System Clock Problem & Other Small Problem

From: Brandon (deanfamily_at_erols.com)
Date: 09/15/04 

Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 00:23:17 -0400

Now, I know that if the system clock keeps becoming slower, and slower, that
you probably need to replace the BIOS battery which I have. Now though, it
seems like the computer is "jumping" back 30 minutes about once/hour. As a
result, it is becoming very tedious to have to push the clock back forward.
My question is that should I reset my BIOS settings, or what, and if I do,
what settings, if any, do I need to reset.

Another semi-related problem is that for some reason, my comptuer seems to
"stall" or take longer after inital power-up where my Compaq message
displays before the XP startup message displays. A college classmate
suggested that it may be a virus of some sort, but I've run Spybot S&D,
Adaware SE, and Norton AntiVirus and nothing turns up.

So, are these both related, or what?