Clock+loses+time

Clock loses time

If the clock on your taskbar keeps loosing time there are a number of things you must check to establish is it the Computer, Windows, or CMOS battery

First, to determine whether the problem is with your CMOS clock or just within Windows,:

Go :‐

Start > Run in the box type without the quote “ **cmd “**

This opens a command prompt. Chevron > on a black screen

Type “ Time” ( without the quotes ) and press Enter.

Now compare the time shown with the time in the system tray.

If theyʹre different, the CMOS battery may need replacing.

However, if the CMOS time is correct and only Windows is losing time, youʹll notice that the time is ʺfixedʺ by restarting the computer.

Each time you boot, Windows checks the time from the CMOS clock, then keeps track of time itself.

So as the computer stays on constantly, Windows may sometimes lose time even though the CMOS battery is okay, this may be because of memory intensive applications that use all its resources (and donʹt leave enough for the clock), anti‐virus programs and other causes.

Alternatively you might try using a synchronization utility to synch your computerʹs clock with an atomic clock or timeserver on the Internet at regular intervals.

There are a number of these programs out there as free downloads

One example is the Atomic Clock Synch utility at [|Atomic Clock]