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everyday the clock goes about 3-4 minutes faster, so i have to update the time to fix it

how do i fix it?

In a very remote way this can be caused by an almost empty battery on your motherboard. But useually you first would see other indications though, like BIOS settings which aren't properly saved anymore, etc. Also, in most cases, if your battery on your motherboard is dying the clock usually goes slower, not faster (but it isn't totally impossible though)...

So, if replacing your battery doesn't work: besides syncronizing using an online time-server, there is nothing you can do about it (except to buy a new motherboard (and hoping it has a better tuned timer-crystal)).

In XP, you can automatically syncronize your clock. To do this right click on your clock in the taskbar and choose "Date/Time Settings". There, on the third tab, you can choose and set your syncronization time-server.

For other OS's, there exist 3rd party tools which do this also.

that's how i always syncronize it

and it probably isn't the batter cuz i got the motherboard 2-3 months ago

is there a way to change how often it syncronizes it? (make it maybe do it every 30 minutes?)

Double Click on your windows time and select "Internet Time" tab and select where you want the update to come from and select update now

i know how to do it


I want to change the period of time inbetween the syncronizations

and no, i don't like doing it manually

Select learn more about time synchronization in Help and Support they may provide your answer

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Originally posted by Supersonicdarky
and it probably isn't the batter cuz i got the motherboard 2-3 months ago

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Sometimes age isn't the problem, the manufatoring process can sometimes produce defective models (it happens from time to time). You may want to get the motherboard checked out by a hardware specialitst.

ok

first try to change battery, then hardware person

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Originally posted by Supersonicdarky
I want to change the period of time inbetween the syncronizations.
and no, i don't like doing it manually

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The time sync settings are stored in the registry in:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time

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To change the interval in which time is syncronized you change the "Period" value (most likely this doesn't exist yet)

Period is either a REG_DWORD or a REG_SZ value which is (for mainly Win2K):

• 65531 or "DailySpecialSkew"
  =once every 45 minutes until successful one time, then once every day.
  
• 65532 or "SpecialSkew"
  =once every 45 minutes until successful three times, then once every eight hours (three times per day) (=default value)
  
• 65533 or "Weekly"
  =once every week (seven days)
  
• 65534 or "Tridaily"
  =once every three days
  
• 65535 or "BiDaily"
  =once every two days
  
• 0
  =once per day
  
• any other value
  =times per day. If you choose to add a value other than any of those specified above, you must use this option.

These (and other) settings can also be done by using the DOS command w32tm (start > run > cmd) in some Windows OS's (not all OS's support all the parameters).

For detailed explaination see the word document listed on http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/how...ty/wintimeserv.asp.


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Also check if you don't have the key "Adj" or "msSkewPerDay" in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time

If, so, delete those keys and reboot and check if your time is still running too fast.


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On Windows XP the 'period' interval as listed above is defined differently than on Windows 2K. For Windows XP you need to go at:

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

There you'll find a key named "SpecialPollInterval". This is a REG_DWORD and specifies the interval in seconds to check for a syncronization (eg setting this to 86400 (decimal) will try to update your clock every day).

Though it is possible that the "Period" key for Win2K also works for XP, didn't tested this yet though...