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After my sister asked me about it, I realized I wasn't the only one having the same issue with this. So I thought I would ask about it and see what other members do to solve the issue.
Basically, my clock on my computer will get behind slowly. If I leave it alone for 2 weeks, it will eventually become 15-20 minutes behind. I usually have to go in and re-synchronize it with microsoft online. Of course, this gets to be a pain in the butt after awhile.
Both of my brothers and my sister is all having this issue with their computers. My older brother said he thought Windows had an update on it (I don't know as I need to update mine quite a bit and my friend has it- which he's currently in Florida... wont be able to get the discs until sometime in January). My younger brother said he's done the supposed update but still has the same issue.
So, if you have this same issue or had it, what do you do about it?
I have just recently made mine not synchronize with the Microsoft website, so it might be a couple of weeks before I realize if it actually works better or not... (I don't know why I didnt think of that before *facepalm*)
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That is an electronics problem, where oscillation pauses eventually... Yeah. Nvm. I assume it's something to do with CMOS.
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That's quite weird, it might be due to a low BIOS battery. The BIOS controls and keeps the time in order, and if the battery starts to get low it might not work well enough all the time so the time starts to lag behind. That's assuming this is a desktop (laptop's have rechargeable BIOS batteries), so if that's the case you might want to look into replacing it (usually just a CR2032 or similar button battery).
Otherwise I'm not sure, you can set Windows to autosync with MS time servers though so if it does lag behind it should update itself to the correct time. At least that's what I remember happening back when I had Windows.
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Quote: from GdFtherOFCOWS at 7:55 pm on Nov. 22, 2008
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yeah, it has something to do with that internal battery (i'm assuming you all have desktop pcs). same thing happened with my old computer. the time was horribly off, but it was also a really old computer, even by the time we acquired it
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Well, if you need to update, 
