Re: Slow Clock - Always 8 minutes 55 seconds slow

There can be a few things, from a motherboard battery that is getting flat
to background programs. Until you trace the source you can ping a timeserver
to update your time regularly- this is built into XP and there are 3rd party
utilities.


"Alex" <Alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:000AB865-32B3-44F1-B365-7FD3D159C197@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Kurchian,
> I have had the same problem for quite a while on a Win98 system ... don't
> know if it's 8mins slow/24hrs but goes out by hours over a period of
> weeks.
>
> I reloaded all software. Prob persists. Just downloaded all upgrades.
> Will wait and see and keep you posted.
>
> In the meantime, as interested in the fix as you are?!?! So, what time is
> it
> again?
>
> "Kurchian" wrote:
>
>> My taskbar clock runs slow.
>>
>> So, I downloaded an atomic clock applicaion and from time to time I
>> "ping"
>> my clock. Everytime I do I note that my clock is slow by 8 mintues, 55
>> seconds.
>>
>> So I bought a new battery and installed it. I am still 8:55 slow.
>>
>> Wha could it be?


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