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Computer won't keep time
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Posted by: twista6453
For about a month now I have noticed that the clock is continually getting behind, and I find myself correcting once or twice a week. I am running windows XP Professional with multiple users. If you need any hardware specifications I will gladly post them, but I was wondering if there is a simple solution to this problem?
Thanks.
Posted by: IceBreaker
I have similar problem, and there are many more in this case..
It looses about 30 secs/week.
Not much, but annoying. And time is money... 
This is probably a BIOS problem - if so, in theory it can be fixed.
A makeshift solution, which I turned to, would be to download an atom-time sync app. There are plenty of these out there, some are Shareware and other are FREEWARE 
I personally use Neutron - very small (9k), FREE, single exe file, no install, just unzip & run, can be configured to auto-sync when run & exit after sync. Plenty of atom-time servers to choose from in case some go offline. Of course, the servers' database can be edited (seperate .ini file, good ole notepad) but personally I've never had the need to.
Posted by: redwench
mine lags too. when it gets to be an annoying amount of time, like 5+ minutes, i just reset it. which is about once a month.
replacing the cmos battery might do it, but thats an expense and bother thats probably not worth it, and may not help. id go with the occasional manual reset, or do what ice suggested and use a program.
Posted by: RAcastClarke
Yeah, I believe that would be the battery somewhere on the inside of the machine...it's not really worth it to replace it.
Heh, just grab yourself a normal clock and put it on your desk, table, etc. If you need time that is exact enough that you continue to reset it, you may want something more reliable than the desktop clock.
Not that I'm saying it's not annoying. It is. I use Atomic Clcok Sync or something like that. I like it, it's good stuff. I sh ould actually update it now, really.
Posted by: IceBreaker
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Originally posted by redwench
or do what ice suggested
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Posted by: redwench
perfectly.
Posted by: spafy
Yes happened to me too and i changed the battery and it worked fine after that............
Posted by: armystud0911
All the stuff that happens in the discussion forums doesn't mean that we think your incapible of giving technical advice Ice.
Posted by: Bix VT
lol old joke armystud...goes back to when Ice first joined...good times...
Anyway, doesn't XP have a built-in clock updater? I know mine adjusts itself every week...
Posted by: Superfly3176
You may have disabled your time keeper in windows xp. Especially if you used black viper's disabling uneeded xp services.
Posted by: kcpant
quoted by RAClarke "Yeah, I believe that would be the battery somewhere on the inside of the machine...it's not really worth it to replace it."
This is not true, CMOS batteries are not very expensive, and , at the same time, this is the first cause behind time- lag. Furthe, it is an indication of low battery voltage, that suggests now you should change the battery, before the CMOS data wipes-out from CMOS.
changing CMOS battery is not very tough.
Posted by: Boggy B
There are little converters available which i've seen before they aren't too expensive, and they allow you to use regular AA batteries instead of them crappy round ones, the only problem being that you have to find a spot for the damn things. 
I don't have one myself, but i've seen a few of them around.
Also i've been told before that in old computers, flashing the BIOS can work too, something about the timer in the BIOS software slowly slipping out, nothing to do with the battery.
Not sure whether that's for real or not, but worth taking into concideration.
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