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From: Unknown on 26 May 2010 10:17 Try a different time server. Use: tick.usno.navy.mil "shank" <shank(a)tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message news:Ow$2zeN$KHA.5464(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake(a)this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message > news:sh4pv5d2gkqartphta7nmq52311beksat7(a)4ax.com... >> On Tue, 25 May 2010 22:57:57 -0400, "Volunteer J" <oobie(a)doobie.zyx> >> wrote: >> >>> shank wrote: >>> > Does WinXp sync it's clock to some outside resource if it's available? >>> > >>> > I downloaded an atomic sync software. Found my clock to be about 5 >>> > minutes off. Synced it and scheduled it to be synced every hour. It's >>> > now about 15 minutes later and it's off by 5 minutes again. >>> > Historically, evidently, it's always 5 minutes off which makes me >>> > believe it is syncing with something I'm not aware of. How do I >>> > troubleshoot this? >>> > thanks >>> ===================================== >>> Maybe your CMOS battery needs to be replaced: >> >> >> No, almost certainly not, for two reasons: >> >> 1. It goes off by only five minutes. >> >> 2. 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 (which is apparently his case), it can *not* be the >> battery, because the battery isn't used while the computer is running. >> >> If the clock loses time while running, try this: >> >> Open a command prompt window (Start | Run | cmd) and enter the >> following commands: >> >> net stop w32time >> w32tm /unregister [ignore error message] >> w32tm /unregister >> w32tm /register >> net start w32time >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 >> Please Reply to the Newsgroup > > I did the above because it appeared to be the most plausible and set it to > Worldtimezone. But some 10 hours later, it reverted back to 6 minutes > slow. What I thought was 5 minutes above is actually 6 minutes. And it > will stay 6 minutes off no matter what I do. How can I tell if there's > some small app that's dinging the wrong time somewhere and changing my > clock? Add/Remove programs doesn't show anything I'm not aware of. > > thanks! >
From: C.Joseph Drayton on 5 Jun 2010 22:14 On 5/25/2010 6:07 PM, shank wrote: > Does WinXp sync it's clock to some outside resource if it's available? > > I downloaded an atomic sync software. Found my clock to be about 5 minutes > off. Synced it and scheduled it to be synced every hour. It's now about 15 > minutes later and it's off by 5 minutes again. Historically, evidently, it's > always 5 minutes off which makes me believe it is syncing with something I'm > not aware of. How do I troubleshoot this? > > thanks > > Is the machine in question on a network?? The reason I ask, is because some network servers will force clients to sync their time to the server. Sincerely, C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T CSD Computer Services Web site: http://csdcs.site90.net/ E-mail: c.joseph(a)csdcs.site90.net
From: Mike S on 5 Jun 2010 22:20
On 6/5/2010 7:14 PM, C.Joseph Drayton wrote: > On 5/25/2010 6:07 PM, shank wrote: >> Does WinXp sync it's clock to some outside resource if it's available? >> >> I downloaded an atomic sync software. Found my clock to be about 5 >> minutes >> off. Synced it and scheduled it to be synced every hour. It's now >> about 15 >> minutes later and it's off by 5 minutes again. Historically, >> evidently, it's >> always 5 minutes off which makes me believe it is syncing with >> something I'm >> not aware of. How do I troubleshoot this? >> >> thanks >> >> > > Is the machine in question on a network?? The reason I ask, is because > some network servers will force clients to sync their time to the server. That's a good thing to check: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307897 |