stupid question to make you feel smart, part II

[welfareloser]

okay, so sometimes my computer (winXP) clock just slows down. don't know why or how. but it'll be fine for weeks, and then, like this morning, at 7 am it was about 45 min behind... and at 11 am it was just over three hours behind. so i reset it, and it's proceeding normally. done this like four or five times since november.

wtf?

[DoPeY5007]

First thought would be evilgremlin messing with ya...


or the battery on the mother board is die'n

[mojo]

power saving features can be a biotch sometimes. i just disable them all. i don't have xp, but that's been my problem with 95 and 98 until i turn them off.

it's also possible that your cmos hit an anamoly in the space/time continuum. resetting the clock will only fool the motherboard into thinking that it is 3 hours in the future, when actually it is still 3 hours in the past.

[Grimm]

Originally posted by mojo
it's also possible that your cmos hit an anamoly in the space/time continuum. resetting the clock will only fool the motherboard into thinking that it is 3 hours in the future, when actually it is still 3 hours in the past.

Didn't you watch Enterprise last night?
It must be micro-singularities.

[WhiskeyPapa]

Originally posted by mojo
it's also possible that your cmos hit an anamoly in the space/time continuum.

If that's true, and your computer clock ever starts running fast, let me know, I'll have you look up a few stocks on E*Trade.

Seriously - do you have a "full-time" connection (DSL, cable)? Install a program called "Tardis 2000 (http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10106-100-4499478.html?tag=st.dl.10001-103-1.lst-7-1.4499478)". It'll keep your computer clock synchronized to the national atomic clock.

[topane]

I don't know if this will help, but looky here (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q311884).

[DoPeY5007]

Originally posted by kb0wwp

Seriously - do you have a "full-time" connection (DSL, cable)? Install a program called "Tardis 2000 (http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10106-100-4499478.html?tag=st.dl.10001-103-1.lst-7-1.4499478)". It'll keep your computer clock synchronized to the national atomic clock. she has XP...


XP has something built in for that

[Markel]

Another nice (and free) program that will sync your PC clock with various reference sites is Dimension 4 which can be downloaded from http://www.thinkman.com/dimension4/

I haven't tried it yet with XP.

[mojo]

this (sync the clock online thing) all sounds a lot like xntp, which most linux distros have had for quite some time. someone has been paying attention :P