Clock on XP Pro

[Mark G.]

For some reason my clock seems to keep changing. It seems to do it after the
computer has been off for a while. My fist thought was the battery so I went
and changed it. It seemed to fix that for a while and even fixed a problem
with XP hanging while shutting down. Not sure what it could be. This is a
pain. Any out there that can help? Maybe super MVP?? Or even one of the
marvelous others here? Thanks.

[Mark G.]

Can't anybody offer anything on this? Would appreciate it. Thanks.
"Mark G." > wrote in message
...
> For some reason my clock seems to keep changing. It seems to do it after
the
> computer has been off for a while. My fist thought was the battery so I
went
> and changed it. It seemed to fix that for a while and even fixed a problem
> with XP hanging while shutting down. Not sure what it could be. This is a
> pain. Any out there that can help? Maybe super MVP?? Or even one of the
> marvelous others here? Thanks.
>
>

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Mark,

Clock problems such as you describe are nearly always caused by misbehaving
software. More often than not, it's due to disk utilities and/or antivirus
software. Try a clean boot without them running and see if the problem
resolves itself.

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP [Q310560]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310560

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Mark G." > wrote in message
...
> Can't anybody offer anything on this? Would appreciate it. Thanks.
> "Mark G." > wrote in message
> ...
> > For some reason my clock seems to keep changing. It seems to do it after
> the
> > computer has been off for a while. My fist thought was the battery so I
> went
> > and changed it. It seemed to fix that for a while and even fixed a
problem
> > with XP hanging while shutting down. Not sure what it could be. This is
a
> > pain. Any out there that can help? Maybe super MVP?? Or even one of the
> > marvelous others here? Thanks.
> >
> >
>
>

[cimex]

Your symptoms are strange, but see if any of this could pertain (from an
earlier post):

"This problem seems to happen quite often with Dell machines. Usually a
steady rate of loss like 10 minutes in an hour. It appears to result
from a conflict with the BIOS over the interval between 'timer interrupts'.
Windows maintains the clock by counting these, so if the interval is not the
expected one, the rate is grossly out in this manner.

Try these steps:

1. Start->Run cmd.exe
2. net stop w32time
3. w32tm.exe /unregister
4. w32tm.exe /register
5. net start w32time

(note spellings w32tm and w32time in different commands)
--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. "


"Mark G." > wrote in message
...
> For some reason my clock seems to keep changing. It seems to do it after
the
> computer has been off for a while. My fist thought was the battery so I
went
> and changed it. It seemed to fix that for a while and even fixed a problem
> with XP hanging while shutting down. Not sure what it could be. This is a
> pain. Any out there that can help? Maybe super MVP?? Or even one of the
> marvelous others here? Thanks.
>
>