Time and Date Lost after Restart

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husky86

I needed to force-restart my Vista Ultimate a short while ago. It was
entirely frozen.

Upon restart my time and date had been reset to December 31, 2002, 11:25 p.m.

How concerned do I need to be about this surprising situation? Does this
represent a virus?

I have performed a complete virus scan (AVG 8); nothing was found. I have
also performed a complete scan with Spyware Doctor. Likewise, nothing was
found.

Thanks!
 
husky86 said:
I needed to force-restart my Vista Ultimate a short while ago. It was
entirely frozen.

Upon restart my time and date had been reset to December 31, 2002, 11:25
p.m.

How concerned do I need to be about this surprising situation? Does this
represent a virus?
no


I have performed a complete virus scan (AVG 8); nothing was found. I have
also performed a complete scan with Spyware Doctor. Likewise, nothing was
found.
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Why would malware be concerned about setting the date back to 2002? You seem
a little paranoid here.

Did you fix the date, booted the machine and it went back to 2002 again?

If it didn't you shouldn't worry about it.
 
Hi husky86,

Does this happen every time you restart your system, especially if you
disconnect from the mains? If so, it could be that the battery on your
motherboard needs replacing. If you have had your system for a few years, it
wouldn't do any harm to replace it anyway. Refer to your motherboard manual
for details on this battery, usually a CR2032, and its location on the board.
Dwarf
 
Dwarf said:
Hi husky86,

Does this happen every time you restart your system, especially if you
disconnect from the mains? If so, it could be that the battery on your
motherboard needs replacing.
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No way.

Main reason is because any system running Vista Ultimate is NOT going
to be old enough to have a bad CMOS battery.
 
Nonny said:
No way.

Main reason is because any system running Vista Ultimate is NOT going
to be old enough to have a bad CMOS battery.
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Of course the CMOS battery could be bad and on the face of it, a dead CMOS
battery would produce the problem. We know nothing about the OP's computer
since he told us nothing about it except the problem and that he's running
Ultimate. He could have an older box that he's upgraded by adding RAM and a
better video card or the like.

Or he could have a laptop that he bought yesterday with a bad motherboard.

One can't assume.

Malke
 
Main reason is because any system running Vista Ultimate is NOT going
to be old enough to have a bad CMOS battery.
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Condition of battery is not directly related to age.
 
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