Vista - Vista clock runs slow by a few minutes everyday

I am loosing hours in the same date, the worst is the files dates updating
with wrong timing, specially groove files...this needs an emercy call (is it
too much to fix some important matter?) at least a fast teak to the regitry ?

"F-16 mech" wrote:

> When I had XP on my computer the time always was correct but immediately
> since I upgrade to Vista Home Premium the clock loses a few minutes everyday.
> Has anyone else have this issue? I have a new MB battery but I doubt that's
> the culprit since it was working just fine up to the upgrade. Any ideas would
> be greatly appreciated, thanks.

The clock running fast or slow is a function of your hardware not Vista.
Vista and XP both have time synchronization capabilities that periodically
adjust your clock according to an internet time server. Verify that you
have time synchronization turned on. Go to your "Date and Time" settings
dialog and click on the "Internet Time" tab. Click the "Change Settings"
button and verify the "Synchronize..." button is checked. Server can be set
to any of the listed servers, but I usually just leave it on
"time.windows.com". Click the "Update now" button and you should be good to
go. If memory serves, XP exposed another setting that also let you change
the update interval. Vista does not seem to expose that. Probably a
registry tweak on Vista.

Good luck,
Bob

"raulavi" <raulavi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:679AA169-EC05-4D2E-BAB1-3CB759DD2BA1@microsoft.com...
>I am loosing hours in the same date, the worst is the files dates updating
> with wrong timing, specially groove files...this needs an emercy call (is
> it
> too much to fix some important matter?) at least a fast teak to the
> regitry ?
>
> "F-16 mech" wrote:
>
>> When I had XP on my computer the time always was correct but immediately
>> since I upgrade to Vista Home Premium the clock loses a few minutes
>> everyday.
>> Has anyone else have this issue? I have a new MB battery but I doubt
>> that's
>> the culprit since it was working just fine up to the upgrade. Any ideas
>> would
>> be greatly appreciated, thanks.

Bob:
hard to beleive what you said,Bob..."not Vista".. most people report
changing to Vista is causing some clock time issue, my pc is the first pc
with Vista. but since DOS to XP never had any issue with time...lucky me. One
thing i am doing is manually sunch with the servers, sometimes work some
other dont, I have to switch to different server until one of them works.

my beleive is that Vista is doing something to the clock time, the clock
running fast or slow issue. could be a clock gadget interference... multi
clocks showing the time or who knows what's on the registry... thanks for
explaining us this, but, still Vista has to do with it.


"Bob" wrote:

> The clock running fast or slow is a function of your hardware not Vista.
> Vista and XP both have time synchronization capabilities that periodically
> adjust your clock according to an internet time server. Verify that you
> have time synchronization turned on. Go to your "Date and Time" settings
> dialog and click on the "Internet Time" tab. Click the "Change Settings"
> button and verify the "Synchronize..." button is checked. Server can be set
> to any of the listed servers, but I usually just leave it on
> "time.windows.com". Click the "Update now" button and you should be good to
> go. If memory serves, XP exposed another setting that also let you change
> the update interval. Vista does not seem to expose that. Probably a
> registry tweak on Vista.
>
> Good luck,
> Bob
>
> "raulavi" <raulavi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:679AA169-EC05-4D2E-BAB1-3CB759DD2BA1@microsoft.com...
> >I am loosing hours in the same date, the worst is the files dates updating
> > with wrong timing, specially groove files...this needs an emercy call (is
> > it
> > too much to fix some important matter?) at least a fast teak to the
> > regitry ?
> >
> > "F-16 mech" wrote:
> >
> >> When I had XP on my computer the time always was correct but immediately
> >> since I upgrade to Vista Home Premium the clock loses a few minutes
> >> everyday.
> >> Has anyone else have this issue? I have a new MB battery but I doubt
> >> that's
> >> the culprit since it was working just fine up to the upgrade. Any ideas
> >> would
> >> be greatly appreciated, thanks.
>

by the way , new battery on this new Pc and test it ok. bios ok too.

