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Thread ID: 59924 2005-07-17 02:07:00 Date changed to 2080 FrankS (257) Press F1
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372842 2005-07-17 02:07:00 Relative in UK has had the date changed on his computer to 2080 presumably by a Trojan. Anybody had this problem?. Have Googled and checked virus encyclopedias etc with no joy, the date change resulted in all security updates not operating. FrankS (257)
372843 2005-07-17 02:25:00 Change the date in the BIOS to 2005.

See if that fixes it. Someone may have changed it in the BIOS somehow.

The date if wrong in the BIOS will also change the date in Windows, and as u stated it will affect programs. If the BIOS date is the right time/date change the date in Windows, after Windows has loaded.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
372844 2005-07-17 03:45:00 Windows reads the date and time from the RTC on the motherboard when it starts, then keeps its own clock going for as long as it runs. If you change the date and time in Windows, it tells the RTC to change, too.

Windows doesn't have a date and time when it is stopped. Windows doesn't have a Windows to have a date and time when it is stopped. It's just a random collection of bits on the disk. It has no existence of itself, until it is fed to a CPU to be executed.
Graham L (2)
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