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RE: [ECS] Lost Time! Joseph and Jessica Colson Thu, 21 Dec 2000 19:53:14 -0600

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Mark -

	Here's a update.  While I still don't know why this
is happening I have nailed it down to what is doing it.
I started having this problem when I activated TV Listings and
noticed that whenever a dos window was opened by "TVL"
or "TV-Listings" my computer would hang, for example if I was 
moving the mouse it would stop moving.  Well after looking
at "TVL" I noticed it opens a dos window ever 3, 8, 13.... 
and so on for a total of 12 times a hour.  Now each time it
opens I lose between 7 to 12 seconds per opening.  (Whenever
the Dos windows is opened it would appear to stop the computer
Clock)  Now if you include 2 more dos openings by "TVL Listings"
per hour you can see after a few hours it get more and more
behind.  Why would this be happening and what can be done
to correct it?

	For now I have modified "TVL" so that it will 
only update at 58 and 28.  I believe this would limit
me to recording shows that start  at 00 and 30, is 
this correct?  I have also installed a program that will
set the computer time to Atomic Time whenever the computer
connects to the internet and I have ECS connect to the internet
every two hours.  In the past the computer was anywhere from
400 to 500 seconds behind.  I will test this for a few days and
see if the above modifications help any.

Joe Colson
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:omnip@usit.net]
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 3:23 PM
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject: Re: [ECS] Lost Time!


Hi Joe,
This was a problem a LONG time ago with ECS/DOS,
but it never was a problem with ECS/WIN.
However, I AM curious to know what could cause such
a problem.
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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
http://omnipotencesoftware.com
423-745-0026
Hours: Mon-Sat, 9AM-8PM/EST


> Joseph and Jessica Colson wrote:
> 
> Hello Everyone,
> 
>      I'm having a problem with my system losing time.  Every 8 hours
> and it will be 20 to 25 minutes off.  I remember reading something
> about
> this a while back.  Anyone have any ideas what's causing this?
> 
> Joe Colson

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