Re: clock's inaccuracy
From: NobodyMan (none_at_none.net)
Date: 04/22/04
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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 22:41:59 -0400
On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:42:29 -0700, "Adam Turner"
<adturner@email.uophx.edu> wrote:
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message news:OzmJer%23JEHA.556@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> In news:%230ftEa%23JEHA.2660@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
> Adam Turner <adturner@email.uophx.edu> typed:
>
> > The bios battery needs to be replaced
>
>
> No, when he says "at random," he presumably means that he loses
> time while the computer is running. Before anyone whose clock is
> running slow rushes out to buy a new battery, he should first
> take note of whether he is losing time while the computer is
> running or while it's powered off. If it's while powered off, the
> problem *is* very likely the battery. But if it's while running,
> it can *not* be the battery.
>
> If the clock loses time while running, try this:
>
> Open a command prompt window (Start | Run | cmd) and enter the
> following commands:
>
> net stop w32time
> w32tm /unregister
> w32tm /register
> net start w32time
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
> > "marco" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> > news:267f01c427e4$5c1010c0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> > I have XP Pro on a new hp compaq, P IV, 512 RAM, but the
> > clock shows severals minutes ago, at ramdom. I 've seen
> > this behaviour on at least another identical machine
> > here. It's there a hardware issue or it is XP?
>...and out of curiosity Ken, what will stopping the clock and starting it again resolve?
>
>Wouldn't the result be the same from a cold boot?
>Adam Turner
Kens' advice doesn't stop the clock. It stops the time service then
restarts it. The clock still runs during the process. The time
service and the clock aren't the same thing.
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