Vista Home Premium - Taskbar clock permanently wrong

[David Webster]

Hi,

I have Windows Vista Home Premium on an HP Pavillion DV9000 laptop and since
day one, the task bar clock has NEVER shown the correct time.

The correct time zone is displayed, I have disabled the internet updates and
I have set the correct time who knows how many times. However it can take
DAYS for it to move forward minutes. sometimes, it does a time warp and goes
back in time.

The BIOS clock has no problems, displays the correct date and time every
time, but it is now beginning to bug the heck out of me.

Any suggestions on what is causing this and how to correct it?

 

[Alex]

Maybe your battery i have the same problem with my computer there isn't much
you can do about it you just have to set it everytime you logon which is
annoying I know.

Regards

 

[David Webster]

Thanks, at first i thought it could be this. I could understand the battery
if it was affecting the BIOS as well. In an effort however, I did borrow
another battery and no change.

Setting it every time i log on doesn't do anything either - i would have to
reset it every time i would want to know the time. Litterly, it is just past
8pm here, i could set it now and in 30 minutes it will still say the same
time.

Cheers, for the suggestion though.

Dave

 

[Curt]

Check with HP and see if there's a bios or chipset
update for your box. Might be, especially if there
are files dated after your ship date. Otherwise
you may want to open an issue with them.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

This usually is a sign of interference from some software installed and
running in the background on the system. Quite often, it turns out to be
antivirus software (Symantec has a documented history of this issue).

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[David Webster]

Hi,

will run an experiment and disable the net connection and then disable/close
all non essential OS programs running, see if that lets it update over an
hour period. if not, will come back once again...

Dave

 

[Curious]

Is the Administrator's clock set for the correct time zone?