What does it mean if my Laptop clock is ahead 30 minutes every week

[PeterM]

For some darn reason my Toshiba Laptop, maybe 4 years old, is showing
almost 30 minutes gain every week. Any idea what is going on? Any help
is appreciated........Peter

 

[anonymous]

Low battery?

 

[PeterM]

Thanks for the info, is that low battery as in the battery that it runs
on, or the one like in my desktop that keeps the CMOS running. That is
what worried me. I do have to admit, the regular battery that keeps the
laptop running probably dies every weekend, unless I plug it in. Should
I stop that, and get a new battery?
Many thanks.....Peter

 

[Alex Nichol]

Thanks for the info, is that low battery as in the battery that it runs
on, or the one like in my desktop that keeps the CMOS running.

A steady wrong rate while windows is running has *nothing* to do with
the battery. A bad battery (for CMPOS) results in wildly wrong time at
boot, but a correct rate.

This problem seems to happen quite often. Usually a steady rate of
loss or gain like 10 minutes in an hour. It appears to result from a
conflict with the BIOS over the interval between 'timer interrupts'.
Windows maintains the clock by counting these, so if the interval is not
the expected one, the rate is grossly out in this manner.

Try these steps:

1. Start->Run cmd.exe
2. net stop w32time
3. w32tm.exe /unregister
4. w32tm.exe /register
5. net start w32time

(note spellings w32tm and w32time in different commands)

 

[David]

For some darn reason my Toshiba Laptop, maybe 4 years old, is showing
almost 30 minutes gain every week. Any idea what is going on? Any help
is appreciated........Peter

It means your clock is inaccurate. Changing the battery might help. But,
I doubt it. The machien is just old.

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