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Every time I set the internal clock-within 24 hours the clock loses three hours. Oddly enough, it never loses more and never less than three hours and it's always three hours. I repalced the battery and the same thing happens. I reset it daily and the next day I lose the three hours again. Ideas??
 
Every time I set the internal clock-within 24 hours the clock loses three hours. Oddly enough, it never loses more and never less than three hours and it's always three hours. I repalced the battery and the same thing happens. I reset it daily and the next day I lose the three hours again. Ideas??

Check the Time Zone setting.
 
Try this

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


This is a very common issue that Dell computers have (though other makes may
have the same problem too).

DELL [or someone else] could have imaged the OS from one machine and
installed in on a batch of machines notably with different CPU speeds.
Information about the imaged machine's processor clock is stored in the
registry. The defect is that windows should detect that the processor is
different and should refresh the registry entry. The steps above force that
to happen.


--
Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP

Find out about the MS MVP Program -
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx

decay said:
Every time I set the internal clock-within 24 hours the clock loses three
hours. Oddly enough, it never loses more and never less than three hours
and it's always three hours. I repalced the battery and the same thing
happens. I reset it daily and the next day I lose the three hours again.
Ideas??
 
Actually, now that I think about it more, it sounds like something is
changing your timezone


You might want to try my tip, it won't hurt, but if your time is correct but
then suddenly changes, see if something is changing your timezone as John
suggested. If it is changing on its own, then at least you've found the
reason. In that case, hopefully someone knows of a fix for that, I've never
heard of that issue.

Only possibility I can think of, are you connected to a domain? Perhaps
that clock is wrong (and your computer is syncing to it).

--
Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP

Find out about the MS MVP Program -
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx

Jason Tsang said:
Try this

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


This is a very common issue that Dell computers have (though other makes may
have the same problem too).

DELL [or someone else] could have imaged the OS from one machine and
installed in on a batch of machines notably with different CPU speeds.
Information about the imaged machine's processor clock is stored in the
registry. The defect is that windows should detect that the processor is
different and should refresh the registry entry. The steps above force that
to happen.


--
Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP

Find out about the MS MVP Program -
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx

decay said:
Every time I set the internal clock-within 24 hours the clock loses
three
hours. Oddly enough, it never loses more and never less than three hours
and it's always three hours. I repalced the battery and the same thing
happens. I reset it daily and the next day I lose the three hours again.
Ideas??
 
He/she could be synchronizing with Colorado time keeper or a
California time keeper if he/she is in the Eastern TZ.

--
Jim Carlock
http://www.microcosmotalk.com/
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Actually, now that I think about it more, it sounds like something is
changing your timezone


You might want to try my tip, it won't hurt, but if your time is correct but
then suddenly changes, see if something is changing your timezone as John
suggested. If it is changing on its own, then at least you've found the
reason. In that case, hopefully someone knows of a fix for that, I've never
heard of that issue.

Only possibility I can think of, are you connected to a domain? Perhaps
that clock is wrong (and your computer is syncing to it).

--
Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP

Find out about the MS MVP Program -
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx

Jason Tsang said:
Try this

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


This is a very common issue that Dell computers have (though other makes may
have the same problem too).

DELL [or someone else] could have imaged the OS from one machine and
installed in on a batch of machines notably with different CPU speeds.
Information about the imaged machine's processor clock is stored in the
registry. The defect is that windows should detect that the processor is
different and should refresh the registry entry. The steps above force that
to happen.


--
Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP

Find out about the MS MVP Program -
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx

decay said:
Every time I set the internal clock-within 24 hours the clock loses
three
hours. Oddly enough, it never loses more and never less than three hours
and it's always three hours. I repalced the battery and the same thing
happens. I reset it daily and the next day I lose the three hours again.
Ideas??
 
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