Colin
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u know......in bottom right corner
It gains 10 minutes a week roughly over the time on my phone and wrist watch and every other coonts PC
Whats going on  Its set a GMT not GMT+10mins
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Antz
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Registered: 28th Jul 03
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Despite your PC's high price and fancy technology, its internal clock isn't reliable. In fact, PCs have two clocks: a software clock powered by Windows that runs when your PC is on, and a battery-powered hardware clock embedded on your PC's motherboard that tracks time when your PC is off. However, both are flawed.
Windows' software clock can lose up to a minute each hour, especially when resource-hungry programs dominate the CPU...
Check that the battery in your laptop hasn't gone... then make sure it's running with plenty of CPU to spare.
[Edited on 10-01-2005 by Antz]
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AndyW
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just means xmas comes sooner for you
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Fraser Young
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maybe you're at a lower altitude than everyone else?!
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Colin
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Ive got 2 PC's at home and never seen this....im gaining like 10mins a week Keep having to change it - usually on a Friday at close of play
Can I fix it...its a little annoying
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Antz
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quote:
Originally posted by Kolin
Ive got 2 PC's at home and never seen this....im gaining like 10mins a week Keep having to change it - usually on a Friday at close of play
Can I fix it...its a little annoying
Normally windows a windows clock Syncs time with the hardware clock... if the hardware clock has stopped windows will try keep it's own time.... oops, bad idea .... go out and buy another battery.... there should be a little cover that you take off the laptop and get in to it.... it's a similar batter to the one you might pub in your alarm fob... slightly smaller than a 2p.
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Dom
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you can get windows to time sync with a NTP time server, just do a google mate  OBviously you need net access 
otherwise, if you just network systems together, then you can get it to time sync from another system on the network by typing this command under command prompt - net time \\(network computer name) /set /y
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chris_uk
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well just set it 10 mins slower and when you come to look at it next week it will be correct
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Colin
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I got net access.....im on here all day aint I
I thought about just dropping it out the window and asking for a new one
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Colin
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quote:
Originally posted by chris_uk
well just set it 10 mins slower and when you come to look at it next week it will be correct
What a bloody good idea
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leeshez
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You can retire early
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