Windows XP will NOT change BIOS time.

[Fern57]

My BIOS clock runs a little too fast. So every now and again I have to set it to the correct time. My problem is that Windows XP (Professional) won't let me go 'back in time', even by a few minutes. I go into the clock settings, alter the time, and as soon as I hit Apply it shoots forward to where it was before. I even tried it through the Command Prompt - it did the same. Although it has no problem if I were to add a few minutes. It accepts it (then it's stuck at that time). So the only thing I can do is to reboot, go into the BIOS and set it there. Has anyone else known this problem know how to get round it?

[kempie]

Is your XP clock set to synchronise with an internet time server?

[Fern57]

No, I tried it with and without synchronisation. Still doesn't play

[kempie]

Check to see if the System Event Viewer has logged any errors for the Windows Time Service.

RIght-click My Computer and select Manage.
Look in System Tools → Event Viewer → System to see if errors exist for W32Time.

[Fern57]

There's only one. Dated 14/07/2005 - which is around the time I turned off synchronisation.

The time service has not been able to synchronize the system time for 49152 seconds because none of the time providers has been able to provide a usable time stamp. The system clock is unsynchronized.

[kempie]

Has this problem only appeared in the month since you disabled synchronisation?

Have you installed any other time synchronising software?

[Fern57]

No other synchronising software installed. And the problem started way before I disabled synchronisation - that's why I disabled it in the first place, but it didn't resolve the issue. It is a new motherboard, processor, hard drive, and memory etc. The old HD was ghosted onto the new one (without too many problems). I don't know if the clock setting played up before that because I didn't have any need to alter it regularly.

[Jayemm999]

Had something similar and gave up trying to fix it and worked around it instead. Download DS Clock www.download.com/DS-Clock/3000-2350_4-10425645.html
It will syncronise your clock on every startup, and has a cool digital date and time display as well.

[Fern57]

ok Jayemm999, I will give it a go. Odd that the UK isn't in the list of places to synchronise with though, but have got around that. I will keep you posted.