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| Thread ID: 29575 | 2003-01-25 02:08:00 | It,s "TIME" I learnt how to do this | Grandad J (868) | Press F1 |
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| 116385 | 2003-01-25 02:08:00 | Win 98 SE The clock on my putr is showing the incorrect time When I call up the dialouge box the adjustment arrows are "Greyed " out and I am unable to adjust to the correct time Any suggestions would be appreciated Thanks in anticipation Grandad J |
Grandad J (868) | ||
| 116386 | 2003-01-25 02:29:00 | I don't know if there is an official Windows way of doing this but, being a DOS user from way back, I do it in DOS. Start Run type: Command This will bring up a DOS screen At the DOS prompt type: time Enter the new time as follows: 3:28p Press Enter (If you press Enter without entering a time it remains as it was). You can also do the same thing with "Date" if you need to change the date. Dates you enter as shown (in my case mm-dd-yy or 01-25-03) To exit the DOS window either click the X in the top right hand corner or type: exit |
Heather P (163) | ||
| 116387 | 2003-01-25 02:35:00 | The "official" way would be through Start/Settings/Control Panel/ (then there is an icon called Date and Time ... I think ... ;-)). I'm another DOS user: I like telling the computer what to do, not asking it with a mouse. :D |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 116388 | 2003-01-25 02:43:00 | Hi Grandad J Have you tried double clicking on the time at the bottom right of your screen? If the adjustment arrows are greyed out on that, try highlighting the time & date section by section and typing in the required digits. In fact, when you open the dialogue box the month should be highlighted and you can tab through from there. If your clock won't accept any windows input the program may be corrupted and need reinstalling. I'm not sure if you can remove and reinstall under add/remove programs or add/remove windows components but since the clock is an accessory it should be possible. Heather's DOS solution is also a good one if you only want to make the occasional correction. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 116389 | 2003-01-25 04:16:00 | My problem with my office PC (Win 98) is rather different. I have no problem in correcting the time and date, but every time I reboot, it resets to one day and eight minutes "fast". I have tried changing the time wth DOS, but it's no more permanent. It's as though there were a "surface" clock, which the Adjust Date and Time routine, or its DOS equivalent addresses, and a "deep" clock, which remains unaffected. Any idea what the problem is and how I fix it? I'm tired of realising by about 10:00 that I've sent out a whole bunch of emails with tomorrow's date on them :-) Thanks Argus |
argus (366) | ||
| 116390 | 2003-01-25 04:20:00 | Check your nationality setup in Control Panel - Regional Settings? make sure its NZ. Windows can adjust the DOS clock for regions. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 116391 | 2003-01-25 04:30:00 | Hi Grandad J, A while back on my puter winblows ME the time was playing up, my solution: Double click the clock and in the screen that appears change the the time to 24 Hr format. It will not be in 24 Hr format on the taskbar though, it should show as 12 hr format, well it works on my puter that way. All the best. Cheers merlin-nz ;-) |
merlin-nz (275) | ||
| 116392 | 2003-01-25 04:55:00 | Another cause for any computer clock showing the wrong time - for non networked machines machines at least - is that the battery is going flat. Many batteries only last 18 - 36 months, some more, many less. Which means at some point in time you will have to change the battery in your computer. Still, this may not correlate with what's going on in your computer though. |
blank_harry (1661) | ||
| 116393 | 2003-01-25 06:00:00 | When opening the clock window the adjustment arrows start off greyed out. Click on either the hour, minute, or second (the one you want to adjust) and click the up or down greyed-out arrow. Despite being grey, they still work. | antmannz (28) | ||
| 116394 | 2003-01-25 09:34:00 | Hi Grandad..Youv'e got lots of good advice here. Like you I am keen to have the correct time displayed. And as suggested there are ways to correct it yourself. But there are some simple programs that will display exact time from world clocks, & correct the time on your PC. Some I have used are 'Tardis' & ' GetTime'... Do a google search for these & others. They work very well, and just one click corrects the pc time. |
Bazza (407) | ||
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