Computer clock continually resets

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I have a friend who is using Windows XP (SP2). Starting about a week ago,

when she boots up she gets an error message saying that her system's clock

is no longer valid, and that she should enter Setup (F2) to correct it.

This she does, but after shutting down the computer and re-booting at a

later time, she runs into the same error message (and a clock that is set to

August 1, 2004).



Is there a trick to setting the clock in XP (I am a Vista user) so that the

change is saved properly?



Gordon Biggar

Houston, Texas
 
Gordon Biggar wrote:

> I have a friend who is using Windows XP (SP2). Starting about a week

> ago, when she boots up she gets an error message saying that her

> system's clock is no longer valid, and that she should enter Setup

> (F2) to correct it. This she does, but after shutting down the

> computer and re-booting at a later time, she runs into the same error

> message (and a clock that is set to August 1, 2004).

>

> Is there a trick to setting the clock in XP (I am a Vista user) so

> that the change is saved properly?

>

> Gordon Biggar

> Houston, Texas

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Maybe the CMOS battery is going bad.



How To Replace The

CMOS Battery In Your PC

http://tinyurl.com/12a2

or...

http://www.liverepair.com/encyclopedia/articles/cmosreplace.asp



How To Install A CMOS Battery

http://tinyurl.com/z3l7g

or...

http://www.smartcomputing.com/Editorial/article.asp?article=articles/2004/w1510/32w10/32w10.asp



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In news:%23m8TEXpuKHA.5036@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl,

Gordon Biggar typed:



> Is there a trick to setting the clock in XP (I am a Vista user) so

> that the change is saved properly?



There's definitely a trick to changing the back-plane (a,k,a, "mobo")

battery, but that's too, too expensive to give away in Usenet for free.



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"Gordon Biggar" wrote in message

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>I have a friend who is using Windows XP (SP2). Starting about a week ago,

>when she boots up she gets an error message saying that her system's clock

>is no longer valid, and that she should enter Setup (F2) to correct it.

>This she does, but after shutting down the computer and re-booting at a

>later time, she runs into the same error message (and a clock that is set

>to August 1, 2004).

>

> Is there a trick to setting the clock in XP (I am a Vista user) so that

> the change is saved properly?

>

> Gordon Biggar

> Houston, Texas



Replace the battery.
 
On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 23:52:51 -0600, "Gordon Biggar"

wrote:



> I have a friend who is using Windows XP (SP2). Starting about a week ago,

> when she boots up she gets an error message saying that her system's clock

> is no longer valid, and that she should enter Setup (F2) to correct it.

> This she does, but after shutting down the computer and re-booting at a

> later time, she runs into the same error message (and a clock that is set to

> August 1, 2004).

>

> Is there a trick to setting the clock in XP (I am a Vista user) so that the

> change is saved properly?





It's very likely that the battery on the motherboard needs replacing.

They are very inexpensive and easy to replace.



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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003

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In my fifteen years of playing with computers, I can't say that I have ever

had to replace a battery. Seems somewhat obvious -- in hindsight.



Thanks for the replies.



Gordon



"Gordon Biggar" wrote in message

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> I have a friend who is using Windows XP (SP2). Starting about a week ago,

> when she boots up she gets an error message saying that her system's clock

> is no longer valid, and that she should enter Setup (F2) to correct it.

> This she does, but after shutting down the computer and re-booting at a

> later time, she runs into the same error message (and a clock that is set

> to August 1, 2004).

>

> Is there a trick to setting the clock in XP (I am a Vista user) so that

> the change is saved properly?

>

> Gordon Biggar

> Houston, Texas
 
"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

>



> It's very likely that the battery on the motherboard needs replacing.

> They are very inexpensive and easy to replace.



Are you sure piggy? All other people who have replied before you

already said that battery needs to be changed and you posted a message

with a view to contradict them but came out with the same or almost

similar solution (different words of course!). Do you actually need to

post a message whether or not it has been dealt with exhaustively?



You must be a very thick pig around here.
 
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Pig-MVP wrote:



> Worthless babble, as usual.

>
 
On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:34:34 +0000, Pig-MVP

wrote:



>

>

>"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

>>

>

>> It's very likely that the battery on the motherboard needs replacing.

>> They are very inexpensive and easy to replace.

>

>Are you sure piggy? All other people who have replied before you

>already said that battery needs to be changed and you posted a message

>with a view to contradict them but came out with the same or almost

>similar solution (different words of course!). Do you actually need to

>post a message whether or not it has been dealt with exhaustively?

>

>You must be a very thick pig around here.



So ; you are a pig ?
 
On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:34:34 +0000, Pig-MVP

wrote:



>

>

>"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

>>

>

>> It's very likely that the battery on the motherboard needs replacing.

>> They are very inexpensive and easy to replace.

>

>Are you sure piggy? All other people who have replied before you

>already said that battery needs to be changed and you posted a message

>with a view to contradict them but came out with the same or almost

>similar solution (different words of course!). Do you actually need to

>post a message whether or not it has been dealt with exhaustively?

>

>You must be a very thick pig around here.
 
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