jazzman111
IS-IT--Management
My laptop's clock is running several minutes fast a day. Is there some way to adjust the speed downward so it keeps better time? I'm using an IBM Thinkpad, 1.60 Gig, under Windows XP.
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Way to adjust laptop's clock speed?
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Are you sure it's not a problem within your domain (if you're at work)?
XP has a setting that is enabled by default to synch the clock online. Also, if the laptop hibernates or is turned off at any point throughout the day, it could be your CMOS battery going bad.
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XP has a setting that is enabled by default to synch the clock online. Also, if the laptop hibernates or is turned off at any point throughout the day, it could be your CMOS battery going bad.
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There might be an applicaton your running that is affecting the windows clock.
Gaining time usually has the same causes as losing time. It is generally related to some software installed on the system.
There have been problems in the past with Dell Machines and time. Also some Anti Virus software has been known to cause problems. You can check it out at -
the date and time change randomly by themself
thread779-729783 is a missing thread that had a few ideas that may be worth a try.
I have copied a couple of possibilies from the missing post.
"We had a machine running Win2K that did this as well. It turned out to be the timezone was set incorrectly for the computer's location - go to the timezone tab and check it is set correctly".
That was from "jrbarnett" in that missing post
copy the below into a notepad session, naming the file fix_time.cmd
***** begin copy/paste below this line *********
net stop w32time
w32tm /unregister
w32tm /unregister
w32tm /register
net start w32time
********* end copy/paste above this line ******
That was from "Bcastner" in the same missing post.
Double click on the file to run it.
Gaining time usually has the same causes as losing time. It is generally related to some software installed on the system.
There have been problems in the past with Dell Machines and time. Also some Anti Virus software has been known to cause problems. You can check it out at -
the date and time change randomly by themself
thread779-729783 is a missing thread that had a few ideas that may be worth a try.
I have copied a couple of possibilies from the missing post.
"We had a machine running Win2K that did this as well. It turned out to be the timezone was set incorrectly for the computer's location - go to the timezone tab and check it is set correctly".
That was from "jrbarnett" in that missing post
copy the below into a notepad session, naming the file fix_time.cmd
***** begin copy/paste below this line *********
net stop w32time
w32tm /unregister
w32tm /unregister
w32tm /register
net start w32time
********* end copy/paste above this line ******
That was from "Bcastner" in the same missing post.
Double click on the file to run it.
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jazzman111
IS-IT--Management
Thanks for the tips, guys. Interesting point that it could be the network server, since just a couple of days ago my laptop was set up to work off the office server--and I've never noticed this clock speed problem before that.... I'll have a conversation with our support guys.
HughLerwill
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Check also that the Internet Time Server in Windows Date and Time Properties is a valid one. Some time ago I remember having to change mine because the old one ceased to work. I'm currently using uk.pool.ntp.org.
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