bobengel
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Taskbar Clock is Running Fast
I'm using Windows XP Professional. Recently, the taskbar clock is running fast, gaining several minutes per hour. Each time I reset it, it gains again. Please advise the cause and fix for this. Thanks
Callandor
You need a time service that will check what the time is on one of the atomic clocks around the world and sync to it. AtomicClock might work for you.
XP has an automatic time sync.
Click on clock to bring up Date & Time properties. Look at the Internet Tab. Do you have it enabled at the moment? Unfortunately, it only updates once a day.
However I can see a scenario in that you may be setting your clock a few minutes slow, but then the time sync corrects it, but it looks like the clock has gained a few minutes!
Click on clock to bring up Date & Time properties. Look at the Internet Tab. Do you have it enabled at the moment? Unfortunately, it only updates once a day.
However I can see a scenario in that you may be setting your clock a few minutes slow, but then the time sync corrects it, but it looks like the clock has gained a few minutes!
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I do use an automatic update (Tweakmaster) but it only updates daily, similar to XPs. I was interested in learning why the clock suddenly is so sporadic - mostly gaining time and sometimes many minutes within an hour. This is a fairly recent problem and is not normal. I used AtomicClock in the past and could set it for frequent updates that will correct the problem but I really want to know the cause.
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If you boot to DOS and periodically check the time, that should let you know if it is a hardware clock problem.