If CMOS date too old, XPE very slow to boot - hangs on Welcome screen

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ScoKelly

If I set my embedded system to a date in 1998 (or earlier) and start
XPe, it stalls on the "welcome" screen for a very long time. You can
hit Ctrl-Alt-Del and it will move past it. But since this is a
headless system - we can't always do that.

Any idea why XPe is slow to boot with an old date. I do not know what
the cut-off date is. 1998 fails, 2000 seems to be ok.

Thanks,
Scott
 
ScoKelly,
If I set my embedded system to a date in 1998 (or earlier) and start
XPe, it stalls on the "welcome" screen for a very long time. You can
hit Ctrl-Alt-Del and it will move past it. But since this is a
headless system - we can't always do that.

Any idea why XPe is slow to boot with an old date. I do not know what
the cut-off date is. 1998 fails, 2000 seems to be ok.
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As a software developer, I can imagine some other software developer to
rely on the fact that the software won't be run in the past.
They haven't invented time machine yet, have they?
:)
IIRC XP release date was 2002-2003.
Do you really need to run it in the past? Or is it just your CMOS
battery getting weak over time?

Igor
 
IgorN said:
Do you really need to run it in the past? Or is it just your CMOS
battery getting weak over time?

Igor
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The problem is that on some of the embedded machines coming from the
factory, the date/time is not correct. To top things off, the device
that the XPe system is connected to may have a bad (prior to 2000) date
and the application software on the XPe system attempts to match its
date to that of the other device. So on next reboot - things don't fly.

So if the XPe device itself has a bad date or if the device it is
connected to has a bad date - whammy - things don't run right.

I was hoping to find out what causes this behavior and somehow keep it
from happening via a change in the XPe image.

Thanks,
Scott
 
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