The clock on my computer

The clock on my computer is always fast

#1 Ron Johnson

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Posted 21 July 2009 - 05:51 PM

even when I re-set it to the correct time, within an hour or so it goes back to being ten minutes fast.

how can I stop this?

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Posted 21 July 2009 - 05:56 PM

QUOTE(Ron Johnson @ Jul 21 2009, 07:51 PM)

even when I re-set it to the correct time, within an hour or so it goes back to being ten minutes fast.

how can I stop this?

On a Mac you can synch the clock from one of Apple's servers. Presumably, Microsoft offers something similar.

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Posted 21 July 2009 - 06:00 PM

QUOTE(LML @ Jul 21 2009, 01:56 PM)

QUOTE(Ron Johnson @ Jul 21 2009, 07:51 PM)

even when I re-set it to the correct time, within an hour or so it goes back to being ten minutes fast.

how can I stop this?

On a Mac you can synch the clock from one of Apple's servers. Presumably, Microsoft offers something similar.

That's correct. Google "atomic clock." There are a number of programs you can download that will sync your PC clock at intervals you can select.

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Posted 21 July 2009 - 06:35 PM

QUOTE(LML @ Jul 21 2009, 01:56 PM)

QUOTE(Ron Johnson @ Jul 21 2009, 07:51 PM)

even when I re-set it to the correct time, within an hour or so it goes back to being ten minutes fast.

how can I stop this?

On a Mac you can synch the clock from one of Apple's servers. Presumably, Microsoft offers something similar.

Don't know about Vista but for XP, right click on the time in the thingy bar at the bottom and choose adjust. One of the options under one of the tabs allows you to do this. (Sorry to be vague but I'm at home with my mac at the moment.)

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#5 Ron Johnson

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Posted 21 July 2009 - 08:45 PM

QUOTE(g.johnson @ Jul 21 2009, 02:35 PM)

QUOTE(LML @ Jul 21 2009, 01:56 PM)

QUOTE(Ron Johnson @ Jul 21 2009, 07:51 PM)

even when I re-set it to the correct time, within an hour or so it goes back to being ten minutes fast.

how can I stop this?

On a Mac you can synch the clock from one of Apple's servers. Presumably, Microsoft offers something similar.

that's what I do, and then within an hour or so it is back to being 7-10 minutes ahead.

this is annoying the shit out of me.

#6 Lex

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Posted 21 July 2009 - 08:52 PM

This is one of the programs I mentioned above.

Atomic Clock Sync free utility.

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Posted 21 July 2009 - 09:00 PM

QUOTE(Ron Johnson @ Jul 21 2009, 03:45 PM)

within an hour or so it is back to being 7-10 minutes ahead. this is annoying

Ron, It could be your cmos battery.

Also, some software packages e.g. iRadio have been known to somehow cause the PC clock to gain time.

One solution is to frequently re-sync using free software --> ClockMon .

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