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Re: [ECS] System Clock Tom Hutchins Wed, 21 Jun 2000 20:40:42 -0400

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I have the same problem. No rhyme nor reason, just sometimes it's off. I
fixed it by getting a program called TimeLord, that automatically adjusts
the clock everytime I get on the net. Only cost about $5 and does a great
job.

Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Fitch" <pfitchjr@bellsouth.net>
To: <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 8:30 PM
Subject: Re: [ECS] System Clock


> Nope. It's just running slow.  Not every day, not all the time.   Some
mornings
> I'll check and it's fine, others it off by several hours and minutes...
>
> Bruce Prager wrote:
>
> > paul, Does it just run slow or suddenly go off by an hour?
> > I had a similar problem running ECS under Win98SE, but the time would
> > suddenly be an hour or some hr multiple off.  Turns out it was the
AntiVirus
> > software.  Microsoft is aware of the problem but there solution is to
turn
> > off the AV software!
> > Alos, if your jumping an hr and running windows, turn off the DST update
and
> > see if it goes away.
> > Good Luck!
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Paul Fitch" <pfitchjr@bellsouth.net>
> > To: "ECS Mailing List" <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 10:25 PM
> > Subject: [ECS] System Clock
> >
> > > Anybody have any problems with their system clock running slow?  I did
> > > not have this problem before I started to use ECS.  Now, I'm not
blaming
> > > ECS, just trying to reduce the variables<g>.
> > >
> > > Could the bios battery be the bad guy here?  I mean the system is
> > > running full time, so even if it was (and I don't think so since my
bios
> > > settings survive a reboot quite nicely), the clock shouldn't run slow
> > > when the machine never gets turned off.
> > >
> > > I am running Seti@Home concurrently (just over 1100 hours so far).
> > >
> > >
>

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