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| Thread ID: 44892 | 2004-05-03 01:28:00 | XP clock always wrong - ideas? | robo (205) | Press F1 |
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| 233777 | 2004-05-03 01:28:00 | My XP machine keeps changing time to being about 15 minutes slow. I can't see the tab in control panel that I have seen on some machines about inernet synch of time seems to be absent. Sometimes it's fine then it goes mad for a few days. I would swear that it has gone back at least twice today. I fixed it at 9:00am and it was wrong again by about 15 minutes by 12:00. No reboots or restarts in between. No game playing (except Spider Solitaire). The weird thing is, it doesn't seem to ever be four minutes slow or anything else - it's either okay or 15 minutes late. I know the Reginald Perrin virus causes machines to be eleven minutes late due to seasonal manpower shortages, Clapham Junction." I don't want to install a third party app, unless I have to. It doesn't feel like a hardware crystal thing. It feels like it's synching with something it shouldn't. Anyone have any suggestions? I've looked around a bit, halfheartedly I admit, for something on the web and in the control panel. robo. PS Oh bollocks, I just checked my server, guess what? 15 minutes behind. The XP client must be synching with it. Don't know why, it hates being part of the domain. Fixed time on server, let's see..... |
robo (205) | ||
| 233778 | 2004-05-03 01:57:00 | Hello I have Windows XP Home and I right click on the time at the bottom right hand side of the taskbar, then click on Adjust date/time and then click on Internet time to change my time. Maybe this is what your looking for. :) Bug |
Ladybug (3129) | ||
| 233779 | 2004-05-03 02:00:00 | there are a numerous amount of spyware that fools around with your clock. i have seen many banners on the web flashing "is your clock displaying the wrong time, then come to our website" or for that matter maybe a small virus. Cheers james. |
Jams (1051) | ||
| 233780 | 2004-05-03 03:19:00 | >PS Oh bollocks, I just checked my server, guess what? 15 minutes behind. The XP client must be synching with it. Don't know why, it hates being part of the domain. Fixed time on server, let's see..... I think robo has found the cause of his problem ... ;) |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 233781 | 2004-05-03 03:33:00 | It's still right, so far. So fingers crossed. I don't have that internet time option. robo. |
robo (205) | ||
| 233782 | 2004-05-03 04:47:00 | for some reason i have this feling of stupidity coming over me. meh must be a glitch in my non existant brain. | Jams (1051) | ||
| 233783 | 2004-05-03 05:01:00 | You'll just have to install a proper sundial on the server. Of course keeping that at the right time requires frequent sacrifices of inexperienced young ladies. ]:) | Graham L (2) | ||
| 233784 | 2004-05-03 07:58:00 | one of the main reasons is becuase your computer is not made by the swiss. and one of the main mis-conceptions made by people is that the computer will keep perfect time, no matter what.[/rant] right click clock => click on adjust Date/Time => click on Internet Time => click on synchronise with server (then choose server) but for scheduling, click on "learn more about time synchronisation in help and support" |
Megaman (344) | ||
| 233785 | 2004-05-03 08:30:00 | > PS Oh bollocks, I just checked my server, guess what? > 15 minutes behind. The XP client must be synching > with it. Don't know why, it hates being part of the > domain. Fixed time on server, let's see..... Soundfs like you need to set the server to update its time also. You need to manually set this up depending on the server (I know I had to when playing with Windows Server 2003) |
Big John (551) | ||
| 233786 | 2004-05-03 09:45:00 | The time is still fine. It must have been the server, which I fixed just as I posted this. At least I know what it was. But I still don't have that internet time option. robo. |
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