Losing Time

[David B. Mathews]

I updated this afternoon using Windows update on my Vista Ultimate Dell
XPS720. When I got this computer back in Dec. of last year it would lose
about 3 to 5 min. per day. After all the different updates these past few
months I had only lost a little over a min. in the past 3 days. After
rebooting after the updates I set the time with the internet and now about 4
hours later I have lost about 3 min. Looks like I'm back to square one.

 

[ray]

I updated this afternoon using Windows update on my Vista Ultimate Dell
XPS720. When I got this computer back in Dec. of last year it would
lose about 3 to 5 min. per day. After all the different updates these
past few months I had only lost a little over a min. in the past 3 days.
After rebooting after the updates I set the time with the internet and
now about 4 hours later I have lost about 3 min. Looks like I'm back to
square one.

Try NTP.

 

[David B. Mathews]

Try NTP.

What is NTP?

 

[ray]

What is NTP?

Network Time Protocol - it's a facility for updating your time
periodically from a time server on the internet.

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, David.

It is not normal for a computer clock to lose time!

Changing your Internet time server and syncing the time more frequently
might keep you closer to the correct time, but if it were MY computer, I
would be trying to find out why it's losing time.

Since it's a new computer, I'd ask Dell. Quickly, before the warranty
expires!

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

 

[Dave Onex]

There's a lot of good info on this here;

http://www.asksomeone.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=7734&view=findpost&p=34099

 

[DarkSentinel]

I updated this afternoon using Windows update on my Vista Ultimate Dell
XPS720. When I got this computer back in Dec. of last year it would lose
about 3 to 5 min. per day. After all the different updates these past few
months I had only lost a little over a min. in the past 3 days. After
rebooting after the updates I set the time with the internet and now about
4 hours later I have lost about 3 min. Looks like I'm back to square one.

Losing time is normally indicative of a dying CMOS battery. Replace, and you
should lose time anymore.