Task Bar Clock

[stan]

What would cause Task Bar Clock to lose time.Time in BIOS configuration
fine.

 

[Nick]

battery...

 

[Acisclo del Valle A.]

Look if your time zone is correct.

All the best

Acisclo

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Not if it happens while the system is running. Suspect a dying battery only
if the system loses time while shut down. Otherwise, it's a software
conflict. Antivirus programs, and in particular those from Symantec, are
famous for causing this issue.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[S.Heenan]

What would cause Task Bar Clock to lose time.Time in BIOS
configuration fine.

The default is to sync with a time server once a week.
Run regedit.exe
Find the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\N
tpClient
In the right pane, r-click SpecialPollInterval|Modify|Decimal|change the
value to 1800|OK|Close regedit.
Windows XP will now sync every 30 minutes,when the machine is connected to
the Internet.

 

[stan]

S. Heenan,
Thanks for your input.
Stan

The default is to sync with a time server once a week.
Run regedit.exe
Find the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\N
tpClient
In the right pane, r-click SpecialPollInterval|Modify|Decimal|change the
value to 1800|OK|Close regedit.
Windows XP will now sync every 30 minutes,when the machine is connected to
the Internet.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

In

What would cause Task Bar Clock to lose time.Time in BIOS
configuration fine.

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.

If the clock loses time while running, try this:

Open a command prompt window (Start | Run | cmd) and enter the
following commands:

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

 

[stan]

Ken Blake, MVP
Never suspected the battery as BIOS bootup was working fine. Since I have
installed a retail copy of WINXP when it came available never had trouble
with the clock till just a day or so while checking it with a program called
Atom Time.
Thanks for your input. Appreciate it.
Stan