Re: Clock on pc time loss

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Donald L McDaniel wrote:

On Fri, 2 Feb 2007 00:14:00 -0800, dereknice
<dereknice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello again Ken
It did not work after I posted last time the clock has now lost 3
hours and 6 mins have looked at the path and cannot find cold fusion
on this pc.
any thanks very much for your help
regards
Derek Nice

Normally, consistent loss of long stretches of time in Windows is a
dead giveaway for a bad CMOS battery.



No, it's not. You've missed the early part of this thread. He began by
saying he had tried replacing the battery.

Besides, as I said earlier "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 (his situation), it can *not* be the battery, because the battery
isn't used while the computer is running."

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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