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YourSurrogateGod
May 15th, 2005, 10:13 PM
Ok, here's the problem. The clock in the bottom-right hand corner of the screen is always 4 hours ahead. I've set it back to the correct time and checked the TimeZone setting to make sure that it's GMT -5:00 (I live in New England, US.) I have it also adjust automatically for daylight savings time. How can I fix it so that it runs normally without having it to switch back 4 hours on me whenever I reboot my machine?
grabbler
May 16th, 2005, 06:53 AM
I think perhaps because the clock didn't know you checked those check-boxes :) , you do it again, and this time on there surely will not be any of such a weird automatic fix from your system again...I actually used to have the same problem and I just corrected the time and date, never did I touch the other two tabs.That is why my timezone is now GMT -8:00, Pacific Daylight Time :eek:
YourSurrogateGod
May 16th, 2005, 10:51 AM
I think perhaps because the clock didn't know you checked those check-boxes :) , you do it again, and this time on there surely will not be any of such a weird automatic fix from your system again...I actually used to have the same problem and I just corrected the time and date, never did I touch the other two tabs.That is why my timezone is now GMT -8:00, Pacific Daylight Time :eek:
I don't really follow. What check boxes are you talking about? I have Windows XP Home edition.
NoHero
May 16th, 2005, 02:10 PM
I don't really follow. What check boxes are you talking about? I have Windows XP Home edition.

How old is your PC, Andrew?
Skoons
May 16th, 2005, 04:13 PM
Have you try to uncheck box of automatic time correction set clock to corect time in Windows and BIOS. If you have another OS installed check what time is there. And as I remeber i have met some prgrams which works like viruses but are quite innocent. They just put your system timer in incorect time.
YourSurrogateGod
May 16th, 2005, 04:51 PM
How old is your PC, Andrew?
About 1 year...
YourSurrogateGod
May 16th, 2005, 04:51 PM
Have you try to uncheck box of automatic time correction set clock to corect time in Windows and BIOS. If you have another OS installed check what time is there. And as I remeber i have met some prgrams which works like viruses but are quite innocent. They just put your system timer in incorect time.
Yeh, I have Ubuntu linux on dual boot with XP. I'll try that...
NoHero
May 17th, 2005, 07:10 AM
Okay Skoons answer might be the best here. I thought that if your PC is older than 2 years you should probably check the CMOS battery. Cuz I also had the problem once and replacing the CMOS battery by a newer one helped me out.
YourSurrogateGod
May 22nd, 2005, 10:38 AM
Odd, it just went 4 hours ahead again, even though I have the "Adjust time automatically" check-box unchecked. I thought that it was a virus, did a scan, but found nothing. Weird...
Andreas Masur
May 22nd, 2005, 04:43 PM
Okay Skoons answer might be the best here. I thought that if your PC is older than 2 years you should probably check the CMOS battery. Cuz I also had the problem once and replacing the CMOS battery by a newer one helped me out.
Well...but this should only occur if they put in an old battery in the first place...I have PC's running here that are at least 10 years old...and never had to replace a battery... :eek:
Skoons
May 22nd, 2005, 06:12 PM
Well...but this should only occur if they put in an old battery in the first place...I have PC's running here that are at least 10 years old...and never had to replace a battery... :eek:
Sometimes I visit my old friend who has VERY old computer on base 286 processor. He never change his battary and it still works :eek: . How it`s possible i dont know, maybe its a miracle, but I saw it with my eyes :cool:
YourSurrogateGod
May 22nd, 2005, 06:28 PM
Sometimes I visit my old friend who has VERY old computer on base 286 processor. He never change his battary and it still works :eek: . How it`s possible i dont know, maybe its a miracle, but I saw it with my eyes :cool:
Well, hardware back then was built like a tank. It simply kept going and going, people did not replace computers every 2-4 years as they do now.
Andreas Masur
May 23rd, 2005, 02:03 AM
Well, hardware back then was built like a tank. It simply kept going and going, people did not replace computers every 2-4 years as they do now.
And that is why in the old days everything was better... :D
NoHero
May 23rd, 2005, 02:59 AM
Sometimes I visit my old friend who has VERY old computer on base 286 processor. He never change his battary and it still works :eek: . How it`s possible i dont know, maybe its a miracle, but I saw it with my eyes :cool:

Because on some old system the CMOS battery is actually not a battery but a rechargeable battery which will automatically recharged by the normal power supply. And those old system won't use so much power than to destroy this ra. battery. Like on my old 486.
YourSurrogateGod
May 23rd, 2005, 09:20 AM
And that is why in the old days everything was better... :D
Which would you prefer DOS 1.0 or Windows XP ;) ?
Andreas Masur
May 23rd, 2005, 11:35 AM
Which would you prefer DOS 1.0 or Windows XP ;) ?
CP/M... :D
NoHero
May 23rd, 2005, 11:43 AM
CP/M... :D

I thought you are some ATARI freak :D
Andreas Masur
May 23rd, 2005, 01:31 PM
I thought you are some ATARI freak :D
No...not really...although I have still some at home...but actually I was more the AMIGA freak... :D
Skoons
May 23rd, 2005, 03:32 PM
DOS more reliable than Windows. And as for me Dos is the system of my childhood, I never change it for something else :wave:
YourSurrogateGod
May 24th, 2005, 04:54 PM
CP/M... :D
:confused:
Andreas Masur
May 24th, 2005, 06:03 PM
:confused:
CP/M (http://museum.sysun.com/museum/cpm.html)... ;)