WinXP clock

[shank]

Does WinXp sync it's clock to some outside resource if it's available?

I downloaded an atomic sync software. Found my clock to be about 5 minutes
off. Synced it and scheduled it to be synced every hour. It's now about 15
minutes later and it's off by 5 minutes again. Historically, evidently, it's
always 5 minutes off which makes me believe it is syncing with something I'm
not aware of. How do I troubleshoot this?

thanks

 

[Bob]

The system clock is losing time or not keeping time accurately.

http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/comp/mbsys/cmosLosingTime-c.html

 

[John Wunderlich]

Does WinXp sync it's clock to some outside resource if it's
available?

I downloaded an atomic sync software. Found my clock to be about 5
minutes off. Synced it and scheduled it to be synced every hour.
It's now about 15 minutes later and it's off by 5 minutes again.
Historically, evidently, it's always 5 minutes off which makes me
believe it is syncing with something I'm not aware of. How do I
troubleshoot this?

thanks

"How to configure an authoritative time server in Windows XP"
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314054>

Skip about 1/3 down the page to the paragraph titled:
"Configuring the Windows Time service to use an external time source"

HTH,
John

 

[Volunteer J]

Does WinXp sync it's clock to some outside resource if it's available?

I downloaded an atomic sync software. Found my clock to be about 5
minutes off. Synced it and scheduled it to be synced every hour. It's
now about 15 minutes later and it's off by 5 minutes again.
Historically, evidently, it's always 5 minutes off which makes me
believe it is syncing with something I'm not aware of. How do I
troubleshoot this?
thanks

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Maybe your CMOS battery needs to be replaced:

How To Replace The
CMOS Battery In Your PC
http://tinyurl.com/12a2
or...
http://www.liverepair.com/encyclopedia/articles/cmosreplace.asp

How To Install A CMOS Battery
http://tinyurl.com/z3l7g
or...
http://www.smartcomputing.com/Editorial/article.asp?article=articles/2004/w1510/32w10/32w10.asp

--

Volunteer J - MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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Maybe your CMOS battery needs to be replaced:

No, almost certainly not, for two reasons:

1. It goes off by only five minutes.

2. Before anyone whose clock is running slow rushes out to buy a new
battery, he should first take note of whether he is losing time while
the computer is running or while it's powered off. If it's while
powered off, the problem *is* very likely the battery. But if it's
while running (which is apparently his case), it can *not* be the
battery, because the battery isn't used while the computer is running.

If the clock loses time while running, try this:

Open a command prompt window (Start | Run | cmd) and enter the
following commands:

net stop w32time
w32tm /unregister [ignore error message]
w32tm /unregister
w32tm /register
net start w32time

 

[shank]

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Maybe your CMOS battery needs to be replaced:

No, almost certainly not, for two reasons:

1. It goes off by only five minutes.

2. Before anyone whose clock is running slow rushes out to buy a new
battery, he should first take note of whether he is losing time while
the computer is running or while it's powered off. If it's while
powered off, the problem *is* very likely the battery. But if it's
while running (which is apparently his case), it can *not* be the
battery, because the battery isn't used while the computer is running.

If the clock loses time while running, try this:

Open a command prompt window (Start | Run | cmd) and enter the
following commands:

net stop w32time
w32tm /unregister [ignore error message]
w32tm /unregister
w32tm /register
net start w32time

I did the above because it appeared to be the most plausible and set it to
Worldtimezone. But some 10 hours later, it reverted back to 6 minutes slow.
What I thought was 5 minutes above is actually 6 minutes. And it will stay 6
minutes off no matter what I do. How can I tell if there's some small app
that's dinging the wrong time somewhere and changing my clock? Add/Remove
programs doesn't show anything I'm not aware of.

thanks!

 

[Unknown]

Try a different time server. Use: tick.usno.navy.mil

shank wrote:
Does WinXp sync it's clock to some outside resource if it's available?

I downloaded an atomic sync software. Found my clock to be about 5
minutes off. Synced it and scheduled it to be synced every hour. It's
now about 15 minutes later and it's off by 5 minutes again.
Historically, evidently, it's always 5 minutes off which makes me
believe it is syncing with something I'm not aware of. How do I
troubleshoot this?
thanks
=====================================
Maybe your CMOS battery needs to be replaced:

No, almost certainly not, for two reasons:

1. It goes off by only five minutes.

2. Before anyone whose clock is running slow rushes out to buy a new
battery, he should first take note of whether he is losing time while
the computer is running or while it's powered off. If it's while
powered off, the problem *is* very likely the battery. But if it's
while running (which is apparently his case), it can *not* be the
battery, because the battery isn't used while the computer is running.

If the clock loses time while running, try this:

Open a command prompt window (Start | Run | cmd) and enter the
following commands:

net stop w32time
w32tm /unregister [ignore error message]
w32tm /unregister
w32tm /register
net start w32time

I did the above because it appeared to be the most plausible and set it to
Worldtimezone. But some 10 hours later, it reverted back to 6 minutes
slow. What I thought was 5 minutes above is actually 6 minutes. And it
will stay 6 minutes off no matter what I do. How can I tell if there's
some small app that's dinging the wrong time somewhere and changing my
clock? Add/Remove programs doesn't show anything I'm not aware of.

thanks!

 

[C.Joseph Drayton]

Does WinXp sync it's clock to some outside resource if it's available?

I downloaded an atomic sync software. Found my clock to be about 5 minutes
off. Synced it and scheduled it to be synced every hour. It's now about 15
minutes later and it's off by 5 minutes again. Historically, evidently, it's
always 5 minutes off which makes me believe it is syncing with something I'm
not aware of. How do I troubleshoot this?

thanks

Is the machine in question on a network?? The reason I ask, is because
some network servers will force clients to sync their time to the server.

Sincerely,
C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

CSD Computer Services

Web site: http://csdcs.site90.net/
E-mail: (e-mail address removed)90.net

 

[Mike S]

Is the machine in question on a network?? The reason I ask, is because
some network servers will force clients to sync their time to the server.

That's a good thing to check:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307897