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xp pro gains time

Dec 7, 2003 9:01PM PST

ok msi mobo K7N2 Delta-L,512 ddr ram, 40 gig h/d
all critical updates et.
past few days ive noteced the time speeds up gains time, i double click on the time and automatically snycronize is checked and when i sync. it it corrects itself.

boards 4 months old any help?

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Re:xp pro gains time
Dec 7, 2003 9:09PM PST

Windows time-keeping has never been a strong point. It can't be relied on. Never has.

There are articles about this at http://support.microsoft.com but your solution may be to have it synchronise more often.

Let's be clear that this is not just an issue for XP Pro. The time keeping of MS-DOS, Windows 1,2,3,95,98,ME,NT, 2000 and XP is not stellar. The time-sync really helps, but the underlying design can cause gains and losses.

Bob

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Re:Re:xp pro gains time
Dec 7, 2003 10:01PM PST

ty bob why cant you say some magic words and fix it Happy

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Re:you surprise me Bob
Dec 7, 2003 10:18PM PST

the last time i had clock problems was with Win3.11, and only then when running something that was CPU intensive...

since i moved up to XP, i've touched the clock twice, and that was at "spring forward/fall back" time...


jonah

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You bring up that "underlying cause."
Dec 7, 2003 11:10PM PST

The CPU intensive programs can cause Windows to skip or gain "time". The often noted issues with APM and ACPI (sorry for using the acronyms) point to problems they never straightened out fully.

What can be done?

- Sync more often.
- Look at http://support.microsoft.com about time keeping articles.

There are some time-keeping applications in which you install yet another time clock or even a GPS to fetch the time, but then you will be less than enthused to read that GPS time is inaccurate. Here's the article about that issue -> http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,985020,00.html

"Unbeknown to most people there is not a single accepted way of telling the time, but several different scales running concurrently."

I can't tell the time any more.

Bob

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Re:Bob
Dec 8, 2003 9:25AM PST

This is what I use...

http://www.time.gov/

but I found out a long time ago that the clock that matters most is the one your boss is watching.

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Jonah, You can set it to auto-adjust for Daylight saving time...
Dec 8, 2003 1:25AM PST

so that you don't have to touch it at all.
Happy

My XP clock keeps pretty good time so far.

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but david my problem is clock gains time(NT)
Dec 8, 2003 1:39AM PST

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Re:auto-adjust for Daylight saving time...
Dec 8, 2003 1:49AM PST

is a wonderful idea, unfortunately, our "summertime" starts and finishes on different dates each year, and for different lengths of time...

Israel always has Daylight Saving time, but it is decided every year. According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Saving/Standard time changes. One thing is entrenched in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days of daylight saving time annually. From 1993-1998, the change to daylight saving time was on a Friday morning from midnight IST to 1 a.m IDT; up until 1998, the change back to standard time was on a Saturday night from midnight daylight saving time to 11 p.m. standard time. 1996 is an exception to this rule where the change back to standard time took place on Sunday night instead of Saturday night to avoid conflicts with the Jewish New Year. Starting in 1999, the change to daylight saving time will still be on a Friday morning but from 2 a.m. IST to 3 a.m. IDT; furthermore, the change back to standard time will now also be on a Friday morning from 2 a.m. IDT to 1 a.m. IST.
http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/g.html

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22daylight+saving+time%22+israel&btnG=Google+Search

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Re:auto-adjust for Daylight saving time...
Dec 8, 2003 3:33AM PST

is a wonderful idea, unfortunately, our "summertime" starts and finishes on different dates each year, and for different lengths of time...

Israel always has Daylight Saving time, but it is decided every year. According to the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior, there is NO set rule for Daylight-Saving/Standard time changes. One thing is entrenched in law, however: that there must be at least 150 days of daylight saving time annually. From 1993-1998, the change to daylight saving time was on a Friday morning from midnight IST to 1 a.m IDT; up until 1998, the change back to standard time was on a Saturday night from midnight daylight saving time to 11 p.m. standard time. 1996 is an exception to this rule where the change back to standard time took place on Sunday night instead of Saturday night to avoid conflicts with the Jewish New Year. Starting in 1999, the change to daylight saving time will still be on a Friday morning but from 2 a.m. IST to 3 a.m. IDT; furthermore, the change back to standard time will now also be on a Friday morning from 2 a.m. IDT to 1 a.m. IST.
http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/g.html

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22daylight+saving+time%22+israel&btnG=Google+Search

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Mark, something you could check...
Dec 8, 2003 2:05AM PST

Right click on the time in the lower right task bar. Select|Adjust Date/Time|Internet Time tab|See that Automatic Sychronize is ticked| Then experiment with a different time server. Mine is set to "time.windows.com" and works very well.

Happy

Glenn

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thanks tried that allso:( (NT)
Dec 8, 2003 6:05AM PST

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ok as i scratch my head it didnt do it today ty all for the help(NT)
Dec 8, 2003 9:10AM PST

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