XP clock running late...any ideas?

[daman]

Hi,
Some people know the problem but this is odd.
My MB battery is good but after booting XP it starts running late,
like 10-15 min per hour. The more tasks the later the clock is
running.
Surprisingly, when I turn on Musicmatch Jukebox, there is NO problem
and the clock is running perfect...but ONLY when I play the music.
Any idea what the hell is going on?
Thanks in advance for your input.
G

 

[Donald Link]

Have you tried another music playing program and see if it is the present
one causing the problem??

 

[Alex Nichol]

Some people know the problem but this is odd.
My MB battery is good but after booting XP it starts running late,
like 10-15 min per hour. The more tasks the later the clock is
running.

This problem seems to happen quite often especially 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)

 

[daman]

,


Try this:

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

net stop w32time
w32tm /unregister
w32tm /register
net start w32time

Thanks...yes I tried this long time ago and it's not helping...