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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 02:18 PM
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Why is the time thing on my computer always 20-ish minutes slow?!
I keep "adjusting" it, and it keeps falling behind again.
I dunna' undastand!
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 02:33 PM
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1. Cain't ya set some thingy so yer sistem syncs automatic-like with sum time server?
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 02:35 PM
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2. I dont't know. Can I?
That sounds confusing. What's a "time server"?
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 03:27 PM
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7. NIST has internet-accessible clocks, and many operating systems can access them automatically
http://www.google.com/search?ned=us&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&ned=us&q=windows+vista%7CXP+internet+time&btnmeta%3Dsearch%3Dsearch=Search+the+Web
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 02:40 PM
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3. bad cmos battery
:D
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Shardik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 02:50 PM
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5. If it's not that, it could be
that there's a tear in the space-time continuum near the computer that is causing it to operate partially in another location far, far away.
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Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 02:47 PM
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4. I canna ' keep her guin at this speed, Captain!
I'm givin' you all she's got!
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 03:16 PM
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6. Nevermind. I set it nineteen minutes ahead.
Now, I will just wait and see if it catches up. Backwards.
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 05:42 PM
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9. Update! This did not work!
It is still somehow nineteen minutes behind!
It boggles the mind.
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kimmerspixelated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 05:37 PM
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8. Because you are 40 minutes late!
Oh, I'm sorry...wrong answer...In Baltimore it's 6:42!!!
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latebloomer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 07:07 PM
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10. Mine is about 16 minutes slow
Edited on Tue Feb-03-09 07:08 PM by latebloomer
And no, I don't know why.
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 07:11 PM
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11. right click on the clock
choose adjust date/time

choose third tab "Internet Time"

Put a check in the box next to "Automatically synchronize with internet time server"

see if that fixes it.
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 07:21 PM
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12. Your space-time continuum is "stuck" in a time loop...
...I suggest you begin a level three diagnostic on your sub-loop relays.

That should handle it.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 07:22 PM
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13. maybe it was made in Texas?
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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 07:23 PM
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14. Have you checked your flux capacitor?
I find a couple of good whacks will fix mine. It's either that or I really am from the future.
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