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I am running SP2 and all patches are current. My clock has started to
advance one day about once per week. Dell suggested I unclick time server
synchronization which I did. That did not help. It still advances. I put it
back on synchronization and set the registery to update once per hour. Don't
know if that will work. The time zone is set correctly to central time zone
and daylight savings is clicked.

I assume it isn't a bad battery. I am sure it would lose time, not gain time
in that case.

Any suggestiions on what to do next? Thanks
 
I am running SP2 and all patches are current. My clock has started to
advance one day about once per week. Dell suggested I unclick time server
synchronization which I did. That did not help. It still advances. I put it
back on synchronization and set the registery to update once per hour. Don't
know if that will work. The time zone is set correctly to central time zone
and daylight savings is clicked.

I assume it isn't a bad battery. I am sure it would lose time, not gain time
in that case.

Any suggestiions on what to do next? Thanks
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Wouldn't hurt to check date/time settings in BIOS. If this is set to a day
ahead or hours ahead, it could explain the changes that you're seeing.
 
Thanks Sharon, unfortunately, the bios agrees with the clock. Any other
suggestions?
Thanks
 
Thanks Sharon, unfortunately, the bios agrees with the clock. Any other
suggestions?
Thanks
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If it was me, the next place I would start checking would be forums that
discuss that computer - same brand and model. There may be something
particular about this system and there may be a patch available from the
manufacturer. While doing that, might try changing your choice for time
synchronization in the Time/Date control panel.

You've double checked date/time but try again. If PM is set when it should
be AM, the system would appear to jump ahead a day at noon.

Here at the newsgroups, we've seen date/time anomalies due to applications
(some Symantec products, Intel Accelerator-problems fixed with program
updates) and some firmware problems (for example, Dell released a BIOS
update to address time/date problems).

I agree about the battery. If that was a problem, there would be a loss of
time. If the battery was dead completely (running only on trickle power
when connected), the system would default to a date/time in the past
whenever it was totally disconnected from a power supply.

Long shot: If over-clocking, reset to default values to see if time/date
problem disappears.

Another long shot: A "mis-fire" of some type when system is turned off/on -
either in BIOS or something in the system board. This would put the ball
into the hardware/firmware court though.

Certainly an odd problem. I hope you're able to find an explanation for it
and can share that explanation here.
 
Thanks, I will check to see if there is a bios update from Dell and recheck
the bios time. Will let you know if I find a fix
Ken
 
Ken, try the following from Torgeir Bakken (MVP)
This will re-synchronize your clock.

On the Start Run line type:
cmd.exe hit enter,
net stop w32time hit enter,
w32tm /unregister hit enter [ignore error message]
w32tm /unregister hit enter,
w32tm /register hit enter,
net start w32time hit enter.
 
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