WinXP clock is fucked

[SlipperyPete]

I've had to adjust the time 3 times today -- I keep losing time on my computers clock -- WTF? Anyone know what the problem is and how I could fix it?

 

[stargurl*]

Could be the battery on your motherboard.

 

[pr0nstar]

Windows XP sux0rz!

 

[SlipperyPete]

i think that's unlikely -- just got this comp. brand new like 3 weeks ago

 

[JayIsBored]

have you check your anus for alien probe marks?

 

[stir-fry]

look on downloads.com for a timekeeper

it'll log into a military time server as many times a day as you tell it to, and change your computers time accordingly.

 

[SlipperyPete]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by JayIsBored:
have you check your anus for alien probe marks?</font>

checking.....
"sunny was here"

WTF??

 

[pr0nstar]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by SlipperyPete:
checking.....
"sunny was here"

WTF??</font>

Damn it, I can't cough and laugh at the same time... LOL!

 

[JayIsBored]

but can you cough and snowball at the same time?

 

[SlipperyPete]

OK -- I'm sitting here with the clock open, and watching the seconds tick by, and maybe 1 second passes for every 4 or 5 seconds in real time.

WTF is going on here??

 

[Informental]

As I know it, Windows takes the clock from your BIOS.. try replacing the battery, it does not matter if its a new motherboard or not.

 

[Guest]

&lt;snooty voice&gt; well, my XP downloads the right time off an atomic clock through the internet once a week, so it is always precisely right.&lt;/snooty voice&gt;

 

[Soundstream]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Tearer:
&lt;snooty voice&gt; well, my XP downloads the right time off an atomic clock through the internet once a week, so it is always precisely right.&lt;/snooty voice&gt;</font>

So if it is "always precisely right", why does it have to download the correct time every week?

Cheers ... Ian

 

[Gibbon]

Don't bother..it's probably not the battery. Some programs eff up the clock somehow. A month ago I was losing 10 minutes a day but I uninstalled some or other and now it's fine.

Peter

 

[KickIT]

Another thing with XP... if I double click on an mp3 file, it gets renamed and the file basically becomes unusable.. what the fuck is that? If I didn't spend so much time setting this fucker up, I'd say fuck it.

 

[KiX]

That happened to me too (i have win98)... it was half an hour early yesterday, almost missed my class.

=tina=

 

[pr0nstar]

Computers are only as good as their users

pr0nstar Runs!

 

[Viceroy]

download.com
timekeepers

nuff said.
Peace,
Steve

 

[Guest]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Soundstream:
So if it is "always precisely right", why does it have to download the correct time every week?

Cheers ... Ian

</font>

to remain always precisely right.

 

[Jazz]

Strange ... just last week I noticed that my computer clock lost an hour or something... that has never happened before with this computer...

You would think that with all these high powered processors we have now, that they would be able to keep accurate time for shits sake...

 

[SlipperyPete]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Viceroy:
download.com
timekeepers

nuff said.
Peace,
Steve</font>

downloaded a timekeeper yesterday -- dimension 4 -- pretty good, runs in background (no icon on taskbar or anything) and I have it updating the time every 10 minutes. it's regaining about 55 seconds back each time it updates.

55 seconds every ten minutes? JIHAD ON BILL GATES!