time clock problem with XP home edition

[Tom Hronis]

I have an HP pavillion notebook with Windows XP home
edition. The time feature is wacky. I am not accessing
a server, and the time keeps adjusting itself on various
days. Sometimes it adjusts itself for 15 minutes behind,
sometimes and hour behind, sometimes two or three hours
behind. It's very frustrating because I'm on the
standard Pacific Time zone in Los Angeles, and every time
I keep checking and changing the time, it changes it back
to various different times. Please help. I would be
VERY grateful.

[Tom Foolery]

"Tom Hronis" > wrote in message
...
> I have an HP pavillion notebook with Windows XP home
> edition. The time feature is wacky. I am not accessing
> a server, and the time keeps adjusting itself on various
> days. Sometimes it adjusts itself for 15 minutes behind,
> sometimes and hour behind, sometimes two or three hours
> behind. It's very frustrating because I'm on the
> standard Pacific Time zone in Los Angeles, and every time
> I keep checking and changing the time, it changes it back
> to various different times. Please help. I would be
> VERY grateful.

[Tom Foolery]

If you are consistently losing time, the clock is slowing and stopping. May
be a weak battery on the motherboard.

"Tom Hronis" > wrote in message
...
> I have an HP pavillion notebook with Windows XP home
> edition. The time feature is wacky. I am not accessing
> a server, and the time keeps adjusting itself on various
> days. Sometimes it adjusts itself for 15 minutes behind,
> sometimes and hour behind, sometimes two or three hours
> behind. It's very frustrating because I'm on the
> standard Pacific Time zone in Los Angeles, and every time
> I keep checking and changing the time, it changes it back
> to various different times. Please help. I would be
> VERY grateful.

[Unknown]

Not so! Battery is not used when power is on.
"Tom Foolery" > wrote in message
...
> If you are consistently losing time, the clock is slowing and stopping.
May
> be a weak battery on the motherboard.
>
> "Tom Hronis" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I have an HP pavillion notebook with Windows XP home
> > edition. The time feature is wacky. I am not accessing
> > a server, and the time keeps adjusting itself on various
> > days. Sometimes it adjusts itself for 15 minutes behind,
> > sometimes and hour behind, sometimes two or three hours
> > behind. It's very frustrating because I'm on the
> > standard Pacific Time zone in Los Angeles, and every time
> > I keep checking and changing the time, it changes it back
> > to various different times. Please help. I would be
> > VERY grateful.
>
>

[Tom Foolery]

"Unknown" > wrote in message
y.com...
> Not so! Battery is not used when power is on.
> "Tom Foolery" > wrote in message
> ...
> > If you are consistently losing time, the clock is slowing and stopping.
> May
> > be a weak battery on the motherboard.
> >
> > "Tom Hronis" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I have an HP pavillion notebook with Windows XP home
> > > edition. The time feature is wacky. I am not accessing
> > > a server, and the time keeps adjusting itself on various
> > > days. Sometimes it adjusts itself for 15 minutes behind,
> > > sometimes and hour behind, sometimes two or three hours
> > > behind. It's very frustrating because I'm on the
> > > standard Pacific Time zone in Los Angeles, and every time
> > > I keep checking and changing the time, it changes it back
> > > to various different times. Please help. I would be
> > > VERY grateful.
> >
> >
>
>

[Tom Foolery]

The poster did not say the clock was acting erratically "only while the
computer was on".



"Unknown" > wrote in message
y.com...
> Not so! Battery is not used when power is on.
> "Tom Foolery" > wrote in message
> ...
> > If you are consistently losing time, the clock is slowing and stopping.
> May
> > be a weak battery on the motherboard.
> >
> > "Tom Hronis" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I have an HP pavillion notebook with Windows XP home
> > > edition. The time feature is wacky. I am not accessing
> > > a server, and the time keeps adjusting itself on various
> > > days. Sometimes it adjusts itself for 15 minutes behind,
> > > sometimes and hour behind, sometimes two or three hours
> > > behind. It's very frustrating because I'm on the
> > > standard Pacific Time zone in Los Angeles, and every time
> > > I keep checking and changing the time, it changes it back
> > > to various different times. Please help. I would be
> > > VERY grateful.
> >
> >
>
>

[Unknown]

When the BIOS battery goes bad it is bad. It is not like a car battery or
flashlight battery that get weak. When a BIOS battery goes bad it is not
weak. It's dead.
"Tom Foolery" > wrote in message
...
>
> The poster did not say the clock was acting erratically "only while the
> computer was on".
>
>
>
> "Unknown" > wrote in message
> y.com...
> > Not so! Battery is not used when power is on.
> > "Tom Foolery" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > If you are consistently losing time, the clock is slowing and
stopping.
> > May
> > > be a weak battery on the motherboard.
> > >
> > > "Tom Hronis" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > I have an HP pavillion notebook with Windows XP home
> > > > edition. The time feature is wacky. I am not accessing
> > > > a server, and the time keeps adjusting itself on various
> > > > days. Sometimes it adjusts itself for 15 minutes behind,
> > > > sometimes and hour behind, sometimes two or three hours
> > > > behind. It's very frustrating because I'm on the
> > > > standard Pacific Time zone in Los Angeles, and every time
> > > > I keep checking and changing the time, it changes it back
> > > > to various different times. Please help. I would be
> > > > VERY grateful.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>