computer clock loosing time and date

[Plato]

My computer is loosing date and time. Ive replaced the cmos battery 3 times
in the past 6 months, but it only lasts a few weeks. Can anyone suggest
something to fix the problem.

Not that rare, but sometimes the motherboard circuit that has the
battery goes bad and cannot be repaired.

 

[Frank]

You never said *how much* time you're losing.

If it's not much, that's just how Windows is. Either manually adjust it
every week or so or synch it up with time.windows.com.:

Date and Time Properties | Internet Time

Make sure the box next to "Automatically synchronize with an Internet time
server" is checked.

By the way, although I'm not sure if it's still this way, Macs had the
opposite problem!

http://tf.nist.gov/service/its.htm

Read the last paragraph.

The service is no longer available.
time.windows.com leaches from time.nist.gov.
Look in your event viewer and notice the errors.
Google for another ntp time server.

 

[Daave]

http://tf.nist.gov/service/its.htm

Read the last paragraph.

The service is no longer available.
time.windows.com leaches from time.nist.gov.
Look in your event viewer and notice the errors.
Google for another ntp time server.

Didn't know this. Thanks, Frank!