boom" the clock is messed up. Please help. Thanks

 

[Ken Blake]

It seems that time has come to change the battery.Replace
the exsisting one with a new one.

Almost certainly this is not the problem. As I understand the
question, the clock is losing time while the computer is running.
If it were losing time while the computer were powered off, it
would very likely be the battery. But if it's losing time while
the computer is running, it can *not* be the battery, which isn't
used while running.

Pat should try the following, which will likely fix the problem:

Go to Start | Run and type cmd
Then enter the following commands:

net stop w32time
w32tm /unregister
w32tm /register
net start w32time

 

[Ken Blake]

How old is your machine? The clock does not run on
system power but runs on a battery

Completely false. The clock *does* run on system power. The
battery is used only to maintain the time while the computer is
*not* running. Losing time while the computer is powered off is
usually the battery, but losing time while running can *not* be
the battery.

Also note that if time is lost while powered off, it's almost
certainly the battery, *regardless* of how old the machine is.
Even brand new batteries can be defective.

 

[Plato]

It seems that time has come to change the battery.Replace
the exsisting one with a new one.

Incorrect. The PC was NOT having a problem before so its NOT the
motherboard battery.
Please dont quit you day job.