Vista clock runs slow by a few minutes everyday

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I am loosing hours in the same date, the worst is the files dates updating
with wrong timing, specially groove files...this needs an emercy call (is it
too much to fix some important matter?) at least a fast teak to the regitry ?
 
The clock running fast or slow is a function of your hardware not Vista.
Vista and XP both have time synchronization capabilities that periodically
adjust your clock according to an internet time server. Verify that you
have time synchronization turned on. Go to your "Date and Time" settings
dialog and click on the "Internet Time" tab. Click the "Change Settings"
button and verify the "Synchronize..." button is checked. Server can be set
to any of the listed servers, but I usually just leave it on
"time.windows.com". Click the "Update now" button and you should be good to
go. If memory serves, XP exposed another setting that also let you change
the update interval. Vista does not seem to expose that. Probably a
registry tweak on Vista.

Good luck,
Bob
 
Bob:
hard to beleive what you said,Bob..."not Vista".. most people report
changing to Vista is causing some clock time issue, my pc is the first pc
with Vista. but since DOS to XP never had any issue with time...lucky me. One
thing i am doing is manually sunch with the servers, sometimes work some
other dont, I have to switch to different server until one of them works.

my beleive is that Vista is doing something to the clock time, the clock
running fast or slow issue. could be a clock gadget interference... multi
clocks showing the time or who knows what's on the registry... thanks for
explaining us this, but, still Vista has to do with it.
 
The clock running fast or slow is a function of your hardware not Vista.
Vista and XP both have time synchronization capabilities that periodically
adjust your clock according to an internet time server. Verify that you
have time synchronization turned on. Go to your "Date and Time" settings
dialog and click on the "Internet Time" tab. Click the "Change Settings"
button and verify the "Synchronize..." button is checked. Server can beset
to any of the listed servers, but I usually just leave it on

time : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient
time : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient
time : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient
time :
time : By changing all three registry entries in SpecialPollInterval to3600 it checks time every hour.
Click to expand...

There's more to it, because time.windows.com won't allow you to check more than once a week. Fat lotta good something you can't use but once a week, and not even then if it fails.

I use time-nw.nist.gov and set my time every hour. There's not really anyway it can lose a lot of time with synch's that often.
 
Here ya go...

http://forums.techguy.org/windows-vista/564465-solved-change-time-synchronization-interval.html
Click to expand...

Not always. sometimes it can be Vista. This is another possible Vista
bug. For certain systems if you have synchronization checked the
system still can lose time. I had this problem. Switching out the
battery had no effect, system still lost about three minutes a week no
matter what. I confirmed it wasn't the battery by putting it a known
working XP system and that box kept good time with the battery from
the Vista system, so obviously not the battery. That leaves the MB or
Vista.

So time to hunt for a fix in the Registry.

It seems for some there can be an issue with the synchronization
checking phase or the timing circuit is out of phase on some MBs.
Regardless it can be an annoying problem.

By default Vista only checks synchronization weekly. You can alter
this. I set it to check daily. While it still is a few seconds slow,
not as bad by having it sync daily instead of weekly.

The Registry key follows:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\
W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient\SpecialPollInte rval\

Be sure to change to decimal value first then change from a value of
604800 to 86400.
 
if I dont synch automatic my clock , time works ok. is the synch function
not working.
i synch with the same server time-nw.. and it replies next synch date, time
with the same date and time. i just updated it, sometimes does not refresh
the clock until I force it twice or change server.
 
my vista clock would lose proper time several times every day until i found the perfect fix for my computer. first, remove the automatic online timing for your clock. then use the windows sidebar (NOT THE GOOGLE SIDEBAR, because the clock doesn't work) and add the clock. set the clock on the proper time zone and select the second hand option.
 
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