asked on xp system clock and USB
A standard XP computer would not connect to a good DSL network through a router AND no USB drives would recognize a flash drive.
I took the machine back to my bench and without changing a thing, connected a good cable broadband connection and it went on line immediately. Tried the flash drives and they all read ths time.
Then I noticed the system clock was off by 6 years and some hours.
Does the system clock effect a DSL connection and a USB? Would it prevent a DSL connection and the USB from working properly?
Can't find anything definitive on the web.
Just trying to learn something.
I took the machine back to my bench and without changing a thing, connected a good cable broadband connection and it went on line immediately. Tried the flash drives and they all read ths time.
Then I noticed the system clock was off by 6 years and some hours.
Does the system clock effect a DSL connection and a USB? Would it prevent a DSL connection and the USB from working properly?
Can't find anything definitive on the web.
Just trying to learn something.
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nobus
I can't imagine how on the USB. On DSL, could possibly affect how/when DNS looks for new entries, could be used by some of your software to verify subscription, etc.
I had a computer clock jump ahead a few hundred years and it messed up lots of things. Every security certificate on the system was suddenly expired. As soon as I reset the clock, it was good to go again.
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Good point on CMOS. If it is bad, the time would be bad and BIOS could "lose it's mind."
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I put the new battery in then left it off and unplugged for a day to see if the time and date changed.
So far so good.
Thankss
Dan
So far so good.
Thankss
Dan
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