Time/Date Preferences.... help!

[Guest]

I wonder if you can help me.

When trying to log on to a PC this morning - I got the following message:

"Current time on this computer and the current time on the network are
different. For more information about date/time preferences see help and
support. To log on contact your systems adminstrator"

Does anyone know what this means?

 

[BillW50]

I wonder if you can help me.

When trying to log on to a PC this morning - I got the following
message:

"Current time on this computer and the current time on the network are
different. For more information about date/time preferences see help
and support. To log on contact your systems adminstrator"

Does anyone know what this means?

It means the clock is off, no?

 

[Guest]

Hi Bill

Thank you for your quick response... however I have just spoken to a
Microsoft Technician and apparently this means that the "mother board" has
lost its time with the network. The only way to restore this now is to have
the PC re-installed. What a nuisance.

I have a technician coming out first thing monday to rectify this problem.

Thank you anyway for your advice.

 

[BillW50]

You're joking?

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Bill

Hi Bill

Thank you for your quick response... however I have just spoken to a
Microsoft Technician and apparently this means that the "mother
board" has lost its time with the network. The only way to restore
this now is to have the PC re-installed. What a nuisance.

I have a technician coming out first thing monday to rectify this
problem.

Thank you anyway for your advice.

 

[mikeyhsd]

if it is indeed the motherboard clock that is off.
just enter the bios and set it yourself.
there is no need to pay someone to do it for you.

or right click on the data/time area in the tray and have the system update its clock.





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Hi Bill

Thank you for your quick response... however I have just spoken to a
Microsoft Technician and apparently this means that the "mother board" has
lost its time with the network. The only way to restore this now is to have
the PC re-installed. What a nuisance.

I have a technician coming out first thing monday to rectify this problem.

Thank you anyway for your advice.

 

[Bob I]

My take on the predicament is that the CMOS battery is dying.
You could probably set the correct time in the BIOS and then you would
be able to log on to the network, but don't shut the system down till
the CMOS battery gets replaced.

 

[Curt Christianson]

Hi Linz,

For what it's woth, I just then intiated my computers CMOS setings and
"purposslely" reset and incorrect time, then saved changes and exited.

I then let XP boot as usual, and "lo and behold", the time in the corner was
still correct.

Only two things come to my mind:

The Windoes time is now over-riding the Bios time, and re-sets it, (which
frankly is hard to imagine).

And secondly, I've been told that Windows derives it's clock from the
motherboard BIOS--hence the reason that Windows time may run "slow" due to a
dying CMOS battery.

I hope someone can shed more light on this for you (and me)!

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HTH,
Curt

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[Frank\(FL\)]

Either you did not save the settings to CMOS or you have a broken
computer.