OT: Microsoft's clock still doesn't work right

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Looking at Date and Time Properties in Windows XP service pack 2. The
analog clock second hand moves spasmodically like it always has in
Windows.

:o/
 
John said:
Looking at Date and Time Properties in Windows XP service pack 2. The
analog clock second hand moves spasmodically like it always has in
Windows.
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Windows is not a real-time operating system.
 
Mxsmanic said:
Windows is not a real-time operating system.
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Press Control-Alt-Delete -- Processes -- right-click on a process --
Set Priority -- Realtime

That's not advice, that's just an illustration.

I don't know what the Microsoft clock process name is, but I suspect
that changing its priority would change its fluidness.
 
Mxsmanic said:
Windows is not a real-time operating system.
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Taking that as a play on words, that's funny IMO.

"The Microsoft clock second hand moves sporadically because Windows
is not a 'real time' operating system"

:)
 
Mxsmanic said:
Right.
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Huh? moves 'sporadically'? I was just looking at the hand in WINME, moves
smoothly and correctly (as far as human eyes can tell anyway). What a stupid
thread. Real time OS or not it moves correctly.
 
JAD said:
Huh? moves 'sporadically'? I was just looking at the hand in WINME, moves
smoothly and correctly (as far as human eyes can tell anyway). What a stupid
thread. Real time OS or not it moves correctly.
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If you compare it to a real second hand, you'll notice a lot of
hesitations.
 
Mxsmanic said:
If you compare it to a real second hand, you'll notice a lot of
hesitations.
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TBH i have looked at it for a 60 second interval, compared to the sweep
hand on the wall clock...if anything the wall clock hicupped at the change
of the minute. I don't see this on my WINME clock. never looked at the XP
version.

 
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