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Hi, Cindy.
I've been running WinXP since RC1, so I've forgotten most of Win2K. But, I
think the Internet Time Check was new in WinXP. Perhaps all those other
computers are set to use that.
I'm one guy with one computer and know nothing of servers, but it seems to
me that THAT is what should be corrected!
RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@corridor.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
"Cindy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1ab4601c44f1e$8f043f90$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> RC
>
> Thank you for your help. I checked the server clock, and
> sure enough it matched the misbehaving computer. Why did
> none of the other computers connected to the server have
> this problem? I'm not positive, but it could be that the
> rest of us are running XP and the one computer runs 2000
> professional.
>
> I will look up the Automachron program for her so she can
> keep updated if something happens with the server clock.
>
> Thanks again
> Cindy
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi, Cindy.
>>
>>There's the geeky way to set the computer's internal
> clock in CMOS - and the
>>Windows way.
>>
>>The geeky way is to press <Del> (or whatever key your
> own computer requires)
>>immediately after power-on or Reset and change the CMOS
> settings.
>>
>>The Windows way is to right-click the clock (usually in
> the lower right-hand
>>corner of the screen) and adjust it there. This setting
> automatically
>>adjusts the setting in CMOS.
>>
>>Does something else automatically change your clock's
> setting? Is this
>>computer on a network? It may be automatically
> synchronizing to the clock
>>in the server that controls the whole network. That
> doesn't sound likely,
>>though, if all the other clocks are correct.
>>
>>My computer runs Automachron, one of several free-ware
> programs that
>>automatically goes online several times a day and
> synchronizes my clock with
>>a free "time server". WinXP (and Win2K, I think) has a
> built-in time
>>synchronizer, also reached by right-clicking the clock
> icon and choosing the
>>Internet Time tab. I suppose it is possible that some
> automatic
>>synchronizer on your computer is relying on an
> inaccurate clock somewhere.
>>
>>If your time were off by exactly one or more hours, I'd
> suspect your time
>>zone setting, but that wouldn't seem to explain a 15-20
> minute difference.
>>The headers on your post say that your setting is GMT -
> 0700, which is
>>correct for Mountain Standard Time or Pacific Daylight
> Time in the USA.
>>(That's the proper setting for Redmond, Washington,
> which is Microsoft's
>>home, of course. Many users all over the world forget
> to change this when
>>they install Windows.)
>>
>>I hope this helps. If you need further information,
> please tell us about
>>this computer's network status, and where (in the world)
> you are.
>>
>>RC
>>
>>"Cindy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
>>news:1a5e101c44e53$0c79af90$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>>I am not sure I am posting this to the correct
> newsgroup,
>>> please let me know.
>>>
>>> We have a computer in our office that will not maintain
>>> the correct time in the Windows Clock. When you set
> the
>>> time it will remain correct for a while and then it
> will
>>> jump ahead about 15 - 20 minutes and hold that time.
>>>
>>> Does this mean the internal time in the computer is
>>> incorrect in the CMOS (i believe)?
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance for your information.
>>>
>>> Cindy
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