Why does computer clock keep resetting to a date in 2007. It's causing certificate issues for me.

[neojms]

There is something going on with the date April 11, 2007 for my computer. Whenever I shut the computer down and restart it changes the computer clock date to April 11, 2007 and then I get certificate errors when trying to log onto internet. When I change clock date to the correct date the errors go away.

 

[tech-wreck]

motherboard battery may be dead.

 

[house70]

BIOS clock has to match OS clock.

 

[boosted1g]

Agreed with tech-wreck, bad motherboard battery.

The CMOS battery remembers your BIOS settings and allows the clock on the motherboard to continue to operate when it recieves no power from wall outlet.

You will need a CR2032 battery that you can find in most any store that sells electronics in it.

 

[olddog42]

I believe this is an XP problem. I have 2 pc's running multiple operating systems. They both boot to the wrong time with Win XP. Booting to Linux has no problem. That tells me it's not the bios but Windoz.

 

[boosted1g]

I believe this is an XP problem. I have 2 pc's running multiple operating systems. They both boot to the wrong time with Win XP. Booting to Linux has no problem. That tells me it's not the bios but Windoz.

Many linux distros now use a NTP server to sync their time to a webserver. While windows xp will just use the motherboard clock.

EDITED: Did not notice the reply was to a 4 month old thread.