Why does my clock on Windows always delay?

[Mark Wilson]

Sometimes, it's back an hour.
Infact, that's common. I'll look at my computer clock, and it will be behind an hour.

But, I went home for the weekend, and when I came back it wasn't behind an hour, but a while TWELVE hours!

Does anyone know why?

 

[Don W]

Did this just start happening within the last week or so? It is most likely related to daylight savings time. Microsoft seemed to drop the ball when it came to rolling out a patch for this. It called all kinds of grief at my job.

Check out this link and see if that helps.
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[MakiSupaStar]

Because it's a PC.

 

[morf]

its because the OS clock matches the BIOS clock. When you start your computer, there is a screen that says "Press Del to enter BIOS Setup" or something alike, press del, look around for the system clock, change it to the correct time, save and exit.

 

[froovs]

its likely to be the battery that keeps the clock going when your 'puter is switched off beginning to fail

and thatll happen with a Mac or Wintel or any flavour of Linux

cheers
Lucy

 

[labgnat]

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nevermind

 

[morf]

... i nominate you for stupidest most wasteful post of the year.

I laughed out loud, but only because im stoned.

 

[labgnat]

... i nominate you for stupidest most wasteful post of the year.

I laughed out loud, but only because im stoned.

yeah wasteful defintely doesn't not keep it from being humorous.
in fact "it" as well as "i" may in fact be Brilliant
and yes i'm off to get some guiness so i can say that

enjoy the pot

 

[dancehallclasher]

You're probably on the wrong time zone mate.

control panel -> date and time -> time zone

 

[JMX]

Just let Windows adjust the time automatically via time server.

Or use a 3rd party program like atomic clock if you don't trust Windows.

 

[MakiSupaStar]

My watch is an atomic clock. Perfect time. Solar too. No batteries to worries.

 

[invader3k]

I don't know. This has been a problem with all PCs for years. My Windows is set up to automatically check itself every few days, and it's still off by a few minutes sometimes.