Computer clock too fast

[Jack Brannan]

How can I keep the clock from running too fast in Windows
XP. . . Several computers in network have same problem.

[Len]

ado these happen to be Dell's....

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[Alex Nichol]

Jack Brannan wrote:

>How can I keep the clock from running too fast in Windows
>XP. . . Several computers in network have same problem.

If it is a substantial margin, this problem seems to happen quite
often, especially with Dell machines. Usually a steady rate of loss or
gain like 10 minutes in an hour. It appears to result from a conflict
with the BIOS over the interval between 'timer interrupts'. Windows
maintains the clock by counting these, so if the interval is not the
expected one, the rate is grossly out in this manner.

Try these steps:

1. Start->Run cmd.exe
2. net stop w32time
3. w32tm.exe /unregister
4. w32tm.exe /register
5. net start w32time

(note spellings w32tm and w32time in different commands)

If it is a minor matter then regular synchronisation with the Internet
time service results in the system adjusting its ideas to compensate for
moderate errors in the crystal that drives the system bus, and hence the
interrupts. This crystal is not calibrated as a clock, so this
adjustment is needed. If you use a domain network, internet sync is not
available, and I don't know if sync with the domain controller has the
same effect

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Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. Al...@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)