Clock Problems

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Donald Jacobs

I have a laptop with WinXP Professional Edition installed. The clock
does not keep correct time. It resets itself to 3 hours earlier than
actual. I've had a new system board installed and have updated the
bios. It seems to happen when the computer is being used, that is not
between shut downs. Does anyone have a suggestion where to look? I
can't seem to detect a sequence of events that cause the problem.


Don Jacobs
 
Donald said:
I have a laptop with WinXP Professional Edition installed. The clock
does not keep correct time. It resets itself to 3 hours earlier than
actual. I've had a new system board installed and have updated the
bios. It seems to happen when the computer is being used, that is not
between shut downs. Does anyone have a suggestion where to look? I
can't seem to detect a sequence of events that cause the problem.


Don Jacobs
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Have you checked to see if it's set for the right time zone?
Start>Settings>Control Panel>Regional settings.

gls858
 
You set the time zone in Date and Time Properties.

Double click the clock in the Notification area and click the Time Zone tab.

notification area
The area on the taskbar to the right of the taskbar buttons. The
notification area displays the time and can also contain shortcuts that
provide quick access to programs, such as Volume Control and Power Options.
Other shortcuts can appear temporarily, providing information about the
status of activities. For example, the printer shortcut icon appears after a
document has been sent to the printer and disappears when printing is
complete.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Thanks to the 3 responders regarding my problem. Never in my wildest
dreams would I have thought that was the problem BUT it seems to be so.
The time zone was set for Pacific time and I'm eastern. While on that
screen I noted that there was the ability to have the clock set via
internet time and it was also set. Therefore I now understand the 3
hour change.

Many thanks to you three for teaching a very old dog (73) a new trick.
Don Jacobs
 
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