Vista Home Premium - Taskbar clock permanently wrong

Hi,

I have Windows Vista Home Premium on an HP Pavillion DV9000 laptop and since
day one, the task bar clock has NEVER shown the correct time.

The correct time zone is displayed, I have disabled the internet updates and
I have set the correct time who knows how many times. However it can take
DAYS for it to move forward minutes. sometimes, it does a time warp and goes
back in time.

The BIOS clock has no problems, displays the correct date and time every
time, but it is now beginning to bug the heck out of me.

Any suggestions on what is causing this and how to correct it?

Maybe your battery i have the same problem with my computer there isn't much
you can do about it you just have to set it everytime you logon which is
annoying I know.

Regards

"David Webster" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have Windows Vista Home Premium on an HP Pavillion DV9000 laptop and since
> day one, the task bar clock has NEVER shown the correct time.
>
> The correct time zone is displayed, I have disabled the internet updates and
> I have set the correct time who knows how many times. However it can take
> DAYS for it to move forward minutes. sometimes, it does a time warp and goes
> back in time.
>
> The BIOS clock has no problems, displays the correct date and time every
> time, but it is now beginning to bug the heck out of me.
>
> Any suggestions on what is causing this and how to correct it?

Thanks, at first i thought it could be this. I could understand the battery
if it was affecting the BIOS as well. In an effort however, I did borrow
another battery and no change.

Setting it every time i log on doesn't do anything either - i would have to
reset it every time i would want to know the time. Litterly, it is just past
8pm here, i could set it now and in 30 minutes it will still say the same
time.

Cheers, for the suggestion though.

Dave

"Alex" wrote:

> Maybe your battery i have the same problem with my computer there isn't much
> you can do about it you just have to set it everytime you logon which is
> annoying I know.
>
> Regards
>
> "David Webster" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have Windows Vista Home Premium on an HP Pavillion DV9000 laptop and since
> > day one, the task bar clock has NEVER shown the correct time.
> >
> > The correct time zone is displayed, I have disabled the internet updates and
> > I have set the correct time who knows how many times. However it can take
> > DAYS for it to move forward minutes. sometimes, it does a time warp and goes
> > back in time.
> >
> > The BIOS clock has no problems, displays the correct date and time every
> > time, but it is now beginning to bug the heck out of me.
> >
> > Any suggestions on what is causing this and how to correct it?

Check with HP and see if there's a bios or chipset
update for your box. Might be, especially if there
are files dated after your ship date. Otherwise
you may want to open an issue with them.

--
Curt


"David Webster" <DavidWebster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1813CB29-3BB0-45AF-9258-5EFA885FF21C@microsoft.com...
> Thanks, at first i thought it could be this. I could understand the
> battery
> if it was affecting the BIOS as well. In an effort however, I did borrow
> another battery and no change.
>
> Setting it every time i log on doesn't do anything either - i would have
> to
> reset it every time i would want to know the time. Litterly, it is just
> past
> 8pm here, i could set it now and in 30 minutes it will still say the same
> time.
>
> Cheers, for the suggestion though.
>
> Dave
>
> "Alex" wrote:
>
>> Maybe your battery i have the same problem with my computer there isn't
>> much
>> you can do about it you just have to set it everytime you logon which is
>> annoying I know.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> "David Webster" wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have Windows Vista Home Premium on an HP Pavillion DV9000 laptop and
>> > since
>> > day one, the task bar clock has NEVER shown the correct time.
>> >
>> > The correct time zone is displayed, I have disabled the internet
>> > updates and
>> > I have set the correct time who knows how many times. However it can
>> > take
>> > DAYS for it to move forward minutes. sometimes, it does a time warp and
>> > goes
>> > back in time.
>> >
>> > The BIOS clock has no problems, displays the correct date and time
>> > every
>> > time, but it is now beginning to bug the heck out of me.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions on what is causing this and how to correct it?

Hi,

This usually is a sign of interference from some software installed and
running in the background on the system. Quite often, it turns out to be
antivirus software (Symantec has a documented history of this issue).

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"David Webster" <David Webster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:96BB45EF-876F-436D-9EAE-1DA8A11FFB38@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have Windows Vista Home Premium on an HP Pavillion DV9000 laptop and
> since
> day one, the task bar clock has NEVER shown the correct time.
>
> The correct time zone is displayed, I have disabled the internet updates
> and
> I have set the correct time who knows how many times. However it can take
> DAYS for it to move forward minutes. sometimes, it does a time warp and
> goes
> back in time.
>
> The BIOS clock has no problems, displays the correct date and time every
> time, but it is now beginning to bug the heck out of me.
>
> Any suggestions on what is causing this and how to correct it?

Hi,

will run an experiment and disable the net connection and then disable/close
all non essential OS programs running, see if that lets it update over an
hour period. if not, will come back once again...

Dave

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This usually is a sign of interference from some software installed and
> running in the background on the system. Quite often, it turns out to be
> antivirus software (Symantec has a documented history of this issue).
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "David Webster" <David Webster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:96BB45EF-876F-436D-9EAE-1DA8A11FFB38@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have Windows Vista Home Premium on an HP Pavillion DV9000 laptop and
> > since
> > day one, the task bar clock has NEVER shown the correct time.
> >
> > The correct time zone is displayed, I have disabled the internet updates
> > and
> > I have set the correct time who knows how many times. However it can take
> > DAYS for it to move forward minutes. sometimes, it does a time warp and
> > goes
> > back in time.
> >
> > The BIOS clock has no problems, displays the correct date and time every
> > time, but it is now beginning to bug the heck out of me.
> >
> > Any suggestions on what is causing this and how to correct it?
>
>

I have Vista Home Premium on a new Dell Inspiron 1525. I'm set up as the
Administrator and my wife's account is a standard user account. When I
log on with her account the task bar clock is correct. When I log on as
Administrator, I have the same problem mentioned above, the clock is
never correct.


--
jacklbrown

Is the Administrator's clock set for the correct time zone?
"jacklbrown" <jacklbrown.33r9u1@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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>
> I have Vista Home Premium on a new Dell Inspiron 1525. I'm set up as the
> Administrator and my wife's account is a standard user account. When I
> log on with her account the task bar clock is correct. When I log on as
> Administrator, I have the same problem mentioned above, the clock is
> never correct.
>
>
> --
> jacklbrown