xp time keeps setting ramdom

SteveS · 10 Mar 2009 at 13:36

maybe you guys can help.

xp machine, i have set the time and date correctly. all correct language and time zones...

after a reboot it resets the time to a random one, sometimes a few days extra and time, sometimes weeks or months, just completly random...

any ideas??? tried disabling windows time and it still changes...

Gunnar · 10 Mar 2009 at 13:40

Could it be your motherboard battery ?

SteveS · 10 Mar 2009 at 13:41

but that would reset it to like a default early date.. whatever it is... not foward?

Its also happening on two different machines.... (not even in the same building)

Gunnar · 10 Mar 2009 at 13:50

Hmmm...a dying battery can cause clock anomalies.
Are the 2 PCs standalone or hooked up to a LAN ?

SteveS · 10 Mar 2009 at 13:51

lan, but a simple one.

pc > router > internet

on both

Gunnar · 10 Mar 2009 at 13:56

With LANs - PC's connected to a LAN are synchronized by the LAN controller (Host CPU). If you synchronize the clock on it the PC's on the LAN will be synchronized. However, this is for real LANs and not routers.
Is the clock change completely random, or is it gaining time ?

SteveS · 10 Mar 2009 at 14:00

complete random.

net time shows no source

Sin_Chase · 10 Mar 2009 at 14:12

A PC will only look at an authoritative time source if configured to OR by being part of a domain.

Just being on a LAN will not force the OS to look elsewhere for time syncs.

If you want you can setup the PCs to sync with an NTP server.

See:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314054

SteveS · 10 Mar 2009 at 14:16

we have tried tardis to do this, hwoever when the time sets so far out, tardis wont set it

Gunnar · 10 Mar 2009 at 14:39

You said at the top that you've turned off the XP clock.
Is the clock correct in the BIOS at each cold boot, or is it changing there before Windows launches ?