"raulavi" wrote:

> Bob:
> hard to beleive what you said,Bob..."not Vista".. most people report
> changing to Vista is causing some clock time issue, my pc is the first pc
> with Vista. but since DOS to XP never had any issue with time...lucky me. One
> thing i am doing is manually sunch with the servers, sometimes work some
> other dont, I have to switch to different server until one of them works.
>
> my beleive is that Vista is doing something to the clock time, the clock
> running fast or slow issue. could be a clock gadget interference... multi
> clocks showing the time or who knows what's on the registry... thanks for
> explaining us this, but, still Vista has to do with it.
>
>
> "Bob" wrote:
>
> > The clock running fast or slow is a function of your hardware not Vista.
> > Vista and XP both have time synchronization capabilities that periodically
> > adjust your clock according to an internet time server. Verify that you
> > have time synchronization turned on. Go to your "Date and Time" settings
> > dialog and click on the "Internet Time" tab. Click the "Change Settings"
> > button and verify the "Synchronize..." button is checked. Server can be set
> > to any of the listed servers, but I usually just leave it on
> > "time.windows.com". Click the "Update now" button and you should be good to
> > go. If memory serves, XP exposed another setting that also let you change
> > the update interval. Vista does not seem to expose that. Probably a
> > registry tweak on Vista.
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Bob
> >
> > "raulavi" <raulavi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:679AA169-EC05-4D2E-BAB1-3CB759DD2BA1@microsoft.com...
> > >I am loosing hours in the same date, the worst is the files dates updating
> > > with wrong timing, specially groove files...this needs an emercy call (is
> > > it
> > > too much to fix some important matter?) at least a fast teak to the
> > > regitry ?
> > >
> > > "F-16 mech" wrote:
> > >
> > >> When I had XP on my computer the time always was correct but immediately
> > >> since I upgrade to Vista Home Premium the clock loses a few minutes
> > >> everyday.
> > >> Has anyone else have this issue? I have a new MB battery but I doubt
> > >> that's
> > >> the culprit since it was working just fine up to the upgrade. Any ideas
> > >> would
> > >> be greatly appreciated, thanks.
> >

Here ya go...

http://forums.techguy.org/windows-vi...-interval.html

"Bob" <spamless@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:ADD3C881-BF05-4051-B40C-5C299B05E6B6@microsoft.com...
> The clock running fast or slow is a function of your hardware not Vista.
> Vista and XP both have time synchronization capabilities that periodically
> adjust your clock according to an internet time server. Verify that you
> have time synchronization turned on. Go to your "Date and Time" settings
> dialog and click on the "Internet Time" tab. Click the "Change Settings"
> button and verify the "Synchronize..." button is checked. Server can be
> set to any of the listed servers, but I usually just leave it on
> "time.windows.com". Click the "Update now" button and you should be good
> to go. If memory serves, XP exposed another setting that also let you
> change the update interval. Vista does not seem to expose that. Probably
> a registry tweak on Vista.
>
> Good luck,
> Bob
>
> "raulavi" <raulavi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:679AA169-EC05-4D2E-BAB1-3CB759DD2BA1@microsoft.com...
>>I am loosing hours in the same date, the worst is the files dates updating
>> with wrong timing, specially groove files...this needs an emercy call (is
>> it
>> too much to fix some important matter?) at least a fast teak to the
>> regitry ?
>>
>> "F-16 mech" wrote:
>>
>>> When I had XP on my computer the time always was correct but immediately
>>> since I upgrade to Vista Home Premium the clock loses a few minutes
>>> everyday.
>>> Has anyone else have this issue? I have a new MB battery but I doubt
>>> that's
>>> the culprit since it was working just fine up to the upgrade. Any ideas
>>> would
>>> be greatly appreciated, thanks.
>

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 08:21:02 -0400, "Bob" <spamless@nospam.com> wrote:

>The clock running fast or slow is a function of your hardware not Vista.
>Vista and XP both have time synchronization capabilities that periodically
>adjust your clock according to an internet time server. Verify that you
>have time synchronization turned on. Go to your "Date and Time" settings
>dialog and click on the "Internet Time" tab. Click the "Change Settings"
>button and verify the "Synchronize..." button is checked. Server can beset
>to any of the listed servers, but I usually just leave it on


>time : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient
>time : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient
>time : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient
>time :
>time : By changing all three registry entries in SpecialPollInterval to3600 it checks time every hour.

