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Your Clock is behind/ahead error after reformatting Win 10

Sep 21, 2017 4:11AM PDT

I'm getting Messages on browser like these.
"Your clock is behind / ahead"
"Security certificate error"
'YouTube not work- No YouTube video thumbnails also'.

(Even in new laptops- No CMOS battery issues)
Usually when I format a computer, I will check system date and time settings including time zone. But some times if I forget to correct these settings, all the browsers not work properly.

After that if I properly set all the tile date and zone settings, the problem exist there. Some time i change time zone to Canada, YouTube will work on chrome. But IE not support.

Finally, to fix this problem, I have to reformat this computer with proper date and time settings.

Can anybody suggest a solution to fix this problem without reformat.?

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" if I forget to correct these settings, all the browsers no
Sep 21, 2017 8:59AM PDT

" if I forget to correct these settings, all the browsers not work properly. "

This isn't something I've seen. Usually I set the date, time and timezone then be sure the Network Time Service is running (see google) and it's fine.

But there are CRACK PIRATE WINDOWS that do what you noted and the fix is to use the real Microsoft issued OS.

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Original Windows Recovery gives Clock behind error
Sep 22, 2017 6:56AM PDT

R. Proffitt, thanks for reply. It happened even today when I format a Toshiba laptop using Built-in Company HDD Recovery. New model laptop with Intel I7 processor. But when I format any computer with wrong date/time settings, the internet shows clock behind error. I have to reformat it again (with correct date and time) to fix this Internet problem. really fed up with this crazy issue.

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I forgot to mention a thing.
Sep 22, 2017 9:52AM PDT

I see new techs forget to set the BIOS date and time before they install. I guess folk really want everything to be fully automatic. We're not here yet.

I wonder if this is just a procedure that you have to train the techs a little more on?