Windows XP Clock Application Accuracy

[kevin]

My Windows XP Clock (Date and Time) application is
consistently inaccurate requiring frequent resetting. Is
there a patch or fix available to make this application
maintain accuracy for longer than a few hours?

 

[cimex]

This newsgroup is seeing a rash of clock problems lately.
We need to know if your clock is losing time when your computer is off or
when it is on.
If when off: battery
If when on: Windows

 

[Jason Tsang]

Try this

1. Start->Run cmd.exe
2. net stop w32time
3. w32tm /unregister [ignore error message]
4. w32tm /unregister
5. w32tm /register
6. net start w32time

 

[Rodger_B]

Do you have Internet Time, in Clock Properties, synchronised with an
Internet Time Server?

 

[Alex Nichol]

My Windows XP Clock (Date and Time) application is
consistently inaccurate requiring frequent resetting. Is
there a patch or fix available to make this application
maintain accuracy for longer than a few hours?

This problem seems to happen quite often with Dell machines. Usually a
steady rate of loss 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)