There's more to it, because time.windows.com won't allow you to check more than once a week. Fat lotta good something you can't use but once a week, and not even then if it fails.

I use time-nw.nist.gov and set my time every hour. There's not really anyway it can lose a lot of time with synch's that often.
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On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 10:45:12 -0400, "Bob" <spamless@nospam.com> wrote:

>Here ya go...
>
>http://forums.techguy.org/windows-vi...-interval.html
>
>"Bob" <spamless@nospam.com> wrote in message
>news:ADD3C881-BF05-4051-B40C-5C299B05E6B6@microsoft.com...
>> The clock running fast or slow is a function of your hardware not Vista.

Not always. sometimes it can be Vista. This is another possible Vista
bug. For certain systems if you have synchronization checked the
system still can lose time. I had this problem. Switching out the
battery had no effect, system still lost about three minutes a week no
matter what. I confirmed it wasn't the battery by putting it a known
working XP system and that box kept good time with the battery from
the Vista system, so obviously not the battery. That leaves the MB or
Vista.

So time to hunt for a fix in the Registry.

It seems for some there can be an issue with the synchronization
checking phase or the timing circuit is out of phase on some MBs.
Regardless it can be an annoying problem.

By default Vista only checks synchronization weekly. You can alter
this. I set it to check daily. While it still is a few seconds slow,
not as bad by having it sync daily instead of weekly.

The Registry key follows:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\
W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient\SpecialPollInte rval\

Be sure to change to decimal value first then change from a value of
604800 to 86400.

if I dont synch automatic my clock , time works ok. is the synch function
not working.
i synch with the same server time-nw.. and it replies next synch date, time
with the same date and time. i just updated it, sometimes does not refresh
the clock until I force it twice or change server.



"Adam Albright" wrote:

> On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 10:45:12 -0400, "Bob" <spamless@nospam.com> wrote:
>
> >Here ya go...
> >
> >http://forums.techguy.org/windows-vi...-interval.html
> >
> >"Bob" <spamless@nospam.com> wrote in message
> >news:ADD3C881-BF05-4051-B40C-5C299B05E6B6@microsoft.com...
> >> The clock running fast or slow is a function of your hardware not Vista.
>
> Not always. sometimes it can be Vista. This is another possible Vista
> bug. For certain systems if you have synchronization checked the
> system still can lose time. I had this problem. Switching out the
> battery had no effect, system still lost about three minutes a week no
> matter what. I confirmed it wasn't the battery by putting it a known
> working XP system and that box kept good time with the battery from
> the Vista system, so obviously not the battery. That leaves the MB or
> Vista.
>
> So time to hunt for a fix in the Registry.
>
> It seems for some there can be an issue with the synchronization
> checking phase or the timing circuit is out of phase on some MBs.
> Regardless it can be an annoying problem.
>
> By default Vista only checks synchronization weekly. You can alter
> this. I set it to check daily. While it still is a few seconds slow,
> not as bad by having it sync daily instead of weekly.
>
> The Registry key follows:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\
> W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient\SpecialPollInte rval\
>
> Be sure to change to decimal value first then change from a value of
> 604800 to 86400.
>
>

Is there someone can tell which interference the clock, Vista or hardware?

"keepout@yahoo.com.invalid" wrote:

> On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 08:21:02 -0400, "Bob" <spamless@nospam.com> wrote:
>
> >The clock running fast or slow is a function of your hardware not Vista.
> >Vista and XP both have time synchronization capabilities that periodically
> >adjust your clock according to an internet time server. Verify that you
> >have time synchronization turned on. Go to your "Date and Time" settings
> >dialog and click on the "Internet Time" tab. Click the "Change Settings"
> >button and verify the "Synchronize..." button is checked. Server can be set
> >to any of the listed servers, but I usually just leave it on
>
>
> >time : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient
> >time : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient
> >time : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient
> >time :
> >time : By changing all three registry entries in SpecialPollInterval to 3600 it checks time every hour.
>
> There's more to it, because time.windows.com won't allow you to check more than once a week. Fat lotta good something you can't use but once a week, and not even then if it fails.
>
> I use time-nw.nist.gov and set my time every hour. There's not really any way it can lose a lot of time with synch's that often.
> --
> more pix @ http://members.toast.net/cbminfo/index.html
>