taskbar date again!

[AIANDAS]

Can someone please help me for once deal with this problem?
I have posted here several times and all the suggestions are nowhere close.
Somehow, someway the date on my taskbar changes. Today it decided to jump
two days. Most of the time it's one day.
What is going on?????????? HELP!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Guest]

If I had to guess, it's your BIOS that's doing it. During POST, go into the
BIOS and check the date and time.

I had an Epox motherboard, that for a while, would change the time exactly
an hour every time during POST (there's a clock on the case).

 

[AIANDAS]

Well I have the latest and the greatest BIOS from dell....................

 

[Guest]

So, does it change it exactly 1 or 2 days, with the correct time, otherwise?
Or, is the clock off by some random amount?

 

[AIANDAS]

That's just it. The time does not change, but the date does!!!!!!!!!!
Some other place where I have posted they thought it's the motherboard's
battery?????? Is this possible? And where the heck is this "battery?" Is it
accessible by hand for me to remove it?

 

[Michael Stevens]

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That's just it. The time does not change, but the date does!!!!!!!!!!
Some other place where I have posted they thought it's the
motherboard's battery?????? Is this possible? And where the heck is
this "battery?" Is it accessible by hand for me to remove it?

Look in your manual for a diagram showing the location of the battery. If
you don't have manual, check the Dell web site for one.
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[Guest]

Okay...I doubt it's the battery, as the battery would mess up the time in
weird increments. So, it's either the BIOS or some clock sync program /
adware.

If the clock changes after POST or Windows is already running, it's more
likely a clock sync program like:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/adware.clocksync.html
There are a few of these clock sync programs out there.

During POST, go into the BIOS and look at the date. If it has already
changed, then your BIOS could be hosed up somehow.

 

[Michael Stevens]

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Okay...I doubt it's the battery, as the battery would mess up the
time in weird increments. So, it's either the BIOS or some clock
sync program / adware.

If the clock changes after POST or Windows is already running, it's
more likely a clock sync program like:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/adware.clocksync.html
There are a few of these clock sync programs out there.

During POST, go into the BIOS and look at the date. If it has already
changed, then your BIOS could be hosed up somehow.

I doubt it was either, but he knows how to find the battery now. <G>
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