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noah

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 8:27 pm
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Roy Coorne

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 5:29 am
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noah wrote:

> I have recently noticed that when I am online, my windows tray "clock" loses
> 5-15 minutes per hour. As much as 1 hour in four. If I am offline, no time is
> lost. If I reboot (after "loosing time"), the tray clock corrects itself,
> apparently from the Bios. Strange.
>
> Ever heard of this?
> Win 98SE, AMD-K6II-450
> McAfee, Spybot, AdAware, ZAPro
> Updated, and run daily.

....and changed the battery on the mainboard?

Roy

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 5:29 am
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Gabriele Neukam

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 8:56 pm
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On that special day, Norman L. DeForest, (af380@chebucto.ns.ca) said...

> One thing you could try is to run an on-screen clock with a seconds
> display and see if the clock is consistantly slow or just loses time
> while you are doing certain things. If the latter is the case, it might
> give you a clue as to what is hampering timer interrupts. (Sorry, I don't
> have any pointers to any such clocks but there should be some of them out
> there somewhere.)

Very simple: double click on the lower right edge of the screen, right
on the digital clock. The large clock will appear, complete with an
analog dial and seconds hand.

If that one is too large, you can get one from Microsoft, it is part of
the Powertoys. It is resizeable.


Gabriele Neukam

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