Time loss

Time loss

by William Randall Nov 24, 2003 4:53PM PST

I've been using a program to keep my comp time accurate on my Win98 for quite some time because it has lost time for a long time.

In the last hour or so, I noticed that the time in Systray is losing so much time that even if I set my program to check every minute, it takes longer than that for the time to count off one minute so the program will check and reset the time from Boulder, CO.

Is it very likely that my CMOS is all but dead beings my comp came new to me from DELL in 10/98?

Thank you.

William

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Re:Time loss

by Kees Bakker Nov 24, 2003 6:23PM PST

This article http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/Q189/7/06.ASP&NoWebContent=1 from Microsoft makes a difference between the display of the clock during a session and the actual time kept by the BIOS. If the time comes up correctly after a reboot, it's good in the BIOS and lags behind on the screen while Windows run. If the times comes up erroneously it's a BIOS/CMOS or battery question in my opinion.

So, what's the case with you?

Kees

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Re:Re:Time loss

by William Randall Nov 24, 2003 7:05PM PST

Kees,

Thank you for the link. I think the following from that link probably explains my problem since it seems to be much better since a reboot, accomplished before I read your post and went to the link:

"When you leave your computer on for an extended amount of time, the time may lose from two minutes to an hour per day.IMPORTANT: The CMOS does keep the correct time and if you restart the computer, the Windows clock is updated."

William

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Re:Time loss, From another post.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Nov 24, 2003 10:05PM PST

"here IS a known issue with some version of Windows and APM. Here's the articles which doesn't not prescribe re-installing Windows:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q189/7/06.asp
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=309296
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q193/9/12.asp
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=243883

I'm unsure what OS you have so I supplied a few of the articles. Keep in mind that the time piece in these computers is not a Timex."

I have not edited this to remove links about any particular OS. You'll find 98 and Windows 2000 noted.

Bob

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NT Thanks Bob, I saw your other post after going to Kees' link. :)

by William Randall Nov 25, 2003 5:54AM PST

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